05.12.2011, 17:44:15
As Renegade pointed out, rewriting the game from scratch would take 5-10 years (probably longer because the code is dozens of times more complex than Dune). And like AlexB pointed out, it's really likely now bugs will be introduced during this project. You're better off requesting parts of the RA2/YR source code from EA, considering Apoc gave the TT team small, specific parts of the C&C Renegade source code.
Also considering you're allowed to host an online only version of RA2 on the strike-team website, you're better off hosting a modded version of Yuri's Revenge that emulates RA2, that would allow you to use YR++ and Ares source code in your patching project. For some basic anticheat you could move the addresses (hooking addresses and changing the logic slightly will also break most cheats using them most ofthe time) of sensitive locations around and test this with known cheats, although there are a few open-source more proper anticheat projects that you could use as examples of better anticheats methods (like memory scanning).
Also considering you're allowed to host an online only version of RA2 on the strike-team website, you're better off hosting a modded version of Yuri's Revenge that emulates RA2, that would allow you to use YR++ and Ares source code in your patching project. For some basic anticheat you could move the addresses (hooking addresses and changing the logic slightly will also break most cheats using them most ofthe time) of sensitive locations around and test this with known cheats, although there are a few open-source more proper anticheat projects that you could use as examples of better anticheats methods (like memory scanning).