The developers of the famous FPS call of duty attempt a new anti-cheat system: penalize cheaters in real time by protecting other players.
Aimbot, wallhack and godmod. So many cheating systems that spoil the FPS and allow frustrated people to ruin your games. But the iconic call of duty may have found a solution. In a blog post published on February 18, 2022 and spotted by The Verge, Activision, the studio which develops the license explains that it tested and then implemented a new anti-cheat system in its Battle Royale, Warzone.
Act fast rather than ban
Rather than banning, which does not prevent cheaters from getting a new free account on Warzone, Activision now favors measures ” in real time » : when cheaters are detected by the system Ricochet anti-cheat(which collects data from players’ machines during games), the game activates what it calls a ” damage shield a shield against damage.
” When the server detects that a cheater is altering the game in real time, it disables its ability to inflict critical damage on other players. continues the blog post. Concretely, even if the latter can hit you without difficulty from the other end of the map, he can no longer kill you. Activision specifies that this system is closely monitored so as not to punish very good players by mistake.
“A decline in reports of cheating”
Other real-time penalties would also be in place against cheaters, without further details. And according to the studio, this set of measures would work:Since this news [mesures] in recent weeks we have seen a decline in reports of cheating “. But Activision concedes:we know the job is never done“.
This work of Sisyphus against cheating has indeed been going on for years. But the developers ofcall of dutylately seems to be trying new strategies. At the beginning of January 2022, the studio had notably announced that it was filing a complaint against EngineOwning, a provider of cheating tools.