Re: [Quake-devel] cheating

[WolfWings/Rhenthar/Mneumenth/etc <wol...@mu...>]

On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Nelson Rush wrote:

> >A method of stopping autoaim bots should definitely be investigated, but
> >suggestions like changing game physics or adding randomness factors are not
> >good solutions.
> 
> Another idea was brought up when we were talking about implementing a wind
> engine was the effect of wind on projectiles. The problems with this idea
> are the same as that with fuzzy aiming. I really don't know if there is a
> proper solution to the auto-aiming problem. Perhaps we should just let
> everyone auto-aim, to even things up. There are games where this has been
> done, HalfLife for instance, and there is usually an option to turn it on

That might work, and would even the playing field to a good deree,
especially if the "fov" of the built-in auto-aim was relatively
medium-smallish, like, say, 5 degrees or so. Sadly, the only real way to
stop someone from finding a way to auto-aim is to give them one. :-P
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