[mohaa] is this guy cheating?

[André Rivotti Casimiro]

I agree Shockwave, but He only asked if he was using no_fog... My Mod
(DmRsam ver 1.06) enables some cvars In the dumpuser command. Here are
some and their default values...

r_farplane_nofog 0
r_farplane_nocull 0
r_farplane 0
r_lightmap 0
cg_3rd_person 0
r_novis 0
r_n0vis 0
r_n0v1s 0
r_drawbrushes 1
r_drawbrushmodels 1
r_drawstaticmodels 1
r_drawstaticmodelpoly 1
r_drawworld 1
r_picmip 0
cl_pitchspeed 70
r_fastsky 0
r_light_nolight 0
r_fullbright 0
cg_forcemodel 0

There are more, but they work in a complex cvar combination in order to
work. The ordinary cheater doesn't know them...

André Rivotti Casimiro

-----Mensagem original-----
De: Shockwave [mailto:shockwave at clanshortfuse.com] 
Enviada: sexta-feira, 14 de Fevereiro de 2003 19:16
Para: mohaa at icculus.org
Assunto: Re: [mohaa] is this guy cheating?

Hi guys,

> snaps :20
> r_lightmap :0
> r_novis :0
> r_farplane :0
> r_farplane nofog :0
> cg_3rd_person :0
>
> Does this mean hes running a 'no-fog' cvar?


It's important to note that the only way a dumpuser will show variables
like
this is if they are part of what has been called an "honesty config" or
if
the player in question has just come from a server where he has been
scanned
by an anti-cheat server mod.  Basically, an honesty config means that a
player has specified these settings in his configuration file so that
their
values will be viewable by a dumpuser command.  However, it is
completely
possible that the individual has hacked the game EXE and these settings
are
just a smoke screen.  The only way to be sure would be to use a program
on
your server that tries to set values to the cvars in question when
players
connect.  Normally, these cvars are "cheat protected" which means they
cannot be set after the game has been started.  Trying to set them will
yield an error message.  You can tell if someone has hacked the settings
because hacked cvars CAN be set after the game has been started.

Judging by the incomplete list of cvars in the dumpuser output you
mentioned, I'm not fully convinced this player is clean.  Try employing
an
anti-cheat program that has the functionality I mentioned above and
you'll
be able to achieve a greater degree of certainty.


Shockwave