Punkbuster

[Puffalump]

Just ran across something called Punkbuster, an anti cheat system (I am in no way affiliated with them) Has GTA ever considered it or something like it ? I noticed theyre contracted with COD, Doom, Quake etc.. I wonder if GTA could ever use something like this if they care about saving the online game.

 

It can't be bad if all those names are contracting with them (evenbalance dot com)

 

I really want to see GTA survive online and its getting to that point the honest player is discouraged and it may go the way of a hundred other online games where dishonest cheating self centered punks (I'll tell you how i really feel ) upset the game balance/fairness and destroyed them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[monster875.]

i don't think so that R* is using PB

[Law0070]

basically GTA IV is still based on the single player game (I think, not sure) so the multiplayer part is still being quite..neglected

 

punkbuster is used in games like Battlefield, America's army, quake and doom as you mentioned, the main link between those games is they are mainly ment to be played online, online is one of the most important fun factors there (people who try to play battlefield vs bots probably agree with me when I say those bots are stupid )

 

but GTA IV...ah well, maybe once hopefully the next GTA

[buzbegone]

It's on the Call of Duty series on the PC as well. It's a very reliable and effective anti-cheat engine.

[Puffalump]

 

basically GTA IV is still based on the single player game (I think, not sure) so the multiplayer part is still being quite..neglected

 

 

All I do right now on GTA is use multiplayer (PC) I love the racing in GTA IV online, its alot of fun.. also the team mafia work... but it would be alot more enjoyable if people would stop cheating.. one day in Team Mafia Work, someone turned everyone's head into this huge grey hippo face. It was funny for a minute, but we couldnt get into the cars or shoot unless we died, then it would come back again.

 

I know its bound to be somewhat neglected, they're not really making any money off of that in particular. I asked repeatedly why a cowboy hat was removed on the female model online and never got a response... and the cheating has been going on a long time without much change.

Edited November 23, 2010 by Puffalump

[Law0070]

basically GTA IV is still based on the single player game (I think, not sure) so the multiplayer part is still being quite..neglected

 

 

All I do right now on GTA is use multiplayer (PC) I love the racing in GTA IV online, its alot of fun.. also the team mafia work... but it would be alot more enjoyable if people would stop cheating.. one day in Team Mafia Work, someone turned everyone's head into this huge grey hippo face. It was funny for a minute, but we couldnt get into the cars or shoot unless we died, then it would come back again.

 

I know its bound to be somewhat neglected, they're not really making any money off of that in particular. I asked repeatedly why a cowboy hat was removed on the female model online and never got a response... and the cheating has been going on a long time without much change.

it's a fact multiplayer is one of the most used functions in-game, though GTA IV still is the first GTA game the developers put a multiplayer in themselves (GTA SA had GTA SA-MP created by others)

I just think the multiplayer stage is still pretty..premature, and as I said before, next GTA might probably support professional anti-cheat/mod/hack stuff

 

also, counter strike uses VAC, is that another kind of anticheat?

[silentsharklol]

basically GTA IV is still based on the single player game (I think, not sure) so the multiplayer part is still being quite..neglected

 

 

All I do right now on GTA is use multiplayer (PC) I love the racing in GTA IV online, its alot of fun.. also the team mafia work... but it would be alot more enjoyable if people would stop cheating.. one day in Team Mafia Work, someone turned everyone's head into this huge grey hippo face. It was funny for a minute, but we couldnt get into the cars or shoot unless we died, then it would come back again.

 

I know its bound to be somewhat neglected, they're not really making any money off of that in particular. I asked repeatedly why a cowboy hat was removed on the female model online and never got a response... and the cheating has been going on a long time without much change.

it's a fact multiplayer is one of the most used functions in-game, though GTA IV still is the first GTA game the developers put a multiplayer in themselves (GTA SA had GTA SA-MP created by others)

I just think the multiplayer stage is still pretty..premature, and as I said before, next GTA might probably support professional anti-cheat/mod/hack stuff

 

also, counter strike uses VAC, is that another kind of anticheat?

No its's not.

[Puffalump]

 

I just think the multiplayer stage is still pretty..premature, and as I said before, next GTA might probably support professional anti-cheat/mod/hack stuff

 

 

I so much hope they do. I bet the usual characters (who do cheat) would whine and roll around saying it's buggy. They do enjoy doing what they do. Maybe they could port it into another mode for them (rather than ranked or player) a sort of freemode but porting over the usual missions/races

[kudoboi]

punkbuster is used in almost every game by EA that has multiplayer eg: MOH 2010, NFS W, COD

[Dwagginz]

punkbuster is used in almost every game by EA that has multiplayer eg: MOH 2010, NFS W, COD

Call of Duty isn't EA, it's Activision.

