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[Visualante2]

I've also noticed a bunch of elaborate metal bases springing up. Hard to imagine that legitimate players are building them unless the server has had a massive influx of organised groups.

 

[KojiKnight]

I've also noticed a bunch of elaborate metal bases springing up. Hard to imagine that legitimate players are building them unless the server has had a massive influx of organised groups.

Plane drops are now making regular appearances in game and they often contain quite a lot of building supplies. It's not hard to imagine even individuals building them if they've been saving up metal until they get plans.

 

[voodooray]

Plane drops are now making regular appearances in game and they often contain quite a lot of building supplies. It's not hard to imagine even individuals building them if they've been saving up metal until they get plans.

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Not GAF server, thankfully

 

[Phanatic8390]

Welp I'm done. Hackers are all over the GAF server.

I left last night secure in my base.

I logged on just now and woke up naked in the wilderness and made my way back to my base, all 15 of my metal doors are in tact and were shut. Every single thing was looted from all my containers, hundreds of ammo, all my resources, research kits, blueprints, guns, you name it it's gone.

It's one thing to lose it legitimately but to a hacker is another story. It's a shame. I'll probably take a break for awhile to let the game mature for a bit.

 

[kubus]

Man, fuck these hackers . So sad to hear about everyone's losses.

I just checked, my base is still untouched and my stuff is still in place. Still safe after 24 hours, it's a miracle I guess.

Hope they'll find a fix for these exploits soon.

 

[childplease]

I'm starting to wonder about this as well... I know I had 2 backup guns in my base (I've been giving away all the extras because if someone is going to raid me, I want them to get as little as possible) but today the guns and some of the ammo was gone, but nothing else. Sigh.

Are the crates near the edge of the wall sometimes you can access stuff from outside the walls if the object is too close to the edge.

You should build dummy walls around your house to waste peoples c4 and to prevent your items from disappearing.

 

[hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka]

Yep, looks like I got robbed by hackers too. Metal doors and walls are intact but everything is gone.

 

[voodooray]

Welp I'm done. Hackers are all over the GAF server.

I left last night secure in my base.

I logged on just now and woke up naked in the wilderness and made my way back to my base, all 15 of my metal doors are in tact and were shut. Every single thing was looted from all my containers, hundreds of ammo, all my resources, research kits, blueprints, guns, you name it it's gone.

It's one thing to lose it legitimately but to a hacker is another story. It's a shame. I'll probably take a break for awhile to let the game mature for a bit.

Aww crap, this makes me want to not even bother to login and check. Whereabouts were you located? I'm wondering if this problem is targeting formidable looking fortresses, visible from any of the main looting grounds.

 

[KojiKnight]

Are the crates near the edge of the wall sometimes you can access stuff from outside the walls if the object is too close to the edge.

You should build dummy walls around your house to waste peoples c4 and to prevent your items from disappearing.

They shouldn't be... I won't say why because, you know, the forums have ears... Let's just say if I were to test it, I wouldn't be able to unless I was somehow able to clip into the wall.

 

[Serrato]

Those hackers likes risk, since if you get caught you could get your steam account banned or something.

 

[ab.aeterno]

Think like a griefer; the reward is the tears of the ganked. :/

So make fun of them for wasting their time.

They're not exactly sharp knives. I've had a lot of fun stalking griefers because they're terrible at finding people not right in front of them. The best was running around under someone and hearing them frantically run around looking for me. It wasn't until I ran out far enough to be spotted and stood there that they finally saw me. Even then it took him a while to finally get me.

 

[Ryuuga]

Those hackers likes risk, since if you get caught you could get your steam account banned or something.

Many of the hackers tend to either not have their steam account activated, or only have Rust on the account. Seems like a dummy account so next to no risk is involved if that gets banned.

 

[Dmented]

Those hackers likes risk, since if you get caught you could get your steam account banned or something.

You'll just get VAC banned. You don't lose your account but it puts a nice red mark for all to see. Read up on how VAC works if you want to know more. Afaik it doesn't ban you from every game running VAC but on a per-engine basis. (Multiplayer VAC enabled servers only.)

 

[voodooray]

Those hackers likes risk, since if you get caught you could get your steam account banned or something.

I was wondering about this. If they joined the steam beta, and enabled family sharing, and created an alt account just for rust, who is the one who could end up getting the vac ban?

