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« on: January 10, 2009, 03:21:26 AM » |
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How To Spot And Deal With CS:S Hackers
Obviously, the easiest way to beat a hacker is to ban them and stop them from playing on the servers we all enjoy. Before we can do that though, we need to determine that they are cheating and then we need proof.
What to look for:
Here are just a few things to look out for when speccing a suspected hacker. There are many others and please feel free to name your own with a comment at the bottom.
* Ridiculously high score. Its not difficult to get a score of 30-5, 40-7 etc but if it’s waaaay high and the death count is low. This first point is only a hint or a suspicion raiser. A high score does not mean a cheater.
* Shaky crosshair. If you spec them and their crosshair is all over the place, in a manner that you would have trouble playing like that, chances are its an aimbot.
* Constant headshots. As a pistol whore I aim for the head always, on most servers my headshot percentage is around 50-65% (on a good day). A pro would be higher, obviously. Aimbotters tend to get headshots with most weapons and very often. However, more advanced aimbots dont just aim for the head but also the torso. If you suspect someone of cheating but they aren’t getting too many headshots, dont dismiss them on that fact alone. But, a high number of headshots in itself is not proof of hacking. Please see the next point.
* Look at them run, where are they aiming? A good player will run with his crosshair at head height, thats a reason they get a lot of kills. Now, going on the point prior to this, if they get a lot of headshots but always run around aiming down like a lot of noobs do, this is a good sign that they may have some kind of aimbot.
* Looking through walls. Yes wallhackers look through walls. The real morons out there actually do it blatantly even when there are seven people in spectator mode.
* Pre-fire. Some people pre-fire at every obvious hiding place, this is OK though a bit wasteful and a great help to the enemy to let them know someone is approaching. If someone has radar hacks or wallhacks they will pre-fire only in places where the enemy actually is.
* Look at the player. What is his Steam ID? If it’s four digits then there’s a good reason why he’s kicking your arse. If it’s eight digits then be suspicious, but this isn’t proof by itself. What is his name? Is his name offensive, immature or full of random characters and 1337 speak? Member of a clan? Check them out.
Having a low Steam ID generally means that the player has been playing for a while and is quite good (not always the case). So if he’s always getting off good super quick kills it’s always worth checking his Steam ID. If it is 4, 5 or 6 digits then the chances are that he is just good.
Of course, Steam ID’s can be purchased so this is not always the case. It’s just one of the many signs to look at when speccing a potential hacker.
* Running super fast. Obvious one really, if he’s running twice as fast as you, then its speed hacks and I’ve never seen a speedhacker that doesn’t have aimbot, apart from the ones who only go for knife kills.
* This is not absolute proof, but a constantly high/jumping ping that will jump from low to high (45 - 110) while other players are around normally means that they have some sort of other program (Usually a hack) running on the same connection to the server. That or they have a really bad connection or going through a update in the background if they are getting a massive jump in ping like that but then again, remember what was said, "while other players are around".
How to deal with hackers:
You have two choices: Leave and join another server or try and get rid of them. The first choice is easy, the second is not.
Once you have suspected someone of cheating (and it’s not just you being a nab at CS:S) here is what to do. Spec them. Go into the console and type ‘demo ***’ instead of asterisks type something that you will remember. Then continue to spec him for a while until you feel as though you have seen enough ‘proof’. This will be saved into your counter strike folder and the file can then be sent to others.
At no point announce that you think he is hacking. A lot of cheaters will then promptly leave for another server. if you have to talk about him do it in team chat (press ‘u’) or talk when you’re dead and he isn’t. If an admin is on the server type @ and your message to send it to them alone.
Ok, you have your demo, you feel there is enough in there to convince people that this guys is cheating. Go to your console again and type ’status’. This will bring up a list of everyone on the server along with their Steam ID. Make a note of it or copy it and paste elsewhere. Or, on some servers, you can type ‘zb_netinfo’ which gives the same info plus the rates that they are using.
Ok, so now you should have a demo of the hacker and his name (at that time) and Steam ID. The next step is to find an admin for your favourite server. You may already know one and how to contact them. If not then visit the forums for the clan who run the server, most have the website address pop up in intervals so keep an eye out. If one is online then add to your steam friends, on x-fire or get on TeamSpeak, their details should also be on the website.
Send them a message stating when this hacker was online, give their name and Steam ID and send them the demo file (what did you name it as again?). Also say why you think they were hacking.
It is now in their hands. If they decide it was a hacker then they will be slapped off the server.
Another option is to send to Steambans.com. At the end of the day, it is very rare to be 100% sure that someone is cheating. An admin has the right to decide whether one person should be allowed on their server. Nobody likes the idea that a handful of so-called experts stopping someone from going on thousands of servers because they think they are cheating.
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