“Mousetrap” is an anti-cheat technology developed for Rainbow Six Siege that allows players to “spoofer”, i.e. players using a mouse and keyboard on the console, to gain a precise advantage over people using controllers. It is intended to detect and punish Ubisoft announces system (opens in new tab) It was supposed to go live in April, as some Xim Apex users have already reported that their devices have been detected.
Conventional wisdom dictates that the mouse is inherently better than a controller when it comes to shooters due to its speed and accuracy. For example, way back in 2010, Voodoo PC founder Rahul Sood claimed that Microsoft decided not to enable crossplay between his PC and Xbox 360 console after testing.console player destroyed (opens in new tab)Most recently, former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan said that Blizzard is “against the use of mice and keyboards on consoles.” (opens in new tab)and “We will continue to lobby first-party console makers to either ban mice and keyboards and input conversion devices, or openly and easily support mouse and keyboard for all players.”
Games that officially forbid the use of a mouse and keyboard cannot simply plug them into the console and use them. You need a device like Sim Apex (opens in new tab): Essentially an adapter that allows Xbox and PlayStation owners to use PC control in any game for $100 plus shipping. This box works by tricking the console into thinking that mouse and keyboard input are regular controllers. It’s not exactly cheating because there’s no aimbots or wallhacking going on, but it’s not really cricket either. It’s like bringing a gun into a knife fight.
Ubisoft’s decision to crack down on it goes far beyond pale mousetrap (opens in new tab)As far as we know, this kind of technology is the first to detect players using these setups and (which is the very good part) instead of banning them, it gives high control to spoofers. It is designed to apply a level input delay.
“In short, it’s harder to aim and shoot at the operator when the penalty is active,” Ubisoft said. accumulated.”
cunning and cunning. i like it.
Get info on the MouseTrap feature coming to consoles this April at Operation Commanding Force. We’re excited to improve fairness in Siege with a special focus on high-ranked environments! Learn more here: https://t.co/n0Wun2lrLT pic.twitter.com/KPXEZGzWoJMarch 6, 2023
The plan was to roll out the system in April during Siege’s Year 8 Season 1.2 update, Xim community forum (opens in new tab) is reporting that the device is already detected. There is some question as to whether the input delay is being applied or if it’s just showing a detection warning as a heads-up that the hammer is approaching. Xim itself is trying to find ways to disguise its anti-spoofing measures, including implementing new privacy options.
“What you do, who you play with, and what device you play with,” Shim says. “To that end, we would like to introduce a new feature called privacy game settingsThe first game to support this new method is Rainbow Six Siege. ”
It is not clear if Mousetrap was activated accidentally or as part of pre-release testing, but regardless of Ubisoft’s intentions, Xim was activated (now turned off). seems to be an opportunity to prepare for the future.
A Xim representative wrote in a forum thread, “Thank you everyone for testing and reporting your findings today. We learned a lot in this short time. We will continue to use the new privacy settings. and provide feedback there so we can improve the process.”
So, at least at this stage, Xim doesn’t seem ready to throw in the towel on the tech. This could lead to a new technological arms race between Ubisoft and makers of auxiliary devices that Xim doesn’t care about, he reached out to Ubisoft for comment. I will update if I get a reply.
