3rd Person
Moebius
Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1045Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">Cheat or Not?</div> Is 3rd person mode considered cheating... I notice that I seem to get less lag when I use 3rd person. I have no idea why but it seems to run smoother, and I use it most of the time, I like to be able to see myself doing things.
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Especially because you can peek around corners you wouldn't normally be able to see around, without being seen, that alone == huge cheat
In SOME games (IE : Jedi Knight 2) I prefer 3rd person... in others I prefer first (IE : Serious Sam games).
I'd like to give 3rd a try and see if it helps or not.
And I'm not sure if it's a cheat or not... I personally know a few exploits of it, depending on what kinds of things are left enabled by the coders... hmm. I'll have to do a bit of research to see if there's anything damaging that needs to be turned off.
i think as a skulk it would help quite a bit to play with a 3rd person bite. (Science and Industry does this with the briefcase, and i personally think it is quite fun)
and sheesh, ever watch a skulk jump up onto a marine as the marine tries desperately to kill it? its fun from the marine side (IE: shooting as it comes down) but who wouldn't want to be on the giving end? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
i cant even believe people are even considering this.
and Moebius... if you're not interested in people's opinions then i have a feeling that a public forum is the wrong place to ask about cheating (especially since this topic has come up before so search next time).
i've seen it an action it REALLY helps close combat and avoiding enemys
and if i'm not imtaken the 3rd person commad is disabled in multiplayer it requires a script...no?
Those are the only mods I have played, I don't know about any others.
And for people who think that you can just switch back and forth during battle, sorry you can't you have to reconnect to the server <3rdpersoncommand;retry> or <1stpersoncommand;retry> or it wont work so you can't just switch back and forth for melee and ranged combat. I omitted the actual command to protect it if the developers do not want it used.
Some not-nice stuff in there, for not-nice people to make use of. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
Oh, and if it's left in, a thirdperson skulk with the alien "flashlight" thing where all aliens are translucent would be pretty nasty. You can see yourself, and see THROUGH yourself.
I, for one, like the idea of thirdperson, just some other parts of it need to be turned off.
i just tried it in normal halflife and it dosen't work WTF
w00t thanks for stomping it out when it comes out! <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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Here is a screenshot of the m4d h4x, there are some disadvantages. As an alien you can't see the hivesight(you can see the words, but not the circles you have to look around until you get the words to show up) and as a marine you can't see waypoints or the map.
I'm still sad that my poor thirdperson is going away <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
I'm gonna use it for skulking until 1.1 comes out. Too bad it's a pain to use <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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