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Doom 3 Beta Patch to Address Config File Cheating

Posted by Zonk on from the does-this-bug-you-i'm-not-touching-you dept.

Jason Shoulders writes "There's a discussion at Quake3World about an upcoming change in the first Doom 3 patch. Specifically, Id Software's Robert Duffy has updated his .plan file and mentions making 'r_skipNewAmbient, r_skipSpecular, r_skipBump, and r_shadows cheat protected'. This will force players to use features such as bump mapping and shadows. What settings gray the line between tweaking and cheating?"

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  1. Doom3? Is that ready yet??? by Zzootnik · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Okay, I'll definitely admit-- Cheats Bad.
    I WOULD like to actually play the game sometime while my system is still at least relatively current. Any news on the Linux port yet?

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  2. Re:A similar thing happened with Wolfenstein ET by delus10n0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, I totally didn't know that. I can't recall the name of the map, but there's a side entrance the Axis players have to watch (the Allies are trying to take out two communications towers) -- and it's covered with grass, and even though I can't see someone hiding in the grass, they'd snipe me or take me out pretty easily. This cheat explains a lot.

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  3. Re:A similar thing happened with Wolfenstein ET by mrgreen4242 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    It's so boring that the problem of cheating in online games means the game has to run for the lowest common denominator.

    Welcome to America, land of the lowest common denominator. Our games, TV, even our politics are all aimed at that LCD.