Miniature Mallyx in Pre-Searing - Another Glitch or Not ? - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

14 Aug 2007 at 15:13 - 81

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antithesis

TexMod is a third-party tool to allow the opening and exploration of files within a .dat archive. Files can be extracted and manipulated, in this case textures, and effectively injected back into the game, albeit locally by launching gw.exe through TexMod.

Ummm...that looks like reverse-engineering and modified game execution to me. It may only be for visual purposes on a local machine, but again, my point is they're allowing GW to be launched via a third-party tool whose sole purpose is to modify game content. And the company position of allowing this to happen is the starting point of the slippery slope.

Until we know what is the cause, theres no direct correlation that texture modding is the cause or modding is even the cause of this.

As such, your slippery slope is fallacious.

Completely blaming Anet for anything and everything their user base instead of directing it at those malicious/manipulative/exploiting individuals is irresponsible.

All the data in the .dat stays the same. The .exe is not modified at all. The only thing being modified is what the user sees. Its the equivalent to me sending the video data to a black and white TV and viewing it through that.

Hell. I could DRAW on top of my LCD screen and have the same effect.

AscalonWarrior

Wilds Pathfinder

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Mo/

14 Aug 2007 at 15:13 - 82

He probably got that Mallyx to there when players had access to their gh from Pre Sear.

Karlos

Master of Mallyx

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Kaizen Order [Kaiz]

E/Me

14 Aug 2007 at 15:14 - 83

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

I'm confused. Why shouldn't a player have a Miniature Mallyx in Pre-Searing? I have certain codes on my account now. If I make a character and enable that code while in Pre-Searing, that's where the miniature will appear on my account.

There is no "No miniatures in Pre-Searing" protocol in Guild Wars. I have a Kuunavang in Pre-Searing myself.

Could you explain why this is a "glitch?"

Because Kuunavang is part of the Birthday series, Gaile... Mallyx is not. Here:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Miniature

Mallyx is ONLY obtained by opening Coffers of Whispers, whic are only obtained in the Domain of Anguish which is why that seller in the picture is proudly proclaiming he's selling the only one in Pre-searing.

Coridan

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:14 - 84

[Quote by Anthitheses] Ummm...that looks like reverse-engineering and modified game execution to me. It may only be for visual purposes on a local machine, but again, my point is they're allowing GW to be launched via a third-party tool whose sole purpose is to modify game content. And the company position of allowing this to happen is the starting point of the slippery slope. [/Quote]

This text modding or running GW thru a 3rd party program is nothing new...anyone remember 3dfxanalyzer http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=35043

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

14 Aug 2007 at 15:15 - 85

Quote:

Originally Posted by spellsword

You get Mallyx from the Coffer of Whispers, which you can't get in Presear.

Thank you! It's early yet, and I didn't get much sleep!

Now I understand the concern. Let me ask about this.

Pkest

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Hooded Reavers of Eternal Life(Ankh)

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:17 - 86

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

I'm confused. Why shouldn't a player have a Miniature Mallyx in Pre-Searing? I have certain codes on my account now. If I make a character and enable that code while in Pre-Searing, that's where the miniature will appear on my account.

There is no "No miniatures in Pre-Searing" protocol in Guild Wars. I have a Kuunavang in Pre-Searing myself.

Could you explain why this is a "glitch?"

Kuunie was a code. Asura was a code. Are you saying there is a code for Mallyx? Thought he only came out of a coffer. Also this is about a new hack that allows a working guild hall button to be added to the ui that allows travel to gh from pre.

Antithesis

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Sphincter Says [What]

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:17 - 87

Quote:

Originally Posted by arcanemacabre

You are misinformed. That's not what TexMod does at all. It runs alongside the game and "captures" (for lack of a better term) the textures that are displayed and brought into temporary memory. You can then do what you want with them, then run TexMod again to "capture" those specific textures, and overwrite them in the same temporary memory. It never touches any Guild Wars game files at all. Guild Wars is not altered in any way, even on the client side. Only that which is displayed is altered.

I'm not disagreeing with you and i do see how TexMod works. It's the simple fact that GW can be launched with TexMod and the presentation of the content can be altered (i realise the exe and .dat are not altered by TexMod, apologies for the lack of clarity), be it in temporary memory outside the game or not that bothers me. If it can be done with textures then *perhaps* it can be done to run scripts to alter game behaviour be it injection or blockage.

Isn't that how some unlimited energy / health / lives hacks work for other games? The game data isn't altered, the exe isn't altered, but the game behaviour is modified by an external application intercepting calls within the code. In this case they may have discovered a disabled UI component in GW.dat that when reactivated makes a call to the existing GH travel code - inserting the UI item back into the game allows pre's to interact with post's and smuggle items back in.

