[bf1942] okay....tell me what this means

[Fredriksson, Andreas]

Don't worry, the code is in there and working fine. These
comments from EA are mostly the results of confusion w.r.t.
how the content checking system works.

The problem is with desert combat data which is utterly
broken and the CRC system is pretty strict on what is run
on the server and client, so for CRC checking to work
with DC the DC people need to fix their game data.

// Andreas

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Sent: 5/30/2003 10:47 PM
Subject: [bf1942] okay....tell me what this means

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