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by cat1750309572 2mo ago
The blog post does not explain the kisak naming, although I have a vague feeling I know what this is a reference to, especially with the avatar. Hit me like a flashbang when I opened HN today and saw it, so I just wanted to say hi. And grea
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by cat1750309572 1y ago
This still exists in various games, it's called HvH mode
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by cat1750309572 1y ago
It was real, but maybe the username wasn't the only data point they used. Considering that: 1. Brand new Steam accounts were banned after logging in to Steam client, before even launching any game 2. Replacing "catbot" in use
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by cat1750309572 1y ago
There is a list of entities in memory, models have "bones" for animation purposes, knowing the address of entity in memory you can find out if it's an enemy player (compare team ids), where the head bone origin is, and you al
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by cat1750309572 1y ago
I was a cheat developer and I did hang out with cheaters and other developers. I'm surprised people in this thread haven't mentioned one big motivation for cheating yet. Plain old trolling, making other people mad at you, making t
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by cat1750309572 1y ago
In Source Engine games, your inputs are stored in a struct ("usercmd", if I remember correctly) before being sent to the server in a client tick. You can modify that struct, a mouse click there is a bit flip on one of the fields.
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by cat1750309572 1y ago
I'm surprised someone remembers this, considering how long ago it was, the fact that Valve publicly denied this later, and that most people (on the side of publications reporting that situation initially and outside observers on reddit