Escape from Tarkov developer Battlestate Games holds a stiff line on the sandy sand. The studio reported in today’s announcement that she was going to start banning all accounts belonging to the Datamayers and everyone who shares the information they discovered.
"Datamining is defined as extracting information from huge data arrays", – says in the message Battlestate. "In other words, this is illegal penetration into the in -game code and database in order to extract information that is intentionally hidden from users".
Datamaining mechanisms, according to Battlestate Games, include opening and deciphering the main code of the game and mediation in the transfer of traffic between the client’s client and the game server. Basically, in the update season, datamine tools can open and carefully study game files when new information is loaded in large volumes.
An example of datamine, illustrated by a developer, may include a leakage of certain probabilities, for example, the likelihood of a certain boss in a certain place, or premature broadcast of quests and their rewards. Such actions not only deprive the game of an element of surprise, but also make its passage more predictable, which contradicts the vision of the game by the company.
Over time, Battlestate Games noticed an increase in the spread of datamine on various online platforms, including social networks. They remind their community that although some players can assume that they conceal information about the hidden adjustments of the game, unauthorized data extraction is a direct violation "paragraphs 4.2.2, 4.2.5, 4.2.11 and 4.3.4 licensed agreement".
Turning to popular misconceptions, the developer also emphasized:
- Understanding the difference between leaks and teasers we at Battlestate Games often ask the players to understand the teasers that we publish, since they help us more to involve you in the upcoming updates without leakage of too much information. In fact, this is a very popular model that helps many gaming companies attract community attention without prejudice to the company and consumers.
- Datamining can give an unfair advantage over those who do not support him by supporting datamine and sharing information in their videos, you do not support your content in the long run, but actually support a specific person who is worth extracting information from the game. In addition to the above, this is not entirely fair in relation to the development team, where many people worked on a function for a long time to get it from the Dataminer on the first day of update. If you are looking for specific information, there is an official resource supported by Battlestate Games – Wikia, which may not be updated so often and in a timely manner, but no illegal tools are used in it. Wiki is also a project that is fully controlled by a community, and is always ready to accept help from more experienced players who will help maintain it in the current condition.
Promising to increase transparency, Battlestate Games intends to share updates and changes with the players so that they are aware of the progress of the game. Following this official statement, the company announced its plans to adopt measures for those who disseminate the information received from the data. Measures will include prohibitions on intra -game accounts related to datamine or data distribution, warnings issued by the relevant platforms, and further actions as necessary.