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Originally Posted by jasonbirder
Surely its the regular Hyperlobby players that have the issue with trust, you expect...no, indeed demand to be able to play with random, anonymous people of all ages and all nationalities and for that to be in a friendly historically accurate cheat-free environment!
Long before the Sound Mod came along there were issues with anonymous online play...whether that was suspected cheating, known exploits...(Lag Manipulation, Prnt Scrn, Disconnecting), innappropriate behaviour (bad language, abuse of chat/teamspeak), bad gamesmanship (friendly shooting, vulching, shoulder shooting, kill stealing etc etc...Thats without even mentioning the typical plane choices of many online players...
The issue is not with the Mod, but the fact that amongst Online players there will always be people who will abuse the system..whether to gain an advantage for themselves in their narrow "stat driven" mentality or simply because they enjoy spoiling other peoples fun...
Get rid of that element, be that through stronger Server Admin, Password access or private servers and you will have the gameplay you desire...Sound Mod or no Sound Mod.
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it doesnt really work like that in practice, and having the program files open as they are now is very different from the odd cheater pressing printscr.
the great thing about the online community with il2 has always been that at almost anytime of the day you can find some online servers with other enthusiasts on it from around the world. you dont need to know them personally for this to work, but it does/did rely on a fair and level playing field.
given the previous track record with hacks in most other games, we'll rapidly descend to the lowest common denominator.