Hello everyone - Plutonium IW5 has been released for 1 month so I thought now would be a good time to show some stats. Just a reminder that we don't expect the anticheat to catch everything, no anticheat can do that and we're a team that do this in our spare time. Bans were wiped a few days after release due to a bug so please note the following stats do not include those bans. Our anticheat is bug free right now and is pretty stable and has proven it's ready to be ported over to T6, so expect updates on that in the future.

Stats:
We currently have 30000 registered forum users.
16000 unique people have played or atleast started Plutonium IW5.
Our AntiCheat has banned 233 accounts.
Our AntiCheat has banned 103 unique hackers. Which means 130 extra accounts were banned for trying to evade their original ban.
The 130 bans that were handed out for evading were applied before the hackers even managed to start their games, meaning they were unable to ruin other players fair gameplay.

The Future:
We will continue to improve our anticheat and try to combat any persistent hackers, however we also need to ensure work is progressing on T6 so this is a careful balancing act of priorities.
Of our registered users, 46.67% have not started the game, we would love to see the number of people in game increase, you can help us do this by asking your friends to play and spreading the word. If you start to play and don't find a server you would like to join then please join an empty server and wait roughly 10 minutes and other players should begin to join, it only takes roughly 4 players before everyone starts filling up a server. Thanks for your continued support for the project, we hope you enjoying playing!

Hello everyone - Plutonium IW5 has been released for 2 months so please see the stats below.

Reminder: No anticheat will detect every hacker and we allow server owners to ban any player they want for any reason, so please remember if you are banned from 1 server for hacking, that isn't our anticheat doing it. If you are a server owner and somebody is obviously hacking then please be aware that our anticheat stops hackers when they join a server after being flagged as cheating, as such you may see them in a server, simply kick or ban them and if our anticheat has flagged them, they won't be able to join any other server and will be notified they are banned.

Stats:
We currently have 42000 registered forum users.
Our AntiCheat has banned 360 accounts for cheating in Plutonium IW5.
199 of those accounts were unique hackers with 161 additional accounts created and instantly banned for attempting to bypass / evade their original ban.

Development Update:
Our development team is currently busy in their day jobs dealing with COVID-19 as such we have not released many development updates, we are still working on our Plutonium T6 update and a few features for Plutonium IW5 such as Highrise and the Intervention and Native Controller Support. We are also working on a few other features but Plutonium IW5 but they are too early to discuss just yet.

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Hello everyone - Plutonium IW5 has been released for 3 months so please see the stats below.

Stats:
We currently have 54000 registered forum users and 80000 Discord Members.
Our AntiCheat has banned 540 accounts for cheating in Plutonium IW5.
280 of those accounts were unique hackers with 260 additional accounts created and instantly banned for attempting to bypass / evade their original ban.

Intro:
Thanks for interest in Plutonium! To see what we've changed in Plutonium IW5 checkout:
https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/523/plutonium-iw5-mod-release-information-what-has-changed/

Get the actual IW5 base game:
Please ensure you have the actual IW5 game, Steam will provide this to you for FREE, check this thread for instructions on how to get it. https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/448/how-to-download-the-iw5-base-game

Plutonium uses the latest IW5 version, as such we highly recommend using Steam to get the latest copy and avoid errors that older copies will cause. We will not provide support to old copies, we are busy enough as it is. The Modern Warfare 3 Dedicated Server files as shown in the linked thread or the actual Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer files (from an owned copy) are perfectly fine.

Get the DLC:
It is recommended you download the DLC to enjoy the complete MW3 experience and also for the fact that lots of servers have DLC maps in rotation. You can download the DLC from one of the following links, please read the readme.txt for installation instructions (It's in the zip):
Gdrive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fOXq1BFSn_FT1o8SZUzNnzAQDxdb7Ip2
or
Mega: https://mega.nz/folder/CYUkGSrJ#HVa6Cik59Bgi9pp5NBW4fg
or
Torrent:
https://dss0.cc/alterwarez/download/iw5m_dlcs.torrent

Warning:
The Plutonium Launcher and IW5 / T6 Mod are created by a group who make this as a hobby, as such, we cannot afford Code Signing certificates (roughly $500 for a reputable one), this means when we release updates, plenty of AntiVirus products will see our newly created files with no Code Signing as suspicious. Plutonium also keeps itself up to date and sends requests to our servers to grab the serverlist and to talk to our anticheat, this also causes AntiVirus products to mark us as malicious. As such we get many support requests due to AntiVirus deleting our files - we, therefore, provide instructions and files below to add Exclusions to Windows Defender for Plutonium if you require them. Some players find that their Windows Defender doesn't complain whereas others players struggle.

How to install Plutonium IW5:

• This guide assumes you followed the step above and Steam installed the base game to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3

• Browse to http://cdn.plutonium.pw/updater/plutonium.exe and download the file. If your web browser blocks the download or removes it then you will need to tell your web browser to ignore the detection and keep the file. If Windows Defender blocks or removes the file then please download the file linked below and run the .bat file as Administrator. This will add the needed exclusions. https://anonfiles.com/7fKeK0o4oe/Exclusions_bat

• Open Plutonium.exe (you shouldn't need to run as administrator) and you should see it start to check for Launcher updates and download any that are required as shown below. SmartScreen may appear warning you about the file, click the "more information" button and then click "Run Anyway". This should only appear once.
  

• After this you will be shown a login screen, enter your Plutonium Forum Username and Password and login. You will need to login every 2 weeks. We are working on auto-renewing the login so you don't have to do this in the future. This login is case sensitive!
  

