BF1942 Battle Plan - No Client Mods

BF1942 Battle Plan - No Client Mods
[Apr 19, 2003, 2:19 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

The Battlefield 1942 Website has details on what's to be included in the upcoming version 1.4 patch for DICE's World War II shooter. The update includes word that client-side mods are to be disabled in the future as part of their effort at eradicating cheating and exploits:

A note on cheating and exploits -- we've all seen how cheating can destroy the gameplay experience for everyone. EA and DICE take cheating seriously and we are taking an aggressive stance in preventing exploits which allow people to cheat. The biggest source of all BF cheats and exploits are client-side modifications. With the release of patch 1.4, we are disabling all client-side mods. Unfortunately, this means that the client side mods that aren't used for cheating will also be affected. DICE and EA have spent the past few months trying to engineer a solution which allows client-side mods to work while stopping the cheats. Ultimately it proved impossible to do so in such a way that prevented future client side mods from opening up new methods of cheating and exploitation. However, this doesn't mean that all mods are unusable. By making the mods into full server-side mods (Desert Combat for example), everyone can experience the cool factor that these mods offer.

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Re: I meant to add....
Apr 19, 2003, 15:48

Moonbender

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Re: I meant to add.... Apr 19, 2003, 15:48

Apr 19, 2003, 15:48

Moonbender

....why wouldn't they look into Punkbusters or something first if this was their real concern? Imagine how many fewer sales Half-Life would've made without Counterstrike's massive popularity. EA is about to shoot themselves in the foot.

Hn? CS obviously qualifies as a full server-side mod as mentioned in the developer's update, so it would still work. I don't see any problem with this at all. Some people will miss their client side mods, of course, but if it's a serious hindrance for cheating, then it's well worth the trouble.

Of course, I am pretty sure it will take cheaters just about 12 seconds to find another way to ruin the game for everyone else.

Having never even seen an aimbot or wallhack in action, and stealing Ray's trademark style,

Moonbender

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Apr 19, 2003Apr 19 2003

hmm

Pete

Apr 19, 2003Apr 19 2003

Re: hmm

Lowen SoDium

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