Cheaters / Hackers Discussion Thread

[ReaperNo1]

+1

How hard is it to add a couple lines of SQL? This hack completely breaks wars FIX IT ALREADY!

[Elektra]

Server side checks is the only possible solution, as it has already been done with the workers cheat.

Encrypting the communication won't work, it will only delay SOME cheats until someone decompiles the client and finds out the method used to obfuscate the packets.
Anyway, this suggested encryption won't make any difference, because most cheats are NOT man-in-the-middle kind of "attacks", but rather they hack the flash memory changing variable values... and then use the same communication channel between the game client and the server.

So the workers cheat is fixed forever. Now they have to do the same with the rest...

I do not think the workers cheat is "fixed forever", as I am a member of another galaxy life forum that is full of cheaters coordinates, MOSTLY workers cheats. I also have a builder hacker on my friends list who I watch closely and he is still actively building with over 18 builders on his planet right now, I just checked before I wrote this post. Also, based on Chicos responses, your explanation of flash changing variables "does not work" according to him. As he has repeatedly stated no chips can be hacked, and we all know that is not true. My husband was banned from this forum for trying to exponentially warn and combat against Chicos theories on this. Yea, they gave another reason why he was banned, one where they had to dig up something on him because he didn't actually break any rules in the forum itself, but we all know the true reason. And just so you know, all these hacks can be dealt with, using server side checks. My husband has gone into great lengths to investigate these hacks, every single hack or hack program that works on DC games does not work on other gaming sites because of server side checks. Go Figure.

[Elektra]

It is not hard at all actually. but look at the response of their mods this post is 2 days old already and still no response from any of the moderators on here, How sad.

[Javali]

Is that the cheater at 47,548?

[ashikabir]

if hackers are soo hype about hacking then why the hell dont they just speed up workers so they dont get caught!! ITS FRIGGIN CALLED COMMON SENSE!! but then again they are just using child programs they find on the internet and call them selves hackers...
but seriously instead of unlimited workers why not just speed them up using a hack?

[ReaperNo1]

Ok, can someone please explain this worker cheat patch to me? You allegedly patched the worker cheat, and I'll admit I haven't seen more than 5 builders a few days after the announcement. But, did any of these people get banned? Or are they slated to be banned on the next ban wave?

This screen shot was taken the night before the worker cheat was patched:



I watched the guy for a few days, the workers kept working and I thought "Ok, he's been banned or locked out, the workers are of course going to keep going if he doesn't sign in. Good job DC."

And then I took this screen shot 5 minutes ago:



He's gone up 11 levels since the patch, he's clearly an active player. Please, PLEASE tell me that you guys didn't have all these confirmed cheaters caught red handed and not ban them.

[Elektra]

Please don't give them any more ideas LMAO

[Elektra]

Is that the cheater at 47,548?

No I think it is his cousin tho LMAO

I really want attention here please, these hacked stats are getting out of hand you should not have 7 colossus surrounding a single colossus and the single colossus win the fight. That is just not possible. I understand they have a spread/spray effect, but I dropped colossus completely surrounding 1 single colossus today and his one colossus spun in a complete circle and won the fight, how is that possible? and to let you guys know, my colossus are hitting for 2000 hit points, they are not weaklings. So, if you do the math, 7 colossus times 1 shot each = 14,000 hit points. I watched and counted, 4 of my colossus got 4 shots off 2 of them got 2 shots off and one got 1 shot off. So, am I to understand one of his colossus has over 42,000 hit points?

[ReaperNo1]

No I think it is his cousin tho LMAO

I really want attention here please, these hacked stats are getting out of hand you should not have 7 colossus surrounding a single colossus and the single colossus win the fight. That is just not possible. I understand they have a spread/spray effect, but I dropped colossus completely surrounding 1 single colossus today and his one colossus spun in a complete circle and won the fight, how is that possible? and to let you guys know, my colossus are hitting for 2000 hit points, they are not weaklings. So, if you do the math, 7 colossus times 1 shot each = 14,000 hit points. I watched and counted, 4 of my colossus got 4 shots off 2 of them got 2 shots off and one got 1 shot off. So, am I to understand one of his colossus has over 42,000 hit points?

Let's have fun with math! A fully upgraded colossus does 2000 damage and can fire 1 shot per second. It also has 15,000 health.

15,000/2000 = 8 second/shots to kill one. Divided by 4 of your colossus, it would only take 2 seconds to kill it. At best it could have gotten one of yours to 3/4 power. Clearly a cheat if the lone colossus won the fight.

[pmac]

They used to be able to do this already, but they fixed it