KittyBoy/PolarBear/BSDCat's setup (and how he plays so well)

KittyBoy, Thu Mar 24 2011, 02:12AM

Hey, Just wanted to show some reasons why I manage to play so well as to allow for vocalization of "Hacking Accusations" and the works. I hope to help people understand a modified client does not mean hacking and it is rather an uneducated thought to think it does mean hacking.

I pretty much play exclusively on FSK405|Superman. I love that map so much, thanks to everybody who makes this map and server possible!

Now down to business. My computing platform:

• GNU/Linux or FreeBSD
• AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5400+ (2.8 GHz)
• 4 GB of 800MHz DDR2 RAM (iirc)
• NVidia 9600 GSO
• Logitech MX-1000 (1000 DPI), then a Razor Salmoza (1000/18000 DPI switch; I use it 1800 DPI for this game)
• Junky Dell kb (within a few months ago, got an IBM Model M though!)
• 1680x1050 Display, then 2048x1152 Display
• Senheiser HD-280 Pro Headphones

Nothing too spiffy right? I try to keep it that way. Anyways, except for my time on Ubuntu, I've been running the client built from the sourcecode. It so happened that I was playing not too long ago that somebody was curious as to how I was doing so well. I loosely mentioned my client being modified to work on my platform, and this individual thought it was hacking. I went forward and attempted to explain, but to no real success.

Here is the packing stuff I use to get this stuff working:

1. FreeBSD: Apparently while on FreeBSD, I was using ioquake3 with a patch that makes it appear as ioUrbanTerror. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/games/iourbanterror/Makefile?rev=1.25;content-type=text%2Fplain
2. GNU/Linux: On Gentoo, I recently created my own ebuild utilizing the ioUrbanTerror sources. Here it is: https://bitbucket.org/winstonw/srsbuilds/src/4c834ccf2603/games-fps/iourbanterror/iourbanterror-4.1.1.ebuild (and yes, I know it is a very sloppy jobber, but it works.)

I should also note, I use the proprietary drivers from NVidia because they work best for my card.

Other than that, my ping is usually the lowest on the FSK405|Superman server, with that being around ~25-~50ms. My FPS is rather smooth as well (125 FPS max, it's surreal >:-P).

My binds are pretty much default except:

• 1 Pulls out knife
• 2 Pulls out pistol
• 3 Pulls out primary weapon
• 4 Pulls out secondary weapon
• 5 Pulls out grenade
• Q Toggles the inventory item
• E Is the environment interaction button
• C is sprint
• V is radio
• B is drop inventory item
• F is bandage
• G is drop weapon

BTW, indeed my name is winstonw elsewhere (As you can see from the Bitbucket URL). Have any more questions, concerns, or comments?, be sure to post!!

Please note: I don't know if my setup is that great, I just know it works well and seems successful. I don't take reliable benchmarks. I also like to think the reason I win is not with the setup, but with my video-gaming skills with this particular game. (I suck at a lot of othre games…)