If an exploiter changed their character to be 3x scaled for example, and jumped on top of somewhere they shouldn’t be able to reach, how does the server view that? When I tested in studio, the server didn’t change their size, but it did position them in the place they moved their character to, and made them sort of float in the sky. This would be a huge vulnerability if this happened in the actual game. Is it something I need to worry about? I saw it was possible in studio, but would that be possible in a live game?
make a Client anticheat to view whats changed on client.and if user started exploiting,send an event to server and server bans the player who exploited.
Just to know a long year ago i made a client shop system with un-protectable anticheats.the players just can change the money on client and purchase them.so now i always check on server to know if their money is higher than item price.
well it most probably is possible, because player movement is replicated to the server, and the exploiter can even fly and teleport, so the scaling wouldnt really matter. the only issue is we cant do anything about it other than client anti cheats, which the exploiters will for sure find a workaround.
The client has full network ownership of their character, so the exploiter can do anything to their character - the effects will replicate, but the properties will not.
So, if the exploiter changed their walkspeed, they would move faster (and it would replicate), but the server would not know they had changed the property - it would still look the same on the server.
The problem is, exploiters can view, change and delete LocalScripts on their client.
There are very long scripts you can make on the server to calculate their speed, and whether they are slowing down, speeding up, etc. but it’s very complicated.
I’d say it’s still worth making client-sided anticheats - it would certainly help get rid of the less experienced exploiters who have no idea what they are doing. It’s up to you, though.
Hope this helps.