Theory Discussion - Aimbots

[!Corgi]

I know this is a risky subject to discuss, (Obviously to prevent anyone from getting any benefit or unhealthy knowledge) I will not post any legitimately useful code (The code I put is just to help the people understand what I am trying to convey).

Basically my theory is on what makes an aimbot detectable and how it acts.

The typical aimbot is a sniper who is often staring at some random object/direction then all of a sudden jumps to a target and gets a headshot. This of course can come in pair with the person controlling their character, Moving and manipulating the sight so that they do sort of aim at their target but then the aimbot takes over for the kill.

Now, How this happens is that you start off by swapping every head model for characters on the opposing team, (Their Heads) to a Solid Red Box, Then representing that red box as a Integer as an onscreen co-ordinate that constantly updates.

(Triggered by a "IF MYTEAM = Red Then Blue.headbox = Enabled" ect...).

Now, What happens is you will have a script something like this:

ROUNDSTART:

IF MYTEAM = Spectator THEN

Blue.Headbox = DISABLED

Red.Headbox = DISABLED

END IF

IF MYTEAM = Red THEN

Blue.Headbox = ENABLED

Red.Headbox = DISABLED

ELSE

Red.Headbox = ENABLED

Blue.Headbox = DISABLED

END IF

Headbox.Position = POS1

' (Representing a X / Y Screen Location)

FINDHEAD:

IF Headbox = ONSCREEN THEN

MouseMove.Pos = POS1

MouseButton1.Click = Enabled

For i = 1 to 1000000

Next i

MouseButton1.Click = DIsabled

ELSE

GOTO: FINDHEAD

END IF

As you can see this is a fairly simple thing to build (Obviously there is a bit more configuration to be done for this to be anything useful to anyone, But you get the point.

Now what I was wondering is.... How does one recreate human like movements?

It's simple. You use loops and scaling integers to change how the mouse moves (Including semi-randomized Integers) to give the mouse a more human like move with a curve or swivel.

That would be done by doing something like this:

X = HEADPOS

Y = CMS

' (Current Mouse Location)

Z = X / Y

' (Actual Pixel Distance From Current Mouse Location to Head)

' (THIS WOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOUSEMOVE TO HEAD PART)

Randomize

RND.INT = INT*(10*100)

For I = 1 to Z Step 1

Mousemove.Pos = Z

Mousemove.Pos = Y + INT

' (This adds the randomized mouse movement added on to the simple scroll to and shoot)

For J = 1 to 100000

Next J

' (This slows the mouse movement down a bit, It would have to be tested and adjusted to be timed more human like)

Next I

Now, This would create a slower, More human like movement to the head.

What I'm worried about is that its so relatively simple to create, How do we know if its not already happening?

Please discuss below what you think about how these kind of programs work and what can be done to prevent them.

[The Shaper]

Technically we can't know if someone is using an aimbot if they know what they are doing with their code like you have just stated.

But I remember once going up against a Scout/Sniper who was using an aimbot as well. This guy never used melee, never changed his weapons, and never missed a shot. Not to mention he only played Scout and Sniper. That made me suspicious and I spectated him for awhile. It was pretty obvious the guy's hand movements were far beyond that of any human's abilities and there is no way he was that good of an opponent. So really it depends on how sloppy someone is with their cheating; if they go out of their way to ensure you don't discover they have an aimbot, then the odds are you won't discover it, even if you suspect it.

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Technically we can't know if someone is using an aimbot if they know what they are doing with their code like you have just stated.

But I remember once going up against a Scout/Sniper who was using an aimbot as well. This guy never used melee, never changed his weapons, and never missed a shot. Not to mention he only played Scout and Sniper. That made me suspicious and I spectated him for awhile. It was pretty obvious the guy's hand movements were far beyond that of any human's abilities and there is no way he was that good of an opponent. So really it depends on how sloppy someone is with their cheating; if they go out of their way to ensure you don't discover they have an aimbot, then the odds are you won't discover it, even if you suspect it.

Spectating isn't always reliable when determining if someone is aimbotting. I've spectated legitimately good snipers with thousands of hours of play time and it appears that their hand just "snaps" to the targets head hit bot area when scoped in to their opponents general vicinity. At first I thought he was aimbotting for sure but I've had other people who have spectated other well known good snipers tell me the same thing. I am not sure if that's a glitch or what not in how spectating works for snipers but in my case I wrongly assumed someone was aimbotting when he was just really that damn good.

[The Shaper]

Spectating isn't always reliable when determining if someone is aimbotting. I've spectated legitimately good snipers with thousands of hours of play time and it appears that their hand just "snaps" to the targets head hit bot area when scoped in to their opponents general vicinity. At first I thought he was aimbotting for sure but I've had other people who have spectated other well known good snipers tell me the same thing. I am not sure if that's a glitch or what not in how spectating works for snipers but in my case I wrongly assumed someone was aimbotting when he was just really that damn good.

Oh I know it's not usually a good solution, if one at all, but if the person doesn't really know much past getting the aimbot to work, then it's usually fairly obvious if they are hacking or not. Otherwise people could just be yelling out "hax" as an excuse for their own failures.

[!Corgi]

I am not sure if that's a glitch or what not in how spectating works for snipers but in my case I wrongly assumed someone was aimbotting when he was just really that damn good.

I used to be damn good as a sniper when I ran my 6v6 competitive server, It's called drag scoping. Its not so much the art of moving TO the head, Its the art of moving across it and clicking at the right time. After a while you just get good enough to stop at the right time.

It's effective because it allows you to be more in control when it comes to setting up for multi kills.

[DZComposer]

Look for imperfection. No one is perfect. Even the best snipers miss a shot now and then. If someone never misses, they are suspect.

Also, look for skill inconsistencies. A good player moves certain ways. If someone's kill streaks don't match the way they move and the given game conditions, then something is amiss.

Watching videos of good players helps see these things.