There are many hacks that change your nickname without changing it on Steam Community.
The detection is not perfect ATM though, because there are many server side filters which cause your name to be a little different than the Steam one. You can still check manually and see if the name is really totally different than the Steam one. 2012/9/12 doc <[email protected]> > From what I gathered the "name protection" is one of those things that is > nice to have because it's easy to implement, but it usually won't happen > anymore; mostly because 'name' doesn't work in orangebox games. > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:54 AM, AnAkIn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You can't change your in-game name with "name" in Orange Box engine > games. > > > > 2012/9/12 Herover <[email protected]> > > > > > 2012/9/12 Rudy Bleeker <[email protected]>: > > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:09 PM, AnAkIn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> - Detect name hacks (different name in-game than on Steam) > > > > > > > > What is the problem with this? I assume it's done by using the "name" > > > > console command from your game client. I fail to see why this is a > > > > hack or cheat or whatever... > > > > > > As a alternative, it could be done by querying the steam community > > > with a steam id, which is completely legal. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > AnAkIn > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- Best regards, AnAkIn _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
