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About the name: "Noclip" was a common cheat or mod in games, that allowed the player to fly through (or fall through) level-geometry and boundaries.
by citeguised 3y ago
About the name: "Noclip" was a common cheat or mod in games, that allowed the player to fly through (or fall through) level-geometry and boundaries.
- this_is_not_you 3y agoOh, I thought this was related to the Youtube channel Noclip that publishes video game documentaries.
- Retr0id 3y agoGuess what their name is referencing...
- smcl 3y agoInterestingly noclip (as in Danny O’Dwyer) have their own video game archiving project going on, where they’re preserving and uploading old clips to https://archive.org/details/noclip?tab=collection https://archive.org/details/noclip?tab=collection
- 113 3y agoOh no, is this esoteric knowledge now?
- TheFreim 3y agoI think it's still pretty common if you play a lot of PC games, but it's likely much less so. There seem to be less and less games giving you out-of-the-box developer console access which over time will likely cause new video game players to not know about them as much.
- mike_d 3y agoThe concept at least is well known by younger generations. There is an entire movie based on the Backrooms YouTube series coming out that is centered around the idea of "noclip."
- pluijzer 3y agoNowadays, with online game (both MP as SP) cheating is seen as a crime.
- WorldMaker 3y agoYeah, even in single player today. Can't let the idea having fun in a game or having control over a game spoil the statistics of "achievements" for the Achiever players anymore. (Sigh.)
- jtms 3y agoIt’s not an actual crime, but If it’s an online multiplayer game it is a violation of the terms of service. Add to that it tends to ruin other people’s enjoyment of the service, thus negating the main purpose of the service. I think people who cheat in online games are pretty sad, pathetic, and selfish.
- viraptor 3y agoYeah, iddqd and idclip are kind of a shibboleth now : - (
- ace2358 3y agoIdspispopd
- lapetitejort 3y agoThe Konami Code has been tainted by the horrible decisions the developer has made.
- macintux 3y agoWell, some of us haven’t played serious video games since the early 90s, so…
- modeless 3y agoJohn Carmack explains the etymology as [not] "'clipping' your movement vector", which I hadn't heard before. The name makes more sense to me now. https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1688614345511510017 https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1688614345511510017
- pvillano 3y agoI let out an "oh" so long and loud it revealed my location