Gaming News - January 2005
Austin, TX (January 31, 2005) - NCsoft today announced that is has
upped efforts to root out hackers, bots and farmers from Lineage II with
integration of new security software
From NCsoft:
In an effort to block cheaters from entering its massively multiplayer online
game, Lineage II, NCsoft integrated the anti-hacking software, nProtect
GameGuard into the Lineage II client late last week.
For Lineage II players this should be a welcome relief, as GameGuard will cut
down on the number of automated bot farmers that plague players. Bot farmers are
automated programs designed to access game clients and run a character in the
game that collects loot, usually for personal gain for its designer. The bots
often will inhabit an area of the game where monsters frequently spawn in order
to kill and take the currency or items the defeated monster drops. However,
frequently, bots do not differentiate between monsters or the average player
wandering through the area. So many legitimate players are killed by unfairly
buffed up bots.
“This has been a problem for just about every massively multiplayer game that
has ever been published, ” said Aaron Rigby, NCsoft’s North American producer
for Lineage II. “But with the introduction of this protecting software, NCsoft
has taken a big step forward to protect players and end the nuisance that bots
create, as well as keeping cheaters out of the game.”
GameGuard works by detecting and blocking hacks and botting tools that are
commonly used to farm or cheat in MMOs like Lineage II. When a player logs on to
Lineage II, GameGuard verifies that no hacking scripts intended to modify the
game are running, and verifies the data stream to the Lineage II servers. If a
hack is found, the client is not permitted to run.
nProtect GameGuard has been implemented in NCsoft games in Asia with positive
results.
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