1 Hour FTE, Alt-tabbing, GM's watching Toes, Leashing, and the current state of P99

[Lowako]

Originally Posted by Bones [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

what is "alt-tabbing" anyways? Is it a reference to dual boxing?

No. If anyone were to dual box on this server they'd have to use 2 PCs and VPN for minimal risk. "Alt-tabbing" refers to alt-tab jumping. I explained the mechanics of it in a previous post, as well as a few other Titanium client oddities. I bolded the most relevant bit.

Originally Posted by Lowako [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not speed-hacking, just manipulating frame rates. Basically a few things are determined by your frame rate in this game, most notably levitate mechanics, mouse-turn speed, how high you jump out of water, and fall speed. The higher your FPS, the slower you fall, slower you turn, and the slower you lose height while levitating. When you jump, you get a boost straight ahead of your character. AFAIK, you also lose forward speed the longer you are airborne. When you alt-tab out of the game, your FPS in the client drops pretty low.

The fabled alt-tab jump works by jumping to gain forward speed, alt tab out while airborne to fall faster to minimize de-acceleration, then tab back in before you land to continue running at full speed.

You can also manipulate your frame rate to prevent fall damage (if you click levitate while airborne at around 100fps, you can actually get stuck in the air for a bit), as well as being able to stay levitated very high in the air without falling much. Frame-rate manipulation can be used to climb walls while levitating through cleverly timed alt tabs.

I think most of the above is common knowledge to people who have played on various titanium or pre-titanium EQ clients though.