False positive bans
I just got a false positive banned from BF2042 this morning, while I was not even home... how is this even possible? I guess its rip my ultimate edition. I believe another user @Gryphonv got the sa...
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@IamSeilos Just to reiterate Dipzy's point here, two of the things you listed there are used as a vector in pretty much every dime-a-dozen aimbot/wallhack suite.
Not pointing out that to say you're "guilty" or not, just that *any* overlay on a popular PC product (going from fps counters to streaming or driver overlays) is an avenue for someone to make a wallhack or aimbot, and any anti-cheat software is obviously going to focus on the most common exploitation vectors, which on the low end is overlays directly.
False positives do happen, but nothing will change from posting on the forums, appeal it if you feel it's incorrect using the instructions Dipsy posted above.
Not pointing out that to say you're "guilty" or not, just that *any* overlay on a popular PC product (going from fps counters to streaming or driver overlays) is an avenue for someone to make a wallhack or aimbot, and any anti-cheat software is obviously going to focus on the most common exploitation vectors, which on the low end is overlays directly.
False positives do happen, but nothing will change from posting on the forums, appeal it if you feel it's incorrect using the instructions Dipsy posted above.
@Fringerunner @TTZ_Dipsy While there's not much we can do about it on the forums, there's not much anything can be fixed on the forums. I think this thread is mainly bringing attention to a major issue in the game. I think it's good to talk about publicly to have other people share their experiences also. Since if someone just sends a message to EA for them to help, there's not much response most of the time and it can feel isolating and frustrating. EA is pretty poor with customer service based on my experience before.
If it is common software causing people to be banned, then this is an even greater reason to have this thread. For these issues to be fixed. They shouldn't alienate people without reason just for using overlay software. They should work with the people having the problems to fix these issues. That's what good developers do. But instead, they don't reply and lock threads. Which of course, can cause more frustration and not help fix the overlying issue.
@Fringerunner @TTZ_Dipsy I agree with what you guys said and understand. However, I think most of honest gamers do not know the mechanics behind building hacks. I personally dont know how they are built for example. Telling me Nvidia overlay of some mouse / RGB software cant get you banned is quite the thing. I am not saying its the case either. I changed my CPU before the early release maybe they flagged some hardware change even though it was before release... I dont know. Spending 160CAD$ and not being able to use the game and the content for the next year is my problem with this situation. Plus the fact they have not vocal about it.
I just wrote the post so people would not feel unheard. Maybe in the end it will make a difference in how EA handles bans.
Sometimes knowing your not alone in the situation may you feel better about it.... I dunno haha
- @DeathSoldier11 For what it's worth i agree, and as long as we keep it civil then it won't (probably) get locked.
However, there's a difference between "i'm innocent" and "because these can cause false positives it means all cases are".
The recommendation to turn to account management is because they do know the difference and will probably even err on the side of caution if they're not 100% sure something shady is going on and let you off.
As for debating what software can or can't lead to false positives, that's almost a pointless debate.
If it interacts with your monitor output either directly or indirectly, it's a potential vector, hence why talking to account management is a much better use of time than posting about it here.
That being said, some might be genuinely unaware of why it's so damn tricky to play catch-up with the botters for anti-cheat software so in that sense the thread might be informative.
For software advice though, the best advice is still "don't use cheat suites" and don't be surprised if you ignore that advice one day your account just gets nuked, no matter if you used freeware or a $1500 a month "guaranteed" zero risk solution.
The only guarantee is that if you do get caught, you better be ok with losing parts or all of your account.
And again, for those that genuinely just got hit with a false positive, talk to the account management team.