 

[Dmented]

I was wondering about this. If they joined the steam beta, and enabled family sharing, and created an alt account just for rust, who is the one who could end up getting the vac ban?

I think the person who did it gets the VAC ban if not at all. But the person who owns the game will have Steam family sharing and maybe other community features disabled I believe.

 

[Visualante2]

I saw some ban screenshots, indicated that you were only banned from Rust. But that could be because Rust was the only VAC enabled game on that account.

 

[educator]

Anyone know when the server might be wiped?

On the lighter side of things the Rust++ group released their mod with more features in the works.

Rust ++ Mod

Looks like the door sharing feature is making it's way into a few modded servers. I haven't actually tried it though.

Contains some pretty good stuff, might be something for the server admin to take a look at.

 

[Serrato]

Many of the hackers tend to either not have their steam account activated, or only have Rust on the account. Seems like a dummy account so next to no risk is involved if that gets banned.

You'll just get VAC banned. You don't lose your account but it puts a nice red mark for all to see. Read up on how VAC works if you want to know more. Afaik it doesn't ban you from every game running VAC but on a per-engine basis. (Multiplayer VAC enabled servers only.)

I see! Thanks for the info. Hackers will be hackers.

 

[Ryuuga]

On the lighter side of things the Rust++ group released their mod with more features in the works.

Rust ++ Mod

Looks like the door sharing feature is making it's way into a few modded servers. I haven't actually tried it though.

 

[CountAntonius]

All this hack talk made me nervous. Glad to see my stuff is still in tact. This game makes me paranoid while I sleep!

 

[Jay Fray]

Yeah these guys are huge tools and allegedly hackers.


Nikalia
pussy monster = Yo Moma
Kenny "Fucking" Powers

Edit: Upon checking their Steam profiles. Yo Moma is pussy monster. Probably changed the name to avoid getting called for hacking on the server.

Banned them based off of your post. If hackers hit the server I need their steam profile in order to ban them.

For those that don't know: Steam Overlay and click View Players.

On the lighter side of things the Rust++ group released their mod with more features in the works.

Rust ++ Mod

Looks like the door sharing feature is making it's way into a few modded servers. I haven't actually tried it though.

This mod is similar to what Oxide wants to do, though they won't release theirs until the server files are released. I'll try it out and see what happens.

 

[Nubian Star]

Kick jimmy http://steamcommunity.com/id/bignigger/ (what a surprise) total douche

 

[Chindogg]

Banned them based off of your post. If hackers hit the server I need their steam profile in order to ban them.

For those that don't know: Steam Overlay and click View Players.

I appreciate it. I dunno if I want to play right now until there's a least a server wipe yet. Things are now completely out of balance for a few individuals due to the hacking.

I couldn't believe it when I saw three airdrops within 20min of each other with the guy screaming in chat "I CALLED THAT DOWN WITH MY SCRIPT." It's really unfortunate that hacking could really ruin a game.

 

[opie211]

In two nights of playing on the GAF server under my Steam Handle "bopalen" I haven't seen any hackers. Guess I'm lucky. I'm just tired of trying to remember where my house is at. I seem to spend at least 30 minutes looking for it after losing track of it.

Can someone explain what happens if you have multiple houses with sleeping bags in it when you die? If you die a second time after resurrecting in your house, do you then spawn at an older house? Is there a way to make sure you spawn at one specific house only?

 

[Nubian Star]

I appreciate it. I dunno if I want to play right now until there's a least a server wipe yet. Things are now completely out of balance for a few individuals due to the hacking.

I couldn't believe it when I saw three airdrops within 20min of each other with the guy screaming in chat "I CALLED THAT DOWN WITH MY SCRIPT." It's really unfortunate that hacking could really ruin a game.

I for some reason thought I would be safe on the gaf server. Alas I was robbed and ganked just like everywhere else. Even the no pvp servers have hackers fucking up an alpha.

 

[jem0208]

This is one of the most stressful games of all time.


I was just caught in the dark and had a 5 minute fleeing/shoot out with two other guys. Fucking terrifying. Broke my legs at one point and hid behind a rock firing my bolt action. Bloody scary.

 

[educator]

In two nights of playing on the GAF server under my Steam Handle "bopalen" I haven't seen any hackers. Guess I'm lucky. I'm just tired of trying to remember where my house is at. I seem to spend at least 30 minutes looking for it after losing track of it.

