BF2 Global ID

[toon09]

Hi,

I suspect a member of my clan is cheating. I can't prove this at the moment because he plays on our server, which is punkbuster protected, and hasnt appeared to have his account banned yet.

However, I have noticed his BF2 GLOBAL id has changed at least once in the last few days. Is this an indication of cheating?

Are there any other things I should look out for?

[Scinto]

Re: BF2 Global ID

you mean in the PB Screenshots the PBID is different, diff Cdkey

[toon09]

Re: BF2 Global ID

I dunno, the 30(ish) character key that comes up in the multiplay admin screen. I believe its the punkbuster ID but i may be wrong.

[Skaggy]

Re: BF2 Global ID

CD hash?

Changes when the user is using a different DVD to play the game.

[Scinto]

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CD hash?

Changes when the user is using a different DVD to play the game.

dvd?

cd-key..

if you had both hashes you could check them through www.punksbusted.com

[Skaggy]

Re: BF2 Global ID

Hold up a second, I'm getting confused.
From my understanding.

A CD-Key is what you type in whilst installing to confirm you have a legitimate copy.
A CD-Hash is the 30-digit long number that appears in the BF2CC list of players in a server.

Correct me if i'm wrong.

Oh and I said DVD because technically it is one.

[Scinto]

Re: BF2 Global ID

Hold up a second, I'm getting confused.
From my understanding.

A CD-Key is what you type in whilst installing to confirm you have a legitimate copy.
A CD-Hash is the 30-digit long number that appears in the BF2CC list of players in a server.

Correct me if i'm wrong.

Oh and I said DVD because technically it is one.

above is true...

For security reasons, a player's CD key is never accessible within BF2, but for virtually all purposes, their "CD key hash", which is available, serves just as well. This "hash" uses the obsolete MD5 algorithm to create a crytographic hash of the player's CD key

are pretty much the same thing as BF2's CD key hashes, but appear to initialize the MD5 algorithm differently. For all practical purposes, you can think of a player's GUID as just being a second (and different) CD key hash. Just like CD key hashes, they uniquely identify installed copies of BF2, and so can be used for all the same purposes as CD key hashes.

http://bf2.fun-o-matic.org/index.php/Player_Identity#CD_Key_Hash

either way if your clan mate has 2 different hash's check them through punksbusted.com there is a search tool on the left of the page, it will search the master ban list for any matches

[DesertFalcon]

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Have you taken PB screen shots? maybe he is not cheating hence him not getting banned.

[Scinto]

Re: BF2 Global ID

Have you taken PB screen shots? maybe he is not cheating hence him not getting banned.

some cheat/hacks still produce clean pbss,

[signa]

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if you enable pb logging on your computer in this file: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\pb\pbcl.cfg you can do a "pb_plist" command in-game and it will log everyones last 8 pb guid's to a log in the same directory. (it also logs anytime an admin kicks someone and for what reason).

[toon09]

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So it could be something as simple as hi usinga different CD to run the game?

[nuahs]

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first post! :yay:

..back on topic
Some players do play at cybercafe's as well, and that would definitely produce a different hash. I know my brother is in a clan and alot of the time he will play at our local cafe because he gets lower pings. But, like suggested above I would check the HASH against the PBBans and PunksBusted lists to see if anything pops-up.

[ConscriptVirus]

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^^ yeah that was wat i was thinking. like soemtiems i play at my friend's house on a diff computer, or maybe on another comp in my house.

[Sike]

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offtopic, Virus how u get it to say "weapon" under ur location?

[toon09]

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im pretty sure hes not using a internet cafe or friends pc 'cos of the times he plays. I thought maybe he plays with different disks, like sometimes his bf2 regular disk, sum times special forces disk. is that a reasonable conclusion?

Does anyone know how these hacks work? do they actually change your ID thing?

thanks so far guys