Cheating Death

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by OldBloke@Mar 7 2004, 04:05 PM
CD will be back. A new client has already been released but is too flaky at the moment to recommend users download and install it.

Works fine for me???

[OldBloke]

Originally posted by BlueBall+Mar 7 2004, 04:31 PM-->

[OldBloke]

CD now back on servers but at present is only mandatory on Baldric.

[Grimnar]

What is wrong here:

I start up CD and then i start up steam then i connect to the server and it says that i'm not running CD so i checked for an update but there isn't any.

So i restart steam again. And then the server says it again :blink:

How and why if someone knows the answer plz tell

[Doorman]

Originally posted by Ice Hawk@Mar 24 2004, 07:41 PM
What is wrong here:

I start up CD and then i start up steam then i connect to the server and it says that i'm not running CD so i checked for an update but there isn't any.

So i restart steam again. And then the server says it again :blink:

How and why if someone knows the answer plz tell

Sorry, we can't tell you, it's a secret. Irritating though ennit?

[Grimnar]

yeah you get a very big name if the server doesn't notice that you have CD on

[OldBloke]

As you've probably realised ...

Steam update = Broken Cheating Death  <_<

I've disabled CD again for now. CD patch is imminent and will be deployed when confirmed as stable.

[RizZy]

I'm a little bit confused as to the need for CD on a server thats locked, not used for matches & you know all the ppl who play on it - the only reason I can figure is you think ppl are cheating on there, which, playing in the style that is tcs I see very little point too, as its not about an individuals skills but the ability to work as a team that counts, or am I missing something really simple?

[Grimnar]

well for dMw it is simple.

We still get new people playing on our server who we don't know.
So you don't know if they cheat or how good they are etc.

[Maus]

And from experience it's much less annoying to get killed repeatedly by someone who's damn good than someone who's cheating.

I've joked about anti-cheat stuff being unnecessary in TCS, but it's all about peace of mind I guess. Call me a sentimental old fool, but I like to be able to trust the people I play with.

What are the benefits of using CD again? If it's going to need a bit of faffing about with every Steam update should we not just stick with VAC?

[TeaLeaf]

VAC is to anti-cheat, how shall we say, what a sieve is to the water storage industry.  :blink:   The bottom line is that CD seems to be more effective than VAC at stopping cheats.  

Our objective was to make CD mandatory on Baldric, our match server.  But it is easier for us from an Admin perspective to apply CD to all three servers (rather than just one) and then tweak the configs to make it mandatory or optional on each server.  Installing it on just Baldric and not Homer & MH is more labour intensive, hence when CD is running it is mandatory on Baldric, but only optional on Homer and MeatHook as our objective is to secure Baldric.

TL.

[Anonymous]

Version 4.18 now available. Get your existing CD client to check for update and you will get it. I assume it fixes this weeks Steam update  :whistle:

[atdi]

lol well [CD] will stop me being on ur server fullstop... 56k + CD dnt work tbh

[Anonymous]

Yup, every single Steam update breaks CD. I reckon Valve are trying to do it deliberately so that only VAC works (which it doesnt)

[brass]

Got a different message today:- After updating CD and exiting and updating Steam, having deleted "blob" file. Starting the game lets you load the security file and starts to "precache resources" then comes the new message "Connection to VAC Server has been aborted, please read CD manual" ? Reading the "MANUAL" under the heading NOTICE it seems like I have just been saved from a world ban. I always knew I was "Lucky Jim".  Please somebody save me from Steam. :whistle: