SetFogDistance

Teira · Post by **Teira** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 11:08 am

Hmm, what are people thoughts on this?

I tried it, and it looks great so long as you leave some fog hanging around (setfogdistance 75 is quite nice)

But. immediatley though I saw it could cause problems because it could feasibly been seen as a 'cheat' as you can now see people you wouldnt have been able to before...

..Annoying if your stalking / following people and trying not to be seen...

...or, conversely, if your stalking and have the fogdistance set to 200, you dont even have to follow someone, you can just stand at one end of the map with your finger on TAB

GoJo Ryu · Post by **GoJo Ryu** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:00 pm

You were able to do this with the camara hack. It wasn't looked at as a cheat then, and I don't think it will be now. It is tough on your system though, and probably your lag too.

BeyondRedemption · Post by **BeyondRedemption** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:19 pm

GoJo Ryu wrote:You were able to do this with the camara hack. It wasn't looked at as a cheat then, and I don't think it will be now. It is tough on your system though, and probably your lag too.

I can understand wanting to get a different angle but changing the fog is just bs. It gives an unfair advantage to snipers with computers that can handle the lag.

Melthavion · Post by **Melthavion** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:54 pm

With the fog pushed out after a certain distance you're only revealing geometry. There's a point at which you can no longer see things like creatures, as I've experimented with fog turned completely off a while back with the camera hak. They just "pop" into existance once that thresh hold distance is reached. So it's not really so much of a cheat as you might think. Actually the camera angle unlock is what allows one to see creatures farther off than someone else who hasn't unlocked it, as the default minimum angle is quite steep.

BeyondRedemption · Post by **BeyondRedemption** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 3:14 am

Melthavion wrote:With the fog pushed out after a certain distance you're only revealing geometry. There's a point at which you can no longer see things like creatures, as I've experimented with fog turned completely off a while back with the camera hak. They just "pop" into existance once that thresh hold distance is reached. So it's not really so much of a cheat as you might think. Actually the camera angle unlock is what allows one to see creatures farther off than someone else who hasn't unlocked it, as the default minimum angle is quite steep.

Oh, ok. Well as long as it doesn't give too much of an advantage, if any, I don't care. I'm one of those that has a computer that can handle it but I do believe in a measure of fairness. Thanks for explaining.