Cheating is getting way out of control

Sun Jul 20, 2003 7:08 am by Dreglor

my server i try to keep the cheater out i have the oatch and all
but they still keep comming...
i have 2 presistent guys (one left)
helper
and now soulslayer
both of them are very deadly and they have the lag wave always behind them (if you know what i mean)
i think DA slacked off on the cheat protection
all they should of done is add money checking and file date,size,names to solve the cheating...
that all so on my server i have the fladmin banner say "please help keep the server to be cheat free by sending a anti-cheat suggestion at [email protected]"
i like to have tools to help automate the filtering process of cheater because quite frankly, we admins (includeing me) can't be there all day
the tooold we have now do helo alot but there's still alot to watch and jobs that require us.

so having the banner i had just above this in yuor server would be big help to all the server around may be well have so many people e-mailing them they might start work on some of them
if you disagree with me i probley say "hey, it was worth a try" and some reason your wrong

Edited by - Chips on 9/16/2004 12:31:08 PM

Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:18 am by ** uk server **

i`m with you,. its way outa hand, i`ve now stoped creation of new acounts,.. i may not have found all the "cheats" yet,. but i can stop new ones,. havent got room in the banner msg. but its in the server news. and on the website

** uk server **
www.ko krull.com (without the space, dont u love swear filters

)

Edited by - server on 20-07-2003 10:22:04

Edited by - server on 20-07-2003 10:27:40

Sun Jul 20, 2003 11:33 am by Pinger

Lag waves, if you are trying to describe a cheat from FPS games that induce lag so to make that person very difficult or impossilbe to hit. Then yes I've seen a player I believe has simmilar, what it looks like is them in constant Red lag when the server isn't lagging at all.

Now if they are truely lagging then they shouldnt be able to hit anyone at all when lagging that badly and more than likely loose connection. But this player can even when they are showing to have extreme lag. So think someone has figured out how to do the netspeed cheat from UT in FL.

Sun Jul 20, 2003 8:52 pm by Dreglor

well when i mean "lag wave" i mean as soon as they join lag starts
i seen my server load (with people on it) floating aroun 14 msec and then jump up to 1000 to around 5000
i even seen it go all the way up to 10000 before
and the flserver locks so i can't do much

Mon Jul 21, 2003 1:21 am by Stinger

We're seeing this on Elite too, but it does appear that like the viruses we're all used to seeing, I just don't see anyone reinventing the wheel on these server slammers, just waves of fairly old alterations hitting us over and over and over.

Every now and then something shows and it's odd, but with a little research and patience I've not seen anything new in a while. Just the same 'ol irritating bull hockey, different day.

Mon Jul 21, 2003 2:51 pm by Braxton

Since this is an anti-cheater thread, I thought I'd mention something I saw on Elite yesterday.

I tried to help a n00b called xXJenni_01Xx, but when we were doing missions, he/she was obviously cheating. They had a Starflier (w/two guns) but the weapons fire was like a blur as it looked like several weapons were firing. As we headed for a waypoint at cruise speed...one moment I was slightly ahead, then suddenly they were 4K ahead of me! After seeing this, I headed back to Manhattan because I couldn't be bothered helping a cheater. While docked, I saw the "Possible cheater detected" message and they were kicked.

Also a while ago, I noticed the weapon thing with a character called XxXxXxX...I'm now wandering if this is the same person. Anyway, I hope you look into it. BTW, I just like doing my part to help combat cheating.

Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:46 pm by Ryan-Cawdor>Outlander<

I was running a Rebalance Server v2.01 with a starting credits of 250,000
The server is pathced, and I figured, who needs cheats with this type of starting credits???
Apparently alot do!!!

My question is, as I redo the entire machine,( a Dual MP 2200 with 1 gig DDR ), on a cable connection, using server side install only, on Windows 2000 Professional, what can I do to keep the thing from crashing all the time?
I have tried the Freelancer Server Manager, but it is not helping.
Any suggestions would be helpful, I would like to keep this up 24/7 without making it password protected.
And I cannot monitor it Sat-Tues, since I travel.
Any advise ? [email protected]

Blow Me~~~~~~A-Kiss!

Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:17 pm by cams

On UK 24/7 dedicated we had a bit of everything, server crashes, server takeovers, account id takeovers, etc, you want it you name it

Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:38 am by Niwo

Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:38 pm by Pinger

Niwo it works but too well. Have to say FLCD killed my server, but will be relaunching soon after a service change so hope to rebuild a player base but it will be minus FLCD.

edit: ouchy didn't notice you grave digging this thread

Edited by - Pinger on 9/16/2004 1:39:58 PM

Tue Sep 21, 2004 3:03 pm by {hunter}Skyevallen

Though I haven't had to personally deal with cheaters since about 4 months ago now, I do know how bad it can be for more servers out there, especially unmodded ones.

If you really want to control your cheating problem, then go to a password and offer the information of that password on a forum that you control through a zip or txt file. Or if you feel you have enough players on your server, disable new accounts and start filtering out the bad weeds that way.

All of these anti-cheat files and programs do work to an extent, but they also have been known to auto-ban people that weren't cheating at all. Every program has a flaw, and eventually someone who has nothing better to do that find a way to cheat on your server, will figure it out and cheat anyways......

{hunter}Skyevallen - Admin/Server Op
Hunters Association (HA1)
http://www.sccommand.com/hunters/phpBB2/index.php

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