How do you tell if you have cheaters on your server

Mon Mar 31, 2003 4:25 pm by senectus

I've seen some sucpicious activity lately on my server.. and I was wondering how to tell if they are trying an exploit??

Mon Mar 31, 2003 4:29 pm by LordZach

If someone instantly jumps from level 1 to 38 they're either a cheater of have a very nice friend nearby, or if they happen to launch with a titan as a new character.

Tue Apr 01, 2003 7:18 am by Cadal

Oh and if your not on the server at the time there is no way of knowing... because you can not inspect player accounts when they are offline, with the current toolset anyway.

Tue Apr 01, 2003 4:10 pm by Harv

This method is a bit rough and ready, but I've caught quite a few level 38 cheats who weren't in New York this way. I've had 100% success with this, but only used it when absolutely necessary and I've exhausted all other means.

On the server machine, open the Multiplayer folder (under My Documents/My Games/Freelancer/Accts) and sort the date modified column in descending order. The folders at the top of the list are those accounts currently playing.

Locate the suspected cheater in the Edit > Accounts window of the server app. Kick them off the server. This forces a save of their character files.

Quickly alt-tab back to the Multiplayer folder and refresh the contents using F5. The most recent save will be at the very top of the list. Double click on that folder and right click on the Name file and choose "Properties". Look at the creation date. Cheaters should be easy to spot since no-one should be level 38 within a few hours of their character creation date.

Blue Harvest 24/7 Dedicated Server... minus the few minutes when the memory leak takes us down.

Tue Apr 01, 2003 4:19 pm by Stinger

Oh and if your not on the server at the time there is no way of knowing

Not exactly true.

Wed Apr 02, 2003 7:54 am by Cadal

heh, i don't have access to any NDA tools for inspecting accounts..

Wed Apr 02, 2003 4:22 pm by Harv

NDA tools?

Blue Harvest 24/7 Dedicated Server... minus the few minutes when the memory leak takes us down.

Wed Apr 02, 2003 11:32 pm by shadowlurker

Stinger....what do you mean not exactly...

Being a fellow server admin, I would like to know...if you can't post it...please email me at [email protected]....thanks...

Thu Apr 03, 2003 1:07 am by Cadal

NDA Non Disclosure Agreement. And i'm just guessing he may have engineered something himself

Shadow if he can't post it to the forum or admin list than i doubt he will be able to email you.

Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:05 pm by Khaos

Cheaters should be easy to spot since no-one should be level 38 within a few hours of their character creation date.

Uhh, I've made level 38 within a few hours of my character's creation without hacking...something like 2 hours and 40 minutes or so. This isn't a sure-fire solution since some people really can level that fast, but if there is some insansely low time (like 5 minutes) then they either hacked or have a wealthy friend. I know I've gotten people to level 38 just five minutes after the character creation, I just had to hand over a few mil of my hard-earned cash.

Sun Apr 06, 2003 6:55 pm by RevRaz

Cheaters should be easy to spot since no-one should be level 38 within a few hours of their character creation date.

I also can hit level 38 within 3 hrs of starting.

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