Before I change the font so I can tell the difference between players with l(L) and I(i).. will it be considered tampering and get me banned?
Changing the name of say the Arial font file to Geo-md.ttf and replacing the current Geo-md.ttf file in the planetside directory. Not sure what font... haven't bothered comparing Ls and Is yet if it's just gonna get me banned.
We will not ban you for changing your font so that you can see i's and l's better If you changed your font and it somehow made it so your weapon accuracy increased then that would be different and we'd hunt you down!
Can you PLEASE post in here (update the OP) how you went about changing your font, so others can copy? Keeping this tab open to see instructions on this. Please!
Go to this thread.. this guy figured it out.. basically open your launcher before changing the font.. change the font.. then click play. From what I can tell you have to do it everytime you launch the game. http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/cant-report-hackers-you-say-solution.78011/
Yeah it's as simple as making a very basic batch script that runs the launcher, waits a few seconds and then moves over the file to bypass the integrity checker. We used to do this constantly in beta to increase performance (other files - not the fonts)
Keep in mind that the automated systems may still ban you anyway, depending on how you do this. A friend of mine used a normal desktop program to play music from his sundie (which almost everyone he ran into thought was hillarious and awesome), but was banned for using a "third party program" that did not interact with the game engine or data stream in any way. All it did was allow his audio output to play in his mic channel as well. (Note: The effect is the same as holding your headset to the speakers, but less likely to sound horrible or hurt people's ears due to a lack of fine control.) Be careful.
May we have more information on this? A guy on my server also does this. It is, indeed, hilarious and rather pleasant. I believe he uses Virtual Audio Cable. Could this truly cause him trouble? If so, why?
Yeah I'd like to know more as well. I've used VAC since tech test on occasion as a way to lift the spirits (... okay not everyone appreciates it) of the troops.
My friend is currently traveling back to uni, so as soon as I catch him on TS again I will ask him for more details.
You guys realize on some setups you don't need a third party program to make the audio output play on the mic channel, right? Just putting it out there.
Could you use this to simply increase the font size? I have trouble reading nametags on players and such while they move due ot my high resolutions (1920x1200). -Stigma
Talking to my friend, he suspects that it was the fact that the the Planetside VOIP was receiving input from a piece of software (mixer modifier) instead of a piece of hardware (microphone).