[bf1942] Patch petition

[Chris O.]

> Are there any plans for banning by CD key?

Simple way to solve both problems would be to introduce Punkbuster. Keeps
cheating down and you can ban by GUID (cdkey hash). Only problem is that
dice or ea.. turned Punkbuster down ;(


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart, John" <johns at artesyncp.com>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 10:59 AM
Subject: RE: [bf1942] Patch petition


>
> > 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