DayZ Zombie Mod for Arma 2

dreamers75

rocket
DayZ Staff
Posts: 722
Joined: Apr 2012

RE: whats with all the desyncing lately?
HIVE is now integrated with the server. Currently, because of the way it works, the server will stop while it awaits a response from the central server for some queries it makes. So the server simply stops responding to any messages while it is processing a query. Normally, this happens instantly. Sometimes it may take some time, especially if transient internet issues cause connection problems to the central server.

We're working on the issue.

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So yeah fcuk all we can do about it

FlyingIrishMan

Someone almost ran me over in a landrover at the place where our camp is.
They're gone now, but we need to move the camp asap.

dan_ep82

Might want to edit that post irish,at least the location.

Posted some ideas in the social group

Duggy747

:pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9lb7WwvRsk

Conor125

man bikes are the job in this game! XD

FlyingIrishMan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44UFL6o3cLY&feature=context-gfa

Watch the first one first, it makes this one even more funnier.

Sound of Silence

DayZ was hacked.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=9123

If you downloaded a file named "dayz_auto_updater.exe", you're advised to run a Virus check.

Check the thread for more info.

Smiley_ie

A series of posts from members of the DayZ team have triggered fears of a potential security breach, as mentioned over on Kotaku. A Google groups email and forum post from team member, Tonic, warned that someone had managed to grab the devs’ FTP details after accessing their email address, and had proceeded to upload bad data to the US file host. He declared that the culprit had been discovered and banned and the affected US file server closed.

But RPS note that the mod’s creator, Rocket, has posted a different message. That one mentions only that forums had been vandalised, and states that the original Tonic messages were “misinformed” and had “overreacted” to the threat. Here’s Rocket’s take.

Fact: One of our Artist’s PC’s was hacked by a person known to him.
Fact: The hacker used the Artist’s password to attack the forum’s.
Fact: This was detected almost immediately, initially it was thought that this person was in fact the artist themselves.
Fact: DayZ has RDP/Admin access to less than 15% percent of the servers hosting DayZ.
Fact: The forums were vandalized, and this was detected and rolled back immediately.
Fact: A staff member, in a rush to inform everyone, was misinformed and overreacted resulting in the infamous google groups message.


The Tonic message originally claimed that a malicious bot file had been distributed.

“The file was called dayz_auto_updater.exe
This malicious software is lead to be a backdoor / bot. Below is the ThreatExpert report on this file.

http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?…32bed88069

“ThreatExpert also explains where this malicious application installs / moves its processes to stay hidden within your computer. So if you are a user who has downloaded the .exe called dayz_auto_updater.exe from the US Mirror is to scan their computer against viruses and read the description by ThreatExpert on where to locate this if your Virus detector does not pick it up.”

A very specific threat warning, there. Rocket says that “Tonic is under an extremely large amount of pressure and is required to devote a large amount of time to dealing with increased security threats. Nobody can be expected to get everything right every time.”

He also reiterates that the team only has access to less than 15% of all servers. “Any claims that anything being compromised would allow the rise of us wielding a network that could be a “giant botnet” are incorrect and misinformed,” he writes.

Conor125

Was this responsible for the random AI soldiers turning up in dayz? lol

KoKane

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

Someone almost ran me over in a landrover at the place where our camp is.
They're gone now, but we need to move the camp asap.

What Land Rover?
Was it a Black one? Really smart looking ones, like FBI types?

Are they in?

I saw a screenshot of all the Arma 2 Vehicles used in DayZ and I'm still doubting that a few of them are on the go.

Most notably, the civilian helicopter and the little bird.

A video me and a couple lads made the other night. Should have had more people but none of the others would log on.
The song choice was for the lulz because of the constant Justin Bieber vs Lil Wayne arguements that create to troll a friend who claims lil wayne is amazing.

_vti

It wasn't a land rover, it was a black UAZ. If it were a land rover, I would have chased it relentlessly lol

dan_ep82

Pending Update 1.7.1 Details
Rough outline of what to expect in the pending update.

I will update this as more stuff is put in. Changelog will then follow it.

Performance and Optimization

- Reduction/elimination of the new server lag. This is caused by the ArmA2 server expecting immediate response from the central server. Vehicles are the main cause of this, as whenever they are damaged everything stops while the server ensures this is recorded in the database.
- Bugs fixed that were possibly causing very significant netcode overhead (will need mass-scale testing to verify this).

Infected Behavior

- Infected can no longer see/attack through walls.
- Entirely new mocap'd attack and running animations

Content

- Additional Idle Infected sounds
- Revised Attack sounds
- Many new action sounds, including IV, bandaging etc...

