New anti-cheat

[kirlen 3]

Hello,

I would like to suggest (who knows, maybe one of the developers will see this topic) to change the ani-cheat in DayZ.

I have the impression that every day... not a week or a month, but a day... it's getting worse when it comes to cheaters in DayZ, what's worse, BattleEye totally doesn't care about them, I even have the impression that it doesn't do anything as long as the cheater does not interfere with the game files, and no one does that anymore.

However, following the trail of suggestions. On the horizon appeared I think a strong player when it comes to any-cheats that uses AI to deal with them, namely: "Anybrain". I believe that even if this particular one would not be an ideal choice for DayZ developers, and it seems not only to be more effective, but also cheaper to use and simple to implement, it would at least be worth taking into account the new possibilities that this approach offers.

[General Zod 1118]

I think this forums mods should just make a sticky saying the devs don't care about cheaters don't waste your time making a post about it.

[Parazight 1599]

20 hours ago, kirlen said:

However, following the trail of suggestions. On the horizon appeared I think a strong player when it comes to any-cheats that uses AI to deal with them, namely: "Anybrain". I believe that even if this particular one would not be an ideal choice for DayZ developers, and it seems not only to be more effective, but also cheaper to use and simple to implement, it would at least be worth taking into account the new possibilities that this approach offers.

It will be interesting to see what happens of this Anybrain.  I am of the belief that only a real human can keep pace with cheaters, we'll see.   I would love to see independent code be able to successfully mitigate this issue but I have my doubts.  That said,  I would have gladly paid into a subscription model to avoid cheaters.

8 hours ago, General Zod said:

I think this forums mods should just make a sticky saying the devs don't care about cheaters don't waste your time making a post about it.

The devs care just fine but don't broker deals with anti-cheat software companies.  Management does that part.  Likely that management doesn't scour the forums for lamentations.

[Riddick_2K 174]

Yes, unfortunately it is true.
In any case, "Anti-Cheat" software is unreliable and unfortunately often subject to false positives. I don't know about Battleeye, but I know Punkbuster well because I've been playing Battlefield since 2009, and it literally generated waves of false positives, so much so that EA dropped it. Now the Battlefield servers are full of cheaters but at least no one gets banned for anything anymore.
The only really good system I know of is to allow free flight for everyone, so that you can follow each player's game and be able to record it and, if the company that manages it is serious, you can also report them.
I understand that due to the peculiarity of DayZ it is a difficult path to take, even with a strong delay (at least you would lose all the hidden stocks), but the B.I. if it were really interested in eliminating this plague from the game, it would have to hire a group of administrators who, based on the number of complaints and evidence submitted, follow the players (in a completely hidden way, not like certain server administrators) and verify what exactly they are doing and how. In this way, a lot of scum could be eliminated and in addition, once the word would spread, the "terror" effect would also be obtained: every player would be afraid of always being "potentially" controlled and it would be much more difficult than thinking to buy a tricks and use it.
In my opinion this would be the only real working system to try to "seriously" eradicate this plague.
Then the "ethics" of the decisions could also be discussed, even the employees of the B.I. they are "human beings" with all that follows (errors, fanaticism, discrimination, even if only unconscious).
Or resign yourself to tricks, or look for a private server with at least "decent" administrators. NOT always a followed server is also "well administered". Often, unfortunately, the servers are bought by frustrated children/adolescents and/or "never grown/evolved" adults who are only looking for the "gratification of power": I see this in all videogames, DayZ is not excluded.

[General Zod 1118]

15 hours ago, Parazight said:

It will be interesting to see what happens of this Anybrain.  I am of the belief that only a real human can keep pace with cheaters, we'll see.   I would love to see independent code be able to successfully mitigate this issue but I have my doubts.  That said,  I would have gladly paid into a subscription model to avoid cheaters.

The devs care just fine but don't broker deals with anti-cheat software companies.  Management does that part.  Likely that management doesn't scour the forums for lamentations.

But wouldn't the devs or reps on this forum mention something to their higher ups that there is a massive problem with cheaters ? If yes than the higher ups don't care if no they don't care. Either way someone doesn't care.