Spartan AntiCheat & AntiExploit v4.0.8.8

News:

• The potential performance improvements mentioned in the previous update’s news were unfortunately not successful, as the changes caused additional performance usage instead of an increase. Fortunately, I was able to optimise the Movement listeners with stricter limitations, so they aren’t called so many times as previously.

Logs:

1. Slightly improved the Building & Damage protection handlers with more specific methods.
2. Slightly improved the Self Hit protection handler with requirement to not have bypass permissions.
3. Potentially corrected a few ImpossibleActions scaffold wood block stripping false positives.
4. Corrected a few ImpossibleActions scaffold item switch bypasses created by the previous update.
5. Noticeably improved the Reports inventory menu with better item design and a dismiss feature when clicking an item.
6. Greatly improved the String utilities with more advanced methods.
7. Corrected several FastHeal illegal towny plugin false positives.
8. Corrected a FastBreak breaks-per-second sugar-cane block false positives.
9. Noticeably improved the Spartan Location object with bug corrections & more specific methods.
10. Slightly improved the Spartan Block object with
11. Corrected a few Criticals damage strength potion effect false positives.
12. Noticeably improved the ViaVersion plugin compatibility with proper support for recent 1.16 versions.
13. Corrected several ImpossibleActions scaffold zero limit false positives.
14. Noticeably optimised the Hack Prevention object with faster methods and no scheduler requirement.
15. Corrected several movement low TPS false positives caused by the Exploits ping-spoof detection.
16. Corrected dozens of movement false positives caused by the Skript plugin.
17. Corrected a few Exploits ping-spoof high violation false positives.
18. Corrected an IrregularMovements climb jump motion bypass caused by a detection bug.
19. Corrected a bug that prevented parts of the IrregularMovements, ElytraMove & Clip checks from working.
20. Slightly optimised the Double utilities with faster loop methods.
21. Slightly improved the IrregularMovements check with better verbose information.
22. The Interactions Per Tick protection’s limit has been set to 10 instead of 20 as the settings.yml default.
23. Noticeably improved the Interactions Per Tick protection with support for snowball, fireball & fishing-rod items.
24. Corrected a few KillAura hits-per-second multiple nearby entities & low TPS false positives.
25. Corrected a few KillAura angle low TPS false positives.
26. Slightly improved the Building protection with more secure & universal methods.
27. Noticeably optimised the Movement listeners with stricter limitations.
28. Noticeably improved most Tracking handlers with more organised codes, recent methods and bug corrections.
29. Corrected a few NoFall pattern low violation & ratio low ground false positives.
30. Slightly improved the Violations feature with more advanced methods.
31. Corrected a few Fly up & stable climbable block uncertain violation false positives.
32. Corrected a few Fly stable damage situation false positives.
33. Potentially corrected several BoatMove ground piston false positives.
34. Slightly improved the ImpossibleInventory check with more universal methods.
35. Noticeably improved the NPC compatibility with more universal methods.
36. Corrected several KillAura & HitReach horse & donkey entity false positives.or
37. Slightly improved the Player utilities with bedrock player identification methods.
38. Slightly improved the Cache system with more universal variables.
39. Greatly improved the Threads system with more potential threads.
40. Corrected dozens of Sprint omnidirectional & Speed false positives caused by the CMI plugin.
41. Noticeably improved the Compatibility configuration with enabled compatibility listing & faster loading.
42. Noticeably improved the Cloud Developer Report feature with more detailed information.
43. Noticeably improved the Spartan inventory menu with more useful item descriptions.
44. Corrected a MorePackets up to 1.5 timer bypass.
45. Corrected a String utilities substring method potential console error.
46. Noticeably improved the Piracy system with additional information.
47. Potentially corrected a MorePackets kelp liquid climbing false positive.
48. Corrected a BoatMove bypass caused by non-player entities being passengers of the boat.

