[hlds_linux] cl_cmdrate +XX

2009-08-03 Thread Ulrich Block
Recently i saw a few players with a ping of 1 at their scoreboard. I wondered where they come from and why they had a constant 1 ping. So i checked their netsettings and found out that their cl_cmdrate was +XX . The added a + infront of the value. I tried it on my own. And i also got a ping of

Re: [hlds_linux] cl_cmdrate +XX

2009-08-03 Thread SakeFox
this has been around for a long time. it's been used by players for a while to get around ping kickers Ulrich Block wrote: Recently i saw a few players with a ping of 1 at their scoreboard. I wondered where they come from and why they had a constant 1 ping. So i checked their netsettings

Re: [hlds_linux] cl_cmdrate +XX

2009-08-03 Thread AnAkIn .
It's just a fake ping on the scoreboard. It's a bug. 2009/8/3 Ulrich Block ulbl...@gmx.de Recently i saw a few players with a ping of 1 at their scoreboard. I wondered where they come from and why they had a constant 1 ping. So i checked their netsettings and found out that their cl_cmdrate

Re: [hlds_linux] cl_cmdrate +XX

2009-08-03 Thread Keeper
The ping shown on the scoreboard is nothing more than a filtered or clean version. The engine takes an average so it doesn't just jump around like crazy when you show the scores. When the user puts in +66 the engine doesn't see that as a number for the average ping calculation, so it shows the

Re: [hlds_linux] cl_cmdrate +XX

2009-08-03 Thread ics
You can fake the latency on scoreboard but actual ping as shown it net_grapg 3 for example, wont be affected. This wont get the player around the ping kicker either as far as i know. -ics AnAkIn . kirjoitti: It's just a fake ping on the scoreboard. It's a bug. 2009/8/3 Ulrich Block

Re: [hlds_linux] cl_cmdrate +XX

2009-08-03 Thread Zuko
this should be fixed in next update. 2009/8/3 ics i...@ics-base.net You can fake the latency on scoreboard but actual ping as shown it net_grapg 3 for example, wont be affected. This wont get the player around the ping kicker either as far as i know. -ics AnAkIn . kirjoitti: It's just a

Re: [hlds_linux] cl_cmdrate +XX

2009-08-03 Thread Yaakov Smith
Their true ping is still shown with status, though. -Original Message- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Zuko Sent: Tuesday, 4 August 2009 6:18 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re:

Re: [hlds_linux] cl_cmdrate +XX

2009-08-03 Thread Nightbox
or ping 2009/8/4 Yaakov Smith m4ngr...@gmail.com Their true ping is still shown with status, though. -Original Message- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Zuko Sent: Tuesday, 4 August 2009 6:18 AM To:

Re: [hlds_linux] cl_cmdrate +XX

2009-08-03 Thread AnAkIn .
status/ping show a different ping than net_graph. net_graph seems to be more accurate. 2009/8/3 Nightbox alexandrualexa...@gmail.com or ping 2009/8/4 Yaakov Smith m4ngr...@gmail.com Their true ping is still shown with status, though. -Original Message- From:

Re: [hlds_linux] cl_cmdrate +XX

2009-08-03 Thread Donnie Newlove
What makes you so sure? This has been around forever even though it should be child's play to fix it (sanitize user input for god sake!) so I would be surprised if they even bothered. Especially when there are way worse bugs that have been around for a fair amount of time as well, like the false