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That's interesting. However, I wonder ... don't you think it can be abused in some games that try to compensate lag? For example, what if they use a code simila
by arcatek 11y ago
That's interesting. However, I wonder ... don't you think it can be abused in some games that try to compensate lag? For example, what if they use a code similar to:
delay = currentFrameTime - lastFrameTime
playerPosition += direction * delay
I know that some games (such as Diablo III) may automaticallt ban you if you happen to run a program that may be used to cheat (they detect that via a background process check).
- RyanRies 11y agoI have thought about this. In fact I even asked Gabe Newell about whether the use of this program might falsely trigger some anti-cheat mechanism within Steam. (He hasn't replied yet.) So, I guess until I get more official information, please proceed with caution and use at your own risk. That being said, that would imply that using Process Explorer or PsSuspend could also get you banned, since those applications also have the ability to suspend threads.
- SCHiM 11y agoYeah do be very careful with this, many anti-cheat programs are very trigger-happy. Some time ago I had an application crash on a development machine while I was playing a game. On my dev machine crashes go straight to ollydbg. Next thing I know I'm kicked from the game, and it tells me to stop 'using cheat programs'. Go figure :p
- nekitamo 11y agoAnother reason you should cloak your Ollydbg :) https://tuts4you.com/download.php?list.3 https://tuts4you.com/download.php?list.3 https://tuts4you.com/download.php?view.2425 https://tuts4you.com/download.php?view.2425
- toxicFork 11y agoHeh, spotify did this too, if you had any debugger running then it would just instantly shut down. It probably still does it.
- frik 11y agoHe wrote it's useful for singleplay games that have an intro. If you use it in multiplayer games you certainly will simply drop out of the game as you will loose the connection or what you described depending on the server implementation.
- kedean 11y agoThat doesn't just apply to multiplayer, though. OP said Diablo 3, which is multi OR single player. Many games now use those phone-home anti-cheating measures (or drm measures) even when you aren't actually playing with anyone else.
- arcatek 11y agoIs Diablo III single player? When I played it at the release, connecting to a remote server was required (which is a shame, btw. I will miss the modding community that Diablo II had).
- mesozoic 11y agoIt is multiplayer only (always connected) but you can play it alone.
- ConAntonakos 11y agoIt can be single-player, but you still need a connection to do so.
- LMAlVvQjSGj 11y agoIs this also true for the console port(s)?
- Cthulhu_ 11y agoDiablo 3 is an always-online game; the reason is that you can take the items you earn in single player and use them for your multiplayer character (and vice-versa). Their security is extra tight because up until recently, said items could be traded for real money. And you don't want anyone to be able to generate things like that offline. Although they did, there were some item duplication bugs. And even that was irrelevant, since there were quickly popping up small armies of item / gold farmers; every once in a while they'd get banned, but by then they would've earned enough money to buy another fifty copies of the game and continue.
- wmil 11y agoIt could be considered an exploit in games like Dark Souls where other players can invade. Just pause the game for a few seconds and their connection will drop.