Can someone explain what happens if you have multiple houses with sleeping bags in it when you die? If you die a second time after resurrecting in your house, do you then spawn at an older house? Is there a way to make sure you spawn at one specific house only?

You can have as many sleeping bags as you wish, but the one you'll spawn on is the one you deployed most recently.

 

[voodooray]

Can someone explain what happens if you have multiple houses with sleeping bags in it when you die? If you die a second time after resurrecting in your house, do you then spawn at an older house? Is there a way to make sure you spawn at one specific house only?

The most recently placed sleeping bag becomes the first you wake up to. I am quoting from a Rust Wiki page:

The Player may only spawn to a Sleeping Bag every 5 minutes so it's recommended to place more than one sleeping bag in an area. If you die within 5 minutes of spawning and choose "Camp Spawn" it will not spawn you in that area if you only have one sleeping bag. Alternativly, it will spawn on another bag if you have one. Picking up the sleeping bag is impossible if you have spawned on it within the last 5 minutes.

One thing to note, when you log back into the game after previously ending it without having spawned back in your base, you will start as if you died. Just restart (either from console, or more creative means) to end up at your last placed sleeping bag (assuming its still active).

Learn how the road is laid out from a Rust map. This is a major landmark when starting. Eventually, you will begin to recognise bluffs, towns, even resource plains. But it will take a little dyin' time.

 

[| Praxis |]

So, is this game worth getting yet for £15?

 

[Chindogg]

So, is this game worth getting yet for £15?

It's fun, but the glitching and hacking is pretty awful and just leaves a bitter taste in your mouth.

I'd wait a couple of builds first.

 

[Visualante2]

In two nights of playing on the GAF server under my Steam Handle "bopalen" I haven't seen any hackers. Guess I'm lucky. I'm just tired of trying to remember where my house is at. I seem to spend at least 30 minutes looking for it after losing track of it.

Can someone explain what happens if you have multiple houses with sleeping bags in it when you die? If you die a second time after resurrecting in your house, do you then spawn at an older house? Is there a way to make sure you spawn at one specific house only?

I had a few bases and I'd just suicide until I get to the one I want to. There's no risk as long as you bank your gear. I sleep at the most remote location and I've never been killed in my sleep because of it.

 

[| Praxis |]

It's fun, but the glitching and hacking is pretty awful and just leaves a bitter taste in your mouth.

I'd wait a couple of builds first.

Thanks.

 

[voodooray]

This Rust raid was enjoyable to watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4uTkapdb2k&t=11m30s

The aftermath was great!

 

[Hrothgar]

It's a bit of a travesty how basically everything is handled client side in this game, why would you do that when you are creating a semi-persistent game.

 

[Hambone]

The most recently placed sleeping bag becomes the first you wake up to.

One thing to note, when you log back into the game after previously ending it without having spawned back in your base, you will start as if you died. Just restart (either from console, or more creative means) to end up at your last placed sleeping bag (assuming its still active).

I had no idea that's what sleeping bags do. Thanks.

 

[mastershake]

Any word on when they when/if they will implement private servers so we can have control of who plays on the GAF server?

 

[Sanjuro]

Yeah. I'm more likely to play consistently on the server with some of the current users purged.

 

[ChaoticEko]

I was going to buy it, but I think I may wait until private servers are implemented. Seems like I would be frustrated with stolen progress more often than not right now.

 

[CountAntonius]

I've had a blast. The game is pretty much everything I ever wanted Day Z and Minecraft is to be. Look forward to seeing where it goes closer to release. Thank to Jay Fray for running a good server. I'll probably be play casually till release when the real fun begins.
This was cool to watch.

and my first build dubbed "Mount Antonius" Up high on a mountain and never breached. It shall rise again.

 

[MickeyKnox]

Any word on when they when/if they will implement private servers so we can have control of who plays on the GAF server?

More server controls are always a good thing but this whole GAF only line of thinking and no assholes care bare shit is not what the game is about.

(not talking about you necessarily)

 

[Ferny]

I've had a blast. The game is pretty much everything I ever wanted Day Z and Minecraft is to be. Look forward to seeing where it goes closer to release. Thank to Jay Fray for running a good server. I'll probably be play casually till release when the real fun begins.
This was cool to watch.

and my first build dubbed "Mount Antonius" Up high on a mountain and never breached. It shall rise again.

I may or may not have tried to break in your place during the air drop crazy time. It just looked too cool!

More server controls are always a good thing but this whole GAF only line of thinking and no assholes care bare shit is not what the game is about.

