PunkBuster (1.3) - cheat/hack detection script

[topgun]

Good atleast now people appreciating that dude and aeron u need not to act smart with everyone and u know u were rude so write him an officialy letter saying ur sorry

[Fayte]

Thanks everyone If you still want it, it's avaliable at

http://fayte.digiwire.org/pb/PunkBuster-1.1.zip

Feel free to refine it or whatever.

However they are right, it's not perfect and is prone to kicking people for no good reason, but it _does_ kick 99% of cheaters (and some bots because they teleport across the map in less than a second).

I've scripted/coded for a long time (mirc/php/html/vb/jscript), just never really done anything with it. It would be nice to join a team, but I think most teams could find better than me besides the languages I know are kinda useless for making games/cheat detection (and yes mirc does eat CPU like Rick Waller in a chinese place unfortunately).

I wish there was a way to compile mirc scripts or something im my humble opinion mIRC is the best language there is

Slightly off topic - I am trying to work on an MTA script handler on php (bit like mta:ma, but runnable on linux and more reliable - sorry aeron, don't start on me again). I asked the mta team for support. someone from the team (I cant remember) told me to write it up and email them. So I did, but guess what, no response. Ah well, I'm doing it anyway. look out for that soon

[Aeron]

Good! I redirect all "When MTA:mA on linux?" questions to you then

[Oli]

1 suggestion:

u have this:

alias mta.pb.spawnselect {
 if ($mta.location($1,$2) == -971 280 11.2630376815796) return true
 elseif ($mta.location($1,$2) == -1421 -760 14.8677339553833) return true
 elseif ($mta.location($1,$2) == -690 -1360 10.9086408615112) return true
 elseif ($mta.location($1,$2) == 409 656 11.2590389251709) return true
 elseif ($mta.location($1,$2) == 34.5 -1178.5 10.4633226394653) return true
 elseif ($mta.location($1,$2) == 474.399993896484 -1717.5 57.2528877258301) return true
 elseif ($mta.location($1,$2) == -836 -638 10.9292240142822) return true
 else return false
}

id have this:

alias mta.pb.spawnselect {
 var %a = $mta.location($1,$2)
 if ($readini(pb.ini,spawnlocations,$replace(%a,$chr(32),$chr(44)))) !return $true
 else !return $false
}

then have the contents of pb.ini as:

[spawnlocations]
-971,280,11.2630376815796=1
-1421,-760,14.8677339553833=1
-690,-1360,10.9086408615112=1
409,656,11.2590389251709=1
34.5,-1178.5,10.4633226394653=1
474.399993896484,-1717.5,57.2528877258301=1
-836,-638,10.9292240142822=1

and put pb.ini in ure root mirc dir. This will reduce CPU usage a bit.

Ill look over the rest later, im sure there are more things that could be done.. that just stood out to me

[orappa]

Good work Fayte.

P.S. You might want to change the name to something other than PunkBuster as I believe that name is copywritten. That's presumably the reason why MTAMA uses the term Punk Catcher (or something like that).

[Fayte]

lol PunkCatcher is hilarious, it can be owned in one packet

I might call it PunkRaper. What do you guys reckon?

btw 1.2 release coming up soon

[eAi]

If you're continuing with this, can you please reinstate the initial post? As others have said, it'll be hard to do this effectively, but you're welcome to try.

[Guest]

Maybe you could make a version, or a setting which means you can type !speedhackers which then gives you a list of people suspected.

That was if you find it to be unreliable at kicking/banning it still has some use.

You might even have it log the suspects.

Just ideas.

[Fayte]

Okay, I'll redo the post in a sec

Thanks for the ideas, and yeah maybe that is a better idea

Working on 1.2 now

[orappa]

Yeah, that's definitely a better idea.

[Bob_TDH]

great job dude, just tested on gta.ru servers and it worked fine

[Fayte]

1.2 has been released and incorporates many new ideas and features. See the first post for more information.

Hopefully we can bring a stop to the annoying little kids who think it's cool to download hacks and abuse the game.

[Guest]

Random question: Don't by any chance use tiscali do you fayte?

[Fayte]

No, why?

edit: What the hell is it, lol?

[Jani]

Google is your friend.

Tiscali is a cheap UK ISP.

[XvN]

i see no harm in making a script to counter-act cheats, my PB v1.5 works just fine, and can even work against that "guy dropping out of a heli" thing someone mentioned

as far as cheat protecting MTA, well theres only 1 way you can do that effectivly and MTA havent come up with that yet (maybe when MTA finally comes off the beta? lol)

anyways, good work Fayte

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edit* -- just one side note.. you CAN actually write in a health detection that doesnt interfer with sailor regeneration, slaps, etc.

bye

[Blade1941]

Google is your friend.

That's the wrong term . Google is your search engine is the right one.

[orappa]

as far as cheat protecting MTA, well theres only 1 way you can do that effectivly and MTA havent come up with that yet (maybe when MTA finally comes off the beta? lol)

They've said that Blue will offer them more ways of detecting cheating. It will also allow people like Fayte more control over their third party anti-cheat programs.

[XvN]

Well we'll see with blue i guess

i think if blue is totally serverside tho, it will still be easy for cheaters/modders to effect it..

but thats just my opinion...

[Fayte]

1.3 released:

http://xyz-host.com/pb/PunkBuster1.3.zip

Please upgrade if you have a lower version, this fixes a major annoying bug in the health hack detection.

[XvN]

nice work, lol i still say youre a very neat coder..

compared to my 'HEAP' (ashamed)

keep up the good work

and seeing as tho this is my third post on mtavc forums, a big hey to all who read this, and to all those who care

a bigger hey to all of you i know

[Au{R}oN]

Maybe I've founded a little bug.

Status: !pdmode auto

I go in the player selection screen, I check myself: !pbcheck 0.

Admin slaps Auron

Kicked. (auto-cheat detection).

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Status: !pbmode warn

I go in the player selection screen, I check myself: !pbcheck 0.

Admin slaps Auron.

PunkBuster: THH_Au{R}oN does not appear to be using health hacks

Why?

Another suggestion:

When I set the pb in "warn", and I try to insert a health cheat, if i write !pbcheck 0, it kick me, also if isn't on "auto".

[andeh]

1.3 released:

http://xyz-host.com/pb/PunkBuster1.3.zip

Please upgrade if you have a lower version, this fixes a major annoying bug in the health hack detection.

I give up, have you read what jax has allready said???

[Andy_1984]

*sigh*

Leave bot/cheater detection to the MTA-team or me (Hehe)

lol great job with that, it thinks a windows directory is a trainer

i asume it just checks open windows. so what if i had to hide a trainer so that it was runing in the background