Still, any bugged/unstable item or feature is exploitable if given enough time and dedication. That's why beta testing is necessary in the first place.
Quoting sirkewberth:
"[...]you needed a hacking tool to edit game memory and then to set your real cubit balance in a specific range (using tip pigs) before sending messages to the server." This was no ordinary bug. You needed knowledge in cheat engine in order to make it work. You could have tested it as much as you wanted. If you werent to use CE you werent finding it out.
I will be honest, 5 years without a major glitch/hack like that is impressive! O-o
There were more attempts in past. The most known of them is pharamond's 1 cubit halloween pack. But that one was caught by devs pretty fast.
dang, i did forget about that one
What about the guy who teleported through the ground to marble and cave arts in mines and automatically mined them?
never heard about that one =/ (and i wouldn't consider it being major, it would only destroy cave arts and marble prices, compared to these 2 where they could destroy the whole economy)
I will be honest, 5 years without a major glitch/hack like that is impressive! O-o
There were more attempts in past. The most known of them is pharamond's 1 cubit halloween pack. But that one was caught by devs pretty fast.
dang, i did forget about that one
What about the guy who teleported through the ground to marble and cave arts in mines and automatically mined them?
He didnt teleport through the ground. He used CE in order to make every block invisible (really invisible not what we can do by not loading the realm properly) order to see only what he was interested in: Artifacts and marble.
I will be honest, 5 years without a major glitch/hack like that is impressive! O-o
There were more attempts in past. The most known of them is pharamond's 1 cubit halloween pack. But that one was caught by devs pretty fast.
dang, i did forget about that one
What about the guy who teleported through the ground to marble and cave arts in mines and automatically mined them?
He didnt teleport through the ground. He used CE in order to make every block invisible (really invisible not what we can do by not loading the realm properly) order to see only what he was interested in: Artifacts and marble.
He definitely was teleporting.
SirKewberthEdenForum Administrator, Forum Moderator, Game Developer
Think this thread has veered off some now and I'm not sure a greatest hits of past exploits is beneficial so I'm going to lock it off.
SirKewberthEdenForum Administrator, Forum Moderator, Game Developer
Small update. For those still concerned, rollback is a definite no now. While there's no perfect solution, we've managed to undo a lot of the trades and clean up more of the damage working these last few days on it. And a little later some more items will be added to help with affected pricing.
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"[...]you needed a hacking tool to edit game memory and then to set your real cubit balance in a specific range (using tip pigs) before sending messages to the server."
This was no ordinary bug. You needed knowledge in cheat engine in order to make it work. You could have tested it as much as you wanted. If you werent to use CE you werent finding it out.