SLAC ist ein brandneues Anti-Cheat-System von Chaplja, welches von SPEEDLINK finanziert wurde. Die ET-Community verlangt schon seit Jahren, wenn nicht schon seit Release des Spiels, ein neues Anti-Cheat-Tool, da Punkbuster die Spielegemeinde ganz klar enttäuscht hat. Jetzt ist die perfekte Alternative auf dem Markt, unter dem Namen SPEEDLINK AntiCheat (SLAC).

Chaplja verfügt über ausreichend Erfahrung darüber, wie Cheats gecoded werden und ist unbestreitbar der Beste in der ganzen Szene. Der perfekte Mann also für diesen Job. Jetzt wurde die erste offizielle Testversion des Tools veröffentlicht. Diese steht bereit für den Download und zum Testen.

SLAC wird als Ersatz für die Punkbusterdatenbank in sämtlichen zukünftigen Clanbase Competitions verwendet werden. Derzeit ist die Anti-Cheat-Funktion noch nicht implementiert, da sie sich noch in der Testphase befindet. Sollte sich der Code als fehlerfrei erweisen, wird eine Implementierung erfolgen. Der Account selbst wird nicht über einen Account der SPEEDLINK Webseite laufen, sondern auf einer gesonderten Seite. Es wird ein Username und ein Passwort generiert. Anschließend wird dem Nutzer ein eigener Guid, der einzigartig ist, zugewiesen. Geplant ist, dass Serveradmins in der Lage sein werden einzustellen, wie alt der SLAC Account sein muss, damit der Spieler auf den eigenen Server connecten darf. Ein weiteres Vorhaben ist hardwarebasierende Guids einzuführen, um zu verhindern, dass beliebig viele SLAC Accounts erstellt werden können. Diese Guids werden allerdings nicht öffentlich einsehbar sein, sondern nur administrativ verwendet, um erneut registrierte User leichter ausfindig machen zu können.

New Anti Cheat Tool in Enemy Territory

After last details have been cleared with the developers the ESL is announcing the introduction of a new Anti Cheat tool developed by SPEEDLINK for all upcoming and current ladders, tournaments and cups.

Speedlink Anti Cheat (SLAC) will replace Punkbuster as offical anti cheat tool in the Enemy Territory section within the ESL. After some discussions with Speedlink and the announcement of the EULA for SLAC anti cheat software we will use SLAC as an interim solution to fight against the cheaters.

As already mentioned we will use SLAC temporarily. The open BETA phase for the very own ESL Wire Anti Cheat (WAC) is running and we are looking at WAC for the near future.

What does that mean for you?

You have to download & install SLAC and to register

after that you will get your very own SLAC id which you add to your gameaccounts

Adding the Id: Command Center >> Add gameaccount >> select SLAC Id

Starting Enemy Territory via SLAC

When playing with SLAC you can only join non-Punkbuster servers

For offical matches you still have to use the Global Configs (no pb version)

Transition period: 7 days (mandatory from 1st October 2010)

Quotes taken from the offical SLAC Frequently asked Questions:

Q: What is SLAC?

A: SLAC is a 3rd party anticheat for W:ET. It is currently compatible ONLY with ET 2.60b and ETPro 3.2.6 and is primarily an anticheat for clan matches and public ETPro servers.

Q: On which servers can I use SLAC?

A:You can use SLAC on any ET 2.60b/ETPro 3.2.6 server where PB is disabled.

Q: Does SLAC run in background?

A: SLAC runs only when you want to. In addition to that, you must start ET via SLAC in order for SLAC to run for that instance of ET.

Q: How can I see who's using SLAC on the server where I'm playing?

Enter sl_players in console. It will print users and their SLAC guids. If they're not using SLAC, or have disabled it, they will have "UNKNOWN" instead of a proper guid.

Adapted ESL Rules

only players with entered SLAC Id are allowed to play.

SLAC Id must be entered before the match date

SLAC is mandatory for all official ESL matches

MAC: not supported, players are not allowed to compete in any ESL match

Linux: Allowed to play without SLAC after checking that they really use Linux: Checking via the console command "/cheaters" (for now, might be changed during the next updates)

SLAC - Caught Cheaters

Cheating during an ESL match: Banned for two years

Cheating outside an ESL match: Banned for 6 months starting from the date of capture

Info:

The general ESL rules are not affected by introducing SLAC (playing with wrong SLAC id, mercs etc.)

Still banning on PB based Public Ban lists etc.


UPDATE:


A few days ago it was announced on the new TZ-AC website that SLAC would now be known as TZAC!
As many have heard about this and perhaps wondered what this would mean
for the Anti Cheat hopefully this will answer a few of your questions,
after contacting chaplja he assured me that nothing would change for ET
and we will still be part of the new TZAC plans. A new executable will
hopefully be available very soon updating to the new name and branding
as well as no doubt some other small updates. The new name itself
derives from the developer, better known as chaplja, real name initials.

SLAC had been progressing well in the CoD4 scene and should be no
different going forward with TZ-AC. It is growing all the time and will
hopefully be picked up in more games soon. I contacted chaplja on IRC to
get some information on how the project stands now.

 Quote: chaplja 

ET
version will still be supported, the new site is using the old database
and all games share the same database, so you don't need a new account.
This change will influence decisions I can make regarding anything
related to the project.

Things with COD4 are going very well, it is being used a lot now and
some new games will be supported soon.. there's a lot of potential, I
just need to start working more. As for the future, I do have many
plans, yes.. but I'll be posting more info on that as the time goes on.

This is good news for Enemy Territory as this Anti Cheat has brought a
bit more trust within the community compared to how it was with
Punkbuster. Hopefully some more features in TZAC will come, but for now
everything will be as it was, expect an update soon!

TZ-AC Website: LINK

IRC: #TZAC