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

[dienamic]

LOL, figures Mules very 1st post would be in a heated discussion. My kind of feller.

Lets see....oh yes, I have never been a fan of dots, tape or any software that may "help" me have an unfair advantage...I mean play. If some people see them as nessesary to gain an edge because their game lacks in some way so be it. I personally dog out my son and wife for going online for cheats and tips for thier consol games just because I believe you should do the best you can without help.

For the record, I have nice head phones and a fair computer. My mouse is a microsoft optical "6 bucks anywhere in town. I do use this mouse because it is cheap to replace as I go through about 4 a year lol.

In the end, I am with silver on this issue. I play and win with no help and I am ok with that. NOW WILL YOU PLEASE LEAVE MY BASE DEFENDING ALONE????? Ahem I mean bring it silver lol.