people coloring their nicks in green to trick you into thinking that they are on your team ... there is a vid on youtube floating around about how to get this done D:


thats all

K theres 2 ways you can do this, editing hex variables, or editing clan name with notepad. The easier one for most people would be the notepad method, which all you need is a USB memory device to copy your COD4 gamesaves. After copying your gamesaves, simply browse to your gamesave files on your computer and open GPAD0_MP.PRF with notepad. You'll find 'set clanName "xxxx"' which is what needs to be edited, for example you can put 'set clanName "^1"', which would make you have a red name, for different colors all you have to do is change the number in the tag. After editing your tag, copy your data from your USB to your PS3 data overwriting it.

^0 = Black
^1 = Red
^2 = Green
^3 = Yellow
^4 = Blue
^5 = Cyan
^6 = Magenta

Wow, that's cheap! Like the short sweep and throw move in Street Fighter 2.

Really? I think this is dumb yo! I think the game will be pointless now...

Is this also related to the people who put "L3R3L3R3" in their clan tag so the name gets ridiculously long?

yeah it seems dumb but ya people get upset yestrday i had a guy playing an he was good he was like level 54 an was kicking ass an some guy started saying how he has cheats on because his nick was green


it was a god laugh :D

This is cheating, like the martyr ability, so I'll pass. I can win without cheating.

How do you edit the clan name with notepad under the ps3? Did you mean to post this under the pc section?

I love how people seek out ways to ruin the game for others. My patience with COD4 is wearing thin as it is. If this becomes a widespread problem, it'll be on the shelf for good :(

This is cheating, like the martyr ability, so I'll pass. I can win without cheating.The martyr ability is a balance method against the knife and close quarters fire. It's part of the game and is included by the game's designers. If you're dumb enough not to be prepared for a dropped grenade after you kill someone, then that's your fault.

This other thing is an actual cheat. Big difference.

So is this cheating crap only possible on the PS3 version?

Ok I am lost... how is coloring your name cheating?? :confused:

Ok I am lost... how is coloring your name cheating?? :confused:

well you know how when you look at your own team their names are grean ... color your nick grean an in an batlle you wont pay much attention which will seem like its your own player therefor its a cheat

Blatantly cheating like that is for a low life geek loser who has NO friends. Glad I dont play COD4 online anymore as the lastest patch just ruined it for me. I would hope that would be fixed with some sort of patch. God people need to get lives if they can only win by cheating. What losers.

well you know how when you look at your own team their names are grean ... color your nick grean an in an batlle you wont pay much attention which will seem like its your own player therefor its a cheat

I got it... I am sure this will be fixed soon

I still don't get how this is cheating. The green is a different color and you are still skinned the same as the rest of your team, and show as a red dot to radar. If you can't tell a friend from foe until after you get your sights on them and see their name, you'd be dead anyway, color or not. Lot's of colors available, and I have yet to get duped by a green named player.
Can anyone confirm that enemy players names show up in game in any color other than red? I haven't seen it yet and I was playing against some blue and black named players last night. I don't remember seeing them as anything other than red and I think it just displays the color in lobby or in the kill message at the bottom of the game screen. Upon reflection, I could see how the green could cause a moment of confusion if displayed in game vs. enemy red. I'm not trying to defend cheats or cheat myself. Just wanting a little flair in my tag. Now, wall hacks and aimbots... thats a different story.

It is cheating... in a game as fast paced as cod4, you dont always have time to verify your teamates vs enemys based on outfits, and hence must decide to fire or not upon someone based on the name that pops up above them. If its green, dont shoot, if its red, rain bullets on his ass. I for one have witnessed this "cheating" multiple times, where I come upon an enemy that is obviously on the other team, place my cursor on him, only to see his name written in green. As a result, I hesitate, allowing him those few extra seconds to obliterate me.
Infinity Ward needs to address this ASAP!!!

Cheating, although I never wait for their names to pop up. Shoot first ask questions later...

Read up on it a bit further. I'm calling cheat on this one. Too bad it shows in game, otherwise it would just be a silly bit of custom naming. Rumors of banning involved with it now.

Read up on it a bit further. I'm calling cheat on this one. Too bad it shows in game, otherwise it would just be a silly bit of custom naming. Rumors of banning involved with it now.
Glad to see you have changed your mind. Hope they ban them all.