I really don't know and am purely speculating. Put it down to an overactive imagination and creating a storm in a teacup...i'm just anal-retentive about the whole "third-party" thing

Buggers me what they can do about it...

VorianVader

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Blitzers

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:17 - 88

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

I'm confused. Why shouldn't a player have a Miniature Mallyx in Pre-Searing? I have certain codes on my account now. If I make a character and enable that code while in Pre-Searing, that's where the miniature will appear on my account.
There is no "No miniatures in Pre-Searing" protocol in Guild Wars. I have a Kuunavang in Pre-Searing myself.
Could you explain why this is a "glitch?"

Because unlike Kuunavang and other minis; mallyx is not a birthday miniature. To my recollection, you can only get Mallyx from a coffer of whispers in the DoA. So by logical extension, to get Mallyx to pre, you must have gotten him in post on another character and then transferred by some means to pre.

arcanemacabre

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Angel Sharks [As]

14 Aug 2007 at 15:19 - 89

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Thank you! It's early yet, and I didn't get much sleep!

Now I understand the concern. Let me ask about this.

As was said in the dupe thread:

"Well, gang, looks like we have another mystery on our hands!"

Time to split up. Daphne, uhh, I mean Gaile, you go with Velma. Scooby and Shaggy, you're with me.

zwei2stein

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:20 - 90

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

I'm confused. Why shouldn't a player have a Miniature Mallyx in Pre-Searing? I have certain codes on my account now. If I make a character and enable that code while in Pre-Searing, that's where the miniature will appear on my account.

There is no "No miniatures in Pre-Searing" protocol in Guild Wars. I have a Kuunavang in Pre-Searing myself.

Could you explain why this is a "glitch?"

Kuunavang is totally possible in presearing, but countless minipers are definitelly not: Greased lightning, Ghostly hero, MALLYX, because there is no legit way to spawn them in presearing, because they are not given at b-day, and they are no obtainable by /bonus.

Unless there is dev running around spawning those minis in pre, there is no other explanation that someone has mallyx than that there is exploit that allows smuggling postsearing things to presearing. AGAIN.

TheRaven

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Virginia

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:21 - 91

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

I'm confused. Why shouldn't a player have a Miniature Mallyx in Pre-Searing? I have certain codes on my account now. If I make a character and enable that code while in Pre-Searing, that's where the miniature will appear on my account.

There is no "No miniatures in Pre-Searing" protocol in Guild Wars. I have a Kuunavang in Pre-Searing myself.

Could you explain why this is a "glitch?"

MiniPets come in 3 categories.
1. Birthday Gifts (Bone Dragon, Djinn, etc)
2. Keycode access (Asura, Kuunie,etc)
3. Chest rewards (Ghostly Hero, Mallyx)

Categories 1 and 2 are legit pets to find in pre. Perma-Pre characters can have a birthday while in Pre and Keycode pets can be created by the Pre characters.

Category 3 is off limits to pre until you find a legit Pre character that can win Halls or open a coffer of whispers.

dread pirate fargus

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:21 - 92

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Originally Posted by dread pirate fargus

in the presearing community it has been accepted pretty much widespread that some characters were left 'parked' in the guild hall for a full year.

we all knew people were camping in the guild hall until they could fill the characters with stuff, we just werent sure how long they were willing to wait.

i dont beleive for a second its a hack.

maybe i didnt make it clear, i meant that they had been camped there ever since the first glitch, with a 1 way back to pre via the 'leave guild hall' button

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

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The Edge

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:24 - 93

I don't think it's been proven that this guy used a hack or an exploit. It may be as simple as what someone mentioned above. Maybe he's been camped out in his GH for the last year. Hey, people do the craziest things.

That said, nothing is unhackable. If he did hack the client we should be looking at another perma-ban.

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

14 Aug 2007 at 15:25 - 94

Quote:

Originally Posted by dread pirate fargus

maybe i didnt make it clear, i meant that they had been camped there ever since the first glitch, with a 1 way back to pre via the 'leave guild hall' button

That's an interesting theory. I would imagine it's entirely possible, but I've inquired if the designers can give this some thought, and I am sure they will.

(And thank you, everyone, for your quick and informative responses to my earlier question. I feel rather silly for asking, but boy, I get it now.

)

Karlos

Master of Mallyx

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E/Me

14 Aug 2007 at 15:25 - 95

Ok guys... I think she gets it now..

MirkoTeran

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:28 - 96

Just for info: there is no point in 'hacking' .DAT file. That is just their virtual file-system warped into one file. Unless the actions are scripted and scripts are loaded from there that has little point.