News:

• Even though Spartan is very optimised for the player count it targets, I have plans to improve it even further. Therefore, I will be attempting some innovative optimisations in the next update, which should decrease performance usage in the 2-digit percentage scale. For now, this update aims to bring the plugin to a near perfect state for the upcoming changes.

Logs:

1. Corrected a few FastBreak nylium blocks false positives.
2. Slightly improved the Fly & FastBreak check with faster methods.
3. Bypass permissions players will no longer be affected by the Building protection handler.
4. Slightly reduced the Inventory calls by using more variables.
5. Slightly optimised the HitReach, ImpossibleActions, Exploits, EntityMove & KillAura check with less method calls.
6. Slightly optimised the Fence Click bug handler with less method calls.
7. Slightly optimised the Damage & Floor protection handler with less method calls.
8. Slightly optimised the Combat utilities with less method calls.
9. Slightly improved the Block utilities with updated material library.
10. Corrected several FastBreak chorus-plant block false positives.
11. Corrected a few IrregularMovements jump above block false positives.
12. Potentially corrected a few Fly down above block false positives.
13. Slightly optimised the Spartan Block object with faster & fewer methods.
14. Noticeably optimised the Spartan Location object with faster & fewer methods.
15. Spartan Location will no longer create new objects when modifying its coordinates.
16. Cross Server Notifications will no longer function if a server is not also sharing them.
17. Greatly improved the False Positive Detection feature with more effective & lag friendly handlers.
18. Noticeably improved the Combat Processing tracking handler with less and more effective & universal methods.
19. Corrected several movement non-elytra wearing firework-rocket held item bypasses.
20. Corrected a Cross Server Notifications feature bug where some mining notifications would be treated as verbose notifications.
21. Corrected a few MorePackets low violation wrongful preventions.
22. Corrected several BoatMove air & horizontal downwards false positives.
23. Corrected a few KillAura combined & HItReach horizontal TPS drop false positives.
24. Corrected a few ImpossibleActions scaffold wood block stripping false positives.

Corrected an issue where the FastBreak check's detections would be called twice, therefore causing false positives.

News:

• Most of Spartan’s KillAura detections have long been known to work in specific situations. This update unifies the reasons that cause them to enable, which will allow several of them to enable and detect hackers in much broader situations. Furthermore, the handlers responsible for supplying combat checks with information has also been improved to cover broader situations.
• This update aims to improve the consistency and minimalistic appeal of this plugin. As of now, the Liquids check is part of the ImpossibleActions check, the Nuker check is part of the FastBreak check & the IllegalPosition check is part of the Exploits check. These changes should improve the user experience in terms of understanding.

Logs:

1. The settings.yml option “Logs.log_console” has been added back as a secret option.
2. Greatly improved the Spartan Block object with improved sharing of information.
3. Slightly improved the Spartan Location object with new useful methods.
4. Corrected a minor mathematics bug in the Cloud feature.
5. Corrected a few KillAura aim-consistency & combined yaw coordinate false positives.
6. Corrected a few KillAura aim-consistency & combined speed violation false positives.
7. Slightly improved the KillAura yaw detection with better calculations and less memory calls.
8. Noticeably improved the KillAura check by unifying the advantage causes.
9. Greatly improved the Combat Processing handler with more universal methods.
10. Corrected a few MorePackets elytra gliding & boat riding false positives.
11. Corrected a few Exploits illegal-elytra-packet false positives.
12. The Hacker Finder & Legitimate Players inventory menus will no longer attempt to load already loading load data.
13. Corrected a few Clip climbing block false positives.
14. Removed the settings.yml option “Detections.run_asynchronously” as the revival of the feature was not successful.
15. Corrected several Nuker breaks-per-second low TPS false positives.
16. Slightly improved the False Positive Detection feature with more universal methods.
17. Corrected a few Criticals damage entity in vehicle false positives.
18. Corrected a few MorePackets time related false positives.
19. Slightly improved the Syn inventory menu with a better discount calculation.
20. Removed the IllegalPosition check and made it part of the Exploits check.
21. Removed the Liquids check and made it part of the ImpossibleActions check.
22. Removed the Nuker check and made it part of the FastBreak check.
23. Added 6 new checks.yml configuration options for the moved detections.
24. Removed 8 checks.yml checks.yml unneeded configuration options.
25. Slightly improved the Search Engine with more error proof methods.
26. The Manage Checks inventory menu will now fully reload the plugin when exited.

