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Cheats performed on BZFlag are usually made by modifying your client. A great deal of power is invested in the client program, and therefore the client may cheat in every way from creating invincible tanks, to invisibility, to super killing. If you have seen any cheats, have performed them yourself, or have noticed a hole in the source, please add it here. Preventions for many of these cheats are on the [[Development RoadMap]]
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Cheats performed on BZFlag are usually made by modifying your client. A great deal of power is invested in the client program, and therefore the client may cheat in every way from creating invincible tanks, to invisibility, to super killing. If you have seen any cheats, have performed them yourself, or have noticed a hole in the source, please add it here. Preventions for many of these cheats are being developed for inclusion in [[BZFlag 3.0|v3.0]].
  
 
== Warning ==
 
== Warning ==
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A cheater may:
 
A cheater may:
* shooting shots with vertical velocity while no vertical velocity is allowed on the map
 
* making it seem like a teammate keeps killing another player
 
 
* fly without Wings.
 
* fly without Wings.
 
* steal from or give flags to other players.
 
* steal from or give flags to other players.
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* shoot bullets which cannot be seen on radar or in the HUD.
 
* shoot bullets which cannot be seen on radar or in the HUD.
 
* cause himself to be shot by any other player, even if no shots were fired or the player hasn't spawned (AKA "TK Cheat").
 
* cause himself to be shot by any other player, even if no shots were fired or the player hasn't spawned (AKA "TK Cheat").
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* cause another player to shoot the cheater, even if no shots were fired.
 
* produce abnormally long laser blasts (in terms of length and time).
 
* produce abnormally long laser blasts (in terms of length and time).
 
* be zoned, but yet still shoot tanks that are not zoned.
 
* be zoned, but yet still shoot tanks that are not zoned.
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* spawn without delay or very rapid respawns (Has been fixed in 2.0.11).
 
* spawn without delay or very rapid respawns (Has been fixed in 2.0.11).
 
* be joined as an observer, but playing with a visible, invincible tank
 
* be joined as an observer, but playing with a visible, invincible tank
* be able to strafe or slide left or right
 
* send chat messages that appear to have come from another player
 
  
 
== Subtle Cheats ==
 
== Subtle Cheats ==
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[[Image:Bzfi0002.png|thumb|A screenshot taken on a typical cheat client. Various modifications and enhancements are visible.]]
 
[[Image:Bzfi0002.png|thumb|A screenshot taken on a typical cheat client. Various modifications and enhancements are visible.]]
[[Image:Coo.png|thumb|A screenshot taken on cheat client.]]
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[[Image:Bzfi0008.png|thumb|A second screenshot taken on the same hacked client as above (but on a different computer).]]
  
 
;FlagColoring
 
;FlagColoring
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;GuidedMissileWontUnlock
 
;GuidedMissileWontUnlock
 
:When the user is killed, his guided missiles remain locked on their targets. This is harder to detect than a Guided Missile being able to lock onto stealthed players, which is discussed above.
 
:When the user is killed, his guided missiles remain locked on their targets. This is harder to detect than a Guided Missile being able to lock onto stealthed players, which is discussed above.
 
;Guided Laser
 
:A player can lock-on with the laser flag as if it were Guided Missile. Can fire in all directions, regardless of VerticalVelocity server settings
 
  
 
[[Image:Bzfi0001.png|thumb|A hacked client equipped with the ProgressiveIdentify cheat. One flag has been identified so far.]]
 
[[Image:Bzfi0001.png|thumb|A hacked client equipped with the ProgressiveIdentify cheat. One flag has been identified so far.]]
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* have lines on the radar showing which way each tank is facing  
 
* have lines on the radar showing which way each tank is facing  
 
* see burrowed tanks as regular tanks on the radar
 
* see burrowed tanks as regular tanks on the radar
* have no limits imposed upon the radar "/set _radarLimit 0 or Burrow do not affect the radar"
 
 
* have shots by a zoned tank not show up on radar
 
* have shots by a zoned tank not show up on radar
 
* make slight turns when falling
 
* make slight turns when falling
 
* have different binocular zoom settings
 
* have different binocular zoom settings
* fire with no delay after stealing, or steal from far away, a flag using thief
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* fire with no delay after stealing a flag with thief
 
* have an indicator showing how many wing jumps are left
 
* have an indicator showing how many wing jumps are left
 
* see invisible bullets on radar
 
* see invisible bullets on radar
* see opponent's team color despite opponent having masquerade flag
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* see opponent's team color despite opponent having masquerade flaga
 
* have an auto-aiming ability that lines up on other tanks to fire upon
 
* have an auto-aiming ability that lines up on other tanks to fire upon
 
* be able to enable auto-pilot on non-auto-pilot maps
 
* be able to enable auto-pilot on non-auto-pilot maps
 
* be able to enable/disable/enable auto-pilot without delay
 
* be able to enable/disable/enable auto-pilot without delay
 
* be able to enable auto-pilot without notifying the server/other players
 
* be able to enable auto-pilot without notifying the server/other players
* be able to pause instantly in mid-air
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== Other Malicious Activities ==
 
== Other Malicious Activities ==
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* attempt to guess or "crack" the server or map's password.
 
* attempt to guess or "crack" the server or map's password.
* the use of "Bots" or "Drones" to lag a server by sending large amounts of data or using client commands rapidly
 
* the use of "Bots" or "Drones" to deny a poll or create and complete a poll in the favor of the cheater
 
* the use of thousands of private messages to "ddos" certain players, so their client just halts
 
* the use of a bunch of registered bot callsigns to start and win polls (usually to ban players)
 
  
 
[[Category:Gameplay]]
 
[[Category:Gameplay]]
 
[[Category:Server]]
 
[[Category:Server]]
 
[[Category:Server Security]]
 
[[Category:Server Security]]

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