14.01.2008 21:30
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Crysis supported by PunksBusted.com!
Crysis has been out for quite some time already and we constantly focus on getting the Multiplayer part more balanced and the servers less filled with cheaters. The last point is a topic we want to address today. The following is only the beginning of our initiative against Hacks, Cheats and Trainers. We know this is going to be tough, but we think it is rudimental and absolutely necessary.
Alliance with Punksbusted.com
With this day we would like to announce our collaboration with the well known Anti-Cheat web site www.PunksBusted.com. Many of you may know this page from other popular multiplayer games, but here a summary what the group is about.
PunksBusted (PsB) was founded back in the year 2002. They are currently providing several games with the latest Md5 checks and a global master ban list. Most common hacks out there can be detected with the right Punkbuster configuration, and thus we decided to work together with these guys.
The Master Ban List
Together with PsB we have been working on a new Punkbuster configuration which is ready for release now. In addition we are going to use the Punkbuster streaming technology which is linked to PsB's Master Ban List (MBL) for Crysis.
So what is this MBL? In a few words, it is a list that streams the Punkbuster log files of a server to www.punksbusted.com. Afterwards these log files are being analyzed and cheat violations are being added to a Master Ban List (MBL).
This list prevents cheaters who have been added to play on all Crysis game server who are streaming to Punksbusted. Following you will find a description how to set up your server correctly in order to be able to stream to PsB.
We are also using the Auto MBL tool to provid
e new cheat related Md5 checks to the game servers. These will be updated as soon as we have found a new cheat for Crysis which can be detected this way.
Streaming To Punksbusted.com
Every game server for Crysis can stream to Punksbusted.com. All you need to do is following:- Register free on www.punksbusted.com
- Chose “Membership” and then “Apply”
- Fill out the form (don’t forget to add Crysis game servers)
- Application is being verified and Clan ID being sent via email
- Once you have received the login information proceed as following:
- Open "pbsvlog.cfg" inside your Pb folder.
- Enter your Clan ID into this field:
pb_sv_loguser <clanID> // Your Clan ID
- Download the Auto-mbl tool to get updates from PsB automatically.
- Keep in mind: “pbsv.cfg” requires manual updating!
- Changes to your game server need to be updated on the PsB page.
New Punkbuster Configuration
As already mentioned above we have created a new Punkbuster configuration together with PsB which can be downloaded further below and applied to your server. This configuration contains 4 files:- pbsv.cfg
You can find general PB settings, cvar checks and all Md5 checks in this config file
- pbsvlog.cfg
In this config you need to add all needed informations for streaming
- pbsvuser.cfg
This is an empty placeholder file the Auto MBL tool will update with the latest Md5 checks
- reloadbans.cfg
This file is needed to reload the ban list. So players which where deleted from the MBL will be unbanned.
Crysis Trusted Server Providers
Several Crysis game server providers already updated their public servers and more will follow during the next days. Especially our Trusted Server Providers K-Play and i3D have been very cooperative and most of their servers are running the new configurations. So try them out and enjoy some great Crysis Multiplayer experience!
Related links:
- Download "PB Recommended Config 1.1d"
- www.punksbusted.com
- www.evenbalance.com
- K-Play (Server Host)
- Interactive 3D (Server Host)
More to come regarding this topic!
-Crysis Dev Team
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Crytek Assistant Project Manager
This post has been edited 2 time(s), it was last edited by c4Te: 17.01.2008 19:13.
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14.01.2008 21:42
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RE: Crysis supported by PunksBusted.com!
Thats a good thing. I hope the will prevent cheating and hacks. Thumbs Up again to the guys from Crytek.
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14.01.2008 21:43
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RE: Crysis supported by PunksBusted.com!
g0oD
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14.01.2008 21:56
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RE: Crysis supported by PunksBusted.com!
Goddamn it.. Why does everyone go with Punkbuster, it sucks so hard. Why can't you make your own anti-cheat CryTek? Ditch PB, it sucks!
