Maken Tosch
Planetary Response Organisation
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Posted - 2013.04.08 01:06:00 -
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Laheon wrote:No. Can also lead to lag switching. Hit the lag switch, jump out of cover, shoot someone in the head x5 with a scrambler pistol, jump back in cover, hit the lag switch again, the guy's dead, as the client has told the server that you''ve hit, despite the server never registering you as having jumped out of cover.
Aimbots aren't the only threat.
Actually that wouldn't work. Remember, the OP said that the server would check the data for consistencies.
Example:
For the sake of this argument, let's assume that your PS3 is rigged with a lag switch. If you flip the switch to ON then come out of the corner to shoot and then return to that corner before flipping the switch to OFF, the client (the software installed in your PS3) will send out the data telling the server you popped out of the corner and shot your enemies on their heads. However, the server has checked the data and sees that you never left the corner in the first place between the time it stopped receiving data from the client and the time it resumed receiving data. As a result, the server refuses to apply the damage you dealt because there were inconsistencies in the data received.
On top of that, the data may also include time stamps. These time stamps can be used by the server to see if the damage applied matches the time the server last saw you do it. If the server never saw you apply the damage, it will refuse to accept the data. This is also used to determine if anyone is trying to circumvent the system which is a serious offense punishable by a potential permaban depending on the severity of the offense.
Keep in mind that CCP has an entire security team dedicated towards thwarting any and all attempts to manipulate the client and the server. They have banned players by the thousands in a single day alone (much more if you account for the entire 10-year span of Eve Online) and are even capable of tracing RMT (real-money trading) activities between two accounts that would seemingly look unrelated. Those of us who have spies in the RMT communities have seen reports come in about RMT/BOT users seeing all of their accounts banned, their assets/ISK confiscated, transactions reversed, and their characters flagged from being able to be traded for ISK on the Character Bazaar market. This includes accounts that have not been used for botting or RMT but are tied to such ill-willed users.
CCP is no fool when it comes to this stuff. Those of us who have seen CCP in action can affirm that trying to manipulate CCP's system to gain an advantage will bring out CCP's wrath. |