25.11.2011, 21:02
Hello everyone,
Recently, I've seen alot of threads regarding JunkBusters pop up on the forum, which got me thinking if it would be an idea to 'revive' it, but in my way. Here's a quick rundown of what it might look like, would I decide to actually do it.
Anti-Cheat
The most important part of it all is the Anti-Cheat itself. I've worked for some rather large communities in the past, where I've learned quite a lot about cheats, and how to detect them scriptwise.
The AC itself would be distributed as a closed-source plugin. Why closed? First of all, it gives me the upper hand over cheaters. Would they be able to see the code, then they could discover and abuse exploits in it. The second reason is that I don't want the users to tamper with the code. I'll explain this later on.
The newer versions would be distributed and made by me. (Perhaps a small group of helpers will be involved, but these will be handpicked by me, if necessary)
With the plugin comes some sort of Filterscript/include, in which settings for the AC can be adjusted. (Turn of some parts of the anticheat, so you wouldn't be banned for having a minigun in a minigun minigame for example.)
Global Bans
One of the most important feature of this all is the global bans list. Apart from the plugin and filterscript/include, I will also host a site/server (with a forum perhaps?) with on it a database containing various bans made across servers using my AC.
Some things you need to know about this:
- This list will contain bans made by my AC, and my AC alone. Bans made by ingame admins/other anticheats etc. will not be added. (This is the foremost reason I don't want the code to be tampered with. I want the entries to be as reliable as possible)
- When a player joins a server using this anticheat, a combination of his name, IP and various other things will be compared to information listed in the database. Would you already be banned on a server for Health Hacking, for example, then you will be unable to join any other server using my AC.
- I, or perhaps a staff member (if I have any), can adjust the site to not accept anymore listings from your server, would we find that you are doing something wrong. (Getting people banned on purpose, for example.)
- On this site, a banned person would be able to appeal the ban. Although I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to handle this yet. (Regarding involvement of the various server owners, as it's my code that's doing the banning of course.)
More info and questions
I'm sure some of you may doubt my reliability when it comes to handing you a closed source file. Who says it's safe? Well, I kinda made up my mind about the closed source thing, so you'd just have to take my word for it.
Any questions regarding this can be made below. My question to you guys is:
Is there any need for such a system?
And if so, do you have any suggestions?
Recently, I've seen alot of threads regarding JunkBusters pop up on the forum, which got me thinking if it would be an idea to 'revive' it, but in my way. Here's a quick rundown of what it might look like, would I decide to actually do it.
Anti-Cheat
The most important part of it all is the Anti-Cheat itself. I've worked for some rather large communities in the past, where I've learned quite a lot about cheats, and how to detect them scriptwise.
The AC itself would be distributed as a closed-source plugin. Why closed? First of all, it gives me the upper hand over cheaters. Would they be able to see the code, then they could discover and abuse exploits in it. The second reason is that I don't want the users to tamper with the code. I'll explain this later on.
The newer versions would be distributed and made by me. (Perhaps a small group of helpers will be involved, but these will be handpicked by me, if necessary)
With the plugin comes some sort of Filterscript/include, in which settings for the AC can be adjusted. (Turn of some parts of the anticheat, so you wouldn't be banned for having a minigun in a minigun minigame for example.)
Global Bans
One of the most important feature of this all is the global bans list. Apart from the plugin and filterscript/include, I will also host a site/server (with a forum perhaps?) with on it a database containing various bans made across servers using my AC.
Some things you need to know about this:
- This list will contain bans made by my AC, and my AC alone. Bans made by ingame admins/other anticheats etc. will not be added. (This is the foremost reason I don't want the code to be tampered with. I want the entries to be as reliable as possible)
- When a player joins a server using this anticheat, a combination of his name, IP and various other things will be compared to information listed in the database. Would you already be banned on a server for Health Hacking, for example, then you will be unable to join any other server using my AC.
- I, or perhaps a staff member (if I have any), can adjust the site to not accept anymore listings from your server, would we find that you are doing something wrong. (Getting people banned on purpose, for example.)
- On this site, a banned person would be able to appeal the ban. Although I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to handle this yet. (Regarding involvement of the various server owners, as it's my code that's doing the banning of course.)
More info and questions
I'm sure some of you may doubt my reliability when it comes to handing you a closed source file. Who says it's safe? Well, I kinda made up my mind about the closed source thing, so you'd just have to take my word for it.
Any questions regarding this can be made below. My question to you guys is:
Is there any need for such a system?
And if so, do you have any suggestions?