Anticheat

[Wherebear]

Is there anyway to get this working on Win7 x64 ?

I tried excluding the entire Q2 directory from MSE, redownloading the .dll, tried both Q2Pro and R1GL clients, tried opening TCP/UDP port 27910 in my router, tried toggling a bunch of different settings, tried every available server and nothing.

I know it says 32bit only but I read a bunch of people having it work on 64bit Vista/7/8 on other forums but no good solution as to how.

So I pretty much assume that I can't play Quake 2 on any good servers with AC enabled on Win7 x64 then?

It kills me to think about how many people must have tried to play Quake 2 over the years and eventually gave up because of this. Quake 2 is about my favorite game. Unless I'm missing something really obvious. Anyone?

[Golgo13]

it's your anti spyware or antivirus program that is limiting it. it deleted or quarantined your anti-cheat.dll most likely. i have windows 7 64 bit and it plays fine.

[Wherebear]

it's your anti spyware or antivirus program that is limiting it. it deleted or quarantined your anti-cheat.dll most likely. i have windows 7 64 bit and it plays fine.

No, it didn't. I already reviewed my AV log files. They are empty. And I excluded the entire Q2 directory, as I already stated.

[|iR|Focalor]

Why were you forced to use anticheat in the first place?

[Wherebear]

Why were you forced to use anticheat in the first place?

Most of the servers I tried to connect to asked me to download the .dll file located at antiche.at and I did. See the enclosed screenshot?

[|iR|Focalor]

Everyone who connects to a server without anticheat loaded gets a message asking them to upgrade to an anticheat client. But none of them get kicked for not having it loaded... unless an admin has forced them to use it. So again I ask,...

Why were you forced to use anticheat in the first place?

[Wherebear]

Everyone who connects to a server without anticheat loaded gets a message asking them to upgrade to an anticheat client. But none of them get kicked for not having it loaded... unless an admin has forced them to use it. So again I ask,...

Why were you forced to use anticheat in the first place?

An admin has never asked me to use anticheat unless you mean the automated message when connecting. I haven't played since around 2010 and I'm on an entirely different machine and connection. I power cycled my router and received a new IP to be sure, makes no difference.

[console]

So, I can see the confusion based on how the screenshot looks. But this turns out to be a kick for banned subnet, not forced AC.

There are currently a few legit players on this subnet for which exceptions have been made.

It's not clear whether Wherebear is someone new, or might possibly be the player for which the ban was originally created.

We can add a narrow exception to the ban, but getting AC working would probably be a good step.

It definitely works on Win7 x64, it's what I use at home.

[Wherebear]

It's not clear whether Wherebear is someone new, or might possibly be the player for which the ban was originally created.

I tried using an obscure name thinking the name might be banned, didn't work. Wherebear isn't a name that I use for anything but this forum. I couldn't find anywhere else to ask my question. Registration at the only other place I could find was closed.

If you reread my OP you will see I have already done the most common suggestions to get AC working. Is there anything else I might be overlooking?

[|iR|Focalor]

[console]

Is there anything else I might be overlooking?

Here are the exact r1q2, r1gl, anticheat versions that I use:

http://tastyspleen.net/~quake2/anticheat/r1q2-b7904-with-anticheat-dll.zip

$ sha1sum r1q2.exe anticheat.dll ref_r1gl.dll dbghelp.dll
48ad2af1369c18f740bec660fa568a838a62aff0 *r1q2.exe
fefef88da8ca2b743e9aac14062aa78b7784e47f *anticheat.dll
71ed378dd7cdac7bc478beaee8fd00840ea09b81 *ref_r1gl.dll
16b5d948ed7843576781dc4f2a391607ac0120a4 *dbghelp.dll



Hope this helps!

[Wherebear]

Is there anything else I might be overlooking?

Here are the exact r1q2, r1gl, anticheat versions that I use:

http://tastyspleen.net/~quake2/anticheat/r1q2-b7904-with-anticheat-dll.zip

$ sha1sum r1q2.exe anticheat.dll ref_r1gl.dll dbghelp.dll
48ad2af1369c18f740bec660fa568a838a62aff0 *r1q2.exe
fefef88da8ca2b743e9aac14062aa78b7784e47f *anticheat.dll
71ed378dd7cdac7bc478beaee8fd00840ea09b81 *ref_r1gl.dll
16b5d948ed7843576781dc4f2a391607ac0120a4 *dbghelp.dll



Hope this helps!

Thanks. I extracted and replaced those files in my Quake 2 folder and tried your client but I got the same message.

I did try both q2 starter packages on the tastyspleen site both with and without anticheat.dll before, neither worked. Both gave the same message, as I stated in the OP..

[console]

I extracted and replaced those files in my Quake 2 folder and tried your client but I got the same message.

I did try both q2 starter packages on the tastyspleen site both with and without anticheat.dll before, neither worked. Both gave the same message, as I stated in the OP..

Odd. When I join a server, r1q2 prints to the console:

"Loading anticheat, this may take a few moments..."

Is any similar information printed in your case?

[Wherebear]

I extracted and replaced those files in my Quake 2 folder and tried your client but I got the same message.

I did try both q2 starter packages on the tastyspleen site both with and without anticheat.dll before, neither worked. Both gave the same message, as I stated in the OP..

Odd. When I join a server, r1q2 prints to the console:

"Loading anticheat, this may take a few moments..."

Is any similar information printed in your case?

Yes, that's what R1ch's client says, the one you are using and the one I just tried, again. After it says, "loading anticheat" it says the exact same thing as the Q2Pro client about, "not using anticheat" as you can see in the screenshot in my OP.

[console]

Yes, that's what R1ch's client says, the one you are using and the one I just tried, again. After it says, "loading anticheat" it says the exact same thing as the Q2Pro client about, "not using anticheat" as you can see in the screenshot in my OP.

Only a couple possibilities occur to me at this point:

- Your antivirus software is ignoring your exception. (Others have indeed reported this in the past; I don't recall which AV software they used.)

- anticheat.dll is being blocked by a software firewall, preventing it from connecting to r1ch's AC server. (I think it uses TCP for this connection.)


Which Q2 names did you used to use?