First rollout of anti-cheat for Star Citizen

[Thalstan]

Today (5 October, 2021) CIG has announced that in 3.15.1, the first version of anti-cheat software is being deployed, which may impact your ability to use a custom mod on SC.

The full announcement is here: Anti-Cheat announcement on Spectrum

Highlights:
Preventing the use of potentially harmful software (including cheats) in our game remains one of our critical objectives for creating a fun and fair multiplayer experience for everyone to enjoy. As a result, you may encounter an error message that will either kick you from the game, or prevent the game from launching due to the detection of unauthorized changes in your game files.

While you may encounter these mods not working with 3.15.1, we are already exploring what a "Mod Approval Program" might look like, which could allow mods to be whitelisted after an extensive compatibility and security check from our side.

Lastly, it's important to note that this is our first proper implementation of anti-cheat, which means there may be edge cases/issues, and the service will become more robust over time -

 

[Sky Captain]

Good on CIG for rolling this out.

Its good to see meaningful game development progress.

 

[Vavrik]

I like that! (5 of November)

 

[Blind Owl]

I like that! (5 of November)

Time travel! Hahah

 

[Vavrik]

Time travel! Hahah

I wish! that way it wouldn't be the day before my oldest daughter's wedding... Geesh.

 

[Blind Owl]

I wish! that way it wouldn't be the day before my oldest daughter's wedding... Geesh.

Holy Shit! You excited? Congrats man!

 

[Vavrik]

Holy Shit! You excited? Congrats man!

Yes I am excited... the princess is now her prince's problem. The next one (also a girl) asked today if it was OK if she just eloped. I said, "Yes. Both me and my bank account think that's a fabulous idea"

 

[Blind Owl]

Yes I am excited... the princess is now her prince's problem. The next one (also a girl) asked today if it was OK if she just eloped. I said, "Yes. Both me and my bank account think that's a fabulous idea"

Hahahah, brilliant! Well have fun tomorrow. Try not to cry . . .too much!

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Yes I am excited... the princess is now her prince's problem. The next one (also a girl) asked today if it was OK if she just eloped. I said, "Yes. Both me and my bank account think that's a fabulous idea"

Enjoy!

My wife and I got married for 3 grand. Our friends who had married several years before us and who had taken out a "Wedding loan" for 16 grand and then spent on top of that too, informed us they had finished paying off their wedding a few days before our big day.

Yes, ours wasn't extravagant and theirs was, to be frank, incredible - however we did later ask if they were to do it again how much would they put their budget at, and they said "Oooh, I don't know... about 3 grand"

EDIT - Oh, and Anti-Cheat exclusion of 3rd party cheatware is a great addition to the game!

 

[CosmicTrader]

Cheat? Gamers cheat? OMG! I personally am happy the CIG has started this now.

Congrats @Vavrik Now you become the 'Bank of Mom & Dad'

 

[stockish]

We'll see how it goes, EAC isn't the best and can be easily bypassed. Plus I hope it doesn't mess with GameGlass since usually using another program while playing will freak it out sometimes (your mileage may vary.)

 

[Talonsbane]

For the most part, I'm fine with anti-cheat software, but on some occassions in other games, that has prevented me from staying logged into the game for more than a few min even when I wasn't running anything other than the game, my OS & a standard anti-virus program in the background. I don't trust any game nor software that demands that you have to disable your antivirus in order to use it.

 

[Harkonan]

I just wonder if this is going to prevent VorpX and the people who use VR in the game. Not sure if Easy plays well with it or not and that would kinda suck.