Call of Duty anti-cheat system makes legit players invisible to cheaters
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#5YN2M)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In a new blog post, the developers behind Call of Duty's Ricochet anti-cheat system have outlined a new cloaking" measure that makes legitimate players invisible to cheaters. It effectively makes it impossible for cheaters to be competitive during a match, regardless of any illicit software they might be using.
Characters, bullets, even sound from legitimate players will be undetectable to cheaters," the blog post reads. Legitimate players, however, can see cheaters impacted by cloaking... and can dole out in-game punishment." The new cloaking feature is offered alongside a previous anti-cheat measure called Damage Shield, which means a cheater's bullets won't do any damage to other players.
Although Team Ricochet is only detailing the...