Checks.yml Changes:

Code:

Added:
Exploits.check_head_position
ImpossibleActions.check_liquids
FastBreak.check_delay
FastBreak.check_frequency
FastBreak.check_moves_in_between
FastBreak.max_breaks_per_second

Removed:
KillAura.check_comparison
Liquids.check_block_breaking
Liquids.check_block_placing
FastBreak.check_surface_blocks
Nuker.check_delay
Nuker.check_frequency
Nuker.check_moves_in_between
Nuker.max_breaks_per_second

News:

• Spartan’s Location object has once again been improved to share its data with other objects in better & faster ways, resulting in less information requested from the server, thus less system resources used and no lag.

Logs:

1. Verbose notifications will no longer be logged to the console so frequently.
2. The Cloud feature will no longer log connection errors for the Cross Server Notifications feature if not configured.
3. Corrected a ProtocolLib compatibility null-pointer console error.
4. Corrected a ProtocolSupport compatibility illegal-state console error.
5. Corrected a trivial bug in the Spartan Location object that negatively affected the Client Sided Blocks feature.
6. Noticeably improved the Spartan Location object with faster methods & vastly improved caching retention.
7. Slightly improved the Spartan Block object with faster methods & bug corrections.
8. Potentially corrected several MorePackets boat vehicle false positives.
9. Corrected a few potential Criticals damage sweeping-edge enchantment false positives.
10. The Exploits ping-spoof detection will now check all kinds of high pings without limits.
11. Greatly improved the Ground utilities with proper support for scaffolding blocks.
12. Corrected a few scaffolding block movement false positives.
13. Further limited the calculations of the Lag Leniencies feature for better results.
14. Potentially corrected a few Fly water bucket elevator false positives.
15. Corrected dozens of GhostHand, Fly, BlockReach, Sprint & Jesus bedrock player false positives.
16. Noticeably improved the Player Limit Per IP feature with proper timers.
17. Slightly improved the Spartan Player object with more universal methods.
18. The Developer Report feature will now support the last 3 versions instead of just the latest.

Corrected a File Logs feature null-pointer console error.

News:

• This update gives more attention to the plugin’s configuration, handlers, features & systems, which is good to do once in a while. Outdated codes have been taken care of, a few codes have been further optimised, several codes have been extended with more capabilities, and many codes have ultimately become more minimalistic, reducing the complexity of the configuration files.

Logs:

