Handstand removed. Updated deploy bike script to prevent deletion of objects. Various performance tweaks completed too.

Should be a fun weekend!

We were getting hacked a lot, and still may happen again. Currently it seems our AH updates may have helped, but not sure. Maybe the hacker is just taking a break?

Just as a heads up to any people new to Dayz like myself. Stay AWAY from these servers at all costs and here is why:

1. Unless you plan to "Donate" to the servers you will start with nothing as opposed to "Donators" who start decked out.

2. I'm not sure why, but they have been having severe technical issues lately.

3. They have attracted the attention of an apparently skilled hacker , as they have completely had their way with the servers over the past week. To the point that, the servers had to be completely taken down. Furthermore, although the attacks have stopped, it is simply due to the hacker apparently getting bored and moving on. In fact on the servers website, the server owner says and I quote, "I really don't know what to do other than shut the servers down and hope the hackers target a different server." The servers are currently online but the admin seem to think a, "cross your fingers and pray for the best", will work.

4. And finally, when said hackers to appear, the admin seem to know only one response. BAN EVERYONE LINE. Their justification is that it is the only course of action with a server so large. (If it's that large bad Idea to start there). This is what the admin say when you complain about mass bans, "Therefore if you truly did nothing, you have nothing to worry about other than not being able to access the server until this process is complete."

In case you're wondering, what you need to do to get unbanned EVERY TIME YOU GET BANNED. You have to send an email to, I presume the server owner, giving: 1. IN GAME NAME, 2. UID, 3. GUID 4. IP ADDRESS. Now, this may not be the same as a credit card # or SSN# but, it still isn't info I feel comfortable submitting.

In short, many of you may think that this is just the complaints of one individual and you're exactly right. It's the complaints of someone fresh to Dayz, someone who almost gave up on the game because of the experiences on two PITIFULLY run servers.

Now with all this said, maybe a more seasoned Dayz player can overcome the shortfalls, but as i said in the very beginning...NEW PLAYERS STAY AWAY FROM WALKING DEAD DAYZ CHERNARUS AND EPOCH SERVERS.

Wow, cut and pasted this from the Steam forums? You must be really upset man. I apologized to you in the Steam forums and I will apologize again.

I apologize that this happened and that it was not handled in the best way. I hope you will forgive me.

I will paste the same response I made to your Steam forum thread below in case you missed it.

Hey pdfoy001 the first time I read your post I was a little bit upset. I have had really bad week. However, after trying to see things from the perspective of a new player who just started on the Dayz sceen, I realized that you bring up some good points.

As a new player who was unfortuntate enough to join the WalkingDead servers during the hacker attacks, its clear why you are upset. I agree with you on some of the points you made given the fact that you dont understand why I made some of the decisons I made. Some of your points are made with just a lack of understanding, and I dont hold that against you.

Rather than ignore you. I want to take the time to try to address your points in the order you listed them.

1. Yes, one of the gifts for supporting the server is a perk called class selection. Its pretty awesome! After you spawn, you pick between several different "classes" each with his/her unique set of gear and weapons. Lots of servers offer various perks for supporting the server. If this upsets a player, I understand and I invite you to try one of the other 4,000 + servers in your browser.

2. Technical issues? Sorta. Well, we have had to restart the server a few times to roll-back the database. Doing this gives a player who fell victem to a hack attack all the gear that they may have lost. Also, we shut the servers down completely for 12 hours a few days ago. I wanted to get some help looking over the server logs and to see if we could increase security. All this was in a response to the hacking.

3. Attracted the attention of a hacker recently? Yes, and yes he/she is skilled because we have been unable to detect who is doing the hacking. However NO, we did not "cross our fingers" But YES I did to some PRAYING, lol.

Honestly pdfoy001, I simply did not know what to do at the time. Nothing in the logs..nothing in the anti-hack alerts. Just players being tossed into the air and falling to the ground. Rather than dream up something to make people feel better, in the post I wrote, I decided to be honest about my lack of control over the situation. Since I made the comment you refered to, I have installed two updates to the Anti-hack, but I am not sure if they have blocked the hacker or if the hacker has just become bored. I pray that the hacks have stopped, but ultimately I can not control what other people choose to do with their time, nuff said.

4. Yes, we banned players. Like I said, we had no clue as to who was doing the hacks. I called upon the support of two "profesionals" one a well known creator of hacks and the other a well known creator of anti-hacks. At first glance, neither of the pro's was able to point the finger at a the guilty player. So, I could either shut down the server and punish EVERYONE or ban "strangers" (players I did not know) one-at-a-time until the hacks stopped. That may have been the wrong decision. Keep in mind, I have never had this happen before AND I am a human being who makes mistakes. I appologize if I acted inappropriately.

The point you made about the IP, GUID, and UID is understandable given the fact that you are probably unaware that this is ALL information I already have. People who were/are banned were asked to give me their in-game name, UID, GUID, and IP address. The request is not a big deal, every server you join logs that information as soon as you join, so its not like we do not ALREADY have that info. I just need the info so that I can take the players GUID, IP and UID out of the ban list.

Some players we did not unban yet. I appologize for that. Sometimes the needs of a few players are put on hold so that the needs of all the other players... the multitudes... can be served. In any case, the hacks have drawn my player base closer together. I get lots of support from the majority of my players. Everytime there is a hack, we just roll-back and keep playing.

I am proud of the fact that even after sustained attacks, the WalkingDead Epoch server has 37 players online and having fun (at the time I wrote this reply).

Dayz awesomeness. Just witnessed at spectacular battle.

I personally really enjoy the Walking Dead servers. The admins are nice, and the community is helpful. The server is always up and there are always people on it. The extra mods they have added onto the server brings a lot more fun to the game. I am sg1freak in game, so if you get on say hi!

sg1freak wrote:
I personally really enjoy the Walking Dead servers. The admins are nice, and the community is helpful. The server is always up and there are always people on it. The extra mods they have added onto the server brings a lot more fun to the game. I am sg1freak in game, so if you get on say hi!


Awesome! I am glad you like it. I hope to see you in game.

We have made some changes that have improved the FPS on EPOCH by over 75%, come check out the servers SMOOTH graphics.

Tweaking trader zones today.

Trader zones tweaked to remove a bug. Added some new signs to the perimiter, they look cool! Fixing the command menu as well. Should be good to go at next restart!