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Blazer
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Registered: February 2003
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Basically I think there will always be a way to circumvent RenGuard; once the cheat authors find it they will exploit it.
This however does not detract from the intrinsic value of RenGuard since even a partially complete anti-cheat program will reduce the number of cheaters, which is a good thing.
Therefore I would ask that the RenGuard team change their focus, to try to release RenGuard as soon as possible instead of trying to make it “perfect”
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Agreed on all counts. Most cheaters are the lazy script kiddie type who will gladly install some cheat they download, or drag and drop a file (which is what most of the renegade cheats are) rather than actually learn x86_assembly and debugging techniques. Just a small stumbling block is enough to put off 99% of the cheaters out there.
The Renegade gaming community is very small compared to other cheat-infested games like counterstrike, quake3, etc. There are only a handful of really skilled people capable of "cracking" software.
I honestly hope people are going to be more interested in playing fair games than trying extraordinary measures just so they can cheat. If I am wrong we have countermeasures:
1. Active monitoring. We constantly monitor the renguard network and system. If anything out of the ordinary happens, it will be logged, noticed, and investigated.
2. Active development. We aren't going to release RenGuard and then wash our hands of it. We built in an auto-update function for that purpose...upgrades. We have lots of feature and security upgrades allready planned. If a new RG exploit is revealed, we can quickly fix it and push out the fix as seamlessly as possible.
3. Experienced Team Members & Consultants. You know those handful of really good crackers I mentioned before? Well we have some of them as consultants, and they are helping us fix all the things that they can exploit, and believe me, they have some ways that normal cheat makers havn't even though of yet.
In short, RenGuard WILL stop cheating. If at any time it is not 100% effective, the RenGuard team will patch it. We have way more dedication and investment in this game, this system, and this community than cheaters have patience to ruin it.
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