Custom Crosshair Utility: Cheating? Options

[Stickman]

Hi all.

I've been using a little (24k) program called cutomCrosshair to provide me with a static crosshair in COD. The program performs the software equivalent of using a marker to draw a dot in the center of your monitor screen; it takes a given bitmap and draws it on top of any other application you have running. As it's a stand-alone program that does not interect with whatever game you may be running, it is invisible to PB or any other hack detectors.

It's obviously a cobbled together utility; there's a bug that causes the windows pointer to flicker on top of the game window from time to time. Instead of tracking the bug down and fixing it, the programmer added a hotkey to toggle the visibility of the windows pointer.

The biggest drawback is that the crosshair doesn't disappear when you aim down the sight, so it can obscure your view. I get around this by using an "inverted v" crosshair, so when aiming down the sight it only covers the gun model, not the target.

My question: Is this cheating? Should I stop? Or make the program available to all? The website I got it from has since vanished.

What say you all?

This post has been edited by Stickman: 03/15/06 4:25pm

[Silver]

If you want to be truly elite than you must use a gefore2gts and a Pentium3. Also, you must get 20 FPS when playing.
If being a better player means having expensive equiptment, so be it (I know Silver got a crap mac like my crap pc), but if I can't upgrade my pc, and the #1 team on the CAL ladders puts a small dot on their screen, well there is one small way that I can slightly improve my game. Just like the MX518 that allows me to switch my mouse sensitivity while playing. Just like leaning in to the screen so my face is mere inches from it so I can see guys in the distance on my tiny monitor. Just like if I bought an expensive pair of headphones and could hear guys creeping up on me, but they can't hear me with their crappy headphone (actually, I've got crappy headphones with loose wires LOL). Just like adjusting the brightness on your monitor. I've also got a bunch of fingerprints on my screen from my kids. Is that a problem? If so, windex is going to make a fortune off me !

OMG i cant believe how defensive you are getting over a DOT! WTF! BAR I love ya man! keep the DOT! shit Ill send ya a cse of sharpies and a headset if it makes you feel better! I just dont see why it would do anything but make you gamming hindered. like I try and use only a rifle, so I aim alot better. Its ll good man, you all can Use whatever you want when you want.... it wont stop me from killing you, regardless of what you use, stock or not...

this should help ya with the paranoia.... HACKER!

how can a mouse make you any better? I dont think mice makes you better you have to use your hand? W/E...

STOCK ROX!