LFS CPW Bans

[[TC]►Ash◄]

Hello

As of yesterday, Scawen implemented further cheat protection to multiplayer Live For Speed servers.

As a result, some 3rd party programs are causing players to receive CPW (Cheat Protection Warning) bans. A CPW ban is issued by Live For Speed automatically and could be due to one of the following reasons:

• A tweak or any other miscellaneous cheat/hack,
• A .vob mod,
• Other 3rd party programs
• Any other recently installed program on your computer (e.g. a game overlay) which LFS could identify as an abnormality with the game.

Keeping the above in mind, our advice is to:

• Uninstall/delete any program which could've caused this CPW (depends on the program, only a reboot may be necessary),
• Restart your computer after the above point,
• Check for any viruses which could have triggered the CPW.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: Please keep in mind the server rule below:

Server Rules Wrote:1.11. Do not use any modifications that alter the physics of LFS (eg collision mesh, performance).

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We will not manually unban you. You will have to wait until the CPW ban naturally ends - they typically last for only 12 hours. In very rare cases, you may receive the CPW erroneously. Make sure you reboot your PC before trying to re-join when the ban ends.

(For more information on our unban policies, please click here.)

If you are unsure whether any 3rd party programs you are using may cause a CPW ban, it may be worth attempting to connect to a non [TC] server which you do not regularly play on, to see if you receive a CPW ban. If you do receive a ban, it is recommended to stop using any 3rd party programs which may alter anything in LFS and then attempting to connect to another multiplayer server.

Please feel free to get in touch with any of the [TC] Team if you are unsure about how the CPW ban system works.

Hope all are well,

Kind Regards

Ash on behalf of [TC] Gaming.

[[TC]»Pete«]

As of this morning, the cheat protection system no longer bans and only kicks you (source).