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KodiakN03
2003-10-27, 03:38 PM
I�m going to post this in both the official forums and the Planetside Universe forums to get the best response. I�m sorry in advance to those of you who read both for the double post, but something must be done.

During this weekend�I�m not going to say the day, server, or empire names�I was witness to something that I find appalling that I plan on doing something about. I was trolling around in my Infi suit looking to kill snipers and AV/Decimator users in a couple of open field battles. As I was crouch-walking around I heard the telltale sound of multiple bolt driver shots. �Ooooh, goodie� I thought, �Multiple kill time�. As I crawled up to where I saw the multiple tracers coming from, I saw that there were only two players at this position. Only one had a sniper rifle. I thought to myself, �How can this be, I heard at least 4 shots in a row?� Then I saw it. The player let loose another six shots, without reloading, at a rate of fire a little slower than the Repeater pistol. I became extremely irate. As I maneuvered behind him I thought that it might have just been lag. But, then he maneuvered around a little and let off another 4 shots in a row. As I sat there with my Amp pistol drawn I thought �Should I send him a /tell calling him a hacker?�, �Should I let an admin know?�, �How can I prove this?� Then I remembered that the admins and all of you go by the mantra of �No proof..then It didn�t happen� (for good reason). I thought it was best to take down his name, and blow him away. His buddy didn�t even notice, so I reloaded and I killed him. I�ll just say he was using a noisy weapon and was firing at the time I killed the cheater. So now I know there is at least a bolt driver hack, and now I am setting out to prove it.

I am asking your help to catch this player and possibly his teammates that use this cheat. Please post here what you use to capture movies of your game playing so that I can get the proof I need to pass along to the admins. I don�t plan letting that guy know that I caught him when I do. My satisfaction will come when I get a reply e-mail back saying �Thank you for your help. That person�s account has been cancelled, and all of his characters deleted.�

PS, I know it was a bolt driver because:
1)The graphic was of a bolt driver.
2)It made bolt driver sounds.
3)It made bolt driver tracers.
4)The kills that he got showed the bolt driver graphic (he only got one kill with that 6 shot salvo, so he�s pretty bad at this game).
5)When I checked his backpack. It was a bolt driver(Agile armor), with bolt driver rounds.

SERPUS
2003-10-27, 03:40 PM
I bet if you drank a couple beers you wouldn't mind as much. Its just a game.

Phaden
2003-10-27, 03:45 PM
It could just be bug, and hees not firing all 6rounds.

Lise
2003-10-27, 03:47 PM
I bet if you drank a couple beers you wouldn't mind as much. Its just a game.

:banplz:

Miir knows best, but I think you need a video capture card of some kind (ATI or similar), a video-tape recorder, and... well, if you just want raw videoage, Windows Movie Maker would work I think.

Spider
2003-10-27, 03:48 PM
You might have sound lag sometimes, don't worry about it...

Madcow
2003-10-27, 03:50 PM
I've been pretty sure for a while that there was some sort of sniper hack, and a buddy has thought the same thing. My friend did the same thing, watching a sniper while in his infil gear and the guy was getting off 2 shots one after the other (and not switching rifles for those that think that's what's up).

You have to be a sad person to need to cheat at game like PS.

TheRagingGerbil
2003-10-27, 03:50 PM
You should have been able to see his kill spam too.

Check that next time and see if he is getting one shot kills.

I'm blaming lag for this one.

Nimbus
2003-10-27, 03:51 PM
I've seen people on MY team do this before. I tried asking them about it and they logged off. I've tried to recreate it so I can report it but I've been unsuccessful thus far.

Spider
2003-10-27, 03:54 PM
It's nothing, it's only lag... It's like when your lagging near a pheonix user and you can sometimes see (many times) 2 to 3 rockets being fired... only one was but the animation is stuck in a very very small loop. Same for the sound.