[OverTheBelow]

basically GTA IV is still based on the single player game (I think, not sure) so the multiplayer part is still being quite..neglected

 

 

All I do right now on GTA is use multiplayer (PC) I love the racing in GTA IV online, its alot of fun.. also the team mafia work... but it would be alot more enjoyable if people would stop cheating.. one day in Team Mafia Work, someone turned everyone's head into this huge grey hippo face. It was funny for a minute, but we couldnt get into the cars or shoot unless we died, then it would come back again.

 

I know its bound to be somewhat neglected, they're not really making any money off of that in particular. I asked repeatedly why a cowboy hat was removed on the female model online and never got a response... and the cheating has been going on a long time without much change.

it's a fact multiplayer is one of the most used functions in-game, though GTA IV still is the first GTA game the developers put a multiplayer in themselves (GTA SA had GTA SA-MP created by others)

I just think the multiplayer stage is still pretty..premature, and as I said before, next GTA might probably support professional anti-cheat/mod/hack stuff

 

also, counter strike uses VAC, is that another kind of anticheat?

No its's not.

Yes it is.

 

VAC is Valve Anti-Cheat. And it sucks balls.

[Ferddy987]

I believe punk buster will cause more whining then real discussions.

[silentsharklol]

basically GTA IV is still based on the single player game (I think, not sure) so the multiplayer part is still being quite..neglected

 

 

All I do right now on GTA is use multiplayer (PC) I love the racing in GTA IV online, its alot of fun.. also the team mafia work... but it would be alot more enjoyable if people would stop cheating.. one day in Team Mafia Work, someone turned everyone's head into this huge grey hippo face. It was funny for a minute, but we couldnt get into the cars or shoot unless we died, then it would come back again.

 

I know its bound to be somewhat neglected, they're not really making any money off of that in particular. I asked repeatedly why a cowboy hat was removed on the female model online and never got a response... and the cheating has been going on a long time without much change.

it's a fact multiplayer is one of the most used functions in-game, though GTA IV still is the first GTA game the developers put a multiplayer in themselves (GTA SA had GTA SA-MP created by others)

I just think the multiplayer stage is still pretty..premature, and as I said before, next GTA might probably support professional anti-cheat/mod/hack stuff

 

also, counter strike uses VAC, is that another kind of anticheat?

No its's not.

Yes it is.

 

VAC is Valve Anti-Cheat. And it sucks balls.

I wasnt talking about that... he said that gta4 was the first game in the series to have multiplayer but it wasnt

[Dwagginz]

Cut the quote down to specify what you're replying to, then. It solves a lot of misunderstandings.

[silentsharklol]

Cut the quote down to specify what you're replying to, then. It solves a lot of misunderstandings.

How do you do that?

[Dwagginz]

Edit the quote in the quote box, perhaps?

[kudoboi]

PB can be annoying sometimes

at 1 MOH server i got kicked for having a ping higher than 300, another time i got kicked for saying the word aimbot, i was refering to some1 -.-, i oso ever got kicked for saying a person name, how f*cked up is that

[Law0070]

basically GTA IV is still based on the single player game (I think, not sure) so the multiplayer part is still being quite..neglected

 

 

All I do right now on GTA is use multiplayer (PC) I love the racing in GTA IV online, its alot of fun.. also the team mafia work... but it would be alot more enjoyable if people would stop cheating.. one day in Team Mafia Work, someone turned everyone's head into this huge grey hippo face. It was funny for a minute, but we couldnt get into the cars or shoot unless we died, then it would come back again.

 

I know its bound to be somewhat neglected, they're not really making any money off of that in particular. I asked repeatedly why a cowboy hat was removed on the female model online and never got a response... and the cheating has been going on a long time without much change.

it's a fact multiplayer is one of the most used functions in-game, though GTA IV still is the first GTA game the developers put a multiplayer in themselves (GTA SA had GTA SA-MP created by others)

I just think the multiplayer stage is still pretty..premature, and as I said before, next GTA might probably support professional anti-cheat/mod/hack stuff

 

also, counter strike uses VAC, is that another kind of anticheat?

