An increased FOV gives some players an advantage over spies, which rely on stealth.
If leagues want to continue to allow increased FOVs, they can disable VAC on their match servers. Doctor McKay http://www.doctormckay.com [email protected] On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > The plugin in question was used by players to increase their FOV beyond > the 90 degree limit for the sake of *comfort* due to their being used to > higher values from other competitive games such as Quake. I do not believe > that this was any more of a player advantage than having greater FPS or > using a widescreen monitor. > > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Ross Bemrose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> They have apparently been widely used to increase players FOV in league >> play, among other things. >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Evourr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> "Continued use of such plug-ins will risk your Steam account getting VAC >>> banned." >>> >>> I wasn't even aware of these plugins, but are these plugins now unable >>> to be loaded without them being modified past this update? Or if users >>> continue to run them after this update they will be banned? >>> >>> If the plugins do not require an update to bypass the new system, do you >>> feel this notice is sufficient enough to inform users these plugins will >>> result in a ban? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Smith" <[email protected] >>> > >>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" < >>> [email protected]>; "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing >>> list" >>> <hlds_linux@list.**valvesoftware.com<[email protected]> >>> > >>> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 4:25 PM >>> Subject: [hlds] Mandatory Team Fortress 2 update released >>> >>> >>> >>> We've released a mandatory update for Team Fortress 2. The notes for >>>> the update are below. >>>> >>>> -Eric >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Team Fortress 2 >>>> - Added a new ConVar cl_first_person_uses_world_**model to allow this >>>> mode to be used outside of VR mode >>>> - Disabled plug-ins that would allow users to connect to secure game >>>> servers even when -insecure is specified on the command line >>>> - Continued use of such plug-ins will risk your Steam account getting >>>> VAC banned >>>> - Added support for unloading the displayed URL when the user closes >>>> the info panel >>>> - Added ConVar sv_motd_unload_on_dismissal to allow server ops to >>>> control the default behavior of their MOTD >>>> - Fixed a client crash related to doing a changelevel while firing the >>>> Minigun >>>> - Fixed a bug where you could come out of a teleporter facing the wrong >>>> way in VR mode >>>> - Improved performance and stability for the Linux version >>>> - Fixed a bug with custom fonts not loading for third party HUDs on >>>> Linux. >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ross Bemrose >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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