Rendering opponents visible through solid objects or displaying hidden game information via ESP-style overlays.
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Rendering opponents visible through solid objects or displaying hidden game information via ESP-style overlays.
Layer 7 (Application)
Rendering opponents visible through solid objects or displaying hidden game information via ESP-style overlays.
Peer-reviewed and academic literature connected to this cheat, with DOI or URL references attached where available.
Arianna Boldi, Amon Rapp
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2024, Vol. 40, No. 15, 4021-4041
Target: Third-party software cheats (wallhacks, aimbots, aimlock), game glitch exploitation, technological advantages (VPNs, expensive hardware)
Aim: Boldi, A., & Rapp, A. (2024). "Is It Legit, To You?". An Exploration of Players' Perceptions of Cheating in a Multiplayer Video Game: Making Sense of Uncertainty. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 40(15), 4021-4041.
Recommendation: (Boldi & Rapp, 2024)
No external DOI or URL link is attached yet.
Patric Kabus, Wesley W. Terpstra, Mariano Cilia, Alejandro P. Buchmann
ACM NetGames Conference 2005
Target: Item duplication, information leakage, state manipulation, general MMOG cheats
Aim: Kabus, P., Terpstra, W. W., Cilia, M., & Buchmann, A. P. (2005). Addressing cheating in distributed MMOGs. In Proceedings of the 4th ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Network and system support for games (pp. 1-6). ACM.
Recommendation: (Kabus et al., 2005)
No external DOI or URL link is attached yet.
Anton Maario, Vinod Kumar Shukla, A. Ambikapathy, Purushottam Sharma
IEEE SPIN Conference 2021
Target: Multiple cheat types: aimbot, triggerbot, wallhack, ESP, mobility hacks, hardware cheats
Aim: Maario, A., Shukla, V. K., Ambikapathy, A., & Sharma, P. (2021). Redefining the risks of kernel-level anti-cheat in online gaming. In 2021 8th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN) (pp. 676-680).
Recommendation: (Maario et al., 2021)
No external DOI or URL link is attached yet.
Alexandre Philbert
American Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2018
Target: Signature-based cheats, metamorphic/polymorphic cheats, malicious executables, aimbot, wall hack, no recoil, radar hack
Aim: Philbert, A. (2018). Detecting cheating in computer games using data mining methods. American Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, 6(3), 26.
Recommendation: (Philbert, 2018)
No external DOI or URL link is attached yet.
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Named incidents, documented examples, or sanctions associated with this cheat category.