[Bug 9685] Punkbuster removes me from game for UNKNOWN WINDOWS API FUNCTION [131124]

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9685





--- Comment #81 from Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net>  2007-10-25 03:29:27 ---
Hello,

whould you please stop spamming this thread with useless questions/infos?
All technical details have already been discussed, there is no need to refrain
everything.

Once again: 

The windows version of punkbuster is technically working at API level (with
patches I posted).
Due to a certain PunkBuster check - the fingerprinting of certain API entries -
you'll get kicked sooner or later.
There is no legal way to fix this in wine!
There are some ways to prevent/fake this check but they are intrusive and of
course considered "hacks".
If I would post infos/patches to fix this issue, it will open doors for having
working hacks/cheats again.
Cheating paradise, talk about easy hardware ban evasion whatever.

As previously said: the only way to use windows PB Client is to run the game in
Win9X Mode where certain PB components/functionalities are disabled by default
(services, several api checks).

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There is another way which works quite flawlessly: using PB thunking layer.
It requires the native linux PB client for the game (not all games have linux
PB client).
The culprit is: the linux PB client has much reduced functionality for
anti-cheating countermeasures than it's windows counterpart.

Again: if that stuff is disclosed, all cheats and hacks will work again due to
the way the linux client is currently designed (because it was never intended
to be used within wine).
I tested it myself with most public cheats/hacks (known for being detected).
They work flawlessly with this approach (undetected by design).

So what solution would you prefer?

Regards


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