Yesterday i set e_shadows to 0 and was a little surprised, because i know that some players playing without any shadows. I think that in this case the player has an advantage over other players, it's cheating.

Crytek should disable this option, and add to servers autokick feature if someone changing forbidden variables.

Watch the video:





Thanks for your opinion

this command can be used to help boost systems with lower specs......i bet you think boosting was cheating ! perfectly legal in game, do you really think they didn't know about such things when testing.....just go play the game, it's a dead game anyways...apparently it's so bad, EA gave me a complete refund a month ago for it...must be tons of people complaining....besides the game replay value isn't there....run and gun...blah...play some battlefield bc2 with actual tactics to game play....this game is already doomed...bf3, mw3 and the new ghost recon this year will make other forget about this silly attempt to make cash....

wait if u set shaows to 0 how can that be cheating? quite frankly you would be getting a disadvantage because u wont be able to see shadows from enemies...
to the troll that replied... M8 COD will never be better then crysis 2. CoD is such a crap that i want to puke when i hear it. BF3 is totaly different type of FPS to Crysis 2. BF3 will be horizon based FPS where u will battle over huge battlefields and Crysis 2 is action based FPS where u gotta have quick reflexes and IQ of over 70. Who says Crysis 2 isnt tactical game either? Like crash site mod doesnt require tactics? or assault? or CTR?? plz just shut the hell up and dissapear from this forum.
PS: Crysis 2 isnt dead it just started to kick ass

Not really cheating and it gives a disadvantage to players using it as it also stops enemies casting shadows which on some maps can make spotting players considerably easier. Terrain shadows dont really make it harder to spot enemies.

this command can be used to help boost systems with lower specs......i bet you think boosting was cheating ! perfectly legal in game, do you really think they didn't know about such things when testing.....just go play the game, it's a dead game anyways...apparently it's so bad, EA gave me a complete refund a month ago for it...must be tons of people complaining....besides the game replay value isn't there....run and gun...blah...play some battlefield bc2 with actual tactics to game play....this game is already doomed...bf3, mw3 and the new ghost recon this year will make other forget about this silly attempt to make cash....

LOL And you still are here posting troll posts! Please get the hell out of this forum, because obviously you don't nothing about gaming...

wait if u set shaows to 0 how can that be cheating? quite frankly you would be getting a disadvantage because u wont be able to see shadows from enemies...
to the troll that replied... M8 COD will never be better then crysis 2. CoD is such a crap that i want to puke when i hear it. BF3 is totaly different type of FPS to Crysis 2. BF3 will be horizon based FPS where u will battle over huge battlefields and Crysis 2 is action based FPS where u gotta have quick reflexes and IQ of over 70. Who says Crysis 2 isnt tactical game either? Like crash site mod doesnt require tactics? or assault? or CTR?? plz just shut the hell up and dissapear from this forum.
PS: Crysis 2 isnt dead it just started to kick ass

LOL Fanboy. dude what do you consider this game. a success? LOL

I agree cod is nothing but the same game over and over with a different skin each outing. But cod sells games every time. they dont try and hide the fact that its dx9.

Not really cheating and it gives a disadvantage to players using it as it also stops enemies casting shadows which on some maps can make spotting players considerably easier. Terrain shadows dont really make it harder to spot enemies.


This. Although it would give an advantage in seeing those who use shadows for added cover. So I think it's a give/take situation. No shadows makes game look like crap.

First of all on the poll there should be another option such as "the creator of this poll has a strange logical thinking and this poll is pointless"


This. Although it would give an advantage in seeing those who use shadows for added cover. So I think it's a give/take situation. No shadows makes game look like crap.

And secondly how did you ppl come up with this idea that if I disable shadows then they will become disabled for all other players also? You are basically saying that when I have my setting on high then so does everyone else I play with.
This topic really boggles my mind.

Have to say, I would feel at an advantage with this, usually I instinctively shy away from shadows, with this..........what shadows?.................As a matter of fact, im going to go play a round with this, i'll report back if there is a KDR change.

EDIT: Okay im back..............cheating or not, this is a holy **** of a clear advantage, enemies stick out like fingers, and the contrast with CELL soldiers is like holding a ipod at night, although it is more difficult to see cloaked enemies, i might add, but only without the use of nanovision, but still, there is an advantage to no shadows. BC2 had this same problem, snipers would turn down the grphx all the way, and easily found counter snipers cross maps hiding under trees. This is Definitely not fair.

Shadows should not be selectable in MP ranked servers IMO. MP play should be a level playing field as far as possible.

I think that it's not cheating. Why?...because nobody can prove the advantage over other players.
I actually think that playing without shadows you're at a disadvantage, because you have less information on screen
when you are looking for your enemy for example.

I tried it for one match and i have to say that it is damn hard to see cloaked enemies whitout shadows...