X-RaY anticheat now with ET support
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4 Apr 2008, 12:22
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X-RaY anti cheat has today announced its support for ET and have recently added it to its game list. The software which is used in many other games has the backing of the UK's largest league, Enemy Down and has a very active development team. The software is clientside and requires users to create an account and download the x-ray software. The software then forces screenshot uploads and scans your computer for cheat processes. On top of this the software has a very active support system in which the ET community is welcome and encouraged to participate in aiding them detect new cheats that have been released.
Crossfire is very happy to be supporting X-RaY and thanks their development team for a prompt response to our request for support in light of Punkbusters recent exposures. As such we will be launching prized ET and CoD4 tournaments using this software in the coming month.
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that suxxxx
cause ive been afk for a while but ive seen all those bulletins that didnt make any sense either :/
edit: Someone set up server with this!!!!!
certainly in the UK, upstream on residential net connections is YEARS behind download speeds as the majority of internet users dont see anything beyond "8mb down speed omg!!"
NEXT.....
Anyway anti3 (coded by quad for worldcup) seems better (atleast it "reads" the etpro memory to spot some cheats etc).
Im not being immature. Im just constating some facts.
ps: what about linux users? yeah...
may get a few detections after the game, dont know how effective it is atm
Oh noez ET is saved :D
so will be tested in the coming month, but even if it would be success, guess it would take like a year from CB atleast to take it into use, if they'd ever take it :D
http://crossfire.nu/?x=news&mode=item&id=2770
haha i caxn´t wait to see some guys playing at offis :D.. lets see if everyone keeps on his skill :o
but i dont think it will help for a long time...
For me (vista!) it doesnt
After about 2 days I never ever saw any one using it in a scrim again, and then I quited it.
need an onedaycup with that tool
PB takes my ss wierd, it takes from my desktop.
With xray I will have clean ss \o/
Guys who whine on memory usage/cpu GTFO
Buy better PC!
Need to be more positive :) Look at the bright side.
and about OS.. How about linux users?
ps, I have money for new computer, but I have an real life also which cost's too :)
E: I haven't tested this yet, but I think it will drop my fps.
Therefore you buy most expensive available "gaming" keyboard and mouse?
In mohaa you cant get to server if DMW is not scanning on connecting
But I guess it will track from the x-ray website who is using it when and what was uploaded
As for it's integrity, if you're not an uber leet coder then plz refrain from commenting on whether or not it can be bypassed*, everyone complains about PB so lets give something else a chance.
*not aimed at you Killer.
)-o
otherwise noone will put it on their server :/
big leagues got to force using this programme though.
thats what i meant :P
thx for explaining
i can only suggest all ET players to switch to linux, if they consider this bullshit. Youll then be safe and can do whatever you want ingame...
Switching won't help. If they do go with this it will have to be mandatory, and since there's no Linux client of XAC it will be bye bye Linux gamers.
How do you know which OS clients have (without trusting PB or ETPro IAC)?
Sorry but I think this is 2muchwork for something that apparently just takes screenshots, the real hackers will find a way around it in a matter of hours/days.
2. coming in a month or smht.. nC got enough time to bypass it..
but nice to see that smth is doing !
those screenshots are even reviewed by their admins. this is in no way professional.
(you need to check it manually, after the game)
What I find more intriguing is that they say they're scanning the system, but how is that supposed to work? They can't kick for cheats (no server), all the program does is upload screenshots* and all you can do on the webpage is look at screenshots**. How am I going to find out if someone cheats?
And what about players using linux? Exclude them from competition?
*screenshots are uploaded after the game is finished. what about other data?
**that's all i can see on their page.
/edit
A bit of forum searching:
When a "Bad Process" is found it is displayed in the players profile. Apparently any program that is querying memory is considered a bad process. (whatever that means)
On linux: "We do not support Linux and will not be doing so. Apologies."
It means it has great potential for false positives. :)
the best thing linux users can do is rally for linux support on THEIR site
it would also help if they see an influx of users from ET as they're more likely to stay motivated..
Well, it takes 20 times more memory than PB, but I hope they use it wisely :D
FUCK THEM DO NOT USE IT
On Linux I love gtkmm, it owns :)
On Windows, I don't code.
not too gr8.
i think it's very eze 2 bypass, k gl :\
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losing a few fps, but its working
Screenshots can take up to 15 minutes to appear here after they have been uploaded.
Im afraid to leave spawn as axis, hurts my eyes
[dutch]dikke afk'er[/dutch]
make some test-cup where it is forced!!!
I would think maybe maybe 5% or something here use linux.
Maybe on pubs or praccies you can find more linux players, but i think, it isnt so hot. So you are wrong. X-ray developers have same strategy as Ventrilo developers they're targeting on MS OS.
