cheating and flying online

[Il-2Crew]

Seeing as this is the manufacturer of the game, and this topic is about cheating, I would like to bring this topic in another direction.
PrintScreen
Would it be possible to have a trigger in game where if printscreen is pressed while online, that players game disconnects?
I have noticed that my game runs as smooth as could be expected from my ancient machine, (system bios is 2004 2.5g processor, and 1/2g of ram on my graphics card, so I expect some complications), and sometimes when I have just about lined up my shot, my game will freeze, just for a second, but enough that I no longer have a firing solution.
I have also noticed that I get a slide show for a few seconds when just cruising around, or on way to furball.
There is no real need to printscreen while online, that can be done off line with NTRK's.
I never get this while off line, no matter how busy the combat area gets. And my offline game is a modded version, with re textured maps and effects mods, i.e guncam tracers, new damage models.
I have two versions on my machine, a plain vanilla that I use for online, and the already mentioned modded version.
If this is off base, or has been debated before, I apologize.

[Tolwyn]

I think you need to be very careful how carelessly you're throwing the word "cheating" around in this thread.

You have available to you countless graphical options. I can set up my game where I ALWAYS see contacts before my other human pilots. And I'm not really sacrificing graphical quality.

Here's a few tips.

Use your desktop's native resolution in the game. Don't resize. If you have a CRT (boat anchor monitor), use 4:3 aspect. 1024x768, 1280x960, etc. Otherwise use your native monitor's resolution.

Use settings appropriate for you game that give you the best framerate and enough visual distance. Consider using version 1 shaders (I find more funky water and all that make things HARDER to see).

Consider these settings in your OpenGL section (I'm only including the ones that should matter the most if you use OpenGL and an AMD or nvidia card):

TexMipFilter=2
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=0
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=0
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=0
Shadows=2
TexQual=3
TexLarge=1
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1
LandShading=2
LandDetails=2
LandGeom=3
Sky=2
Water=0
Forest=2
HardwareShaders=1
Effects=1
ForceShaders1x=1


Turning Water down, and Forcing ver. 1 Shaders helps loads in terms of framerate and visibility (for me and ground AND air targets). Also, avoid Anisotropic Filtering. IT'S SOLE PURPOSE is for processing multiple mipmap filtering on tiled textures at low aspect such as runway textures (most affected).

Antialising's sole purpose is to improve visuals at LOWER resolutions (1024x768, 800x600). You really don't notice Jaggies at 1280x960 or higher. This will affect DOTS, so don't use it.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by ImpalerNL

I used to get at least some kills before getting killed myself.

Now most of the time i get spotted before i can even start an attack.
Biggest exploit is that some turn their graphics very low so they can spot aircraft from larger distances. Air padlock also gives a lot of trouble.

If TD can make online flying more equal there will be much more people who will join.

You need to suck it up. Increase your SA. Fly in servers without padlock... but you can't dictate how people set their graphics. Look man cheaters cheat... and like Alpha said it doesn't matter what the settings are is someone wants to cheat they will find a way.

[ImpalerNL]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

You need to suck it up. Increase your SA. Fly in servers without padlock... but you can't dictate how people set their graphics. Look man cheaters cheat... and like Alpha said it doesn't matter what the settings are is someone wants to cheat they will find a way.

I think you dont understand what i mean.
Its very simple: increasing SA doesnt help if they can see you first.
Also by your logic cheating is something wich should be accepted, wich isnt a very good base for people who want to enjoy flying rather than getting absurd scores.

Try to fly online for a change and maybe you will understand.

[DD_crash]

Bearcat has been flying online for years.

[ImpalerNL]

Originally Posted by DD_crash

Bearcat has been flying online for years.

[yak9utpro]

then i got you a "cheat" get a 55' inch 3d monitor and a nVidia gtx titan and then max out your settings (especialy the visibility distance). this is "DA CHEAT ENGINE" (according to you the higher visibility is a cheat)
Yes,you asked for it

[rollnloop]

Originally Posted by ImpalerNL

Its very simple: increasing SA doesnt help if they can see you first.

Well, to shoot you they still need to enter a close range, this where increasing your SA helps. Of course you're at a disadvantage, but not dead yet ? Now if those you call cheaters are 3 on comms and you're alone, not much you can do except find friends for flying.