SWLACC Anticheat Client

pisto | 2012-12-16 18:16

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Blurb A closed source Sauerbraten modification, with cheat monitoring on the user's side

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Detailed description

This client provides a more-than-nothing guarantee of the fairness of a player. It is closed source for obvious security reasons.

Introduction for both beginners and elder players:
What is the swlacc?

Discussion about your privacy and paranoia concerns ("WTF LOL IT'S A SPYWARE!"):
About your privacy
(very succinct summary: mefisto and Hankus will keep an eye on me and will guarantee that I'm not violating your privacy)

Downloads:
Latest release here!

URL http://swlacc.pisto.me

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Comments

Suicizer | 2012-12-17 00:25

So why is this on quadropolis?

pisto | 2012-12-17 00:37

why not. If you care to read, it's not spam for SWL. Now the swlacc is an anticheat available for any tournament.

Suicizer | 2012-12-17 07:28

We had pslclient for that back in the good ol' days, but I'm not seeing anything of that around here. Anything more it offers than only checking if you cheat?

P.S. I wonder if the sauerx-mod is being detected by this (even its a pretty harmless mod).

pisto | 2012-12-17 10:55

The PSL client was intended specifically for the PSL. The SWLACC client, despite the name (which is kept to avoid confusion), is now a full time anticheat client.

And yes, about features. There are, and they aren't worthless.

Client-side demos.
Extended scoreboard with extinfo (you see the right accuracy even you don't attend a round from the beginning).
Generally better performance than the vanilla client, because it is built with a more modern compiler and with up to date libraries, which are linked statically. libjpeg is replaced by libjpeg-turbo, and the speedup in map loading is noticeable.

Have a look at http://swlacc.pisto.me/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4 , under "Reference".

I don't know what is sauerx-mod. But differently from the time when Markku was maintaining this mod, the point of the SWLACC is not to detect what mods (and possibly cheat mods, you know what I am talking about) you have used in the past. On a side note, this mod is a completely different code base.

Calinou | 2012-12-17 21:30

Other than the anticheat stuff, why not open source the jpg/client-side demo/extended scoreboard stuff? It would cost nothing.

pisto | 2012-12-18 13:15

I'm considering the pro and the cons. I lean toward releasing that stuff, but problem is that it would be like exposing another piece of information of the swlacc, and the bad guys could figure out where is the important stuff by just "subtracting" what is public from the binary.

EDIT:
I decided to point out that in the big FAQ thread. People who want to use my code will ask me directly.

wlkr | 2012-12-17 22:26

Well, I like it that you provide an anticheatclient for any person willing to host a tournament.
I also agree with you when you say people crying about their privacy but be likely to post their half life on facebook, use a lot of other shit which may be not as trustworthy as you are, are talking bullshit.
In my opinion SWLacc is kind of irritating but the names choice is yours :D
I remember when Markku released first acc for SWL he let eihrul look through his binary, this could be a step which also may help you to get more trust from people.
So after telling you how great and fine everything is, there is just one point of critics: I would like to get the information who beside you is looking at the acc-logs more easy, maybe already here, cause i had to read your whole texts to find out they are Hankus and mefisto.

Suicizer | 2012-12-17 22:31

when you talk about acc, I guess you mean accuracy?
If so, then I wonder what's its actions when you aim for 90% accuracy or higher (it's very possible to do so, just your kills/death will be low).

RaZgRiZ | 2012-12-18 09:36

Damn mate, all this talk and you have yet to realise that "acc" in this case refers to "anti-cheat-client"?
Please proceed to the nearest door frame, place your head at the corner and slam the door on it :P

Suicizer | 2012-12-18 09:51

How the he'll should I know when it commonly is used for accuracy? Especially as both terms are being involved on the subject.

pisto | 2012-12-18 12:43

Cheat detection is not so naive.

Calinou | 2012-12-18 12:31

SWLACC Anticheat Client is the node title...

This means: SWL Anticheat Client Anticheat Client.
;)

^ Suicizer

Suicizer | 2012-12-18 14:55

I admit I've been wrong about it. Despite that, the statement of creating a situation which can be confusing in a certain way still stands.

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