What is "OpenGL" and why did a player get banned for it?

What is "OpenGL" and why did a player get banned for it? - A Person Putting On Ice Skates in the Locker Room

Today, while playing Counter Strike 1.6 on a server, I saw a message at the left corner saying:

Player Name - x.
Permanent Ban.
Reason - "OpenGL" detected

So what is this OpenGL thing in Counter Strike?



Best Answer

While others used a rather vague explanation of what is the file itself, the modified opengl library would give the player a big advantage over the others such as seeing through walls, computer controlled aim, and so on. In other words he was cheating and got banned for that.




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Alot of OSRS Players are getting Banned for using Cheat Clients




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