error - packet flood
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I've just checked through my logs for 'packet flood' and it certainly happens on my servers, but not at the frequency you're hinting at; maybe half a dozen times since I switched to 1.2. What's interesting is that every time, in the preceding minute, there is:
looking up ms.cubers.net:28760...
In some of the cases this lookup failed and the clients were kicked one minute later. In other cases the clients were kicked immediately after the lookup, then the lookup succeded.


(30 Jan 14, 12:13AM)PhaNtom Wrote:
[187.35.251.x] -Carmo: tried to pick up entity #387 (ammobox), distance 29.71 (1)
[187.35.251.x] -Carmo: tried to pick up entity #386 (ammobox), distance 31.24 (2)
[187.35.251.x] -Carmo: tried to pick up entity #385 (ammobox), distance 32.81 (3)

I may be wrong but this is speedhack?
You are wrong to assume a speedhack just from that log extract; lag is much more likely and the client's ping before this incident is very important. Watching the demo would be the only way to be certain. Please don't blacklist players just because they trigger anticheat entries in the server log.
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Messages In This Thread
error - packet flood - by pineapple - 29 Jan 14, 10:59PM
RE: error - packet flood - by Casius - 29 Jan 14, 11:19PM
RE: error - packet flood - by pineapple - 29 Jan 14, 11:27PM
RE: error - packet flood - by PhaNtom - 30 Jan 14, 12:13AM
RE: error - packet flood - by pineapple - 30 Jan 14, 12:15AM
RE: error - packet flood - by PhaNtom - 30 Jan 14, 01:03AM
RE: error - packet flood - by Jg99 - 30 Jan 14, 01:05AM
RE: error - packet flood - by D3M0NW0LF - 30 Jan 14, 03:17AM
RE: error - packet flood - by Casius - 30 Jan 14, 03:33AM
RE: error - packet flood - by pineapple - 30 Jan 14, 05:27AM
RE: error - packet flood - by jamz - 30 Jan 14, 08:33AM
RE: error - packet flood - by PhaNtom - 30 Jan 14, 03:46PM
RE: error - packet flood - by +f0r3v3r+ - 30 Jan 14, 11:04PM
RE: error - packet flood - by Ronald_Reagan - 30 Jan 14, 11:44PM
RE: error - packet flood - by pineapple - 31 Jan 14, 02:57AM
RE: error - packet flood - by Ronald_Reagan - 31 Jan 14, 03:34AM
RE: error - packet flood - by Casius - 31 Jan 14, 03:37AM
RE: error - packet flood - by jamz - 31 Jan 14, 11:42AM
RE: error - packet flood - by pineapple - 31 Jan 14, 02:17PM
RE: error - packet flood - by Ronald_Reagan - 31 Jan 14, 05:26PM
RE: error - packet flood - by pineapple - 31 Jan 14, 05:48PM