Cheating-Death: v2.5.0

[CSN NewsBot]

There's a brand new version of Cheating-Death out. They've fixed some detection problems, among other things. UnitedAdmins must be hard at work, they released a new version just yesterday.



You can download it here.[break="changelog"]

• [new] added 'cdstatus' server-side command for other server plugins to check if player is validated.
  
  
• [changed] changed the challenge.
  
  
• [fixed] fixed problems for au8830/20 chipset soundcards.
  
  
• [fixed] fixed detection of some wrappers.

[Delta|Cpt.Terran]

whoa, united admins really is working overtime. hlguard then shortly after another hlguard, and now a cheating death and shortly after another cheating death. gawd damn...

[gobd]

Actually what they do is they make a half-assed program filled with bugs for the first release, then release some updates to fix the earlier bug filled release so it looks like they are working hard when they are actually just releasing half-assed programs instead of waiting until they ahve all the bugs fixed and then releasing them. UA hasn't done anything great for CD or HLGuard, the original makers of both of the progams would have thought up some new and innovative way to stop more cheats by now.



Sooo, who else doesn't like UA?

[Exo]

I think UnitedAdmins is fairly useless. Few people rely on their programs anymore, because the VAC has revolutionized the anti-cheating community. They're sort of.. out of date, I guess you could say.

[orphy]

Well, when you have a standard anti-cheat, there's really no need for anything else. HLGuard and Cheating Death are just wasted hard drive space for the server admin and/or client.

[MikeJ]

Agreed. HLGuard does absolutely 100% nothing and no one uses CD.

[Delta|Cpt.Terran]

i beg to differ mikej, the fine inhabitants of the FireArms community do use it. i know. .

[orphy]

Heh, I remember back when all my n00b friends played FireArms. I called it "the n00b version of CS".

[MikeJ]

Well speaking for CS i havent seen HLG kick or detect a cheater for at least 8 months. And the WH block is useless seeing as there is already one built in to VAC.

[Tikkanen]

C-D's auth system can block so many more cheats than VAC ever could. Check the cheat sites to see how many more cheats work on VAC.

[abel]

Tikkanen wrote..

C-D's auth system can block so many more cheats than VAC ever could. Check the cheat sites to see how many more cheats work on VAC.

Then try them out for yourself to see when the functionality was last updated...

[Tikkanen]

I have :p Cheating-Death is the best.

[Ghengis]

Actually i think cheating death si probably a better way to go. Vac is out of date and terribley weve been finding more BLATANT cheat like with auto aim and stuff and they get away with it and continue denying with impunity on unadmined servers, more horrificly i ave discovered admins on certain servers using them,.... Needless to say thats on the server blacklist..

VAC just doesnt do enough... steam, if it can be cheat free, may well be the only way to get a fair game...

[sheeepy]

would be if any servers used it! jolt.co.uk used to support it they gave up with it when VAC was released, because VAC and CD werent compatible (and still arent) but tbh it was doing sooooo well....

[mf4]

MikeJ, HLG focuses more on blocking cheats rather than detecting them since VALVe removed the ability to scan for files. Stupid move on VALVe's part IMO, cheating would be less of a problem if they left it in. HLG WH block is not useless, it is "better" than VAC's WH block at the moment because it is able to hide players even if they are standing behind an entity, such as a door. HLG also has the aimbot detection. While it's not perfect, it still catches cheaters with older or cheats without smoothing techniques (there are ones with this right?) not heavily configured. It's better than nothing.



I just recently installed C-D on our server, if anyone wants to play there check out cs.mexicanstandoff.org:27016. C-D will be optional for 2 weeks so the regulars have time to download and install it. However, there is a C-D Mediator plugin to keep out cheaters OR people playing too good. It will warn them they need to download C-D, if they don't it will kick them and won't let them back in until they download C-D. I wish VALVe worked with UA and other anti-cheat developers so VAC could implement HLGuard and Cheating-Death techniques in VAC itself to help curb cheating.