Watch out- this is gonna be LONG. But then again, a little reading never hurt anyone, and if it did then you probably need to read more anyway.
Before I start, I have to set some definitions. People who cheat in MS are known as hackers. They are not hackers, but the action they perform is, in essence, hacking. The colloquial definition of hacking is illegitimately gaining access to a server or other computer, which is what happens in many scripts used to cheat- they gain access to the data sent between the client and the server and alter it. However, you can teach without being a professional teacher, and you aren’t a singer just because you have sung. With this in mind, one can reason that cheaters do, to some extent, oversee the act of hacking, but that DOES NOT make them hackers in any sense. If anything, it makes their computers hackers…
Now that we have that out of the way, I will address the issue at hand. Many have claimed that people who cheat have no negative impact on us, that they in no way detract from a legit’s MapleStory experience. Many see their actions as almost justifiable, noble even in some cases. They blissfully cheat their way to an unperceived goal, all the while ignorant to their actual effects on the game.
Recently Maplestory has become much laggier than usual. People log in and are immediately disconnected. Sometimes the game crashes altogether before opening. Even if one does successfully log in, lag and constant disconnection are always a problem, even on good connections. I have been doing some research and I have discerned that the root of this problem is The Corruption.
To put it simply, The Corruption is the process by which MapleStory fails to compensate for alterations in its programming. To test it, I gathered secondhand information on the most common and pervasive classification of cheat engine, the standard Vac Hack.
To operate, a Vac Hack redefines the physical boundaries the monsters may exist in to a single X,Y location, causing them to appear in one place. As a result of this, you get the “flying monsters” effect- because they spawn outside of their defined boundaries. To the program itself, this is the same as if they were to spawn in a solid wall- the response in this case is to fling them violently to a location in which they can exist. However, to accomplish this is much more than some miraculous vacuum- the game is literally reprogrammed in the midst of operation, often in highly populated locations such as the Henesys Hunting Grounds.
We are given ample forewarning when the game will be patched. We are told to log off and disconnected early in some cases, and not allowed to return until after patching is complete. This is because player data may become corrupted were it to still be around while the game’s programming is drastically altered. However, the programming is similarly altered in the case of such a script, only we’re around to see it happen- hence the lag and disconnects.
However, this is only the base of the problem. GameGuard is updated more often than you think. However, for every measure there is a countermeasure. Gameguard is a rootkit, ironically a common type program used in the process of actual hacking, intended to conceal another program’s operation. GameGuard protects MapleStory by making it seem as if it does not exist. To bypass this, Gameguard killers dig deeper and deeper into the game’s bits of code, trying desperately to grasp their target and change its code to suit their needs. Just as in a war, measures and countermeasures often become a battle of sheer power- after all, guns are better than swords, and nukes are even better- and the same is true in this case. Their every recourse digs deeper and deeper into MS’s programming to alter it, as well as deeper into their own computers to find what to grab. The data they alter becomes progressively more volatile and begins to have a greater impact on the game then it once had.
In addition, these files are not so readily available as the original targets. They are not intended for access, and they do not adapt well to alterations without forewarning and appropriate programming equipment. When these are changed, the data that gets altered often cannot reset itself, and as a result various locations become permanently corrupted. If this cycle continues… soon Maplestory WILL become HackStory, but not the cheater’s ideal paradise- no, it will become a tumultuous bog of corrupted data which rejects all access, legit and otherwise.
So, there’s your impact. You say hacks don’t effect us? Then one year from now, I’ll be able to laugh in your face as MapleStory crashes around our ears.
Ah .
‘Tis a speech people .
I should make a speech on how insane I am <3
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Anyway .
Don’t laugh in my face .
Or I’ll. . .
Throw an apple at you .
woooow
i might as well stop playing now then.
on second thought. naaaah
i will be looking forward to the complete and utter destruction when Maple implodes on itself.
destruction is always fun ^_^
o_o
MORE!
Dude, stop spamming the blogs, just save one for another day,
Ditto.
And how do you know that vac is the most common hack? Everyone should know that by far, godmode is the most frequently used. After that would be autoloot and demi.
And script kiddies don’t do server sided hacks. They don’t want to get sued and crap, and aren’t nearly as skilled as you need to be.
I don’t know about your second hand research however, because my hacking friend didn’t go into detail about that.
Ditto.
And how do you know that vac is the most common hack? Everyone should know that by far, godmode is the most frequently used. After that would be autoloot and demi.
And script kiddies don’t do server sided hacks. They don’t want to get sued and crap, and aren’t nearly as skilled as you need to be.
I don’t know about your second hand research however, because my hacking friend didn’t go into detail about that.”
Technically, vac is almost obsolete, some hackers are still using it. But I liked it.
Be thankful his blogs are detailed and interesting, even if he has posted up quite a few within a little amount of time. It’s better then one-lined rubbish, don’t you agree? Better then becoming inactive, too.
Be thankful his blogs are detailed and interesting, even if he has posted up quite a few within a little amount of time. It’s better then one-lined rubbish, don’t you agree? Better then becoming inactive, too.”
Don’t make me feel guilty .
>.>
Be thankful his blogs are detailed and interesting, even if he has posted up quite a few within a little amount of time. It’s better then one-lined rubbish, don’t you agree? Better then becoming inactive, too.”
