Pacific Fighters is a cheaters dream

[Nick]

Just to show that people will cheat in everything they can, Pacific Fighters, the superb World War II flight sim, is suffering at the hands of the cheating scum...

It appears that since the latest patch came out a flaw in the code has opened the door for cheats with the game’s open source nature being exploited in multiplayer. Before, the game’s built in anti-cheat mechanism dealt with those running speed hacks and aim-bots.

Check out this Headline for a short video of what the cheating hacks are getting up to.

But its not all doom and gloom, you can still find honourable sqaudrons to fly agasint, such as the incredibly friendly Marlins or D-13th.

[Zak33]

i'm sad about this, but to be fair, the MA only fly against people we know won't cheat against us.

But the online dogfight servers, which are laready like Quake Deathmatch's rather than WW2 are gonna become desserted.

[Parm]

Unfortunately, this is an on going problem for PC gaming.
I used to be an avid PC gamer, but it's becoming increasingly difficult to play any online multiplayer games without some form of cheating being involved.
Unless you're at a LAN party, you just can't be sure.

As a result I've moved my gaming interests over to the XBOX360, by far the best online gaming experience available at present. In my opinion.

[Tumble]

Sad news, but I have to say it was only a matter of time. Like Zak says, play with people you trust and you're going to have a fairer, more pleasurable experience every time. The cheaters will soon get bored of not playing with anyone.

[mart_haj86]

On the other side of things, there is a lot of unfairness within alot of games COD2 for example of when someone will get accused of cheating purely because theyre a good player. I myself am useless at COD 2 but my brother in law plays COD2 day in day out and has become very good at it, yet he still gets accused of cheating.

[Parm]

On the other side of things, there is a lot of unfairness within alot of games COD2 for example of when someone will get accused of cheating purely because theyre a good player. I myself am useless at COD 2 but my brother in law plays COD2 day in day out and has become very good at it, yet he still gets accused of cheating.

Yup, that's the other huge problem.
Even if nobody actually is cheating, the paranoia is still unavoidable. For the majority of online PC FPS games, the in game chat is for the most part about cheating.
Some people want a keyboard and mouse for the XBOX360, but the last thing I want is to be playing a game on Live to constantly see "OMFG HAX!!!!!!" come up on screen.

[listy]

it happens in all game i used to get called cheat on 56k cs 1.3/4/5/6 was compliment

but dont even play cs/css now (wasted about 6 years playing) then the kids came along and i dont have time to play as much as i did

all multiplayer games are a cheater feast

sometime wonder why i play on the net

[Nick]

Parm, games like Final Fantasy work with a keyboard on the XBox 360 already...


(cue OMG K3YB04RD H4X!!11!one)

[kalniel]

Maybe I'm the only one who doesn't really get the attracting of gaming with complete strangers then.

I love multiplayer games, but only so I can play with my mates or people in relatively trusted communities like Hexus.

[Parm]

Nick, you've just helped cross Final Fantasy off my shopping list

kalniel, online gaming with complete strangers can be really great fun, but it usually depends on who you're matched up with. There is so much fun to be had, arguably some of the best gaming I've ever had has been with strangers over XBOX Live.