(not talking about you necessarily)

I feel the same exact way. The game at that point is basically singleplayer dayz/minecraft. That doesn't seem fun to me.

 

[CountAntonius]

I don't have a problem with player killing and legit raids but making the server private would keep most of the hackers out(I hope). Not sure how underpopulated it might become though.

I may or may not have tried to break in your place during the air drop crazy time. It just looked too cool!

Hah thanks man. It was mostly a shell. Never had the time to actually flesh out the rest of the floors. The bottom floor was just a maze of metal doors.

 

[Chindogg]

This was cool to watch.

It's cool to watch until you realize the people who did this ended up getting all the drops because they hacked the drop as well as clipped/aimbotted their way through people's homes.

Yes I'm still bitter that 20 hours of work went down the tubes in 2min by a couple of 15 year old script kiddies.

I'm cool with outsiders being on. ZeeSniper and Shazbot may be raiding dicks, but at least they didn't cheat to get where they are.

 

[Sanjuro]

More server controls are always a good thing but this whole GAF only line of thinking and no assholes care bare shit is not what the game is about.

(not talking about you necessarily)

There is no problem with that. Individuals using exploits is another thing though. Rather not have them around.

It's cool to watch until you realize the people who did this ended up getting all the drops because they hacked the drop as well as clipped/aimbotted their way through people's homes.

Yes I'm still bitter that 20 hours of work went down the tubes in 2min by a couple of 15 year old script kiddies.

I'm cool with outsiders being on. ZeeSniper and Shazbot may be raiding dicks, but at least they didn't cheat to get where they are.

Not quite.

 

[mastershake]

More server controls are always a good thing but this whole GAF only line of thinking and no assholes care bare shit is not what the game is about.

(not talking about you necessarily)

Yeah I don't want to play on a boring server where there is no killing, no pvp, no raiding, et cetera... but i think a private server would cut down on the blatant hackers.

As long as you aren't hacking, everything should be fair game.

 

[Phanatic8390]

More server controls are always a good thing but this whole GAF only line of thinking and no assholes care bare shit is not what the game is about.

(not talking about you necessarily)

Agreed. I don't like the idea of everyone being friendly to one another. I definitely raided some poor souls base in the mountains, but at the same time have dropped of gear and stuff for nudes as well. I was killed a few times by raiders, it comes with the territory. I think there is a good balance to be struck between those who are good and those who are evil.

I don't want a rainbow fantasy land, half the fun and tension comes from running into someone and not knowing whats going to happen.

Aww crap, this makes me want to not even bother to login and check. Whereabouts were you located? I'm wondering if this problem is targeting formidable looking fortresses, visible from any of the main looting grounds.

I was down south on the coast near the hangar, it was a formidable looking fortress. It was 4x3 and about 7 levels high.

 

[stb]

Just purchased, installed, and added myself to the google doc. Hope this doesn't suck.

 

[KojiKnight]

I don't mind the idea of raiders, or even other gaffers being raiders... it IS part of the game after all. That said, a more insulated server that's mostly friendly with a few outliers wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.

PvE completely destroys the concept of the game though, I agree. On the plus side, my wife has been watching me play for a few days and has decided she wants to play which is awesome. "Okay I'll get us setup on a PvE server to start you off..." "Nah, I want to play on the same server you're on. We'll team up and kick ass." Most awesome woman ever.

Just purchased, installed, and added myself to the google doc. Hope this doesn't suck.

Server is in the process of being wiped right now, so you may not be able to get in right this second. Absolutely the best time to join though since everyone will be starting from ground zero.

 

[paperboywriter]

fuck you jay. gringor here

 

[Jay Fray]

Server is wiped and back up.

Edit: So, what's changed?

We added two mods: Rust++ and DropParty

Rust++ adds the following player commands:

/help (Shows commands)
/pm "playername" "message" (private messages a player. MUST BE USED IN QUOTES)
/history (Shows chat history, last 6 messages by default)
/players (Shows online players)
/location (Shows the coordinates of the player)
/ping (shows latency between client and server)

Future features:
Door sharing system
Server Moderator system & permissions
Message of the day
Configurable chat filter
Kick/ban system

DropParty
Lets you update the loot tables. I'll say that explosives will be harder to come by and things should be a lot more.. competitive given the other changes I made.

fuck you jay. gringor here

Probably just hearing things in your head. I was no where nearby!