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Re:I reversed Tower of Fantasy's anti-cheat driver: a BYOVD ... by direwolf20 on Friday February 06, 2026 @08:33AM (#46912619)
If it's a simple flag in the executable file header, what stops a cheat program setting the same flag and getting into the sandbox?

Or a cheat program combining itself with the game executable, and setting the flag so other processes can't interrogate whether it contains a cheat.

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Re:I reversed Tower of Fantasy's anti-cheat driver: a BYOVD ... by Orphis on Friday February 06, 2026 @09:49AM (#46913496)
You don't "get into the sandbox", if a cheat program opted in, they would be launched into a separate instance that's distinct from the game.

And you would sign your files, which get verified by the integrity platform and allow you to authenticate with the servers securely.

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Re:I reversed Tower of Fantasy's anti-cheat driver: a BYOVD ... by direwolf20 on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:55PM (#46918662)
Sounds very similar to total platform lockdown
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Re:I reversed Tower of Fantasy's anti-cheat driver: a BYOVD ... by charcircuit on Friday February 06, 2026 @08:25PM (#46920363)
It is similar except it's only a total lockdown of the sandbox.
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