1. Corrected a few IrregularMovements jump silent check false positives.
2. Slightly improved the Reports inventory menu with less memory usage.
3. Slightly improved the Search Engine with more universally made and faster methods.
4. Corrected a bug that caused the Reports inventory menu to not function properly.
5. Slightly improved the Piracy system with more stable local IDs.
6. Corrected a few Exploits ping-spoof low latency false positives.
7. Potentially corrected several MorePackets elytra false positives.
8. Corrected a few Fly stable movement slow bypasses.
9. Corrected several BoatMove horizontal water wrong limit false positives.
10. Slightly optimised the Floor protection with better caching & less method calls.
11. Slightly improved the Floor protection with better reactions to cancelled events.
12. Corrected a few IrregularMovements step & Fly calculated cancelled fall damage false positives.
13. Corrected a few MythicMobs entity abilities movement false positives.
14. Corrected a Player utilities entity passengers missing method.
15. Corrected a few gliding & swimming movement false positives caused by bad method synchronisation.
16. Slightly improved the Spartan Player object with better method synchronization.
17. Removed the settings.yml option “Punishments.wave_broadcast_message” and replaced it with the existing “Punishments.broadcast_on_punishment”.
18. Removed the settings.yml option “Punishments.run_wave_if_its_full” as waves will now run automatically if they are full.
19. Removed the settings.yml option “Logs.log_console” and replaced it with automated importance identifiers.
20. Removed the settings.yml option “Logs.log_file_limit” and replaced it with date based log files.
21. Slightly optimised the Wave feature with faster handlers and less method calls.
22. Greatly optimised the Interactions Per Tick protection with faster handlers and disability capabilities.
23. Slightly Improved the configuration effects of the Test Server Identification handler.
24. Slightly improved the Search Engine feature with more universal methods.
25. Corrected a few movement elytra glide exiting false positives.
26. Noticeably improved the Elytra handler with more universal & detailed methods.
27. Greatly improved the Time utilities with more universal & faster methods.
28. Corrected a trivial bug where the construction of the log files wouldn’t be properly updated.

Settings.yml Changes:

Code:

Removed:
Punishments.wave_broadcast_message
Punishments.run_wave_if_its_full
Logs.log_file_limit
Logs.log_console

News:

• The Location object will now attempt to maintain block data up to a second, will no longer cache block data when a location is cloned, and its chunk method calls have been completely eliminated. These changes should dramatically decrease chunk calls and greatly reduce the plugin’s performance usage.
• The ImpossibleActions scaffold detection will now safely check players travelling at way lower than walking speeds, which was the previous breaking point. It does that by calculating manipulations in the player's direction and understanding if they should or should not be placing a block.

Logs:

1. Corrected a few MorePackets above block false positives.
2. Bedrock Edition Detections is now a feature available only to Syn customers.
3. Implemented a new checks.yml configuration option. (BlockReach.overall_distance)
4. Improved the BlockReach check with configurable limits and more detailed verbose information.
5. Improved the ImpossibleActions check with a better scaffold detection and more detailed verbose information.
6. Corrected a small negative version bug in the Cloud feature that caused no inconvenience.
7. Cloud feature will no longer disable IP Limited servers that have equal to or below 5 online players.
8. Greatly improved the Asynchronous Detections features with no functionality below 18 TPS.
9. Noticeably improved the Combat handlers with better tracking, more universal limits, & proper data manipulation.
10. Noticeably improved the KillAura check with faster detections, bug corrections & better verbose information.
11. Brought back the KillAura stability detection which was broken due to a cache bug.
12. Slightly optimised the Attempt utilities with less memory usage.
13. Corrected a few IrregularMovements bouncing blocks false positives.
14. Corrected several Jesus limit & horizontal below walls false positives.
15. Corrected a Piracy system cloud server issue that caused Spartan to disable for [Censored] users.
16. Corrected dozens of Criticals damage & IllegalPosition rotations false positives caused by the Skript plugin.
17. Corrected several IrregularMovements step & Fly elytra false positives.
18. Noticeably improved the Elytra handler with better accounting for gliding.
19. Corrected a few Clip instant void falling false positives.
20. Brought back the NoFall spoof detection with completely rewritten functionality.
21. Implemented a new checks.yml configuration option. (NoFall.check_spoof)
22. Slightly optimised the Spartan Player object with less memory usage.
23. Corrected several MorePackets flowing liquid block elevation false positives.
24. Noticeably improved the Spartan Location object by forcing it to keep heavy cache for a bit and completely reducing chunk calls.
25. Slightly improved the IrregularMovements check with more detailed verbose information.
26. Noticeably improved the Debug feature with reduced decimal & word length to prevent chat spam.
27. Corrected a minor bug in the Debug feature where an entity would be mentioned as an object and not type.
28. Slightly optimised the BoatMove check with less string comparisons.
29. Cloud feature will from now on notify high permission players if the Spartan version is outdated.