chrisdglong

Can you get banned for using a monitor's OSD crosshair, like the one built into Asus' 144Hz monitors?

I have never used the crosshair utility in my monitor. Why you would get any benefit from using it? I can only guess at the answer and have to ask how would EA/DICE or Punkbuster know that you were using it since it is part of the monitor and not modifying any part of the game code.
 
EDIT: I can only refer to the last post on page one here:
http://battlelog.battlefi...w/2832654348512308772/

Halo_003

No, it doesn't interact with the game so there's no way Punkbuster would see it, sort of like how you can do the same thing with electrical tape.

Have you tried it yet or know someone who has? I know it needs calibration and quite honestly I am getting too lazy in my old age to even mess with it right now. lol
It is my understanding that it was designed with older FPS games in mind that had no onscreen crosshairs. Thanks for any input.

Use of external software to run a crosshair is of course, cheating if running a game that does not have one (like BF3 hardcore mode)
 
This is fine for single player games, but doing -anything- that gives you an advantage and is not available to other players in Multiplayer games is considered  blatant and intentional cheating and should never be done.
 
If used, a cheating ban would be warranted  

Sajin

maniacvvv

Use of external software to run a crosshair is of course, cheating if running a game that does not have one (like BF3 hardcore mode)

This is fine for single player games, but doing -anything- that gives you an advantage and is not available to other players in Multiplayer games is considered  blatant and intentional cheating and should never be done.

If used, a cheating ban would be warranted  

What the OP is talking about is NOT cheating. Using a monitors OSD to display a crosshair will NOT get you banned, as the crosshair is not modifying the game code at all.

 
There are those who cheat, and those that do not.
 
It -is- of course cheating if YOU have a crosshair (for whatever reason) in BF3 hardcore mode, as there is NOT supposed to be one.
--->This gives you a advantage and is of course cheating.
If you cannot recognise that difference, you should not play multiplayer games with others. 
 
Its not about getting caught, its about cheating when playing in multiplayer games with others
Either you Cheat or you dont Dont. There are no excuses or explanations to be made.
 
If playing in-game with others where a crosshair is -designed- not to be present, use of one is a blatant cheat -period- 
 

maniacvvv

Sajin

maniacvvv

Sajin

maniacvvv

Use of external software to run a crosshair is of course, cheating if running a game that does not have one (like BF3 hardcore mode)

This is fine for single player games, but doing -anything- that gives you an advantage and is not available to other players in Multiplayer games is considered  blatant and intentional cheating and should never be done.

If used, a cheating ban would be warranted  

What the OP is talking about is NOT cheating. Using a monitors OSD to display a crosshair will NOT get you banned, as the crosshair is not modifying the game code at all.

There are those who cheat, and those that do not.

It -is- of course cheating if YOU have a crosshair (for whatever reason) in BF3 hardcore mode, as there is NOT supposed to be one.
--->This gives you a advantage and is of course cheating.
If you cannot recognise that difference, you should not play multiplayer games with others. 

Its not about getting caught, its about cheating when playing in multiplayer games with others
Either you Cheat or you dont Dont. There are no excuses or explanations to be made.

If playing in-game with others where a crosshair is -designed- not to be present, use of one is a blatant cheat -period- 

It may be unfair but it's not cheating at all. The crosshair is available to the public, only problem is you gotta buy a new monitor. 
Nice attitude bro. It's just a game, no need to get your panties all in a bunch just because someone has a slight advantage over you. I guess other players using faster hardware then yourself gets you all bent out of shape as well?

maniacvvv

Sajin

maniacvvv

Sajin

maniacvvv

Sajin

maniacvvv

Use of external software to run a crosshair is of course, cheating if running a game that does not have one (like BF3 hardcore mode)

This is fine for single player games, but doing -anything- that gives you an advantage and is not available to other players in Multiplayer games is considered  blatant and intentional cheating and should never be done.

If used, a cheating ban would be warranted  

What the OP is talking about is NOT cheating. Using a monitors OSD to display a crosshair will NOT get you banned, as the crosshair is not modifying the game code at all.

There are those who cheat, and those that do not.