Lise
2003-10-27, 03:58 PM
On the other hand, vigilance for cheats is always a good thing.

Go for it, I say.

Javenn
2003-10-27, 05:07 PM
ya thats just like some times you can see right after a person shoots a gun really fast and the person keeps jerking back and forth looking like hes humping air... isn't it?

Tycho26
2003-11-05, 02:49 AM
It could also be a combination of lag and a device such as a Microsoft Strategic Commander where you can put in multiple commands and have them bound to a single key on the device. If he used something like this he can have it bound to be a reload, shoot, reload, shoot loop. Just a possibility.

Doppler
2003-11-05, 03:05 AM
Dont dredge old threads.

Phaden
2003-11-05, 03:12 AM
They will get pwned by the Hamma

TeraHertz
2003-11-05, 05:39 AM
I suggest you use FRAPS, the ultimate cheater nabber,
get fraps here (http://www.fraps.com/downloads.htm)

Strak
2003-11-05, 09:09 AM
Yeah it could be lag, but he described a situation where he heard multiple shots in a row, moved to investgate and then watched it happen several times. So it might not be lag.

As for a binding to MS Strategic commander, how exactly does it make reloading faster? oh wait it wouldn't.

We have seen speedhacking, and many people believe we are seeing it again.

It is just a game. Cheaters suck however and for the amount of complaining we get on subjects like this gun is to powerful and that gun needs to be more powerful or I can't believe this, I can't believe you guys would dismiss this possible cheat which he justs asks you to watch out for with it's just a game.

In short it is just a game, cheaters suck, maybe this is a real cheat, watch for it.

SilverLord
2003-11-05, 09:21 AM
Never seen this hack before.

Vernam
2003-11-05, 09:29 AM
Thats nothing, I've seen a QA on the Test Server shoot Vanguard shells faster than a locked down Dual-Cycler MAX.

Black
2003-11-05, 10:08 AM
Vernam i think your sig is gonna get owned from sig bot.

TheRagingGerbil
2003-11-05, 10:35 AM
Vernam i think your sig is gonna get owned from sig bot.
He's at the limits. Sigbot shouldn't have a problem...shouldn't

Happy lil Elf
2003-11-05, 12:55 PM
Dont dredge old threads.
Nine days isn't exactly dredging old threads, especially not when their post is relevant and on topic. Now if this was from September I could see where you were coming from.

Tycho26
2003-11-05, 07:35 PM
As for a binding to MS Strategic commander, how exactly does it make reloading faster? oh wait it wouldn't.

Strak, binding the keys to do the shoot and reload does speed things up, you only have to keep the button pressed down on the strategic commander rather than using keystrokes, so actually......................... oh wait, it would make the firing process faster.

You do not reload any faster but it automates the problem, you run out of ammo it automatically reloads and as soon as the reload is complete you are firing again.

I do not think that was what the original post was implying and it may be a speed hack but taking into consideration that it may be something other than a hack is worth keeping in mind.

Hamma
2003-11-05, 07:41 PM
Thats nothing, I've seen a QA on the Test Server shoot Vanguard shells faster than a locked down Dual-Cycler MAX.
:rofl:

One of them gave me 10000HP the other day, that was fun.

JetRaiden
2003-11-05, 07:45 PM
He's at the limits. Sigbot shouldn't have a problem...shouldn't

Sigbot shows mercy to NO ONE.



Yea, I go to playtests alot and follow around QA guys. I saw one in a reaver firing missiles faster then a cycler, and damn thats fast.

Flammey
2003-11-06, 03:31 AM
Report the son of a bitch anyways. You'd be surprised just what data SOE collects on everyone while they are playing. Next time, catch the player's name, and turn him in using /appeal. Tell them who it was, and what was happening.

Dharkbayne
2003-11-06, 04:21 PM
I grouped with SitDog, a dev, once, and it was awesome, he was spawning wraiths and shit out of nowhere, hehe