Dear members and site visitors. I assume you are all familiair with the cheater problem at our server(s). -=[OCC]=- is hosting one of CoD2's most popular servers (-=[OCC]=-Extreme, ranked in the top50 atm) and that does attract a lot of cheaters. Currently we are running our servers cracked because back in the old days some members did not have CoD2. However, running cracked servers makes cheating a lot easier and thats why we have to fight them now. How to fight cheaters - Normally CoD2 provides server admins with an game GUID. A GUID is an unique number to identify players in CoD2. This number is always the same for a client, and is not affected by IP changes.
- Punkbuster is an application which runs on the players computer and actively scans their memory and their harddrive for cheats. It also provides server admins with an PB GUID. PB GUIDS are different for the game GUIDs described above. PB GUIDS are hardware based and are stronger than game GUIDS since they are game-independent. This means that a ban in Wolfenstein could also mean that you are banned in CoD and in every other PB enabled game.
The problem Cracked servers allow NEITHER of the methods described above to prevent cheaters from cheating at our servers. The game GUIDs are all 0 on cracked servers and punkbuster does not run on cracked servers since it bans cracked servers and prevents players from joining and it introduces lag. Current solution Currently we are running an custom made anticheat program which tries to identify players when they are joining and then allows certain admins to go through this list and ban hackers which they discovered in ingame. The downside of this method is that admins first need to identify the players before they can kick them. Sometimes there is no admin online and no-one can take action against the hackers. Also the anticheat application is not flawless, sometimes it does not work or it bans to many people. These flaws are introduced because the GAME GUIDS are all 0. We have to use a workarround to identify players and that is something which cant be done (ip changes, names change, its hard to identify a player!!!) Other options Well, actually the only solution to our problem is to go LEGIT. That means that every player who is joining must have bought the game. You can still buy CoD2 for about $10 online or in your local store. Going legit will allow us to use the game GUIDS to identify cheaters in AntiCheat, or even better, install Punkbuster on our servers (and use the banlists of pbbans and ggc-stream). We can even install the BigBrotherBot (B3) if we go legit. B3 is an system which monitors the players, and provides admins with a set of tools to ban hackers. It can also monitor stats and create webpages where you can see your ingame ranking. So here we are, thinking about goin LEGIT (which means that you need to buy the game to join) to prevent hackers from entering our servers. Personally I think it is the best solution to go legit+PB and ban those hackers for good! Please feel free to drop your reaction below, and give your opinion by filling in the poll (right menu). We will decide what to do in about 2 weeks!
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CoD 2
. D-Day and me
are thinking of new
ways to support
recruitment. I expect
it to be launced a few
weeks after I finish
anticheat (which
should be within
7days, almost done,
3week delay = normal
for software
development 
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