[bf1942] Patch petition

[Stewart, John]

> most of the cheats are due to the CRC checks in 1.31 not being very
> effective.
> 
> We're overhauling this for 1.4 and in the strictest mode the 
> server will
> only
> allow clients playing with the original files, nothing else.

Andreas - I think one of the most important things that would be nice to go with this is a unique identifier.

In the CS world, we found it was effective to have any cheaters banned permanently, as if they are caught with a cheat once it's clear they will likely be back the next week with an undetectable cheat. Only by making it clear that any cheats result in a permanent ban did we effectively reduce the level (somewhat).

Are there any plans for banning by CD key?

thanks!

johnS