Comment on Battlefield 6's beta has only been running for a day, but it's already suffering from a FPS curse with cheaters breaking out the wallhacks

AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• KiwiTB@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It can help prevent various methods commonly used, but nothing can stop cheating. All you can do is minimise it.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There’s lots they could do to minimise cheaters that they’re not doing. The main one being not sending the cheaters information in the first place.

    The wall hack cheat works because for some bizarre reason the server sends players information about the position of other players they can’t possibly see, players on the other side of the map for example, there’s no reason for the client to have that information. The cheaters cannot access information that isn’t given to them.

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    • KiwiTB@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I agree that only sending absolute needed data is a great policy for stopping all sorts of cheating. I could see them skipping this step if they don’t have a way of doing it fast enough that won’t cause other issues like player pop in. That’s what it’s have to assume.

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  • apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Counterpoint: you could not have TPM and secure boot requirements that needlessly alienates a large player base of Linux users.

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    • KiwiTB@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s true. My machine doesn’t have a TPM. I understand they are trying to make things easier for their team, but I agree I’d rather have wider support.

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    • wizzim@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I don’t understand this point.

      Linux does support TPM and secure boot: wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot#What_is_UEFI_Secure_Bo…

      I thought the problem for Linux players was “just” the kernel anticheat ?

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    • Ugurcan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Linux users are no users if a game is brimming with cheaters. Who the fuck plays a competitive multiplayer game full of cheaters only because it runs on Linux?

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      • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Every game has cheaters. If we could run our own servers, we could decide who we play with.

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  • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Let people run their own servers, allow blacklists and whitelists.

    Problem solved.

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    • ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      But won’t you think of the profits!

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    • KiwiTB@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s not going to solve cheating either, but I do prefer dedicated servers in general.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It will result in cheaters getting instantly identified and banned so then it’ll be less fun for them, and they’re less likely to do it.

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• KombatWombat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yeah it’s not supported for my system so I can’t even launch it. But I was watching some friends stream it and it crashed for three out of four of them within two games. I don’t think any of us will be getting it after release.

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