First succesful hacking of ES multiplayer?

Rippey

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12 years ago

Jan 7, 2013, 7:29:18 PM

Apparently rumours have gone out regarding players having succesfully altered the game in ways that allows for late-game techs from start?

It's just a rumour so far, I've got no concrete proof, but has anyone else witnessed this type of stuff?

VIPDMT

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VIPDMT

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16 300g2g pts

12 years ago

Jan 7, 2013, 8:22:52 PM

No but I saw a guy with unlimited faction trait points.... The game should really sum up the faction trait points as looking at them manually takes time and if someone is sneaky enough there is no way to tell other than to build out the faction they created yourself....

Anelyn

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Anelyn

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12 years ago

Jan 7, 2013, 8:26:13 PM

I suppose it should be very easy to verify that rumor in MP, and there should be an option to blacklist / ban said person for such behavior.

KnightHawk

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KnightHawk

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12 years ago

Jan 7, 2013, 9:00:41 PM

Anelyn wrote:
I suppose it should be very easy to verify that rumor in MP, and there should be an option to blacklist / ban said person for such behavior.

Why, you're playing that persons map, duh, they can mod it however they want.

KnightHawk

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KnightHawk

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12 years ago

Jan 7, 2013, 9:02:50 PM

Apparently rumours have gone out regarding players having succesfully altered the game in ways that allows for late-game techs from start?

Are you talking about something other then mods or edited maps...that have been around as long as the game has?

Anelyn

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Anelyn

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12 years ago

Jan 7, 2013, 9:57:34 PM

KnightHawk wrote:
Why, you're playing that persons map, duh, they can mod it however they want.

My bad, I thought he meant someone can hack the game and give themselves bonuses - without them being the host and using a custom map / settings / mods w/e. As in I join your game and I do hocus-pocus and end up with tier 3 techs at start of game or have unlimited dust whatever lol

KnightHawk

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KnightHawk

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12 years ago

Jan 7, 2013, 11:36:06 PM

Oh, well if it's not the host doing it then yeah that would something new and actually my bad. I imagine it's not that difficult to actually accomplish though, just a matter of sending the right messages to the host I would think though perhaps there is some protection against that, I've never looked into it, though it wouldn't surprise me if others have.

Waylander1982

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Waylander1982

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12 years ago

Jan 8, 2013, 1:57:50 AM

Who would ever bother to cheat?

VIPSpaceVC

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VIPSpaceVC

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7 800g2g pts

12 years ago

Jan 8, 2013, 12:59:40 PM

Waylander1982 wrote:
Who would ever bother to cheat?

And that, Waylander, was exactly what I was wondering. Endless dust convertible in gold exchanged on a secondary market?

Waylander1982

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Waylander1982

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12 years ago

Jan 8, 2013, 6:42:59 PM

It just all seems rather pointless, the challenge is the better half of the gameplay experience ^^

KnightHawk

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KnightHawk

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12 years ago

Jan 8, 2013, 7:00:53 PM

Waylander1982 wrote:
Who would ever bother to cheat?

I always wonder that cause if you didn't want a human challenge why are playing multiplayer in the first place right? But there are always those that try to cheat in just about any multi-player game so I suppose ES will be no different.

CoffeeKitty

Confirmed Vodyani