Cheating???? You guys can't be serious. The green is not even close to the green of your teammates. You guys should come up with more excuses for being killed by an enemy. SMG's, LMG's, martyr, random genades, etc... and now colored names. Give me a break.

There must be a way to do it in game without the hex edits, i was just messing around with my clan name and now my name is yellow... not sure what the hell i did or how to get back to normal...

and to all the whiners, calm down, it's not like they can't patch something like this out... This game sounds like CS more and more the amount of complaining I see about it..

Cheating???? You guys can't be serious. The green is not even close to the green of your teammates. You guys should come up with more excuses for being killed by an enemy. SMG's, LMG's, martyr, random genades, etc... and now colored names. Give me a break.It is absolutely cheating if your intended effect is to trick the enemy into thinking you are on their team.

Granted, it is a lame trick and will likely only trick newbies, but still, it's a cheat all the same.

Cheating???? You guys can't be serious. The green is not even close to the green of your teammates. You guys should come up with more excuses for being killed by an enemy. SMG's, LMG's, martyr, random genades, etc... and now colored names. Give me a break.



your stupid son, now go take a nap an put cod4 aside let it rest

I encountered this for the first time today. The guy on my team's name was red, but he was fighting normally against the opposing team. I almost killed him until I noticed the first character of his clan tag was green. I can see how people would view this as cheating. I would be pissed if I repeatedly killed him and got dinged for team killing. My view is that if you need to alter the way your name appears in any way (color, special characters like triangle, circle, etc.) that tells me what kind of player you are and I'd rather steer clear of you. Just play the fracking game!

You guys just proved my point. More excuses. Go cry to someone else because I am not buying it.

noone asked you nothing so stop trolling around

This is cheating, like the martyr ability, so I'll pass. I can win without cheating.

Martyrdom is not cheating, it's an earned perk that way too the vast majority of players can avoid. Everyone gets bitten with it once in a while, but it is not cheating. In many cases you can even grab the dropped grenade and throw it.

If you dislike martyrdom wait until you end in up a map full or guys with claymores, you have to double check every ladder and flight of stairs you go near. I love 'em when I set 'em, hate it when I trip one.

Martyrdom is not cheating, it's an earned perk that way too the vast majority of players can avoid. Everyone gets bitten with it once in a while, but it is not cheating. In many cases you can even grab the dropped grenade and throw it.

If you dislike martyrdom wait until you end in up a map full or guys with claymores, you have to double check every ladder and flight of stairs you go near. I love 'em when I set 'em, hate it when I trip one.




clymores + 50 cal sniper = fun

Some of you guys need to check the forum rules, Name calling and what not. It's fine to have a difference of opinion but dont resort to name calling. Police yourselves before the big guy does.

Don't people have better stuff to do with their lives than find out how to change their screen name to a different color or symbol. That's pretty lame. If you are that worried about your online "pretend" screen name maybe you should get out a little more into the real world.

Yeah! We should all drive the same cars with no aftermarket touches, and live in the exact same style homes and wear the same clothes blah blah blah. I'm not buying it. Forget user made skins and models and maps, it's all evil and wrong and for wankers!
Opposition to customizing could also be put in the "get a life" category right? If a tweak isn't a cheat (green names excluded) why should anyone care?
Focus your disdain where it belongs, on cheaters.

Sorry Guys I do not think that this is cheating, I have a color deficiency so I couldn't tell you if the guy I'm shooting at has a green or red name because they all look Orange to me. Does that mean that you guys all cheat? I mean I manage just fine playing without bothering with the names. I think it should be aloud to do I mean if you can't tell the difference between your team and the other team by the outfits or what they are doing then maybe you shouldn't play war games.

not to endorse it, but I don't think its cheating. You should pay attention to apparel and make the shot. Don't go shooting blindly.

not to endorse it, but I don't think its cheating. You should pay attention to apparel and make the shot. Don't go shooting blindly.

Do you ever play Hardcore with team killing on?
I find the name color changes annoying, so any time i see a player with a difference color in the lobby i leave....

I think the naysayers are either missing the point, or are purposely being stubborn. These people are changing the name colors with the INTENT TO DECEIVE YOU. They are not doing it to be "unique" or to "pimp" their character. That my friends, is cheating no matter how you look at it.

