Spartan AntiCheat & AntiExploit v4.0.8.8

News:

• This update focuses on improving the KillAura check. More specifically, the check’s detections have been better optimised for 1.9+ combat, which will help detect more varieties of this hack module.

Logs:

1. Corrected a few Fly down time usage false positives.
2. Slightly improved the Combat utilities with more universal methods.
3. Corrected a bug in the Spartan Player object where nearby entities would not be detected.
4. Corrected a bug in the Buffer object that could have caused bypasses in the KillAura check.
5. Noticeably improved the KillAura check for 1.9+ combat mechanics.
6. Noticeably improved the Spartan inventory menu with new fresh item descriptions.
7. Greatly improved the Compatibility configuration with more universal methods & more listing.
8. Slightly improved the Velocity check to be faster and more accurate.
9. Corrected a few Exploits elytra ProjectKorra compatibility false positives.
10. Corrected a few NoSlowdown item use false positives where the food level would be full.
11. Corrected a few NoFall ratio low ground bypasses by improving the check’s variables.
12. Enabled a limited version of the Exploits & IrregularMovements checks for the ABC anti-cheat.
13. Updated the plugin.yml file with better contents for both versions of this anti-cheat.
14. Greatly improved the Piracy system with increased security and reliability.
15. Corrected an issue where one of the API events would be accidentally obfuscated.

News:

• The Latency/Ping protection will no longer be simply togglable via settings.yml. You can now specify the maximum supported latency, which can be from 1 to 2000. Setting it to 0 or less will simply disable this protection. This will help with better dealing with ping=spoof exploits as every server is different and so are its players. Please read the update logs to become aware of the configuration changes.

Logs:

1. Corrected several BoatMove water elevator false positives.
2. Spartan’s punish permission will now function similar to the bypass permission.
3. Corrected a console error caused by the Clickable Message feature.
4. Corrected a small list duplication bug in the Command Tab Complete handler.
5. Noticeably improved the ElytraMove check with bypass corrections.
6. Slightly improved the Cloud feature with more universal methods.
7. Slightly improved the Spartan inventory menu with more consistent item descriptions.
8. Corrected a few IrregularMovements step semi-solid block combinations false positives.
9. Potentially corrected a few remaining Speed overall false positives.
10. Greatly improved the Cloud feature with new replies for developer-report commands.
11. Removed the Exploits ping-spoof ratio & ping-spoof prediction detections due to being unstable.
12. Replaced the settings.yml option “Protections.use_ping_protection” with “Protections.max_supported_player_latency”.

Corrected an issue where the plugin would fail to properly enable by disabling shortly later.

Logs:

1. Corrected dozens of Speed overall false positives caused by the previous update.
2. Corrected a few MorePackets instant buffer related false positives.
3. Corrected several ImpossibleActions tower liquid false positives.
4. Slightly improved the Spartan inventory menu with more detailed items.
5. Implemented a new permission named “spartan.punishment” to exempt a player from punishments.
6. Slightly optimised the Config.yml configuration with faster methods.
7. Detection notifications will now contain important information regardless of the configuration when set at the lowest frequency.
8. Slightly optimised the SQL feature with less method calls.
9. Greatly improved the Clickable Message feature with more universal methods.
10. Corrected dozens of FastEat interact bedrock player false positives.
11. Corrected several Jesus upwards liquid block enter false positives.
12. Corrected several Jesus speed sprinting small limit false positives.
13. Corrected a settings.yml default configuration faulty value.
14. Updated Spartan’s plugin.yml configuration with more universal values.

News:

• A new Syn feature has been added that will allow uses of the report command & staff chat features to be shared across a network of server via the Cross Server Notifications feature. This should allow for a more organised and professional plugin experience.

Logs:

