Re:Xbox's new policy – say goodbye to unofficial accessories...
by eddtries on Monday October 30, 2023 @09:16AM
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You can do both! Neither work in isolation.
Re:Xbox's new policy – say goodbye to unofficial accessories...
by bbradley406 on Monday October 30, 2023 @12:58PM
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One of the common modifications for controllers is thumb-stick extenders that simply make the analog input more precise, not "faster". I don't think you can detect this using your strategy, since there is no change to the electronics of the controller. To the console and game software it just looks like the player is more accurate than others, and reducing the in-game look and movement speed wouldn't remove the advantage.
Some combination of heuristics (target acquisition time, moving target tracking, etc) would probably be the only way. But what if a player is genuinely exceptional - should they be punished for that?
Re:Xbox's new policy – say goodbye to unofficial accessories...
by jncfhnb on Monday October 30, 2023 @09:27PM
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You can’t mod a machine gun to shoot faster by modifying the trigger (probably?) but you can mod a non automatic weapon to basically become automatic
Re:Xbox's new policy – say goodbye to unofficial accessories...
by throwaway49594 on Monday October 30, 2023 @09:43PM
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A bump stock is barely a weapon modification. There are videos of people using nothing but a wooden dowel to bump fire.
You cannot mod a real-life machine gun to shoot 10x as fast by changing the trigger; the whole design would resist the attempt. You cannot make a real-life human body make a 180° turn in 10 ms and then stand still; the laws of mechanics won't allow that.
If you want a guaranteed balanced game, the game code should observe these limitations, no matter what controller is used. What is possible in the game world should not depend on that.
As long as games allow for inputs that give an unfair advantage, people will find ways to use that unfair advantage. They will take apart a certified controller, connect the buttons to devices that produce fast repetition, connect the thumb joysticks to devices that allow faster movement, etc. There is no way to plug this hole, like the analog hole in sound recording. The only way is a correct model.