Detects and automatically punishes players using cheat mods and exploits, using the same methods said cheat menus use. This method is not invincible, but its the best option that would be allowed on Thunderstore.

Cheat mods are not inherently bad, its how they are used. Hopefully this solution helps a bit with the war committed on public lobbies. Please do not harass Thunderstore staff, or anyone else about cheat mods being available on xyz platform. Its not their fault, and its not their place to take a stance against cheating. Its not their game, yknow? If you have an issue with how cheating is affecting you, I suggest you express that through the appropiate channels to the game developers.

Features:

Cheat Mod Detection - Automatically identifies Atlas and Cherry cheat users Exploit Prevention - Blocks unauthorized killing, campfire manipulation, and name spoofing Master Client Protection - Prevents cheaters from stealing lobby control Smart Punishment - Soft-locks cheaters with infinite loading screens or character destruction Real-time Alerts - Visual notifications when suspicious activity is detected

Requirements:

Must be master client (lobby host) for punishment features Non-hosts can still detect and monitor cheaters Works in both airport lobby and main game scenes

How does it work?

Any player can run this mod, and will detect cheaters with it. However, the mod will only let the masterclient of the lobby issue out the punishments to them.

When a user is detected using a cheat mod, they are immediately softlocked, rendering their menu un-usable. When a user joins, the mod compares the steam members to the photon members. If any photon member doesnt match a steam username, then they will be softlocked aswell for spoofing. If a user gets past this detection, this mod also impliments various RPC detections similar to PEAKER. It will attempt to block, and revert any changes made by the cheaters RPC, after softlocking them.

Config Options

• In-game notifications of suspicious activity (default: true)
• • This will use the connection log to provide information in regards to cheaters, and the action taken against them.
• Verbose RPC logging (default: false)
• • This will log recieved RPCs in your bepinex console, if available.
• Name Spoofing detection (default: true)
• • This will automatically detect spoofed names, and softlock them immediately.

So, whats the best way to use this?

This mod will NOT ban a player, or even prevent them from rejoining. It will however, make their cheat menu useless while they are stuck in purgatory, until they leave. If they re-join, it will simply happen again, and so on. I am not comfortable adding a banning system right now, but I will shortly after I confirm there arent any accidental detections of legitimate players. This mod will also not stop all cheaters, just a majority of them. At the moment, its simply not logistically possible to stop things such as: Flying, spawning items, or assigning attributes (injury, stamina).

Aslong as the host has this mod, this will comfortably filter out a lengthy amount of the cheaters, and you may use a different mod for things such as: locking your lobby so they may not rejoin, or a banning system so they may not rejoin. Either way, if they got softlocked the first time, itll probably happen again.

Whats planned next?

I plan to add capability to track cheat revives, and early campfire lighting. If its possible, I will also attempt on the cheated spawned items, but that will likely cause desync or performance issues. You may use the Modding Discord, under mod-releases, to comment on this mod.