Learn 2 read, there is only some versions of linux that gets that, slackware and redhat do not get that FE.
I know in your country all linux guys type arch "win32"...
You are a bit to bigheaded.
Stop pretending you know something when you don't.
2. Linux 1.27%
3. Macintosh 0.75%
4. Playstation 3 0.09%
5. (not set) 0.07%
6. iPod 0.07%
7. Playstation Portable 0.04%
8. iPhone 0.04%
9.Danger Hiptop 0.01%
10. SymbianOS 0.01%
11. Nintendo Wii 0.01 %
12. PalmOS / SunOS < 0.01%
13. IRIX < 0.01%"
Google analytics for Crossfire (as posted by Rafiki in the 'What is your browser poll?')
Next you're going to tell me that Crossfire doesn't make up the majority of the competitive scene? Give me a break, there's no linux issue.
Face facts, Linux is in almost every way the superior OS for gaming. It is fast, non-bloated and you can squeaze out every little inch of performance. Just too bad so many games use the proprietary DirectX, and so few bother to make their games support Linux.
Personally, I'm not gonna buy Windows just to play a game.
However, it's a really great step that X-Ray is now supporting ET. I just hope the community can find a solution that doesn't keep the Linux users out of the fun. After all, Linux users get excluded form a lot of things (we smell!), so don't kick us out of this too.
Linux gamers must expect bad support by developers of games or utils for games. :/ sad.
After all, Crysis DOES run on Windows. Why, except for that DirectX is M$ only shouldn't it run on Linux?
- no linux support
- closed source
case closed, next proposition?
all it requires is a new ET binary that references a secure security module for use in authenticating with other clients/gameserver/external server
there are good ones why it should (and must) stay closed source, and i simply can't seem to understand every one of you 'flaming' people who beleive that closed source AC is much more secure than opensource.. in fact, opensource AC can't work
Only allow registered xfire/x-ray users to play on war servers. Not the same as a CDkey but at least it would stop a lot of unknowns from returning.
The only way to get away with cheats is with no screenshake or by using some soundhacks. All the rest will get you busted eventually.
When should I use XAC?
You should only load XAC when you are playing a scrim, match, or whenever anti-cheat information would be required. Do not use XAC when you are playing on public servers or practicing.
props for everyother one mentioning it too!
(sourCe)
With a ET restart it turns 125 stable, but after a few sec i got BSOD. lol'd
from what i understand, most cheats work by "injecting" the code into ET. isn t that somehow similar to an appli launching another appli?
for exemple my shit firewall can tell when a soft is trying to launch another one. couldn t something similar be used to completely help ET from being launch by another appli? (we would lose hlsw xfire and stuff but who cares)
it s probably stupid so burn me. but i m always curious about how things work.
and about x-ray, even if it s for 2weeks, even if some coding bastard can bypass it after 2 or 3 days of work. go for it.
anything that can bother those fuckfaces even a little worth being used.
A common way to bypass your software firewall is to inject things into processes that are well-known and usually can traverse the firewall freely. So, for instance, I could write a trojan horse that instead of connecting to it's master directly it injects some code into iexplore.exe to do this connection, and the firewall will interpret it as just another website you're visiting :)
so to go on with my idea it would be necessary to block almost every single one process while playing ET :'( and still they would be able to pass by some svchost.exe or stuff like that.
k so i didn t create the wheel. too bad
gj guys, don't mind these bastards.
UK - The client-side application, which cost over £500,000 to develop, is available [...]
Leagues using X-ray Anti-cheat include: EnemyDown, Latenightcup, Heaven League, OSPL, Cs Zone, The Future Gaming league, Clownbase, Gulf gamers, Twisted Play cups, Pro eXtreme.
Are *you* sure this only client side?
With this tool we might eliminate cheaters, but we will eliminate Meez with a 100 % certainity.
this system is as crappy as CheatingDeath (which is also clientside based only).. and then these huge frape drops users are complaining about??? and don't be saying "well upgrade your pc!!!", i bet 90% of the ET community has a new standard pc.. ;)
but well, if they are "supporting" ET and they aren't asking for big ass bill checks, then go for it .. i won't install it.
yay Im surprised if you dont win some sort of award for that post.
is xray even aimbot proved ?
easy?
It's used on top of pb, and those whining are whining on principle, even if it just means that basic pub hacks have to get round two forms of AC then why complain?
sorry this programm fails.
anyone got busted yet ;o ?
vent
ts
mirc
patch1
patch2
punkbuster update
now this shit, gtfo killing et
(Vent TS & mIRC have nothing to do with ET , other people in other games use it)
- ET is lagging and warping while x-RaY is launching
- X-RaY doesn't support Linux and other OS except XP and Vista -> kkthxbb
X-RaY DIE!!!