okay....tell me what this means

[Jon]

Andreas says this:

 List, 
  
 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. 
  
 The server administrator can also decide to add additional CRC bundles for 
 clients using certain mods he decides to allow. 
  
 More info on this when the patch is released. 

And this:

Yes, this is the idea. There will actually be one CRC line for each map and 
game mode 
for every mod. This file can be generated by using a shell script to loop 
over all 
the maps and game modes and have the executable spit out the CRCs. 

Please stop this thread now though, it doesn't have anything to do with the 
linux server. 

// Andreas 


And EA says this just now:

When content check is turned on by the server admin (default setting in the dedicated server front end), only players with completely clean BF 1942 installs will be able to play on the server. When content check is turned off by the server admin, anyone can join the server, whether they are running the merciless mod, or have have Desert Combat installed. 

Currently, server admins will not be able to run content check servers that have user created maps/mods installed. If they do, clients will not be able to connect to those servers, regardless of whether or not they have the same maps/mods installed as the server. 


We got screwed.

Jon
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