Activision is trying to trick and detect cheaters with a “hallucination” system.
The developers of Call of Duty are rolling out a new method to make a run at thwart cheaters.
The newest mitigation technique is called “Hallucinations,” and here’s how it works.
With Hallucinations, “decoy characters” are deployed in the game environment.
Instead, they “serve to disorient cheaters in a variety of ways,” Activision said.
Hallucinations can also be used for the purpose of detecting cheaters.
As an example, Activision could deploy a Hallucination character close to a person believed to be cheating.
A player who engages with a Hallucination character will then reveal themselves to be a cheater.
An in-depth whitepaper on Call of Duty Hallucinations isavailable on Activision’s website.
While Activision is rolling out Hallucinations, it is removing a different cheating mitigation feature: Quicksand.
This slowed or froze the movement of cheaters, making them easy targets.
Activision said Quicksand is now back on the shelf but it could return one day.
Players who knowingly submit false reports could now face warnings or account suspensions.
Additionally, some automated penalties like feature restrictions and voice/text restrictions, have been disabled for the time being.
For more, you canread Activision’s full Call of Duty cheating update blog post.
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