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From: "Arthur Bredrick" <sammy@blast.net>
Subject: Re: Progs.DAT
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Hydra wrote in message <6bku2v$ept2@reader3.wxs.nl>...
>Mmm,guess I got some things mixed up. Of what _does_ quake check the
>CRC then?


I think it checks the map (bsp) file to see if it matches the one on the
server.  There would be lots of possibilities for cheating by modifying maps
(such as taking out walls so that you could see where other players are
(though I don't think you wouldn't be able to walk through or anything) ).


