At 10:11 PM 09/29/2001 +0100, you wrote: >heh.. > >""I think VALVe should fix it at the source"" > >oh, and what "source" would that be? > >They ban the right for people to learn programming languages and think up >nasty and evil schemes of how to hack a game next? > >Lets face it, its going to get cracked sooner or later, im not supporting >the cheaters far from it, im just making out its a EXTREMELY hard task to >make a game UN-HACKABLE..
Obviously you're not a programmer ... That's like saying you can't keep a terrorist from a cockpit ... Believe me, there are tons of way to prevent these simple hacks, but it should start from within the program in my opinion ... We're not talking about registration hacks, we're talking about a client server model and plenty of places to do constant checking ... >Dan >----- Original Message ----- >From: "HL Server" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 9:53 PM >Subject: Re: Valve will support PB??? New news from PunkBuster > > > > > > At 10:39 AM 09/29/2001 -0500, you wrote: > > >This from http://www.punkbuster.com/news.html: > > >Thursday 9.27.2001 [3:00PM] > > > > > >Since Tuesday's announcement regarding PunkBuster going commercial, we >have > > >received four inquiries from commercial game developers (including Valve) > > >about the possibility of integrating our Anti-Cheat software technology >into > > >their products. We continue to desire relationships with game designers >who > > >are serious about stopping cheaters. We will release more details as soon >as > > >possible (hopefully, in the near future). > > > > What a shame ... PunkBuster doesn't even work (don't take my word for it, > > test it for yourself) ... I think VALVe should fix it at the source > > instead of trying to put on a band-aid after the fact ... > > > >
