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

[Bargod]

I think stating that a physical dot on your screen counts as a "hardware accessory" is accurate. Money can't buy talent, but it can make a huge difference in your ability to play the game. Everyone can and I frankly think should make some kind of small mark in the center of their screen. It is something everyone can do. As Spc. One has told me before, he's afraid to see what I could do if I had a decent system. Well I don't. But putting a small mark on my monitor is free. And it's something that can be done by everyone. It isn't a huge difference maker, as I have stated several times before. It's a general gauge. But it's a simple and helpful tool. A tool used by many. A tool available to all. To me it's just obvious. Just try it. Put a small black dot in the center of your screen. It will help a bit. But in no way will you feel like you've cheated in some way. It just doesn't help in that way.