by c|M WarBirD » Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:00 pm
PB cannot be put into a Stand-Alone that doesn?t runs with original Q3 really. PB Support is only for Games that run with Q3, not stand-alone Versions. I think they stated that somewhere anyways.
On the other hand, PB might was a good idea but does it really stop cheats, effective ? No, I hardly doubt it. I met enough "smart" people in my life, that if they would have wanted to do that, could have gone around PB all the time. PB is maybe ok for the simple cheats, but if you do know a little programming, it seems its not really a problem.
And besides that PB always costs Performance, cause more trouble than good and I don?t see the need to have PB running anymore. My Servers run all with ioQ3, and I like it very much, they did a lot improvements to the File compared with the original Q3-Source. Its much more secure and just runs smooth like a baby, which I can?t really say from the old Q3 Source with PB enabled.
To honestly believe that you?re secure from cheaters on a Server with PB, is like fooling yourself. There is always a way, and just because you don?t believe it or ignore it, it doesn?t change a fact. I hate Cheaters very much, but, Q3 is not CS, especially after all these years. Most people that play Q3 & Mods these days, are mostly people that are with the Game since forever. They sure don?t cheat. And if some smartasses come along some times that still think that cheating is the only way to win, please, you can?t stop those people, not with PB and not with other tools, nothing is secure.
Kids cheat, or if not kids anymore, then its people that never grown up, because either you can play or you can?t. Using cheat would only be fooling yourself, but I guess those people never learn.