Notes

- This update will REQUIRE the beta patch, so it is worth installing this now and getting used to it.
- Read up at the BI Forums about the beta patch install. It's pretty easy.

Thread URL - http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=10353

SasQuatch88

awesome sauce...

KoKane

Damn... Would really go to lengths to get me and the boys cruising in that SUV...

dreamers75

Theres an SUV with a chaingun on top of it in PMC.

Unlikely to be in Dayz, but would be quite awesome.

excaliburhc

joined the boards server last night , good laugh - lots of shooting in the distance along with alot of crys of bastard

good to see we Irish are as untrustworthy as any others

Duggy747

Got to the new base area, sort of. Still have to locate it but I'm at the surrounding area. Had to quit because it was pissing down and my temp was 30 degrees. Wouldn't want to catch a cold now, would we?

Heard on Mumble I was spotted but they didn't know who I was. No chat or mic leaves me fùcked, really

If you spot a guy wriggling (pressing Q & E), that's me :pac:

Cravez

Thank fook they fixing the zombies attacking/runnning through walls. I got close-lined by a zombie as it ran through the wall and slapped me (went unconcious) and then ran out the other end of the wall

dreamers75

New beta out.


ON BI forum

Genghiz Cohen

Battleye supported?

dreamers75

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Battleye supported?

yup

cant post link for some reason. fair few new additions.

Villain

Not getting any reponse on allowing new server IP access

FlyingIrishMan

- Entirely new mocap'd attack and running animations

Lets hope they run straight!

Cravez

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

Lets hope they run straight!

Nothing worse than lining up a perfect shot on a zombie only for him to do a bit of line-dancing and appear next to ya for a bit of slappin'

Villain

Some people have paid for the server again this month, others haven't so please if you are using the server send the money again, hopefully we can move to the server soon and increase the slots. If you need paypal details please PM me.

dreamers75

beta

http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php


[93664] Fixed: Damage of buildings synchronization in MP after JIP (https://dev-heaven.net/issues/25659, https://dev-heaven.net/issues/23915, https://dev-heaven.net/issues/18492)
[93657] Fixed: Target is no longer stored in the long-term target list when forgotten for the second time (https://dev-heaven.net/issues/27895)
[93654] Improved: Tone mapping
[93652] New: Scripting functions visiblePositionASL and nearestBuilding position
[93648] New: Scripting functions ASLToATL and ATLToASL to convert between coordinate systems.
[93624] Changed: Scripting function weaponDirection returns a primary weapon direction when empty string is used as a weapon name.
[93622] New: Scripting function eyeDirection.
+
https://dev-heaven.net/issues/5080#change-136607

SUMA: Lazy evaluation forms for both 'or' and 'and' using code as the right side argument are available in 93640.
+
Improved Image Tone Mapping:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthrea...-1-61-proposal
+
https://dev-heaven.net/issues/32572#note-4

SUMA: 93648 changes terrainIntersect to ASL and adds ASLToATL and ATLToASL conversion functions.
+
93651 additional fix for Player-made map markers disappearing in MP under certain circumstances https://dev-heaven.net/issues/32160


BE Support Status = ENABLED, Enjoy ! ...

Wont let me post the direct link to BI forums

Zulu

Villain wrote: »

Some people have paid for the server again this month, others haven't so please if you are using the server send the money again, hopefully we can move to the server soon and increase the slots. If you need paypal details please PM me.

Villain, once I get my Dayz working again, I'll transfer over the monies.

Smiley_ie

Anyone getting stuck @ Retrying to Authenticate with latest beta ?

Zulu

yes! And I've no solution yet. It's breaking my heart. Ill make a pact - if I find something, I'll post here & pm you; you do the same?

Ponster

Rough outline of what to expect in the pending update 1.7.1

I will update this as more stuff is put in. Changelog will then follow it.

• Performance and Optimization

Reduction/elimination of the new server lag. This is caused by the ArmA2 server expecting immediate response from the central server. Vehicles are the main cause of this, as whenever they are damaged everything stops while the server ensures this is recorded in the database.
Bugs fixed that were possibly causing very significant netcode overhead (will need mass-scale testing to verify this).

• Infected Behavior

Infected can no longer see/attack through walls.
Entirely new mocap'd attack and running animations

• Content

Additional Idle Infected sounds
Revised Attack sounds
Many new action sounds, including IV, bandaging etc...

Notes

This update will REQUIRE the beta patch, so it is worth installing this now and getting used to it.
Read up at the BI Forums about the beta patch install. It's pretty easy.

http://www.dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=10353