No its's not.

Yes it is.

 

VAC is Valve Anti-Cheat. And it sucks balls.

I wasnt talking about that... he said that gta4 was the first game in the series to have multiplayer but it wasnt

yes it is

 

the first multiplayer implemented by the makers of the game themselves, I mean I KNOW GTA SA HAS SAMP

but that's a program made by other people, no developer of SA has to do with it (as far as i know)

[Dwagginz]

 

yes it is

 

the first multiplayer implemented by the makers of the game themselves, I mean I KNOW GTA SA HAS SAMP

but that's a program made by other people, no developer of SA has to do with it (as far as i know)

No, it's not. I think you need to brush up on your GTA history, young man.

 

Need proof? GTA Wiki page on Multiplayer over the history of the series.

Edited November 27, 2010 by Dwagginz

[silentsharklol]

basically GTA IV is still based on the single player game (I think, not sure) so the multiplayer part is still being quite..neglected

 

 

All I do right now on GTA is use multiplayer (PC) I love the racing in GTA IV online, its alot of fun.. also the team mafia work... but it would be alot more enjoyable if people would stop cheating.. one day in Team Mafia Work, someone turned everyone's head into this huge grey hippo face. It was funny for a minute, but we couldnt get into the cars or shoot unless we died, then it would come back again.

 

I know its bound to be somewhat neglected, they're not really making any money off of that in particular. I asked repeatedly why a cowboy hat was removed on the female model online and never got a response... and the cheating has been going on a long time without much change.

it's a fact multiplayer is one of the most used functions in-game, though GTA IV still is the first GTA game the developers put a multiplayer in themselves (GTA SA had GTA SA-MP created by others)

I just think the multiplayer stage is still pretty..premature, and as I said before, next GTA might probably support professional anti-cheat/mod/hack stuff

 

also, counter strike uses VAC, is that another kind of anticheat?

No its's not.

Yes it is.

 

VAC is Valve Anti-Cheat. And it sucks balls.

I wasnt talking about that... he said that gta4 was the first game in the series to have multiplayer but it wasnt

yes it is

 

the first multiplayer implemented by the makers of the game themselves, I mean I KNOW GTA SA HAS SAMP

but that's a program made by other people, no developer of SA has to do with it (as far as i know)

Nope

here is the list of gtas that have multiplayer implemented by the developers in order of when they came out:

1.GTA + dlc

2.GTA 2

3. GTA LCS

4.GTA VCS

5.GTA IV + dlc

6.GTA CTW

 

gta 4 is the first to have online multiplayer, i think.

[Law0070]

basically GTA IV is still based on the single player game (I think, not sure) so the multiplayer part is still being quite..neglected

 

 

All I do right now on GTA is use multiplayer (PC) I love the racing in GTA IV online, its alot of fun.. also the team mafia work... but it would be alot more enjoyable if people would stop cheating.. one day in Team Mafia Work, someone turned everyone's head into this huge grey hippo face. It was funny for a minute, but we couldnt get into the cars or shoot unless we died, then it would come back again.

 

I know its bound to be somewhat neglected, they're not really making any money off of that in particular. I asked repeatedly why a cowboy hat was removed on the female model online and never got a response... and the cheating has been going on a long time without much change.

it's a fact multiplayer is one of the most used functions in-game, though GTA IV still is the first GTA game the developers put a multiplayer in themselves (GTA SA had GTA SA-MP created by others)

I just think the multiplayer stage is still pretty..premature, and as I said before, next GTA might probably support professional anti-cheat/mod/hack stuff

 

also, counter strike uses VAC, is that another kind of anticheat?

No its's not.

Yes it is.

 

VAC is Valve Anti-Cheat. And it sucks balls.

I wasnt talking about that... he said that gta4 was the first game in the series to have multiplayer but it wasnt

yes it is

 

the first multiplayer implemented by the makers of the game themselves, I mean I KNOW GTA SA HAS SAMP

but that's a program made by other people, no developer of SA has to do with it (as far as i know)

Nope

here is the list of gtas that have multiplayer implemented by the developers in order of when they came out:

1.GTA + dlc

2.GTA 2

3. GTA LCS

4.GTA VCS

5.GTA IV + dlc

6.GTA CTW

 

gta 4 is the first to have online multiplayer, i think.

-.- well ONLINE multiplayer then, if u play with two ppl on 1 console u dont need any punkbuster/VAC IMO