Martyrdom is not cheating, it's an earned perk that way too the vast majority of players can avoid. Everyone gets bitten with it once in a while, but it is not cheating. In many cases you can even grab the dropped grenade and throw it.

If you dislike martyrdom wait until you end in up a map full or guys with claymores, you have to double check every ladder and flight of stairs you go near. I love 'em when I set 'em, hate it when I trip one.
I agree that martyrdom is not cheating. It's a perk that was put into the game for a reason. It's frustrating to get killed that way and it happens to me quite often but in close quarters, I try to be ready for it. Deliberately changing the colors of your name in order to deceive the opposition is a form of cheating. In the staging room, there are way too many colored names anymore so obviously this issue is prevalent now. What would be nice would be our ability to customize our uniforms somewhat. Maybe let is play with a ghillie suit and a submachine gun or add bandoliers or something. That's what I would like to see - more customizable uniforms, not stupid player names.

Here's what cheating looks like.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L8YwtcxVRdg

Coloring you name IMHO is not cheating but to each his own. I don't and won't. Same goes for the L3, R3, Arrow keys, and other buttons you can put in your clan tag.
Some people just like to mess with stuff, it's not doing any harm to anyone. Why care? Water off a ducks back.
I'd rather address this guy in the video. That's cheating!

Here's what cheating looks like.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L8YwtcxVRdg

Coloring you name IMHO is not cheating but to each his own. I don't and won't. Same goes for the L3, R3, Arrow keys, and other buttons you can put in your clan tag.
Some people just like to mess with stuff, it's not doing any harm to anyone. Why care? Water off a ducks back.
I'd rather address this guy in the video. That's cheating!


A little off topic.I don't care how this is done. But how does that look on your side so if it can de detected then one can just quit the game. Looks like his oppononets forfeited the game.

As far as name changing if you rely on the green vs red then I would have to agree that it is cheating.

Here's what cheating looks like.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L8YwtcxVRdg

Coloring you name IMHO is not cheating but to each his own. I don't and won't. Same goes for the L3, R3, Arrow keys, and other buttons you can put in your clan tag.
Some people just like to mess with stuff, it's not doing any harm to anyone. Why care? Water off a ducks back.
I'd rather address this guy in the video. That's cheating!
Is this lagging only an XBox issue and can someone do this on the PS3? I've heard of lagging but I never really knew what it was. As far as the changing the font color goes, I think that anything that can affect gameplay is damaging to the integrity of the game. Although I would agree that it's not nearly as bad as what's happening in the link you provided.

As far as name changing if you rely on the green vs red then I would have to agree that it is cheating.

I'd say it's more of an annoyance, than blatantly cheating/tweaking....then again?

Color recognition is one of the easiest ways to detect an enemy, at least at a distance...but also not seeing a name above is a dead giveaway as well. I ran into this for the first time early last week, it didn't really alter how I played but it did cost me a few kills I think, simply due to a slight hesitation on my part. The first match I experienced this on I was a little apprehensive about firing on them, but then I started to notice that their green was a different color than that of my actual teammates, they were where my radar was saying the enemy should be and of course that they were in fact dressed as the opposition.

IMO it's a very shady tactic, but by no means a massive game changing one, once you encounter this a few times you'll be able to adapt quickly and move past it...however it does get really old, really fast.

Isn't the real benefit of the color name changing not only that you may be deceived into thinking the spoofer is on your team when they aren't, but even if they ARE actually on your team, you don't know that either without looking closely at the first [, because the color appears the same for friendly and enemy. So, you see a colored name (be it green, blue, red, etc), and you have no idea who's team they are on, unless you look a little closer at the first [ character, right?

I cannot honestly understand what those of you who are saying this is NOT cheating are thinking. I completely agree with those of you who say it is stupid and not all that helpful of a cheat, and that it will hardly get you anywhere, but to downright say that exploiting the game beyond it's implemented features with the intent to deceive people isn't even a cheat is just ignorant.

wow... is this crap for real?

http://bestlag.com/

so what does it do? Disconnect the players network momentarily so that the lag compensation kicks in and causes everyone to lag out to infinty? That is an unbelievably sh1tty thing to do... I am surprised there is no detection for that... kicking players that have intermittent connectivity should be easy to detect, no?

