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The lag exploit..

Jun 18, 2003 Buckaroo link
Hi, a couple of minutes ago I've seen <Gold Killer_Red Friendly> exploiting his really bad lag - he was proud of it and it was practically impossible to hit him because he just jumped through the sector.

IMHO this should be fixed - you shouldn't have an advantage just because you're having a lousy connection. It should be the exact opposite - a badly lagged connection should give you a huge disadvantage.

OK, it would be bad for people with really lousy connection (e.g. bad phone lines), but it's far too easy to artificially create a bad lag.

Regards,
Mark (Commander Jameson)
Jun 18, 2003 cembandit link
What I dont understand is the server should always know where everyone is. Therefore it would make sense to update clients based on your connection, not the other guys.
Jun 19, 2003 The Kid link
he just exploited again.
Jun 19, 2003 Forum Moderator link
Please rethink your posts. We are enjoying a respite from flames and I, for one, would like to continue that trend. When identifying bugs or exploits it would be most helpful to identify them without identifying the "offender" - since that rarely helps and ends up in a flame war.
Jun 19, 2003 Buckaroo link
Forum Moderator: it was not meant to be a flame war - using a *real* example was necessary to illustrate that the lag bug/exploit is not a theoretical exploit, but a real one - at least one player is using this to his advantage.

Regards,
Mark (Commander Jameson)
Jun 19, 2003 Forum Moderator link
Wandering off topic here for a moment: You don't have to *intend* to have a flame war to have one. The focus should always be improving the game, not policing individuals. A more concise way to do this would have been:

"Hi, a couple of minutes ago I saw another player exploiting his really bad lag - it was practically impossible to hit him because he just jumped through the sector."

The rest was great.

This thread is locked as there is another "lag" thread already well under way:

http://vendetta.guildsoftware.com/?action=msgboard&thread=1334&page=1
Jun 19, 2003 Suicidal Lemming link
SL hates flame wars

Personaly i think lagyer ships should be easier to hit, then people will whine about how its not far, then we whine how its not fair for lagers to be imposible to hit