Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck

Post by temporarrry0923 » Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 8:14 PM UTC

switz wrote: post #63

phendrenad2 wrote: post #42

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You know this? You've personally tried them? Or is this secondhand, thirdhand, hypothetical knowledge? It seems to me that anti-cheat works the same way DRM works: It poses a barrier to entry that keeps NN% of people who would hack from hacking, which is sufficient to keep the game from becoming a hacker cesspool.

As someone who runs an online Counterstrike platform, I can attest to this firsthand. There are literally dozens of open source cheats on Github that bypass the major anticheat services. And when one gets detected, they're usually updated in just a few days. For private paid cheats, they're very rarely detected. I've heard of people paying thousands of dollars for custom-built cheats that have gone years and years wi…

Post by lights0123 » Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 8:15 PM UTC

sylens wrote: post #13

peanut_worm wrote: post #7

I could totally see Linux hitting 5+ percent market share for desktops on the next couple years

I think at this point I just need a Google Drive client. 1Password is already there, Obsidian is there, I'm ready to go

Post by donkarma » Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 8:16 PM UTC

switz wrote: post #63

phendrenad2 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know this? You've personally tried them? Or is this secondhand, thirdhand, hypothetical knowledge? It seems to me that anti-cheat works the same way DRM works: It poses a barrier to entry that keeps NN% of people who would hack from hacking, which is sufficient to keep the game from becoming a hacker cesspool.

As someone who runs an online Counterstrike platform, I can attest to this firsthand. There are literally dozens of open source cheats on Github that bypass the major anticheat services. And when one gets detected, they're usually updated in just a few days. For private paid cheats, they're very rarely detected. I've heard of people paying thousands of dollars for custom-built cheats that have gone years and years wi…

Post by subw00f » Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 8:17 PM UTC

temporarrry0923 wrote: post #64

AustinDev wrote: post #39

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And those aren't even cheaters using a full DMA module and separate PC which is nearly impossible to detect if done properly.

Or worse machine-learning-to-bounding-box that takes the video stream through HDMI, identifies character heads, intercepts the USB HID mouse, and injects movement commands to move the center of the screen towards the nearest "head". Literally (not nearly) impossible to detect, there is no difference between this and just aiming by hand. The video is already out of the box, and the USB HID packets look the same as the…

Post by switz » Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 8:17 PM UTC

temporarrry0923 wrote: post #71

switz wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who runs an online Counterstrike platform, I can attest to this firsthand. There are literally dozens of open source cheats on Github that bypass the major anticheat services. And when one gets detected, they're usually updated in just a few days. For private paid cheats, they're very rarely detected. I've heard of people paying thousands of dollars for custom-built cheats that have gone years and years wi…

Does popflash.site have an AC? I didn't have a problem last time I tested it. I think your server could check for several cvars that are only enabled for cheaters using some cheats, to auto-ban them. Though this precludes externals and some better internals.