[cod] 0 GUID

[Curtis Brown]

as far as my server goes, every player has a 0 guid. Are you saying you
sometimes get somthing other than 0?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "[TRT]TazAnimal!{*}" <tazanimal at rifleteam.com>
To: <cod at icculus.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 3:27 PM
Subject: RE: [cod] 0 GUID


> Hmmmm... how to re-word.  I know it is a known bug and IW is working on
> it....
> I was looking for some insight into why it does it.
>
> My theories I cannot prove... :-)
>
> 1)  Anyone who attaches to server by a "hacked" version of the exe
> (cheats, or no-cd hacks, etc...)
> 2)  Anyone who connects to server without connecting through game
> (ASE etc...)
>
> Like I said, I cannot validate those theories, however, it seems
consistent.
> I have verified with a few members of my clan the second, but it doesn't
> always
> give them a GUID 0 when they connect through ASE, only sometimes.
>
> As for the first, when I run across an extremely fishy player (possibly
> hacking) first
> thing I do is look for GUID.  9 out of 10 times, he has a 0.
>
> So... what I was asking is....
>
> Does anyone know for sure what causes the 0 GUID?
> [TRT]TazAnimal{*}
> Brett Stinson
> TazAnimal at rifleteam.com <mailto:TazAnimal at rifleteam.com>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orr [mailto:orr at cadetmail.uscga.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 11:38 AM
> To: cod at icculus.org
> Subject: RE: [cod] 0 GUID
>
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> well known bug, in fact.  IW knows about it; they will hopefully release
the
> fix
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Kennington [mailto:gadruid at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 8:05 AM
> To: cod at icculus.org
> Subject: RE: [cod] 0 GUID
>
>
> Bug in v1.2 patch.
>
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> Waiting on the pier 'till Charon comes....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [TRT]TazAnimal!{*} [mailto:tazanimal at rifleteam.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 4:35 AM
> To: cod at icculus.org
> Subject: [cod] 0 GUID
>
>
> All:
>   Can anyone on the list confirm why people show up with a GUID 0? I
> have noticed some people show up sometimes with a correct GUID and other
> times show up with a GUID of 0.  Anyone know what causes this?
> [TRT]TazAnimal{*} Brett Stinson TazAnimal at rifleteam.com
> <mailto:TazAnimal at rifleteam.com>
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