FLAntiCheat also catches shiparch modifications pretty thoroughly among other things. Also has a clean and simple user interface with default configuration out-of-the-box. It is a paid application though and is not related to FLHook.

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I help with FLAntiCheat development and support but do not receive payment for doing so. This is not a sales pitch

-Alpha

We had a similar issue with a live server and test server running on separate physical hardware in separate physical data centres.

The person who tried copying the player account files across also copied the accounts.cfg file (if I recall correctly) over and the “last server loaded” of the two servers was the one shown in list server as far as I could tell, meaning that our live server was blocked from appearing.

Perhaps similar issue? Have you used the same accounts.cfg (or other cfg) file?

-Alpha

As clarified previously, FLAC didn’t form from FLHook. They both use a similar approach because that’s the approach that’s needed but the sources are significantly different enough for them to be completely separate of each other.

The crash offset that is being raised seems not to be being triggered by FLAC and likely wouldn’t be by FLHook either as the errors appear to be triggered by FL itself. Whether further back along the line there’s an issue with the hooking functionality that’s causing the circumstance I can’t tell so far and there’s little to suggest that that is the case.

Unfortunately I’ve virtually exhausted options from my own investigations so far (prior to the post) but will continue to dig and will post if there’s anything new I figure out.

-Alpha

I’m not sure if this will help but picking up on adoxa’s comment XP SP3 introduced a memory leak problem as described here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959658.

Perhaps this is what is happening?

-Alpha

Dynamic economy implementations are entirely possible. FLAC has API functionality for creating dynamic economy plugins with a proof of concept example pre-done which some are using.

I’m fairly sure some work has been done in this area previously for FLHook as well though I might be thinking of something else (tired, long day).

Anyway, as far as I can tell, any serious implementation of dynamic economy would require both server- and client-side hooks. There have been semi-implementations wherein auto-updaters would update the market entries before game loading but to have it be real-time the server needs to be able to provide the client with up-to-date market data at the appropriate points, and process any purchases / sales that affect stock levels etc.

-Alpha

“Yeah, it’s pretty awesome to take the FLHook sourcecode, rewrite it in C#, add some nice features to it and sell it for money (without sharing anything).”

I’m sorry but you have no idea about FLAC from the statement above.

Firstly, I have access to the source code and it is not a rewrite of FLHook in any sense. As far as I can see it’s a full build from the ground up. It also is not all done in C#. The hooks and anti-cheat are C++, the user interface and plugin interface are C#.

Secondly, for some people to spend time on a project it costs them to do so. Eagle is a full time developer as far as I am aware, the same as myself, and time spent on one project takes time away from another project which may be a paying one, as well as time away from family. The donation that is required to obtain a license also contributes to the support he provided which was to a fairly professional degree.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that the scenario with FLAC is one that everyone should appreciate or agree with. I am saying that someone putting hard work into something and asking for recompense in doing so is not WRONG, it’s just different to the open source FLHook approach. I don’t think that it needs slandering either simply because the creator of a software package either wants or needs recompense not only for the work they do but their time and effort in supporting the software.

If you want to talk about it without slandering, and with an open mind, I’m happy to do so. If not, my comments end here.

Apologies to the original poster, this appears to be going off-topic. FriendlyFire is correct about the approach that FLAC takes to cargo pods for player ships.

-Alpha

Hi TheDvdMan,

This is entirely possibly because it is a feature of FLAntiCheat but it isn’t a feature that’s already built into the game that you enable, it’s a feature that needs to be coded and added as new.

-Alpha

Hi Crazy,

I came across sound functions when I was looking for something else. In Server.dll there are the following:

pub::Audio::CancelMusic(uint);
pub::Audio::PlaySoundEffect(uint, uint);
pub::Audio::SetMusic(uint, pub::Audio::Tryptich const &);

I’m a little new to researching these but perhaps this will help and I may be able to find more information.

-Alpha