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General Stuff => General Chit Chat => Topic started by: [TiG]the_syco on July 17, 2006, 08:46:25 PM
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Alrighty. There has been questions about me and a hack I was using to play BF2. At the time I was using a GeForce4, which was below the min spec. So far below, actually, that tank were pretty much invisable to me, and without the hack, I wasn't able to play the game.
A few people have asked what I see, well, EA says its not possible, but with a little program called "TatniumD3D.exe", it is. Below is what I see:
Green Sea (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/the_syco/screen008.jpg)
Rocket from a plane (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/the_syco/screen009.jpg)
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These "blue streaks" appear all the time. No reason, totally random. Very annoying. As you can see from "Blue Streak 3", it makes it harder to snipe with :(
Blue Streak 1 (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/the_syco/screen007.jpg)
Blue Streak 2 (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/the_syco/screen006.jpg)
Blue Streak 3 (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/the_syco/screen001.jpg)
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As you can see, I can't see tanks. Often can run over by them, as i don't see them coming.
Invisable Tank 1 (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/the_syco/screen004.jpg)
Invisable tank in a box 1 (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/the_syco/screen004b.jpg)
Invisable Tank 2 (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/the_syco/screen000.jpg)
Invisable tank in a box 2 (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/the_syco/screen000b.jpg)
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This little box sometimes doesn't even appear, making me hit people by accident :(
Friendly icon (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/the_syco/screen005b.jpg)
So after Christmas, with some money I got in an Christmas job, I got a new rig. And stopped using the hack, uninstalled BF2 of my old rig, and continued playing. Then, one day, I tried to join a server which uses Punkbuster's Master Ban List, and I found out my pb_guid was blacklisted. Below is what I wrote to them:
Dear sir/madam
I recently found out that I was on PunkBusters "BF2 master ban list", and ask if there is some way for me to be taken off?
My PB_GUID: ********************************** (As BF2 in uninstalled from the PC that I used the shader-hack on, I got this from the PC which I have installed it onto. Same CD-KEY, different machine, in case that makes any difference).
MBL Entry: PsB:**** *********
I was using the shader-hack "TatniumD3D.exe" at the time, by looking at the screenshots on your site. I used this so that I could run BF2 on my 64MB GeForce4, which fell (far) below the minimum specs required. As you can see from the link:
http://www.punksbusted.com/cgi-bin/membership/ban.cgi?par=S05BE7030;query=Search;_accCheck=1
I couldn't see much in the way of textures. My mini-map was a nuisance at best, and I was unable to tell friend from foe @ a distance, as only a weird white box appeared above their head. Also, on occasion, blue lines would appear, and sometimes blue-out the entire screen. That, and I could only see the turret of the tanks. Since then, and after some saving, I've gotten a new rig, including a 7800GT, so I no longer use the shader-hack. If possible, is there any way that I could get my cd-key taken off the blacklist, so that I may use it to play on my new machine, in PunkBuster servers?
Also, if you're wondering why it took for so long for me to notice, I only found out I was blacklisted when I asked the SAS clan why I was banned from their server.
So eh, yeah. I acknowledge that the above is kind of shooting myself in the foot, but I see no reason to lie. If you wan to continue to blacklist me, I'll buy a new copy of BF2, but if possible, I'd like to continue to play with my existing key. My reason for using the hack at the time was that I didn't have EUR250 lying around that I could spend on a graphics card with a shader version 1.4.
Oh, and if you want to see how well/badly my card played, there's some pictures, for your amusement/judgement: http://www.theirishguard.com/viewtopic.php?t=1622
And their reply:
Your ticket **** has been updated by Terrynator
Update from **********:
Although I can appreciate one of the best, most immaginative excuses I have read sinse doing appeals here at PsB. You are still between a rock and a hard place. PsB has a zero tolerance policy for cheats. The ban will not be released as I can't accept the underpowered vid card as a reason to have cheats. You will have to buy a new game to obtain a new cd-key.
This is an automated update from PsB Ticket System.
Your Ticket (****) has been closed by **********
Report Info: MBL Appeal
Reason: No further contact from appeal. Complete ban upheld.
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So I got a new key, thus a new pb_guid. I've posted this up, in case people have question.
What do you expect me to do? Run, hide, and expect it to go away? F*ck that. I believe, esp in the area of hacks(and being accused), open-ness is the best policy.
Even though PB didn't like my excuse, thats the reason I used the hack: so I could play the game. Otherwise, I'd have never played the game, untill January, if even then.
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OMG! So many letters... :shock: What's up with your X740 m8?
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OMG! So many letters... :shock: What's up with your X740 m8?
X740? Dunno. I had a x700, but I gave that back, as it failed on me. The seller RMA'ed it soon afterwards, as it failed on him as well.
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Oh, that's is a pity... :salute:
what a biatch! ;)
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I'd used this too for a while but think I got graphics card prity soon after BF2 was released so I was lucky I guess :? Bit late now but aint there some way can take a picture of cd's & say you lost the manual & try to get a new cd key. Least ya'd be able to stick it on another machine or maybe try and sell it on then.
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yea i got bf2 with no cd-key printed on the book.
just get pic's of that and send it 2 them takes about a day or 2.