[Virgiee]

Gasoline, on 03 June 2012 - 04:22 AM, said:

RTW shaders don't give you a gameplay advantage

Having a dot in the center at all times does

Because seeing better isn't an advantage? Ok.

I also know about 3x as many people who use xfire or amd programs for a dot in the center of their screen, or people who use tape and a sharpie.


I'm tired of G1 having a grey area on everything where some users get banned and others don't because they act like an upset and indecisive woman and cant decide whether to stop dicking around and fix their crap, or do nothing and be a bad company like they usually are.

(Sidenote, Hordeau uses a cumstain for his center crosshair dot.)

This post has been edited by Virgiee: 03 June 2012 - 04:35 AM

[Revoemag]

Seriously Ezzi..?


You think that posting it here will cause us to discover what your talking about. You do realize that we have access to the rest of the internet too, not just our own forums, right?

As I've said in the past, custom shaders ARE a grey area, it's a subject of discussion amongst the staff and we're attempting to come to an agreement on the subject, but suffice to say, until then it is a grey area. We won't ban you for it, I'm not going to sit down & find your stream and ban you for using the RTW shader or whatever. The dot in the centre of a crosshair, really...? It's not really an unfair advantage when anyone can do it, not to mention it doesn't really give much of an advantage either..

We cannot guarantee that PB will not detect & ban you for it, it's an at your own risk move, while I find it doubtful that PB would indeed ban you for it, you can never be too sure, especially with the shaders that draw outlines on the players and let you see them through smoke, that's dodgy.

I hope that makes our stance clear. Also Ezzi, enjoy 3 days off of our forums for your unacceptable posts.

[Spudinske]

Hurray for smart and reasonable dev

[Genobee]

Revoemag to the rescue!

Glad to see you stopped in and cleared things up.

[GodsLikeMe]

Revoemag, on 03 June 2012 - 05:46 AM, said:

Also Ezzi, enjoy 3 days off of our forums for your unacceptable posts.

Is that paid? You know Sunday Monday and Tuesday will be double pay?

[Revoemag]

GodsLikeMe, on 03 June 2012 - 06:10 AM, said:

Is that paid? You know Sunday Monday and Tuesday will be double pay?

What!?

Why wasn't I informed!

Our office is closed on Tuesday, long live liz!

[Ringman]

NIce one to get a proper answer on that subject at last

Now one more thing Revo the day you guys over at G1/RP comes to a agreement on the subject-
then I'll hope you'll post again in advance telling the outcome of it on what ever it will be allowed or not.
So we don't end up with oh it's decided now that any client mods/changes will lead to a instant ban and the player base gets taken by surprise and we get a mass ban on our hands as I guess loads more players will start use changed client files now after your reply

[Twilight/Evils]

Personally i think any modification to the game should be bannable (due to the fact that sometimes it could give an advantage depending on what's been modified) . But to be honest i dont see any harm having a dot in the middle, but ive never tried it so cant say if it gives an advantage or not.

[Saxtus]

Revoemag, on 03 June 2012 - 05:46 AM, said:

The dot in the centre of a crosshair, really...? It's not really an unfair advantage when anyone can do it, not to mention it doesn't really give much of an advantage either..

I am sad now.

[GodsLikeMe]

Saxtus, on 03 June 2012 - 06:18 AM, said:

I am sad now.

I prefer blue tac actually.

Want hug?

This post has been edited by GodsLikeMe: 03 June 2012 - 06:23 AM

[Poperon]

OBMakaW, on 02 June 2012 - 09:22 PM, said:

Hacking isn't a bannable offense so I don't see why this would be.

[KickinAssChick]

Ezzi, on 03 June 2012 - 12:26 AM, said:

No i'm getting mad because retards like him are why we can't have nice things. They're NEVER going to find out about stuff like this unless fucking idiots nail it to their foreheads. Of course you're not going to get banned for this, it's not a fucking aimbot.

I'm just really angry at people with no common sense. They lock the shader files and bam, we got a shitty unoptimized game that looks as shit as it plays. All because one retard wanted to know if something undetectable would get him perma banned. Use your fucking brain.

I dont think that wanting to know if something banns him can be labeled as being re tar ded, plus I think you are being way too worked up about this, I wonder why Herp Derp

This post has been edited by KickinAssChick: 03 June 2012 - 06:58 AM

[HeadStrikeRx]

This dot reminds me of the already banned debug hitmarkers. If you have the stock settings this dot is not in the game option and thus not intended in APB, officially, but people can also paint a dot on their computer-screen and have the same effect and neither the devs or PB will find it out. And this dot you get from the shaders seem more like a feature which they forgot to implement, to ease up the gameplay, like the various sprint changes and not something they would ban for.

Yeah the borderlands shader is really borderline, the outlines are a bit too much...

This post has been edited by HeadStrikeRx: 03 June 2012 - 07:50 AM

[gogol]

Revoemag, on 03 June 2012 - 05:46 AM, said:

We cannot guarantee that PB will not detect & ban you for it, it's an at your own risk move, while I find it doubtful that PB would indeed ban you for it, you can never be too sure, especially with the shaders that draw outlines on the players and let you see them through smoke, that's dodgy.

But.. but.. borderlands

[Arvie]

HeadStrikeRx, on 03 June 2012 - 07:44 AM, said:

This dot reminds me of the already banned debug hitmarkers. If you have the stock settings this dot is not in the game option and thus not intended in APB, officially, but people can also paint a dot on their computer-screen and have the same effect and neither the devs or PB will find it out. And this dot you get from the shaders seem more like a feature which they forgot to implement, to ease up the gameplay, like the various sprint changes and not something they would ban for.

Yeah the borderlands shader is really borderline, the outlines are a bit too much...

The dot was a feature of the RTW APB version

However only while shooting

[SuperToaster]

I like how this thread went from being banned for shaders to bragging about bypassing the censor and now it's back on the shader topic.

I gosh darning love this mothergosh darning censor system myself. It's hilarious

[Rasly]

I dont see why it would be bannable, its just an UI mod, usualy those are allowed because they dont give you any advantage.

[SuperToaster]

Rasly, on 03 June 2012 - 08:34 AM, said:

I dont see why it would be bannable, its just an UI mod, usualy those are allowed because they dont give you any advantage.

Well there wouldn't be any point in using them if they didn't give you any sort of an advantage.

This post has been edited by SuperToaster: 03 June 2012 - 08:44 AM

[Mayson]

I do think they actually give an advantage.

On another note: Use Kevlar 1, 2 or 3 and you also got the crosshair while running.

[ColonelSanderz]

Does the dot go away if sprinting? If so I'll just keep my Chinese paper aimdot.

This post has been edited by OBMakaW: 03 June 2012 - 08:55 AM