I guess it makes it so it's not sending or receiving packets. That's how they get away with it. They use these devices to create ping latency and packet drop. What I can see in game on occasion is the "Connection Interruption".

wow... is this crap for real?

http://bestlag.com/

so what does it do? Disconnect the players network momentarily so that the lag compensation kicks in and causes everyone to lag out to infinty? That is an unbelievably sh1tty thing to do... I am surprised there is no detection for that... kicking players that have intermittent connectivity should be easy to detect, no?

No, its a common cheat. See, when you press the move and shoot button those commands get sent to the server instantly, and the server then decides who shot who and what not. When there is lag, the server resyncs with your game and then grabs all the commands you made between the lag and the resync. By creating lag, you can do all these commands in the time and when the server syncs it thinks you did all this crazy stuff like moved 10 steps in one nanosecond. The video shows it.

But honestly, this type of cheat has been around since Quake. Programmers SHOULD know how to design their engines to minimize its effect. It wouldn't surprise me if some games on XBL are not, but they should. Also, how many people are gonna buy this crap? On the PC you had to just download a simple program, making it easy for script kiddies and lame tween griefers to annoy people. And on the 360, if you see someone cheat... file a bad review and you won't be paired with him in the future.

But honestly, this type of cheat has been around since Quake.

Not entirely true. Latency compensation for Quake didn't come into affect until Quake 2. But these kind of issues didn't affect it. Today, they aren't just using latency compensation, but also asking the client "did you actually kill them while you were lagging?" In the old days, there was no client side hit detection, which is all over XBOX Live. Even if the game included client side based trust like that (back then, I can't think of any titles that functioned that way), the tolerances for connections were much lower than they are on consoles these days. In the old days, you lagged, you got booted.

Programmers SHOULD know how to design their engines to minimize its effect.

They do. Those are the games I buy and never sell off. Now I just got Warhawk, so I have little to no idea wtf is going on it that game, but the other two PS3 FPS I own (Camp of Duty 4, UT3) play wonderfully. UT3 is obviously done old school style (I can see my bullets curve due to lag). Camp of Duty I've never seen lag. I suspect it plays too perfectly and is using a LOT of client side tricks to hide lag from the players. Neither one of them are anywhere near as bad as something like Shadowrun (where bullets curved around corners and went though walls), Gears of War (where the hitting standby on your modem let you avoid getting a boot through the head).

Having played COD4 on 360 and PS3, the PS3 version is better. You don't ask questions over the mic like "Who's lagging?" (which is a normal thing to ask over LIVE). Even with piss poor mic support, PSN blows Live out of the water.

I cannot honestly understand what those of you who are saying this is NOT cheating are thinking. I completely agree with those of you who say it is stupid and not all that helpful of a cheat, and that it will hardly get you anywhere, but to downright say that exploiting the game beyond it's implemented features with the intent to deceive people isn't even a cheat is just ignorant.
+1

Oh well, that's why I like to see a steady stream of new games coming out. After a big online multiplayer game has been out for a while, the ankle-biters will find a way to subvert the integrity of the game. That's my cue to look for the next game!

Hopefully Burnout will tide me over until, say, Battlefield: BC or GTA:IV comes out :p

Of course, a good way to avoid these idiots is to play in private matches with people you know. This is probably my favorite way to play COD4 multiplayer.

I don't know, I left a bunch of rooms with those guys tonight just to avoid it, but one guy came in the room I was in a little later on. I killed him over and over again. His green name made him a bigger target to me. I was just looking for the BRIGHT green lettters the entire game.:D

wow, i was thinking about buying cod4 but now i will think twice about it.

cheaters is the exact reason i dont play counter strike on the computer anymore and decided to get a ps3 for fps games. this and hardly any games supporting keyboard and mouse controls on the ps3 i am starting to regret buying the ps3.

i did do my research and bought the ps3 knowing only ut3 supports k/m, but i didnt think there could be any hacking on a gaming console.

p.s. i suspect those who do not think this is cheating are the ones doing it.

^^ There is a fix on which IW is working, apparently.

IW is working on alot, from what they say, but we're seeing nothing!!!!

