01 — Frequently asked questions
Clarity starts
with a question.
How Ocean works, what's included, and where to go next.
21 answers
Getting started
Ocean is a screenshare and forensic scanning platform for gaming communities. It brings scan artifacts, detection results and supporting context into one report for your staff to review.
Ocean combines fast forensic scans, custom detection rules, a web dashboard and integrations for community workflows. It helps reviewers investigate suspicious activity with more context.
Ocean supports Minecraft Java, San Andreas, Roblox, RedM, RageMP, Rust, FiveM, alt:V, Call of Duty, Free Fire, DayZ and SCUM. Check current license availability on the official pricing page.
The official download page offers Windows and Linux options. Open it with your eight-character scan PIN to select the appropriate download. Compatibility can depend on the scan and game.
Ocean is primarily hosted software. Contact the team to discuss dedicated Enterprise deployments and current availability.
Scanning & results
A typical scan takes approximately 60 seconds. Hardware, system activity and the detection rules you enable can change the duration.
Create a PIN in the dashboard and share it with the player. The player uses that PIN on the official download page, runs the scan, and your team reviews the resulting report in the dashboard.
The privacy policy covers account and activity records, system and process information, scan results and scan-initiation screenshots. Consult the official privacy policy for purposes, retention and your rights.
Yes. Ocean supports custom JavaScript detection rules, signatures and string matching. Enterprise adds private detection rules, private string lists and private GUI templates.
Ocean examines forensic artifacts, processes, memory and files, then presents detections and integrity findings together for review. Warnings can require manual investigation and are not automatically proof of cheating.
Yes. The Recovery system detects files removed from NTFS and FAT32 drives and lets staff download them or check them on VirusTotal.
Yes. When Ocean finds a connection between accounts across scans, they are linked automatically and a note is added to their profiles. The identifiers behind the link are never shown.
The risk score goes from 0 to 100 and aggregates scan history, detections and behaviour across every profile linked to a Discord user. Levels: clean (0), low (1–25), medium (26–50), high (51–75) and critical (76–100).
No. Warnings flag modifications that can be used to evade detection, such as a disabled ActivitiesCache or a file whose extension does not match its content. Review the evidence; the penalty is your server's call.
Security & integrations
Yes. The Discord bot offers twelve addons to support community workflows, including scan-related actions and moderation tools.
Yes. API keys need an active paid license or Enterprise membership — free users cannot create keys. Authenticate with the x-api-key header against https://api.anticheat.ac/v1 (1,000 requests/hour). PIN creation is Enterprise owner only. /v1/version is public.
Yes, for Enterprise owners. Create a pin through the API, share it with the player, poll the pin status every five seconds or slower, then fetch the full results once it finishes. All endpoints share 1,000 requests per hour per key.
HWIDs, IP addresses, server IPs and internal identifiers are never returned. Pin results can only be read by the account that created the pin.
Billing & support
Available payment methods are shown by the official checkout. Open the live pricing page to choose your game, license and billing period, and see the current options.
Minecraft has a free tier with three PINs per day. Ocean+ removes that daily cap. Paid licenses for other games and Enterprise plans are listed separately on the official pricing page.
Join the official Discord for support, or email contact@anticheat.ac. For scan findings, consult the detection documentation and review supporting evidence before taking moderation action.
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