Punkbuster In Half-life?

Freaq

<div class="IPBDescription">Good or Bad.</div> I say: "Duh, of course. Cuz H4x0rs r sUx0rs"

If you want it then go here:
<a href='http://www.petitiononline.com/pbhl/petition.html' target='_blank'>http://www.petitiononline.com/pbhl/petition.html</a>


[PS: Its probably old so don't go around annoying/ticking me off/flaming me. Okay?]

SoulSkorpion

Uh...

Between CD and VAC, why exactly do we need PB support?

Freaq

Making it included and REQUIRED would be nice......... (CD VAC or PB either one)

Speed_2_Dave

erm? We tried Punkbuster (back in the CS days), the hackers laughed...
[edited for clarity]

Freaq

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Doh'........ Oh well... What do you mean by "Back in the cs-days" We still are, aren't we? *sob* aren't we?!

spinviper

Punkbuster is dead for half-life. They are adding VAC support dude.

EDIT: Omg t3h l337 EditZor!!

DOOManiac

To say Punkbuster is dead is a bit misleading.

Yeah its dead for Half-Life, as they hit all they could do w/o complete access to the Half-Life source code, and Valve wasn't keen on supporting them.

But now they have a contract with id and provite Punkbuster support for all their games (Quake 3, RtCW, and even DOOM III) as well as a few liscencee engines (Soldier of Fortune II). Its a pretty good deal for all cause 1) the Punkbuster team is getting paid $$ to work on it, so they can make it their fulltime job and spend more time with the project and 2) they get complete support from id & co. such as access to the source code when they need it.

So Punkbuster is alive and well, just not for Half-Life anymore. :P

Gliss

Back in the betas, where cheating was running rampant with XGC and the like, there were hacks that could actually completely disable Punkbuster, allowing you to use any cheat you wanted.

Freaq

Yes......... Punkbuster is not dead, but sorta hanging on. If you know wat I mean.

Marine0I

I dont think its just hanging on, its fully integrated with America's Army, and seems to have a few other games under its wing, so to picture it holding on a cliff isnt entirely accurate.

It just didnt work for HL thats all. As the conversation went when I was told PB was dead.

"Hey Avtomat, you know PB is dead?"

"WHAT, NO!!! WHY?"

"Well it was a great program, but it had a small flaw"

"What flaw?"

"It didnt stop cheats"

"oh"

Freaq

lol! N e one think it'll come back?

ANeM

Hmm... lets see. Work on old flawed program for free or work on newer versions for money.
They aren't going to support HL when there are already a large number of things that do the same thing. Especially when they can work on other thing and get paid for it.

Freaq

<!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> No more punk buster........ What do u mean by work on otha progs 4 money? U mean lyk VAC and CD?

Lukin

Punk Buster is doing a damn fine job in America's Army 1.9.

Soylent_green

no freaq, like developing punkbuster for other games like americas army, for which the punkbuster team would get paid, instead of developing it for HL where it is not filling any nieche and they get no money for it.