In total agreement mate. The ability for the admin to download a screenshot would absolutely rock, and hopefully enough people would come forward to support this so that it is actually implemented.
The only problem I forsee with it though is privacy concerns. Punkbuster was optional back then and is still optional now for games that use it (although its more or less mandatory, as most servers use Punkbuster anyway). Someone is bound to kick up a fuss, even though the majority couldn't care less. CSGN in the UK have quite an interesting plugin on their servers. At a convienient time during the game (freezetime for example) the server will take a screenshot on the client PC with a timestamp on it, and that screenshot then has to be uploaded to a webpage after the match. The admins then review the screenshots. If only CSGN released their plugin(s), or someone developed something along the same lines, or of course, Valve could just introduce the ability for an admin to grab a screenshot :) Regards, Ryan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "[YG]Sharza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 2:04 PM Subject: SV: [hlds] OT: X-Spectate : Any thoughts? > > The program has good intentions, noone can argue that, but I do forsee VAC > > flagging this as a cheat pretty darn soon, and I ain't too sure about the > > EULA agreement being broken when using this program. The site reckons it > > would be considered a false ban if VAC decided to ban you, but again, I'm > > not too convinced. > > The only thing we ever needs, is an admin command implemented into the half-life engine, to grab a > client screen shot, like the old in-eye style. That way, none of this will ever be needed, it can be > decided within a few seconds wether a player is using wallhack or other client side cheats. > > Btw seems like VAC is falling behind nowadays, even though it have been updated rapidly, I have > banned 8 players from the clan server in the past week, tell me is there any way of sending a demo > and a steam_id to get a VAC ban issued on those players? > > L8r, > Sharza > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
