I heard from EA that cheating problems has been more blocked in the 1.31 version.... I don't know if it's true... but might be...
to @ xyzyx if you wanna create mods. Use the original CD.
Mod.dll that done by FARLIGHT are rewritten by FARILIGHT and just get the .exe files need from it. That's why people can't load there mod in the game. When you using that .dll file...