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aaarrrggg... PC hacks available, IW anti-hack Impotent
Locke | 9:03 AM on 11.12.2009 4 comments


http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/16389/1/

This has not yet been independently verified, but it is something that PC gamers knew would come. Hacks are all but impossible to stop. Punkbuster seems to do a decent job (not great), but other anti-hack clients have seemed to fall behind very quickly.

In the end if someone wants to cheat, they can. Soon all those XBOX cheaters (that were caught) will be able to re-flash the firmware or get a new chip to get back online and the cycle will continue.

The self regulating, dedicated server communities (some bad and some good) cannot do anything now as before. On PC someone who can hack (it will happen) can get away completly until an update is provided.



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Jon B's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/12/2009 09:26
Jon B
It's not IW's anti-hack. It's Valve's.

Of course, if we had the standard online featureset, we could just ban aimbotters. But nooooooo...
GenericInsult's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/12/2009 11:03
GenericInsult
Probably the same Punkbuster thing that Warrock used.
Benki's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/12/2009 11:49
Benki
Punkbuster is balls compared to Steam's VAC.
It'll get fixed up, infact, those people who hacked are probably banned by now.
Locke's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2009 08:15
Locke
@ Benki

hopefully you're right. There seems to be a lot of opinion on the web as what anti hack is the best and how well they work. Many would disagree with you. Others are saying that there will be a lot of bans going out next week, b/c it takes valve that time to catch up...
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