Karlos

Master of Mallyx

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E/Me

14 Aug 2007 at 15:31 - 97

Quote:

Originally Posted by dread pirate fargus

maybe i didnt make it clear, i meant that they had been camped there ever since the first glitch, with a 1 way back to pre via the 'leave guild hall' button

That makes little sense however... Why bring his character out of the guild hall JUST before GW:EN comes out? Why try and sell Mallyx in Pre-Searing where he will never get anything close to it's real value and months after it had its peak value? I mean if all he had is a one way ticket, he sure chose a really bad time to use it.

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

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The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

14 Aug 2007 at 15:32 - 98

^^ EDIT> Karlos beat me to it

What I don't get is why would someone take a mini-Mallyx to Pre to sale anyway? Most people in Pre wouldn't have enough gold yet to buy it. You're kind of limiting your market to a very, very small group.

Pkest

Wilds Pathfinder

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R/

14 Aug 2007 at 15:35 - 99

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

That's an interesting theory. I would imagine it's entirely possible, but I've inquired if the designers can give this some thought, and I am sure they will.

(And thank you, everyone, for your quick and informative responses to my earlier question. I feel rather silly for asking, but boy, I get it now.

)

Did you see the part about this being a new hack that puts a working guild hall button on your ui so you can travel to gh from pre? There are supposedly tomes and all sorts of stuff flowing into pre now.

Theosebes

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

14 Aug 2007 at 15:38 - 100

For those who are doubting the reality of this: let me reiterate what several have already said. This is not a redux of the Guild Hall bug. This is a simple texture mod client-side that does nothing more than make the Guild Hall button available to the player when he wouldn't otherwise have it available. Tomes, Mallyx minis, Green Weapons, XP scrolls, and other things that are not normally found in Pre-Searing are now showing up in increasing number.

Bags used to be the thing, then expert salvage kits. Anet cut the legs out from the black market by making those things drop in Pre. Now it's tomes and XP Scrolls.

The good news is that a mallyx mini is easy to spot. The bad news is that an LDoA who used XP scrolls or someone in pre that has a hard res and elite skills are much harder to spot (for the players).

I am sure that Anet will ban those that have abused this, but in the meantime we have another imbalance in the Presearing economy

Coridan

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:40 - 101

Quote:

Originally Posted by WoodyDotNet

^^ EDIT> Karlos beat me to it

What I don't get is why would someone take a mini-Mallyx to Pre to sale anyway? Most people in Pre wouldn't have enough gold yet to buy it. You're kind of limiting your market to a very, very small group.

They sale it in pre but get paid in POST money/items

Antithesis

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Sphincter Says [What]

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:41 - 102

Quote:

Originally Posted by WoodyDotNet

^^ EDIT> Karlos beat me to it

What I don't get is why would someone take a mini-Mallyx to Pre to sale anyway? Most people in Pre wouldn't have enough gold yet to buy it. You're kind of limiting your market to a very, very small group.

Ditto. If it's purely for e-peen I wouldn't consider selling it. I'd be showing off my prize pig for ego gratification, not money. The mere fact that he is selling it cries exploit.

Two big exploits uncovered in a couple of days (or a few weeks at the most)...something's amiss and theories do abound about a texture mod displaying the GH button behind this one. Ignore it at your own peril.

Pkest

Wilds Pathfinder

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R/

14 Aug 2007 at 15:43 - 103

Quote:

Originally Posted by Theosebes

For those who are doubting the reality of this: let me reiterate what several have already said. This is not a redux of the Guild Hall bug. This is a simple texture mod client-side that does nothing more than make the Guild Hall button available to the player when he wouldn't otherwise have it available. Tomes, Mallyx minis, Green Weapons, XP scrolls, and other things that are not normally found in Pre-Searing are now showing up in increasing number.

(

This is NOT a texture mod. Texmod can't add functional buttons where they don't belong. This is a hack to the gw.exe file.

Rehnahvah Gahro

Frost Gate Guardian

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14 Aug 2007 at 15:52 - 104

Well, if he really camped in GH and now after more than one year went back he most certainly took more than a Mini Mallyx with him. Could be that he took 250 of every Elite and normal tome with him, Salvage Kits, Runes, Insignias... just everything til his char inventory is full.

This would be legal, but very questionable at least and - of course - not wanted by other people. Anet probably just didn't think about the possibility.

tuna-fish_sushi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

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E/A

14 Aug 2007 at 15:59 - 105

rehnahvah is right, people have left guild wars on for more than a year and never updated since the glitch was fixed. I have seen people with Elite tomes, Normal tomes in presearing and so now its possible to have almost anything in pre searing.

