Getting booted for "cheating"

Post by **dlh** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:33 am

Jonathan wrote:
z-man wrote:I sure hope you won't make me feel sorry for helping you here
It was obvious to me that I needed a stacktrace but hadn't yet put time in it, and I knew I needed ePlayerNetIDs.

Please don't stomp over servers actually used for playing with your army of bots...
Before I do that I'll find a way to use 512 bots or so.

getting there...

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:35 am

FYI: those screenshots are nothing. A few minutes ago I was logged in with 256 bots. Some of their start positions were outside, and sometimes your screen would remain black although the round had already started.

Post by **dlh** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:36 am

Yea, I entered and tried to get a screenshot, but my screen wouldn't update, it was just black. And of course I was getting 2 fps... I had to shut down the server to make this post, you were dos'ing me.

Post by **Lucifer** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:50 am

I just know I"m gonna have nightmares over this.

Post by **Tank Program** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:31 am

I agree Lucifer, seriously scary

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Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:32 am

I suppose we should be implementing a "Max players per IP/client" limit rather sooner than later...

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 5:05 pm

nemostultae wrote:Yea, I entered and tried to get a screenshot, but my screen wouldn't update, it was just black. And of course I was getting 2 fps... I had to shut down the server to make this post, you were dos'ing me.

I even stopped the bots... and I think you were actually sending tons of data to me (stats at end of round).

Phytotron · Post by **Phytotron** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:18 pm

So, um, is that recording server going to come back, or.....?

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:08 am

As soon as I can be reasonably sure that the recordings it makes will be useful.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:41 am

Btw, chat spam is easy with a hundred ePlayerNetIDs.

warlord x-40 · Post by **warlord x-40** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:46 pm

i no this only has a little to do with this but, why does the text at the bottom always only say 1 enemy alive

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:58 pm

Because you are your only enemy?

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:02 pm

It's a Zen thing. You know, the only enemy you have to fight is your own fear. If it shows 1, that means you're still afraid of something

No, of course it's a bug (Edit: the fear thing is not Zen either, I guess). Jonathan seem to be right about it only counting yourself because the only change I observed is that it switches to 0 when you die. Hehe, this is the enemy counting code:

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if (p->Object() && p->Object()->Alive() && !(p != me)){
   alivepeople++;
}

(I'll skip the usual bug assignment procedure and fix it right away)

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:27 pm

You're afraid of dying. Once you're dead you can't die again until next round, ie you have 0 enemies. Armagetron is the only game I know that's so smart.

Why not

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alivepeople += p->Object() && p->Object()->Alive() && p->CurrentTeam() != me->CurrentTeam();

? I wouldn't consider teammates enemies.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:57 am

That's basically what I changed it to, except that I kept the if statement. (I don't like to exploit true == 1 )