Two weeks ago, the developers at People Can Fly announced that they can track players who loot legendary items in Outriders using cheats. And recently they told in more detail how they are going to punish unscrupulous users. For cheating, they will be “rewarded” with a watermark on the screen and the selection of other cheaters in a team in a cooperative game.

People Can Fly shared relevant information in a recent Steam post. The studio’s statement reads: “This has been a hotly debated topic since the launch of the demo, so we wanted to provide some background on this, as well as our policy regarding future cheating and hacking. When we hit the 2 million player mark in the demo, we found 200 players who were definitely cheating. In percentage terms, this is 0,01%. We see you all. Yes, even a player who made himself a 600 legendary weapon. We hope that this percentage will not grow significantly as we get closer to release and after the game is released, but below are the steps we will take to ensure that they do not spoil the game for honest players. “.

Then the developers talked about the consequences of using cheats. Fraudsters will be placed in a separate matchmaking queue for fun in co-op, and the search for allies will take much longer. With honest users, they will not be able to get into the team. In addition, the cheaters will see “Inconspicuous, but visible” watermark. It should prevent the creation of content based on Outriders if the player has been seen to be in bad faith.

Separately, People Can Fly noted for what violations users will be punished. The list includes running Outriders on a PC without Easy Anti Cheat, modifying game files to improve the character, using special software, homing bots, and so on. The developers promised to regularly check the accounts in their project for fraud.

Outriders will launch on April 1 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Series S and Google Stadia.