With regards to the LUA scripting plugin, the next version of KAC will treat it as a cheat. I completely agree that it's absurd the community has to write its own anticheat plugins to plug holes left by Valve's approach, though.
--- Dave Kellaway david.kella...@member.fsf.org On 28 March 2010 00:33, Kyle Sanderson <kyle.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since forever, players have been able to load plugins on their clients > letting them get around cheat sensitive variables such as sv_cheats, > allowing them to use r_drawothermodels, mat_wireframe, etc. We as server > admins have had the option to install various anti cheat addons (Kigen Anti > Cheat, VBAC, and than some rather lame ones for EventScripts) in order to > get around these quite severe downfalls in the engine. However now, there is > a LUA scripting interface <http://www.3rdera.com/> that has been written, > and is now fully supporting engine exploits in order to cause trouble for > server admins and for other players. No one can justify it's use, every > single script written has been made to get around server settings and > protections put in place to keep order, and to keep the game fluently moving > along. Right now, players cannot be VAC banned for using this, it's also > going against every single reason why VAC was created. Instead of battling > these antics with these scripters, I'm begging you Valve to please remove > this function from clients as there's absolutely no reason for them to have > it. I've sent two emails to a couple employees which were left unanswered, I > know others have done the same. > > Here's a forum full of countless exploits: > http://www.3rdera.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=5 > > If you don't want to read the wall of text explaining why players should not > be allowed to load plugins, I'm sure your common sense on the issue will be > more than sufficient to respond. > Kyle Sanderson. > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
