[bf1942] Patch petition

[Chris O.]

Opps, sorry to spam the forum, just want to correct myself on one thing. EA
didn't turn down PB for bf1942.. that was MOHAA. I was just checking my
source again for future reference incase i needed to make another post and i
had the two games mixed up:(

Maybe EA can look at Punkbuster (www.evenbalance.com) to assist on cracking
down on cheaters....


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris O." <python at railbait.com>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [bf1942] Patch petition


> > 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