Cheaters and glitchers like these people ruin every game that comes out and should be banned for life when caught!!! No questions, comments, excuses...nothing, just ban them immediately! Nuff said!

^^^^^^ They need a process in place to detect that kind of thing. Maybe employ a few dozen people to just roam around the lobbies to check out what's going on and kick them.
Maybe they can do something server side to detect these things. Needless to say, IW keeps saying they are working or fixing all this items, but we haven't seen a damn thing. I like the fact they are addressing these issues, but we need them to follow thru.

Well i'd consider this a cheat if it honestly decieves the enemy in an unfair way. I have yet to see this because ive been playing burnout, but ive got the COD itch, and im lvl 54, so im dying to get to 55 (ill never go presitge, i dont have that kind of time). If it is as unfair as every1 says it is, id like to try it, boost my rank some :P

...but ive got the COD itch....
hmmmm.....




:eek:

^^ LOL! thx 4 pointin that out

I'm not sure what happened to the post, but someone even linked to an IW support person saying that changing your name color is "illegal" and that it's about time for a new patch to get rid of this. That should close any debate in this thread about whether it should be considered cheating or not.

I'm not sure what happened to the post, but someone even linked to an IW support person saying that changing your name color is "illegal" and that it's about time for a new patch to get rid of this. That should close any debate in this thread about whether it should be considered cheating or not.

Apparently there was a problem with the AVS server yesterday evening, a lot of posts were lost
Here's the forum link

http://www.infinityward.com/community/forum/index.php?topic=14379.0

Don't people have better stuff to do with their lives than find out how to change their screen name to a different color or symbol. That's pretty lame. If you are that worried about your online "pretend" screen name maybe you should get out a little more into the real world.

No kiddin. I was in a Hardcore Free for all Lastnight and I cant remember the name of the map, it's the small map tan building with a center court, couple of passage ways, and an upstairs. Anyway there were 4 or 5 guys trying to get to the top of the building, (above the second floor) and they were actually tellin other people NOT to shoot them when they got to the one area where you could climb up. They actually were MAD because I was killing everybody I saw...it is a free for all. And Im ceraintly not going to run buy you so that you can glitch and kill people. Needless to say I had a 3 to 1 K/D ratio. LOL 24 kills 8 deaths

Wow, that's cheap! Like the short sweep and throw move in Street Fighter 2.


This made me laugh. I can't even play CoD 4 online to experience this.

wow... is this crap for real?

http://bestlag.com/
I've been seeing this quite a bit lately in the TDM/GW and FFA matches. Really sad that people have to resort to this to get wins. :(

^^^ Now that you mention it I've noticed this much more of late as well, I just didn't know it was a secondary device causing the lag...what a bunch of cheat'n bastages!!!

No kiddin. I was in a Hardcore Free for all Lastnight and I cant remember the name of the map, it's the small map tan building with a center court, couple of passage ways, and an upstairs. Anyway there were 4 or 5 guys trying to get to the top of the building, (above the second floor) and they were actually tellin other people NOT to shoot them when they got to the one area where you could climb up. They actually were MAD because I was killing everybody I saw...it is a free for all. And Im ceraintly not going to run buy you so that you can glitch and kill people. Needless to say I had a 3 to 1 K/D ratio. LOL 24 kills 8 deaths
LMAO, BRAVO BRAVO!!!!!! I would have done the same thing if it was me. I'd have chosen a spot and just kept killing them. Another thing in COD I am sick of is respawing right in front of an enemy and getting killed as soon as I respawn. That needs to be fixed.

I'm not sure what happened to the post, but someone even linked to an IW support person saying that changing your name color is "illegal" and that it's about time for a new patch to get rid of this. That should close any debate in this thread about whether it should be considered cheating or not.

Yes the TOS for both the PSN and COD4 specifically say that it is against the rules to modify game data which you need to do to change the color of names. So there should be no debate.

^^ There is a fix on which IW is working, apparently.


Yes there is a fix on the way on the color changing thing but I have not heard anything that they are working to fix the laggers (like the video shown above).

