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PartyPooper, on Jan 2, 2010 - 06:22 AM, said:

For developers only: Here ya go! Kaspersky Whitelist

Thanks for the link.

I need an update PartyPooper! I check this topic every day for v4.

Giteen7, on Jan 18, 2010 - 03:00 AM, said:

LOL. Got my replacement power supply for my external hard drive so I'm back working on V4. I'm hoping to have it done by the end of January.

PartyPooper, on Jan 18, 2010 - 08:03 AM, said:

Cool news. I'll be waitin'!

Me Too!!

Keep us posted.....

I would also like to point out V3 works for Windows Vista (64 bit) and Windows 7 (64 Bit) so im sure v4 will work. I know he hasnt been able to test these operating systems so I have been fiddling with it on these systems and giving him feedback. They currently work perfect.

V4 no longer uses the windows registry to identify which PB games a user has installed and their install locations (this is the major cause of the XP/Vista/7 64 bit problem). Instead, it uses PB Setup to identify the games and their install locations. As an added bonus, this means GUIDTracker can ensure your games are always up to date before you start playing and you don't suffer lag while PB tries to update while in game.

glad to hear its a wonderful asset. My only wish for future development is to have access to search via website like you could do with AliasFinder. Only downfall with Aliasfinder is it only keeps up with what you have on your harddrive. Dunno if its possible for you do include something like that with future releases of whats just imported by the user or having a way to search via your website. Atm im using yours and Aliasfinder along with it just for the simple fact of this option so it allows my clan the ability to keep up with trouble makers in our servers lol
Edited by Maester, Jan 29, 2010 - 11:16 PM.

In V4, clicking on a players GUID or Alias in GUIDTracker no longer brings up a pop-up window with the players info. Instead it will automatically search the Punksbusted, PBBans, GGC and Cheatbusted (if the game is AA2 or 3) websites for the player information and display that info in a browser window. For example, clicking on a BF2 player would display:

PBBans Search

PsB Search
GGC Search
The reason for the change is that anti-cheat sites will always maintain a comprehensive GUID, Alias, and IP data, whereas, GUIDTracker only maintains a list of aliases a player has been seen using.

Unfortunately, PBBans only allows MBi search using just the GUID. I'd like to be able to use the MPi but it requires inputting the game and since every damn anti-cheat site uses their own particular abbreviations for a game, it would get too messy to maintain. GUIDTracker uses the same abbreviations that Evenbalance uses:

aao = "America's Army"
aav3 = "America's Army Version 3"
bf1942 = "Battlefield 1942"
bf2 = "Battlefield 2"
bf2142 = "Battlefield 2142"
heroes = "Battlefield Heroes"
bfv = "Battlefield Vietnam"
cod = "Call of Duty"
cod2 = "Call of Duty 2"
cod4 = "Call of Duty 4"
waw = "Call of Duty: World at War"
crysis = "Crysis"
wh = "Crysis Wars"
doom3 = "DOOM3"
et = "Enemy Territory"
etqw = "Enemy Territory: Quake Wars"
fcx = "Far Cry 2"
fearpm = "F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate"
ffow = "Frontlines: Fuel of War"
nfs = "Need for Speed: ProStreet"
unco = "Need for Speed: Undercover"
prey = "PREY"
q3a = "Quake 3 Arena"
q4 = "Quake 4"
vegas = "Rainbow Six 5: Vegas"
vegas2 = "Rainbow Six 6: Vegas 2"
wolf = "Wolfenstein"
rtcw = "Return to Castle Wolfenstein"
sof2 = "Soldier of Fortune II"

*crawls across floor*

...

*gasp*need... guidtracker...*cough*


It's Feb 2!

Giteen7, on Feb 2, 2010 - 12:35 AM, said:

LOL. I'm getting a few guys to test the alpha tomorrow so hopefully, if it all works out and there are no glaring bugs, it should be available for download by the end of the week.

Might be a slight delay in getting it out. Found a nasty bug in the PB Client Log routine that causes it to skip lines.

PartyPooper, on Feb 2, 2010 - 11:43 PM, said:

Maybe not... fixed it already

PartyPooper, on Feb 3, 2010 - 01:27 AM, said:

I'm trying it out now while in our server.

Once I hit F12 and get the player list I then click on a player name and it pops up with

ATTENTION: CAN'T FIND GUID/PLAYER
Possible cause: Player not in database yet.
Error Code: 6

I have always wanted a way to quickly check to see if there are suspected or confirmed cheaters in our server without having to go to Hub Live or MPi. This seems like the right tool if I can get it to work properly. What am I doing wrong?

I'm using Vista 64 bit home.

Adding some screenshots




Edited by Sinn-U1, Feb 5, 2010 - 01:49 AM.

You're doing nothing wrong, it simply means that the player you're trying to view isn't in the GUIDTracker database as yet. The database is compiled from user input. Everytime you play a supported game, GUIDTracker keeps a record of the GUIDs and Aliases it sees and if they aren't in the database, it sends them to me as updates.

Confirmed and Suspected cheaters are shown in different colours to other players so you get an instant visual indication.

In version 3 (the one you have), when you left click on a player who's in the database, it opens up a Player Information windows which details the players GUID, all aliases GUIDTracker has seen him/her use and any ban information if available.

In version 4 (not out yet), it no longer opens up a Player Info window. Instead, when you left click on a player, it opens up your web browser and automatically does MPi searches on the Anti-Cheat sites which support that feature. This way, you get far more information about a player from multiple sites rather than the small amount that was available in GUIDTracker. Also, when you hover your mouse over a player, a tooltip pops up showing you every alias GUIDTracker has seen him/her use. You can still search the GUIDTracker database by GUID and Alias.

Currently, I'm in the alpha bug-fixing process of version 4 and hope to have a beta version available soon.
Edited by PartyPooper, Feb 5, 2010 - 07:23 AM.

PartyPooper, on Feb 5, 2010 - 07:20 AM, said:

Shucks, that's not really what I had in mind.

I thought maybe you were using the downloadable version of the MBi to see if a player has a prior ban. I wasn't sure what you were using to database guids and aliases. Would be nice if we had a downloadable version of the MPi so we could have a program like yours that has all players names in it as well as any bans they might have. That way a program can run in the background, and when a player with a ban comes in, a sound goes off, kind of the way the old Raycaster name hacker worked. Guys you catch on your server but who have not been banned by punkbuster could then be added manually and shared. I really wish pbbans could implement something like this in the Hub Live.

Sinn-U1, on Feb 5, 2010 - 12:09 PM, said:

Yes it would, but unfortunately most Anti-Cheat sites don't allow clean player data from the MPi to be displayed to the general public (only server admins and staff). Since GT is a players tool as well as a server admins tool, it's unlikely for that to happen.

GUIDTrackerV4 has now been publicly released. It now supports a truck-load more games and works with XP, Vista and Win7. You can read more about it, as well as, download it from the GUIDTracker website.

And to head off the inevitable "my AV software has detected... blah blah blah..." false positives:
Jotti's Malware scan of GUIDTracker.exe
VirusTotal's Malware scan of GUIDTracker.exe

I've emailed ClamAV and VBA32 teams regarding the false positive detections so hopefully, they'll fix their detection routines.


Enjoy.



- Mick

P.S. don't be afraid to let me know about any bugs or if you want to see a feature.
Edited by PartyPooper, Feb 20, 2010 - 08:12 PM.

This is a great tool!

Thanks, PartyPooper!