1. Greatly improved the Violations system with faster & more universal methods.
2. Corrected several Criticals damage false positives caused by the mcMMO compatibility.
3. Slightly improved the KillAura, GhostHand, FastBreak, HitReach & BlockReach checks with more universal methods.
4. Corrected several Criticals damage above block false positives.
5. Slightly improved the ElytraMove check with more consistent verbose information.
6. Noticeably improved the Spartan inventory menu by combining the “Reset Violations” & “Notifications” items to “Violation Management”.
7. Noticeably improved the Spartan inventory menu with new items & more detailed item descriptions.
8. Warnings will now be logged in Spartan’s files/database like the rest of moderation features.
9. Greatly improved the Search Engine handler with new useful methods.
10. Corrected a few Fly stable slow falling potion effect false positives.
11. Corrected a major issue with the Cloud Developer Report feature that would cause irregular characters when a decimal was identified.
12. Corrected a few FastBreak delay jack-o-lantern & soul-soil block false positives.
13. Corrected several IrregularMovements bouncing-blocks, climbing & step slime in combination with climbable blocks false positives.
14. Slightly optimised the Bouncing Blocks handler with less method calls.
15. Greatly improved the Bouncing Blocks handler with more accurate results.
16. Implemented 2 new configuration syntax values for space characters. ( {space}, %% )
17. Bedrock players containing space characters can now be included in the commands with the syntax %% for spaces.
18. Staff chat & report command messages will now be distributed across a network if a customer has purchased Syn.
19. Corrected a few BoatMove villager passenger random false positives.
20. Implemented plugin compatibility for a plugin named KnockbackMaster.
21. Greatly improved the NoHitDelay compatibility with more consistent results.
22. Corrected a bug where Mining Notifications would calculate results from the same broken block.
23. Corrected a few Speed overall single block path false positives.
24. Corrected a few NPC handler null-pointer console errors.
25. Slightly optimised the Clip check with less method calls & calculations.
26. Corrected a few Clip ypos full wall block false positives.
27. Corrected an issue where the MorePackets check wouldn’t increase the violations of a player.
28. Greatly improved the Move utilities with faster & more accurate methods.

News:

• This update is released prematurely to cover a few very annoying false positives, but also add a major exploit protection, and a configuration option that will help Spartan be more compatible with unique gameplay mechanics. Apart from these issues, plugin remains perfectly stable.

Logs:

1. Corrected an exploit some servers may experience where you can join with the same account from another location.
2. Noticeably improved the Floodgate bedrock player compatibility with forceful use of the backup option.
3. Corrected several IrregularMovements step slime block bouncing motion false positives.
4. Corrected several BoatMove stable & vertical bouncing block false positives.
5. Corrected several BoatMove stable & horizontal hit-box false positives.
6. Implemented a new checks.yml option for the exploits check named “Exploits.check_elytra”.
7. Slightly optimised the Piracy, Syn & Configuration system, Register class, Plugin utils, Violations & Cloud feature, WorldGuard compatibility, Moderation handler with more universal and direct methods.
8. Greatly improved the Register class with new & more universal methods.

News:

• As plenty of you are aware, Spartan uses much math to identify & learn from its violations, either if that’s for applying a prevention in a major situation or correcting a false positive. This update largely optimises the Math utilities for faster identification of numbers, ultimately cutting the previous time in half or even less. In addition, new objects were implemented to improve cache and further reduce the already optimised math checks.
• A new Developer API event has been implemented by the name “PlayerFoundOreEvent”. It will be called when a player finds a special ore that is compatible with Spartan’s requirements and will result in a notification. For more information, read the API documentation on the plugin’s overview page.

Logs:

1. Removed the bStats metrics/statistics as Spartan has its own collected by its Cloud feature.
2. Slightly improved the Cloud feature with more universal methods.
3. Slightly optimised the Ground utilities with faster methods.
4. Greatly improved the Ground utilities with more consistent methods.
5. Corrected an IrregularMovements jump wall climbing bypass.
6. Corrected a few Jesus upwards & speed boat stepping false positives.
7. Slightly improved the Event Listeners with a more consistent code structure.
8. Slightly optimised the Fly, IrregularMovements, Sprint, EntityMove, Speed, Jesus & Clip checks with more direct methods.
9. Noticeably improved the Math utilities with apparently faster methods.
10. Slightly optimised the Position object with more direct methods.
11. Greatly optimised the Search Engine with less method calls.
12. Greatly optimised the Hack Prevention object by forcing it to skip specific checks when a check is set to silent mode.
13. Greatly improved the String utilities with new methods and older method replacements.
14. Slightly optimised the Cancel Violation & Low Violation handlers with use of faster methods.
15. Slightly optimised the False Positive Detection feature with use of faster methods.
16. Slightly improved the NPC compatibility with more diversified methods to correct a few plugin full reload cache bugs.
17. Implemented a new Developer API event named “PlayerFoundOreEvent” that will follow mining notifications.
18. Greatly improved the Notifications feature with correct grammar when a mining notification is modified due to a fortune enchantment.
19. Corrected a few Jesus ypos bedrock player false positives.
20. Removed the warning commands from the config.yml configuration as they seem unnecessary for many users.

Corrected a console error caused by the checks.yml configuration file not existing in Spartan's folder.