Finding Computer Game Cheats
By Burt Cotton
Anyone who lies can be called a cheater or a cheat. In school,
when you "cheat" it is understood that you have copied others’
answers or from a source, say a book, during an exam. Between
you and your lover, it could mean having an affair with another
or simply lying. In sports, it means getting ahead of your
opponent in a manner that violates the rules of the game.
But cheating in computer games is not necessarily equal to
lying or taking unfair advantages over your opponent. It
constitutes a wide spectrum of activities, which in general is
aimed at altering the game experience so as to lead in the
game. Cheating differs in every computer game and is dependent
on what the players have agreed upon as an unfair advantage.
Most computer games have the so-called “cheat codes,” which are
used to make the game easier. But these cheat codes are designed
for single players, especially those new to the game. Using
these codes could also mean cheating, but it cannot be said
that you are using them to gain unfair advantage.
Unjust computer game cheat is most prevalent in multiplayer and
mass multiplayer computer games played through the Internet. In
these types of computer games, players may remain anonymous and
so they can boldly cheat, without fear of being known to his
opponents.
There are different types of computer game cheats. These are by
changing the user settings, by using bugs, exploits and external
software and by cheesing.
When you alter the settings of your computer, the layout of the
computer hardwares or the game itself so that it would suit your
gaming style or your computer system, you are in a way cheating.
But this can be acceptable. However, going as far as modifying
the color and brightness of your computer in order to see
through shadowy areas could be questionable.
Exploits are features of a game unintentionally or erroneously
made by the developers. When particularly used to gain unfair
advantage over your opponent, they can be regarded as computer
game cheats. However, sometimes these exploits make the game
more fun and exciting.
The use of external softwares specially designed to let the
player lead the game unjustly by modifying the program that
runs the computer game, is considered as a grave way of
cheating. Some of these computer game cheats analyze the status
of the game in the computer’s RAM.
Other players "cheese" to lead in the game. This is done when
virtual players do things that are not allowed or are unlikely
in real life. Although this may not be a very grave kind of
computer game cheat, most players disapprove cheesing in a
game.
Usually, computer game cheats nowadays are due to alterations
made in the game software. This is in spite of the developers’
prohibition of the modification of the original codes. The
problem with most game softwares you can find in the market
nowadays is that despite their being encrypted, data files can
be easily revised without altering the main program so cheat
protection features become useless.
Stopping all forms of computer game cheats is really hard
because as said earlier, cheating in computer games cover a
wide range of activities and there are a lot of aspects to
consider in each computer game cheat. There are softwares,
though that can be installed on the server in order to help
detect a computer game cheat.
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Author – Burt Cotton
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