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14.01.2008 21:58
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this is definitvely good news *thumbs up too*
(sometime i want to figure out what kind of player tends to cheat, something like negative crap)
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14.01.2008 22:12
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I think it's a great, this sounds like a good plan to me, of course there will be whiners on here
I for one think it sounds fantastic
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14.01.2008 22:14
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The main problem w/ PB is that it doesn't prevent memory address hacks. These hacks alter the values of memory resident data, and thus can't be found via MD5s. A memory randomizer at launch would be the best solution; therefore you wouldn't be able to hard code in the addresses for alterations. It would definately make the economy for developing and selling hacks too costly to maintain.
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14.01.2008 22:43
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14.01.2008 22:59
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Most hacker programs dont work right on pb
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14.01.2008 23:33
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Beac, they dont talk about punkbuster, but punksbusted..
these are to different anit-cheat programs
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14.01.2008 23:41
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RE: Crysis supported by PunksBusted.com!
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pause for screaming crowd.......yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh
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14.01.2008 23:52
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Originally posted by passie
Beac, they dont talk about punkbuster, but punksbusted..
these are to different anit-cheat programs |
Punkbuster is the software PunksBusted and Crytek is using to detect cheats.
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Originally posted by MWLL|Mach10
The main problem w/ PB is that it doesn't prevent memory address hacks. These hacks alter the values of memory resident data, and thus can't be found via MD5s. A memory randomizer at launch would be the best solution; therefore you wouldn't be able to hard code in the addresses for alterations. It would definately make the economy for developing and selling hacks too costly to maintain. |
Most hacks can be detected with this configuration.
This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by c4Te: 14.01.2008 23:54.
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15.01.2008 00:24
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This is good news but bad news is that server becomes even more unstable at the moment when PB has been enabled on server as Crytek is hopefully already aware of this issue.
As long instablity with server even without or with PB havent been addressed, i see no point stream server on psb. Alex im not the only with issue where server crashes usually 1-4 times / day after a map change. Have a look at: http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18079
Before patch reason was CryNetwork.dll for crash, after patch it is CryGame.dll, obviously there is something that needs to be fixed. I managed get serverdoc (proggie that autorestarts any program after crash) working but still issue is most annoying one at the moment because each crash might mean empty server for long time...
At the moment it seems you managed fix ammo hack with latest patch, possibly to fix also speedhack? Something like that server checks player location coordinates and detects itself if somebody is using speedhack ie. moving too fast. Sounds easy but i know it might be tricky to code.
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by GameFrame: 15.01.2008 00:25.
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15.01.2008 00:39
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The reason why servers are crashing in CryGame.dll can be related to an issue we found that players can crash the server with additional client scripts.
These client scripts will be kicked if you have this configuration added.
This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by c4Te: 15.01.2008 00:39.
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15.01.2008 00:51
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nice news, now we need servers with this !!!!
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15.01.2008 01:01
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Level Designer
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Like wrote in this news all public servers from K-Play.de and i3D.net have this new configuration running. Others will follow soon.
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15.01.2008 01:13
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Originally posted by c4Te
The reason why servers are crashing in CryGame.dll can be related to an issue we found that players can crash the server with additional client scripts.
These client scripts will be kicked if you have this configuration added. |
Can you describe little bit more what "additional client scripts" does mean thanks. I do not lose anything by trying this out. I will report results after some days testing. Filling the psb form right now.
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by GameFrame: 15.01.2008 01:14.
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15.01.2008 05:54
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Beginner
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thumbs down
for the lack of 64-bit support 
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15.01.2008 12:08
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Originally posted by GameFrame
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Originally posted by c4Te
The reason why servers are crashing in CryGame.dll can be related to an issue we found that players can crash the server with additional client scripts.
These client scripts will be kicked if you have this configuration added. |
Can you describe little bit more what "additional client scripts" does mean thanks. I do not lose anything by trying this out. I will report results after some days testing. Filling the psb form right now. |
It is easy. Clients can modify weapon scripts and can join with it on a PB secured server. For some reason this weapon scripts are crashing the server in CryGame.dll
With this new configuration we provided together with PsB players with modified weapon scripts get kicked from the server some minutes after joining. So as you can see it is a small workaround till we fixed this issue.
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15.01.2008 14:03
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