It is fairly easy to identify people that might be using this MOD on a server if you know what to look for. On Elite....we do.

If any other server admins want to know the specifics of how this is done, please email me with this information in the body of your message:

Your server name:
Using server patch: Y or N

I can not with good conscience devulge this information publically for fear the peeps will find a way around the indicator(s). Not that this has become a server admin vs users situation (we both need each other), but it's important to stay one step ahead if we're to maintain the stability of these servers for the general public.

Edited by - Stinger on 19-06-2003 17:45:43

any chance of spilling the beans?


"what do you know about the beans" neil. the young ones

Stinger, is your published email address correct? my local mail gateway rejected it as non verifiable (probably its new anti spam software)

if you could send a note to [email protected] - would be hugely appreciated

Server details:
Sir_Warwick's 24/7 UK Server
Patched

Thanks

cheers sting for the info, and letting me know about the anti cloak mod,

Just curious, but does the Anti-cloak mentioned on the Main page cause server crashes? I might get back into FL, but will likely do it using the Anti-cloak, nothings worse than getting whacked by someone you can't see or find!

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Trent: "Uuuh, Huuuh"

The anti cloak mod does not seem to have a deterimental impact on the server. Still, it's a mod and until further examination that one isn't allowed on Elite either. Sorry folks, if you see a cloaker, just email the server admin on the server news about it. I think it's okay to speak for some other server admins out there on this. We'd be more than just happy to take care of it for you.

Rob "Stinger" Lordier
Moderator - Lancers Reactor
Creator Privateer FAQ
no good deed will ever go unpunished

Roger that, Stinger. - Browclops

Agreed. At this point I still refuse to add any mods to my servers to try and bust all these other mods (cheats). It could turn into an endless rat race to try and keep up with these cheats. I generally will make allowances for people when they try some mods, but anyone found using the cloak will be banned first time.

had a surge of cloaked ships at manhattan tho... not heard a peep since the hairy anti cloak went on, but wouldent it be nice if it self distructed aswell, every time u tried to use cloak. "BOOM", now that would rock

If it were less easy for these kind of mods to be obtained then quite possibly we people who are trying to run good servers wouldn't have all these problems. While I am on this thought, just why is it that these mods were put out without some kind of protection offered beforehand.Now I would presume the only way I can protect my servers and the players that choose not to cheat , which is what the majority of these mods permit , is to MOD my server. Then tomorrow some so called support site puts up another mod so that I have to deal with that one also. Thanks to all the SUPPORT forums. You are really doing the game a big service. If this game goes down the tubes , you have only yourselves to blame.

Cross posting in different threads but to put it mildly im Cross my self. Had a cloaked player with indestructable shield Spawning Not Jettisonin lvl 10 champion shields. You can guess what ever mutha of a spawned idiot did, they picked them up and now are using them. Now have to find all the twats with Champion shields and issue them with a KOS warning, until they get rid of them.

Thankfully I had the anti cloak mod so could See who it was, after I had installed it, hadnt until then incase it had casue lag but didnt matter in this case.