Identifying Hackers

[Knox]

I know that you all hate hackers.

If they get kicked on a server, they can come back changing their name and destroying the game again (unless their IP gets banned).

So I came up with this idea: That you make registering on the forums compulsory.
I mean that you can't play the game without registering on the forums.

Your in game-name would still be changeable, but if a person would double-click on your name in the game a little window with who-is information (like on the IRC) and/or your forum name would pop up, maybe with your forum profile pic too.

That way you would know who that person is, if you've met him/her before, if he/she trolled/griefed/was suspected of aimbotting or hacking/insulted people etc.

I don't know very much about coding, but I don't think it would be too hard to do, would it?

What do you think? Comment and let me know!

[jlordo]

I think this will be implanted soon after they add registering accounts to play the game which will probably be before 1.0 when the game might become pay2play. :3

[MediumShadow]

pros: would be good to identify the hacker in that server at that time

cons:they could change there name and deny everything


alternate solution: service tags.....how about having a 3digit service tag that is unchangeable and unhackable

[ZaPhobos]

pros: would be good to identify the hacker in that server at that time

cons:they could change there name and deny everything


alternate solution: service tags.....how about having a 3digit service tag that is unchangeable and unhackable

Pfft, no. They are logged with the forums. They can change their IGN, but it would still be registered to the same user, and even if they have the forum name changed in some way, it can still be traced back.

[Pengupan]

I agree, this could be pretty effective.

[Paratrooper]

There's already a thread in the DNSL that discusses user registration:

viewtopic.php?f=63&t=6516