[HanzBlixz]

Dear Santa,

Thank you for sending the ntrks showing that the "Sound Hack" is being used for more that just sounds.

At first I was annoyed that you emailed them to those wanting it. My fear being that this forum would somehow be turned into a how-to forum on cheating online.

After reading this, the other related threads and seeing the “Sound Hack Lerche” ntrks, I now understand what you where showing. I like how you announced your presence to the players on the server via chat and requested their feedback. It took me a moment to cycle the views to actually see the hacked Lerche, but I did find it and see it flying around. I also appreciate that the zip only contained the tracks and nothing more.

I think you clearly showed that the popular online servers are not “protected”, regardless of the current checkruntime settings. Whether or not cheating is widespread, it obviously can be done and this alone leads to more accusations in the online servers.

Servers need to tighten their settings and clean up their mission files to reduce the warping and internet related problems. The smoother the server runs, the less accusations there will be. Dogfight servers should run a minimum of checkruntime=1.

Players should not accept a server with planes warping all over. If you’re on coms with your wingman and everyone is seeing warping, tell the server admin to fix it or move to another server that is smooth (they do exist). If you’re the only flyer that other players see warping, fix your computer and/or internet connection.

Santa: One final thing for the list: 4.09 with improved server side security check.

Cookies and milk will be near the tree.
S`