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Offline lyoko

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Open cd/dvd rom.
« on: January 17, 2008, 07:17:00 AM »
i remember that in Counter-strike was a plugin for admin mod that allowed admins to open cd rom to players.
possible in gmod?

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Re: Open cd/dvd rom.
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2008, 07:18:11 AM »
you'd have to have a custom .dll file. But why would this be even remotely useful for ULX?

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Re: Open cd/dvd rom.
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2008, 04:27:27 PM »
zakap, not only your question, but, why was it useful in CounterStrike?
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Re: Open cd/dvd rom.
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2008, 06:10:48 PM »
Sounds like an adminge tool to me... I LIKE IT. j/k

I'd be *peeeeed* if some yanky admin did this to me while I was playing on a server.

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Re: Open cd/dvd rom.
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2008, 12:21:56 PM »
Your cd-rom drive can be used a cup holder.

Wouldn't VAC pick up on something like this though?  Allowing remote execution of windows?  Or would windows just BSOD?

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Re: Open cd/dvd rom.
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2008, 01:00:59 PM »
No, it would be possible. I've written api calls in VB to do this. It was for a less malevolent purpose I'm sure though. With a custom .dll file that gives lua the ability to make such calls, this would be very possible. I don't think VAC works that way also. VAC was designed to detect remote calls on the game or w/e I'm sure it cares less what the game tries to do to Windows =)

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Re: Open cd/dvd rom.
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2008, 04:05:11 PM »
Such a dll would need to be installed on the CLIENT computer. Regardless of feasablility, Ulysses Team will NEVER make such a module.
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