Andreas Paulsen wrote: > Remember that you have to upload this picture to your machine trough the > server..can take some amount of time (since it's a bmp picture) and
Actually, Punkbuster did this pretty well (One of the few things PB actually did do well). It allowed you to take a screenshot on the client and then upload it, but it sent a shrunken image and restricted the transfer rate. Generally the files uploaded were so small, people wouldn't even notice it was happening. It was still easy to identify cheaters even with a small image (I caught lots of people with this). For a few examples, look here: http://cs.llarian.net/images/287206.jpg http://cs.llarian.net/images/1199275.jpg http://cs.llarian.net/images/121162.jpg http://cs.llarian.net/images/1527046.jpg The problem is (was) - pretty soon the cheat coders worked out how to determine when a screenshot was being taken on the client, and simply disabled all cheats for the duration of the screenshot. Even if something like this was implemented in the HL engine, I'm sure it wouldn't be long before they worked out another way around it.. James _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
