Spotting Hackers.

[someonesomewhere]

There's a difference between glitching and hacking. Glitchers abuse bugs in the game, hackers use a third party program in order to exploit the game.

I'm making this thread in the hopes it will make our less informed players more savvy about what to do when they see someone hacking, and to know when someone is hacking.

If a mod would be as kind as to sticky this, that'd be nice. Or, if a mod would find this thread unecessary, then by all means delete it.

Spotting Hackers

The screenshot I have attached is a photo of someone wall hacking that I took recently. When a person wall hacks, he/she ignores whatever type of tile they walk on and can walk over any obstacles. Most of the time, it is fairly obvious to spot someone when they are doing this.
Note: In the screenshot, you'll notice that's he just walking off of the cliff. A better screenshot would've been of him still mostly on it, though I had a couple of distractions as you can see :P

Another type of hacking that is relatively common on Zone is "Speed hacking". Generally, you might notice a player moving a lot faster or maybe just a little faster than anyone can. If so, make sure that the mentioned player isn't just lagging.

The above two are the most common ones I have seen on Zone. If anyone has another to report that they've seen, please PM ME on the forums.

Going About Reporting Hackers

Unfortunately, many people have tried to send in doctored screen shots of people they don't like to get them banned, so screenshots do not help much. However, if you see any ETs on, get one of them to go to the hacker and report the hacker himself. However, if no ETs are on, try to get a couple of people to get pictures of the hacker and send in screenshots via the support center.

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Report hackers to them.

Frapping, or any other sort of screen capture program (perferably one with at least mediocre quality) helps to report people.

Miscellaneous

* Never report hackers on the forums. Always use the support center, or you'll have your thread and/or post deleted.
* Using screen capture programs such as Fraps offer more proof than just a screen shot. Using one of them to report a hacker is more useful.
* NEVER hack to prevent hacking. The ends do not justify the means here.


If you use hacks at all, I do not care where, you will be locked immediately, no exceptions.

I'm requesting that this thread be closed in a few days. Thank you.