ExoAntiCheat

ExoAntiCheat is a greenfield ARK: Survival Evolved anticheat plugin scaffold for ArkApi.

This repo does not try to fake a finished anticheat. It gives you:

• a real ASE plugin entry point
• a buildable CMake target against ArkApi.lib
• hot-reloadable JSON config
• command, timer, chat, login, and logout integration points
• a detector pipeline that can grow feature-by-feature without turning into one giant hook file
• architecture and feature-planning docs mapped against the published ARK Guardian feature list

Build

1. Clone or unpack AseApi.
2. Configure CMake with the SDK root:

cmake -S . -B build -DARK_API_ROOT="C:/path/to/AseApi"
cmake --build build --config Release

3. Copy ExoAntiCheat.dll, PluginInfo.json, and config.json from the output directory into your server plugin folder:

ShooterGame/Binaries/Win64/ArkApi/Plugins/ExoAntiCheat

Current Scope

The current codebase implements the foundation layer:

• plugin bootstrap
• config loading and validation
• session-state tracking
• duplicate-login and rapid-reconnect detection
• authoritative timer-based movement samples
• movement detections for speedhack and waypoint-style teleport bursts
• JSONL evidence persistence plus recent in-memory evidence history
• inspect commands for chat, console, and RCON
• response policy resolution with shadow mode
• admin reload and status commands

The remaining ArkGuardian-parity detectors are planned in the docs and represented by dedicated detector modules, but they are not fully implemented yet.

Docs

• Architecture
• Feature Matrix
• Operator Guide
• Movement Detector