[cod] Ventrilo 3 Linux server

[Einar S. Idsø]

Never mind. I've come across posts by people that have actually been
banned by PB for
using Mumble. Horrible. Let's just hope Thorvald Natvig (the dev I
quoted) is correct and
that it shouldn't be a problem anymore.

Cheers,
Einar

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Einar S. Idsø
<einar.cod at norsk-esport.no> wrote:
> Are we actually talking about PB *bans* because of this overlay, or
> just PB kicks? If
> people are banned for using the overlay, then it should most certainly
> be disabled by
> default or for those games. Leaving it enabled if it can lead to ban
> is simply not acceptable
> if mumble is to gain a foothold in the gaming community.
>
> I did some searching and it seems that PB kicks, but doesn't ban
> (huuuuge difference):
> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=2142129&forum_id=492607
>
> At least one person has reported not having any issues at all with
> PB-enabled COD4
> servers:
> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=3213398&forum_id=492607
>
> A tip I came across in one of the threads:
> "You can disable the overlay for a particular app by placing a file
> named 'nooverlay' in the same directory as executable of the app."
>
> But more relevant, from February 5th:
> "Yes, I opened a ticket. It's still untouched, but someone from
> EvenBalance did get in touch with me by email, and it seems the
> problem is now solved :) Furthermore, I now (hopefully) have a better
> way of contacting them, so we should avoid such issues in the future.
> "
>
> Cheers,
> Einar
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Tyson <twisted at twistedgamingservice.com> wrote:
>> BF2 for sure and probably any other PB enabled games unless they finally got
>> it sorted. Don't use Mumble so I haven't kept up to date with it lately.
>>
>> I do know Even Balance was in contact with them about it and their (mumble)
>> response to players was to disable the feature for the time being, but they
>> were not willing to turn it off by default to keep it from unwillingly
>> affecting players.
>>
>> Tyson
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Einar S. Idsø [mailto:einar.cod at norsk-esport.no]
>> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:18 PM
>> To: Call of Duty server admin list.
>> Subject: Re: [cod] Ventrilo 3 Linux server
>>
>> For which game(s) is this a problem?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Einar
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Tyson <twisted at twistedgamingservice.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Anything is better than Mumble right now till they get their issue with
>>> being PB banned for using their overlay engine solved.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tyson
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