[cod] PunkBuster ?

Sat Nov 3 07:16:10 EDT 2018

I don't know of any one click installers currently. The way we did it on
quake 3 arena and enemy territory quake wars is to open the console and
type "pb_security 0" . Now the client is allowed to update from the
gameserver instead of the deactivated non functional punkbuster servers.

-Anyhow. It's a pity see these old Q3 engine games fade into the past. Such
a great game engine and so many fun memories. *sniff*
Yes it's a shame we used to play games with so much freedom (hosting
servers creating modifications etc pp) to locked down cash grabs.
I exclusively play older games even if theres only a handfull of players
left

Am Fr., 2. Nov. 2018 um 22:55 Uhr schrieb Escaped Turkey <
escapedturkey at gmail.com>:

> Good point.
>
> It'd probably require a new registration system.
>
> When a player enters, an Admin Bot will request every so many seconds:
> "Please login or register." and provide instructions on how to do so, with
> appropriate help screens.
>
> Password masked in case of mistyped commands and with help functions such
> as forgot the password, validation, admin contact info, etc.
>
> The process would be something like: Player joins the server. Admin Bot
> gives a repeating a message to register or login. The player logs in via
> e-mail address and password. If the person fails to login/register within
> so much time, he/she is warned to do so in so many seconds or minutes, and
> then kicked out if he/she fails. If he/she does it several times, the
> player is auto IP/GUID banned with a message saying how to appeal the ban -
> where the administrator can provide optional contact information (e-mail
> address, forum link, etc.)
>
> There also might be a way to force the person into a muted spectator mode
> if he/she doesn't login or register instead of kicking the person.
>
> I suppose an admin bot modification system like this could be applied to
> all the older Quake 3 engine games to bring them up to date for better
> administration - including open-source variations.
>
> Anyhow. It's a pity see these old Q3 engine games fade into the past. Such
> a great game engine and so many fun memories. *sniff*
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 1:55 PM Jorgen Phillips <jorgenphillips at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I’ve been on this mailing list for years, but this is the first activity
>> I’ve seen on it. Crazy how that works. Does anyone actually run COD servers
>> these days? I remember cod4, BigBrotherBot, DPMaster, and all the fixings.
>> The real good times...
>>
>> Anyways, punkbuster support has been gone from old CODs for years now.
>> I’d be surprised if it actually still works at finding the cheats back in
>> it’s day, since I’m not sure if it requires some sort of master server.
>>
>> The critique I have with your idea is that these games are so old that I
>> believe you can spoof the player GUID. You’d have to ban by IP, but that
>> also is not very foolproof (albeit more work to change).
>>
>>
>> On Nov 2, 2018, at 12:42 PM, Escaped Turkey <escapedturkey at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I've always thought the best anti-cheat method would be an admin
>> modification that tracks players' performance and if a player exceeds x y z
>> skill thresholds, the admin(s) would be alerted - perhaps with a recording
>> of the player's session - for evaluation.
>>
>> It could also include a complaint submission system for players with an
>> optional recording of the accused's gameplay vs. voting to kick a player
>> off the server which tends to interrupt a game session.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> Instead of voting to kick a "Bad Player"
>>
>> .. /complain "Bad Player"
>>
>> The modification asks what your complaint is (if the text is empty):
>>
>> The accuser enters:
>>
>> "Wallhacking."
>> "Auto-aim."
>> "Spamming."
>> "Spying for the other team. "
>>
>> It could have a customizable drop menu of choices for expediting.
>>
>> The system sends the complaint with an optional recording (enabled in the
>> server configuration) to admin(s) for evaluation.
>>
>> Thus, it would be an interactive and community-based anti-cheat system
>> and could also be used for evaluating complaints of trolling-like behaviors.
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 9:40 AM Morpheus <morpheus at clantoc.org> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've never seen a package that helped "custom" installation of
>> unsuported punkbuster files. I've also never seen the autoupdate feature
>> to work on any cod2 installation I had to do (say, update punkbuster
>> files with the version the server provides and uses). My own experience
>> the last time we organized an event to play with old friends is that
>> Punkbuster was disabled as many were kiked out from the server and no
>> one really managed to get it working flawlessly anymore.
>>
>> For hacks that won't be detected, even punkbuster was not perfect when
>> maintained, so I guess with many years having passed without support,
>> the list of undetected malwares have grown also. In the same time
>> bastards writing this kind of software switched their attention on more
>> recent and growingly popular titles, with a yearly new game in the CoD
>> Franchise, and the engine not seeing much changes, working on a 10+
>> year-old game is not "bankable".
>>
>> Even when supported, I saw that "cheater" claims all the time on public
>> servers, regardless the servers were cracked or not. All the time, to
>> the last CoD title I played online, BlackOps 2. So if your players are
>> so paranoid, I guess they should better stop playing completely online...
>>
>>
>> Le 01/11/2018 à 13:59, Håvard Pedersen a écrit :
>> > Are there still people on this list that run servers? What are your
>> experience with PunkBuster?
>> >
>> > EvenBalance has dropped CoD1 years ago, and I've resorted to creating a
>> small info page for our clan at
>> http://brothersinarms.be/content/16-punkbuster-problems for doing manual
>> updating of PunkBuster. But it's not optimal. Has anyone made an all-in-one
>> installer for doing this automatically?
>> >
>> > And are there many hacks out there that won't be detected? Some of the
>> players on my server are pretty paranoid and claim everyone that beats them
>> is cheating. :)
>> >
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