What's An Exploit?

sloppy_joe

I was playing the other night and the comm started to drop comm chairs
to distract the alien offense chambers. Is this an exploit? It seems what is
depends on what server your on. Are scripts an exploit? Is building a phase through a wall like in the Lost map one?
If any developer would like to clear the air I would appreciate it.
I tried to search for a common thread but all I got was The page cannot be displayed error so if this is redundant I'm sorry.
joe

surprise

the problem is: ask 100 people and you will get 100 answers... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

so you have to know for yourself what you might regard as an exploit...

imho anything that destroys the fun of anybody in the game and can not be countered is an exploit...


take the map where you can relocate in the weldable resroom per pg...

if you have a lil funmatch it can be fun: no exploit
if you play usual pub it is annoying... <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif'><!--endemo-->

Jasp

<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->What console commands does the team view as exploits?
NS was meant to be played without the console. Any command or behavior that requires the console or a custom .cfg to operate is considered an exploit and won't be allowed in official competitive play, whenever enforceable.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

An exploit is also using something in the game for a purpose other then it was intended.

EG building a PG through a wall to get to the other side.

Extreme

Suprise is right, if you ask 100 people you will get 100 answers.

My view on what is an exploit: If you use something in a way it is not designed to be used. If you do something that was not supose to be done. Building a pg through a wall is an exploit. Putting a cc/tf down, so a fleeing onos has trouble getting out of your base is an exploit. Of course different people will look at these things in different ways.

Edit: What jasp said, his post wasn't there when I posted <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->.

Sizer

It's an exploit and most servers will ban if they catch you doing it.

Black_Hawk_VS

May view of an exploit is a bit simple, an exploit is anything that logically should not be possible, such as building through a wall, dropping RTs so that they end up moving and allow you to have muiltiple, ect...... I do not view CC walls as an exploit, just as bad playing. Now if you drop it so that is is inside them and gets them stuck, then I consider it an exploit. As for scripts, I only consider it an exploit when it lets you do something that should not be possible, like the pistol scrip that lets you fire all 10 bullets with the speed of an LMG. On my server, I do not ban for exploiting, use of scrips, bad tactics, ect.... I ban for ruining the game for others (i.e. I start getting alot of complints about some one, I will kick or ban them) THe only other things I ban for are cheating, foul language, and disrespect.

Warrior

<!--QuoteBegin--Sizer+Dec 28 2003, 07:01 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sizer @ Dec 28 2003, 07:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's an exploit and most servers will ban if they catch you doing it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
No they wont.