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VACs are most common?
Not really,
Don’t make me feel guilty .
>.>”
Well, standard “flying pig” vacs are used a lot more by noob script kiddies in Bellocan, and it’s the one I’m most familiar with and could research without actively using it (i.e reading). But I did decide to put this other places to get it realistically evaluated, instead of a bunch of ten year olds spamming it with “ZOMG PIE”. So thanks for the corrections, I’ll do some more research then.
And sorry about spamming the blogs, I’m a noob. If it’s any consolation, I “have reached your limit for today. Try again tomorrow.”
Well, I’ll ‘like’ the blog for effort, and your ability to form a coherent sentence, but your theory has some serious flaws,
1) Maple Story hacks only change the data loaded to memory of the hacker’s computer. These changes are reversed as soon as the computer is turned off, or the program is ended. This is why GameGuard sometimes resorts to restarting offending computers, and thus automatically solving the problem. This is also why a map does not remain vacced after the hacker leaves the channel/map. No permanent damage is done to Nexon servers. This is known as client side hacking
2) Server side hacking is illegal, and nobody smart enough to do it is going to bother wasting their time on Maple Story.
3) GameGuard is bypassed by either shutting down the copy on a hacker’s computer, or tricking it into staying at a lower version than it should be. There is no digging past it involved, and hackers don’t delve deeper and deeper into Maple’s code to get past it. GameGuard isn’t even the same program, it’s made by a different company and stays entirely separate.
4) Routine server checks involve the checking of every file for accuracy, and all ‘corruption’ is caught and reversed when this happens. These are going on all the time, Nexon only shuts down the servers during the major ones.
5) Nexon kicks everyone off the servers because it is not possible to change a file that is in use. It is therefore neccesary to free up all the files on the server by removing all users loading and viewing them. (You can even test this one yourself, by opening a document, and see what Windows tells you when you try and rename it.)
So yeah, congrats on the grammar, but this is yet another case of a smart person who doesn’t know how hacking works. *nods*
-Munky
1) Maple Story hacks only change the data loaded to memory of the hacker’s computer. These changes are reversed as soon as the computer is turned off, or the program is ended. This is why GameGuard sometimes resorts to restarting offending computers, and thus automatically solving the problem. This is also why a map does not remain vacced after the hacker leaves the channel/map. No permanent damage is done to Nexon servers. This is known as client side hacking
2) Server side hacking is illegal, and nobody smart enough to do it is going to bother wasting their time on Maple Story.
3) GameGuard is bypassed by either shutting down the copy on a hacker’s computer, or tricking it into staying at a lower version than it should be. There is no digging past it involved, and hackers don’t delve deeper and deeper into Maple’s code to get past it. GameGuard isn’t even the same program, it’s made by a different company and stays entirely separate.
4) Routine server checks involve the checking of every file for accuracy, and all ‘corruption’ is caught and reversed when this happens. These are going on all the time, Nexon only shuts down the servers during the major ones.
5) Nexon kicks everyone off the servers because it is not possible to change a file that is in use. It is therefore neccesary to free up all the files on the server by removing all users loading and viewing them. (You can even test this one yourself, by opening a document, and see what Windows tells you when you try and rename it.)
So yeah, congrats on the grammar, but this is yet another case of a smart person who doesn’t know how hacking works. *nods*
-Munky”
Words of true wisdom.
1) Maple Story hacks only change the data loaded to memory of the hacker’s computer. These changes are reversed as soon as the computer is turned off, or the program is ended. This is why GameGuard sometimes resorts to restarting offending computers, and thus automatically solving the problem. This is also why a map does not remain vacced after the hacker leaves the channel/map. No permanent damage is done to Nexon servers. This is known as client side hacking
2) Server side hacking is illegal, and nobody smart enough to do it is going to bother wasting their time on Maple Story.
3) GameGuard is bypassed by either shutting down the copy on a hacker’s computer, or tricking it into staying at a lower version than it should be. There is no digging past it involved, and hackers don’t delve deeper and deeper into Maple’s code to get past it. GameGuard isn’t even the same program, it’s made by a different company and stays entirely separate.
4) Routine server checks involve the checking of every file for accuracy, and all ‘corruption’ is caught and reversed when this happens. These are going on all the time, Nexon only shuts down the servers during the major ones.
5) Nexon kicks everyone off the servers because it is not possible to change a file that is in use. It is therefore neccesary to free up all the files on the server by removing all users loading and viewing them. (You can even test this one yourself, by opening a document, and see what Windows tells you when you try and rename it.)
So yeah, congrats on the grammar, but this is yet another case of a smart person who doesn’t know how hacking works. *nods*
-Munky”
Words of true wisdom.”
Words of true wisdom.
Anyway, a disclaimer: The reason I’m knowledgeable about hacking is I’m an ex-Gunbound hacker, and that’s how I learned my main mobile, truth be told. I don’t hack anymore on that game, because I’m lazy, and it’s easier now to just win by myself, now that I know how to be rigged with Kalisddon.
I’ve never hacked MapleStory, and the proof I can give you of this is that I level up about once every four months. *cracks up* Regardless, I still hang out around the hacking forums to keep an eye on all of them. *nods*
-Munky
Yeah, you can learn a whole lot by stalking hackers in their own forums.