It -is- of course cheating if YOU have a crosshair (for whatever reason) in BF3 hardcore mode, as there is NOT supposed to be one.
--->This gives you a advantage and is of course cheating.
If you cannot recognise that difference, you should not play multiplayer games with others. 

Its not about getting caught, its about cheating when playing in multiplayer games with others
Either you Cheat or you dont Dont. There are no excuses or explanations to be made.

If playing in-game with others where a crosshair is -designed- not to be present, use of one is a blatant cheat -period- 

It may be unfair but it's not cheating at all. The crosshair is available to the public, only problem is you gotta buy a new monitor. 
Nice attitude bro. It's just a game, no need to get your panties all in a bunch just because someone has a slight advantage over you. I guess other players using faster hardware then yourself gets you all bent out of shape as well?

There are those who play fairly with others and those who do not

We can see which one YOU are

I always play fair bro. I slow my connection down to have a higher ping, I use slower hardware, I don't tape up my monitor when playing in BF3 hardcore mode because I like leveling the playing field when online.  

Zuhl3156

I don't know what to say, maniacvvv. I get the impression that today's gamers don't even understand the concept of honor.

Its not just in games, unfortunately.

This is why I hate this section of the forums
Children and adult children playing online games and making excuses for poor behavior.
 
I play fair with others -period-
...its funny how around here, standing up for honest gameplay makes you a target.
 
I am done with this thread

The biggest advantage in game is FPS and ping/packetloss. So unless you plan on regulating that very closely its impossible to have a fair gaming environment

You won't be banned for using monitor OCD cross-hair. VAC or PB couldn't detect it if they wanted to.  Some people use erasable marker to add a dot.
 
 

maniacvvv

This is why I hate this section of the forums
Children and adult children playing online games and making excuses for poor behavior.

I play fair with others -period-
...its funny how around here, standing up for honest gameplay makes you a target.

I am done with this thread

 
I feel ya man. I laugh at people who need that extra advantage to be able to cope with people with actual skill. We know they suck they know they suck. So let them suck.
 
Just so you guys know PB has the ability to have a admin take a screen shot remotely. Used to be that way at least. Now I'm not sure if the cross hair will be rendered or not on said screenshot. So be careful.

fattysc

maniacvvv

This is why I hate this section of the forums
Children and adult children playing online games and making excuses for poor behavior.

I play fair with others -period-
...its funny how around here, standing up for honest gameplay makes you a target.

I am done with this thread

I feel ya man. I laugh at people who need that extra advantage to be able to cope with people with actual skill. We know they suck they know they suck. So let them suck.

Just so you guys know PB has the ability to have a admin take a screen shot remotely. Used to be that way at least. Now I'm not sure if the cross hair will be rendered or not on said screenshot. So be careful.

Can you take a screenshot of a monitor's OSD? If not, then I don't think you can a monitor's built in crosshair either. 

maniacvvv

This is why I hate this section of the forums
Children and adult children playing online games and making excuses for poor behavior.

I play fair with others -period-
...its funny how around here, standing up for honest gameplay makes you a target.

I am done with this thread

 
 I Like how you get Uppity with posters proceed to Whine and point fingers at others then make yourself out to be a martyr. Pro Forum Maneuvers, It's a computer game sir cheating happens it's a fact of life you can't change it and this hardly qualifies

I don't think they could ban for it (I mean it's not detectable by any stretch of the imagination, unless of course, they ban you for just owning the monitor). Heck, I use my macro on my deathadder to troll once in a while with the SKS. I have to bind the macro to 2 to shoot because normal M1 is click locked. It's really funny when I fire my SKS faster then most M16's. I have never gotten banned. By definition of cheating, it is well, cheating. You can kick and scream all you want, but it is giving you an unfair advantage by changing the core gameplay in a way that it wasn't meant to be played. 
 

cheating  present participle of cheat (Verb)

Verb

1.Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage, esp. in a game or examination: "she cheats at cards".

2.Deceive or trick.

Bunch of morally bankrupt sociopaths in here. 
 
The ridiculous examples and justifications you guys are using to rationalize what is clearly an unfair advantage make me sick.
 
There's a reason that when Asus included a custom driver with their GPU's in 2001  that enabled a built-in wall-hack there was an uproar and they never tried that again.