• Ensure you are on the MW3 tab (it should look like the below image) and then click the Setup button. You now need to tell the Launcher where your copy of MW3 is stored, if you followed the guide in step 1, this location will be C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3
  Once you've selected your game location it should change to a green Play button.

All Done:

• Click Play and enjoy the game! This may crash on the first time, this is expected, simply launch again and you won't get the error! Click the servers button on the main menu of the game to view all the servers to play on.

• To start Plutonium IW5 in the future, simply open Plutonium.exe - We suggest adding it to your Start Menu

• Click the cog icon just to the right of the play button to change the base game path at any time.

Common Errors & How to Fix:
Check https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/558/plutonium-iw5-known-errors-fixes

Other Useful Topics:
https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/582/linux-ubuntu-vps-and-server-setup-for-iw5
https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/579/plutoiw5-dedicated-server-windows-guide
https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/592/how-to-record-plutonium-using-obs
https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/559/how-to-add-friends-on-plutonium
https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/561/mapping-a-controller-to-iw5
https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/565/how-to-change-your-in-game-name-iw5
https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/566/how-to-change-reload-to-usereload-iw5

I've deleted OP's social media's from the original post since he can't be bothered to actually credit the creators.

Hello everyone and happy friday! r600 has been pushed for Plutonium IW5. If you open plutonium.exe it should auto update.

Changes:

Streamer Mode - cl_enableStreamerMode 1 in the console to activate it. This hides the server name and IP address on the scoreboard, disables Discord rich presence and disables forum avatar cardicons.

Forum Avatar CardIcons - Contributors can set their cardicon to FNG and it will show their forum avatar in game. Avatars must follow forum rules or action will be taken, including game bans. https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/15/forum-rules If you're unsure, there is a "use forum avatar" button on the callsign menu in-game which will set your cardicon to FNG. We plan to let everyone use this feature from the 01/06/2020 (dd/mm/yyyy) and use this month to ensure it cannot be abused. Transparency is supported.

Discord Rich Presence - now supports joining a game directly through Discord and inviting via discord.

AK74-u menu fixes - users reported some menu bugs which we have fixed.

Dedicated Server Crash fix - More stability patches for dedicated servers.

cg_fov limits extended - The minimum is now 40 and the maximum is 200. This used to be 65 - 180. This is intended to be used with cg_fovScale. Good luck using 40 or 200 FOV without using cg_fovScale too.

Launcher Protocol handler - The Plutonium launcher now supports the plutonium:// protocol. plutonium://play/iw5mp for example.

Forum upvotes - Posts can now be upvoted by clicking the thumbs up icon in the bottom right, this can be used to show appreciation for a post.

mp_test - Basically a port of iw4_credits from MW2, used by the developers to test map porting. Only mentioned here to avoid people wondering what it is. Technically servers can include it in their map rotation too, but why would you want to do that?

https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/1760/plutonium-anticheat-stats-1st-month/

I disagree for MW3, i rarely see hackers. You'll never get an anticheat that has a 100% detection rate.

BO2 is due to get the same anticheat but it takes times. I can see your frustration here.

If that's not good enough for you, then feel free to play the Steam version and not complain about a free project. Creating an anticheat is not an easy task and we all have day jobs and do this for free in our spare time.

IW4X has no anticheat yet has players, so your point is moot.

Certainly not a planned feature at the moment. Current priority is getting BO2 updated with our anticheat and forum authentication. Then we can look at things like this.

If you need support, make a thread.

This may be something we will look into after the next T6 update, as we've basically re-written the client so alot will change, hence there is no point looking into it at this very moment.

It's great to see Linux becoming more mainstream in the desktop user share

Should be unbanned now.

@prestigebloo I've chased this for you just now and will let you know when it's done

You should be unbanned.

Error: context deadline exceeded (Client.Timeout or context cancellation while reading body)
Fix: Open command prompt in the folder that you have the Plutonium Launcher and type plutonium.exe -timeout 600 this will launch Plutonium.exe with a timeout for each file of 10 minutes. The timeout can be changed as much as you'd like. By default it is set to 60 seconds.

Thanks all - i think we've seen something like this before and it's related to your AntiVirus.
Normally it's Windows Defender but if you have a different one, you will need to google "how to add folder exceptions using YOUR AV HERE" and follow whatever guide appears.

The %localappdata%/Plutonium folder path needs to be added an a folder exclusion.

For Windows Defender - go ahead and download this https://anonfiles.com/7fKeK0o4oe/Exclusions_bat and then allow it to download (it might get blocked since it adds antivirus folder exceptions) and run it as an administrator.

Then rerun plutonium.exe and see if it lets you play.

If you try all that and it doesn't work, I will need you to send a screenshot of your Windows Defender Folder Exclusions list to show the folder exclusion has actually been added.
To check that, open start menu and type and open "Windows Security" and then click Virus and Threat Protection and then Click "Manage Settings" under Virus and Threat protection settings.

Then go to exclusions and click Add or remove Exclusions.

Then screenshot the page like below.

@DizzyD YouTube is preferred.

Seems to be a firewall problem, ensure any router level firewall is turned off. Who is your ISP?
Ensure you allow Plutonium IW5 through your Windows Firewall.

Can you list all the accounts you made? They will be unbanned in 4 days since this is a first offense, be warned that being caught again will lead to a permanent ban.

Can anybody show a video of it happening?

@Traqz We normally unban after 7 days if somebody appeals and it's their first ban so I'll submit your UID to be unbanned. Please can list all the accounts you have used so I can be sure we unban them all.