RIP AntiTCC?

RaptoR · Jun 16, 2004

UnrealNorth is reporting that popular third-party UT2004 cheat protection mutator AntiTCC won't be updated by author Wormbo anymore.

Latest news is that wormbo isn't going to keep developing Anti TCC and with the latest patch (v3236) many people are having problems connecting to Atcc protected servers. Press Read more to see the new md5 checksums or link to utsecure that seems to be the standard from now on.

We were able to catch up with Wormbo, who had this to say...

Maybe I'll continue [AntiTCC development] at some point, but for now I'm taking a break from anti-cheat coding, after releasing a small tool against the latest security bypass.

On the subject of AntiTCC causing problems for clients connecting with the recently released 3236 patch, he said...

Updating the server to 3236 and disabling fullmd5 checks should fix it.

Sir_Brizz · Jun 16, 2004

I hate to say it, but good riddance. I haven't had any good luck with AntiTCC since UT2k4 came out.

Spaz007 · Jun 16, 2004

I have never had a problem with it even with the beta patches. If you don't mess with your files you shouldn't have a problem.

Sir_Brizz · Jun 16, 2004

You probably didn't play on AntiTCC servers. The beta patches wouldn't work on them, as AntiTCC was tuned to specific patches.

Jakob · Jun 16, 2004

Sir_Brizz said:
You probably didn't play on AntiTCC servers. The beta patches wouldn't work on them, as AntiTCC was tuned to specific patches.

I've had nothing but trouble with it on my server. It either crashes on startup, or it kicks people who I know aren't cheating. I finally gave up and removed it and things have been running fine ever since. Epic would at least have resources to do more QA before letting it out the door.

Sir_Brizz · Jun 16, 2004

yah both AntiTCC and UTSecure have more problem than they have seemed worth.

Wormbo · Jun 17, 2004

[21:53:25] <Wormbo> maybe I'll continue at some point, but for now I'm taking a break from anti-cheat coding
[21:53:45] <Wormbo> ...well, after releasing a small tool against the latest security bypass

That tool can be downloaded here: http://ww.koehler-homepage.de/Wormbo/download2k4.html#AntiBypass
Instructions for how it works can be found inside the 3kB ZIP archive.

[21:53:48] <[BU]RaptoR> what's the deal with it b0rking 3236?
[21:53:58] <[BU]RaptoR> will this happen with every patch?
[21:55:01] <Wormbo> updating the server to 3236 and disabling fullmd5 checks should fix it

while the built-in FullMD5 checks need to be disabled in order to allow clients to connect with patch 2, nothing stops the admin from adding up-to-date FullMD5 checks manually. Just see the attached TXT file for the FullMD5 values of the U files from v3186, v3204 and v3236. These only needto be copied to the [AntiTCC115aLite.AntiTCCSecurity] section of the server's INI file.

Tetris L · Jun 17, 2004

It's quite sad anyway that community had to take over yet again to take care of cheating in U engine based games. When Doc SiN joined Epic we thought that Epic will finally get their act together and do their job, but the results were more than disapointing. Sorry to say it harsh, but cheating in UT is as piss-easy as it ever was.

Sir_Brizz · Jun 17, 2004

I don't think it's SUPER easy...it just goes to show that someone will find a way to cheat no matter what.

Spaz007 · Jun 19, 2004

Sir_Brizz said:
You probably didn't play on AntiTCC servers. The beta patches wouldn't work on them, as AntiTCC was tuned to specific patches.

I did because big yellow text with AntiTCC is not hard to spot when its on the screen for 30 secs doing checks. I been on at least 3 servers with no problems.

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