I've been seeing this quite a bit lately in the TDM/GW and FFA matches. Really sad that people have to resort to this to get wins. :(

ha... I was just online and it was clear in several TDM games... This one guy would win every single face-off with pretty much everybody. The only way to kill him would be to flank while he was focused on someone else... Now I don't know if it was server induced lag, but on the killcam, the guy would fire what it seemed way before me and somehow my shots never registered on the server at all while I was 100% sure that I had fired as well. On top of that another guy joined this same team and ended up with 1 death and 26 kills... I didn't see him a single time in the entire match. Now, I don't know if he was just that good, but wow...

For that lag cheat, do you have to be the host? Or can you be on someone else's hosted ranked match and do it?

The videos I've seen look like the cheater is the host? Also, thinking about the theory, it seems like you HAVE to be the host.

I suppose if you were the host of a ranked game, that might work too.

ha... I was just online and it was clear in several TDM games... This one guy would win every single face-off with pretty much everybody. The only way to kill him would be to flank while he was focused on someone else... Now I don't know if it was server induced lag, but on the killcam, the guy would fire what it seemed way before me and somehow my shots never registered on the server at all while I was 100% sure that I had fired as well. On top of that another guy joined this same team and ended up with 1 death and 26 kills... I didn't see him a single time in the entire match. Now, I don't know if he was just that good, but wow...


That's just buggy net code on the part of COD4. I suspect it uses Client side hit detection. With that system the lagger has the advantage. You see this kind of thing on Live all the time (seriously, it's a BIG problem on Live). All the time, it's really bad. That is of course assuming he's not using a high damage weapon with damage based perks. Then it's just a case of you using the wrong build for your opponents.

Best I've gone is 24:2. I suck at this game. It happens. My KD is typically around 1-1.5, give or take. Sometimes it's 0.3, but most of the time it's above 1.

ha... I was just online and it was clear in several TDM games... This one guy would win every single face-off with pretty much everybody. The only way to kill him would be to flank while he was focused on someone else... Now I don't know if it was server induced lag, but on the killcam, the guy would fire what it seemed way before me and somehow my shots never registered on the server at all while I was 100% sure that I had fired as well. On top of that another guy joined this same team and ended up with 1 death and 26 kills... I didn't see him a single time in the entire match. Now, I don't know if he was just that good, but wow...Agreed. Some people are just really good at the game. Or maybe they just had a good match. Sometimes I have such a good match that I know the other team is pissed and probably thinks I'm cheating. But then in the next map I'll be back to normal. It's just the way it goes, I think.

I've played alot, and I've never run into a cheater in this game (other than name spoofer). Or, at least, I've never run into a cheater who was good enough that I thought he was a cheater, lol.

I've played alot, and I've never run into a cheater in this game (other than name spoofer). Or, at least, I've never run into a cheater who was good enough that I thought he was a cheater, lol.

Agreed if they are cheating and are not good enough to be noticed they must suck big time.

There's like 20 lag switch sites... I swear I see a lagger every day it's ruining online gaming!

bestlag is the worst like Terp said but there's a ton of others like premiumlag.com (http://premiumlag.com) and lagswitch.net

I feel like combating these things shouldn't be that difficult.... especially 2 years after this thread started... come on now Sony and Microsoft..

There's like 20 lag switch sites... I swear I see a lagger every day it's ruining online gaming!

bestlag is the worst like Terp said but there's a ton of others like premiumlag.com (http://premiumlag.com) and lagswitch.net

I feel like combating these things shouldn't be that difficult.... especially 2 years after this thread started... come on now Sony and Microsoft..

And you had to resurrect a nearly 2 year old thread to say this why? :rolleyes:

Most people have moved on to MW2 anyway...

And you had to resurrect a nearly 2 year old thread to say this why? :rolleyes:

Most people have moved on to MW2 anyway...
Maybe because MW2 multiplayer and its lack of dedicated servers is subpar to COD4. ;)

Neither cod4 or mw2 use dedicated servers.

Neither cod4 or mw2 use dedicated servers.
Sorry, forgot this was a PS3 thread - I was referring to the PC versions.

I can't afford the new one.. College blows sometimes.. lol

And you had to resurrect a nearly 2 year old thread to say this why? :rolleyes:

Better than starting a new thread....:p:p:p

is cod4's online working for anyone else? when i hit play online, it brings up downloading game settings and a gray box that says public play lists. wtf?