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New patent of EA's anti-cheat system: block 20% of the operations of plug-in players

According to game rant, a patent shows that EA is developing an anti-cheat system that can block 20% of the keystrokes of cheating players.

New patent of EA's anti-cheat system: block 20% of the operations of plug-in players

A patent filed by the EA last January shows that their new anti-cheat system will put cheating players at a disadvantage in the game by imposing several penalties, one of which is to block 20% of the keystrokes of cheating players. This means that cheaters are blocked every five operations.

New patent of EA's anti-cheat system: block 20% of the operations of plug-in players

The left is the normal operation, and the right is the operation under the condition of applying a shield

An image in the patent note shows an example of an evenly distributed shield, which also mentions that shielding can also be done through other modes, but the final proportion will remain around 20%. As a result, a cheating player will not be able to predict which of his actions will be blocked.

The patent also mentions that the cheating system can detect if a player account is linked to another cheated account, so that cheaters will not be able to avoid punishment by creating new player profiles.

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