Rehnahvah Gahro

Frost Gate Guardian

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14 Aug 2007 at 16:05 - 106

I did not try to say that they left it on for a year xD... that would be nearly impossible. They just got some stuff with other chars, put it into Chest, took it out of the chest with the PreSear-Char, and now decided to klick "Leave Guild Hall" Button -> voilà!

Quite broken but possible

BTW you would be kicked out of the game after a while... I think you can only play a few hours in an old build..

Antithesis

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Sphincter Says [What]

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14 Aug 2007 at 16:10 - 107

Quote:

Originally Posted by tuna-fish_sushi

rehnahvah is right, people have left guild wars on for more than a year and never updated since the glitch was fixed. I have seen people with Elite tomes, Normal tomes in presearing and so now its possible to have almost anything in pre searing.

Are you serious or being sarcastic?!? Leaving GW online for more than a year's gotta be more ludicrous that my TexMod conspiracy theories.

To maintain the same fileversion as the GH glitch, the PC can not have been rebooted for over a year, nor can GW close because the files will update upon the next launch.

Even enterprise-level webhosting providers CAN NOT guarantee 100% uptime without using a cluster for redundancy, so i can't see a home PC staying online or GW staying up for anywhere near a year.

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

14 Aug 2007 at 16:15 - 108

I just hope they don't go on another #*&$ing banning spree. Beginning to ban people using Texmod would be more utter bullshit. They'd pull a douchebag and say "Well we never said it was okay, so the ban stays".

*groan*

At least give us a heads up, ya'll.

Emunator

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

DVDF

Mo/E

14 Aug 2007 at 16:15 - 109

Quote:

Originally Posted by A-Net Response

Response (GM Clive) 08/14/2007 03:37 PM
Hello Eric,

Thank you very much for contacting the Guild Wars Customer Support Team. Unfortunately your help request was incomplete or unclear. If you still require assistance, please reply back to this email with a detailed description of the problem you are having and we will assist you as quickly as possible. To speed up the process of solving your problem, please include any information that's available on the problem.

Regards,
GM Clive

Guild Wars Customer Support
NCsoft Europe
http://www.guildwars.com

Sorry just had to post this, i did post a report with exactly the same screen shot to a-net.
What is unclear about it?
Or did someone didnt take a look at it?

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

14 Aug 2007 at 16:16 - 110

The original pre-searing GH glitch was simple.

Pre-chars could go to GH. When they got to GH, they could get items to sell in pre.

Anet patched it so that you cannot go to GH from Pre.

HOWEVER.

The question is. When it was patched, were all Pre-characters who were still in their GHs kicked back to Pre?? Or did they stay in their GHs?

TheRaven

Desert Nomad

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Virginia

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14 Aug 2007 at 16:18 - 111

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antithesis

Are you serious or being sarcastic?!? Leaving GW online for more than a year's gotta be more ludicrous that my TexMod conspiracy theories.

To maintain the same fileversion as the GH glitch, the PC can not have been rebooted for over a year, nor can GW close because the files will update upon the next launch.

Even enterprise-level webhosting providers CAN NOT guarantee 100% uptime without using a cluster for redundancy, so i can't see a home PC staying online or GW staying up for anywhere near a year.

Heck even staying on the rings for an entire weekend was a challenge! Late Friday evening, I went to bed and left my warrior, Scarlet on the 9 Ring game with a bunch of tickets clutched in her hand.

Saturday morning I wake up to an "Error 007" disconnect message and a rather grumpy Scarlet on the login screen.

Sunday Night I again leave a rather drunk Scarlet on the rings and go to bed. In the morning, I find her hung over, but still on the rings.....along with a rather persistent "New build available please exit and restart guild wars now" message flashing up every few seconds.

I decide to merch my remaining tickets and do some character inventory before rebooting the game. I log onto another character, but could not do a single thing with her. I tried to warp into an explorable area. Nope. Couldn't do it. I tried instead to map travel to another town. Nope. Couldn't do it. I tried to return to my guild hall. Nope. Couldn't do it.

I gave up and grabbed the new build.

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

14 Aug 2007 at 16:19 - 112

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antithesis

Two big exploits uncovered in a couple of days (or a few weeks at the most)...something's amiss and theories do abound about a texture mod displaying the GH button behind this one. Ignore it at your own peril.

Texmod can't do that. It can only change the appearance of what is already there.

DarkNecrid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

14 Aug 2007 at 16:29 - 113

"TexMod may not be malware, but it's a starting point for those with malicious intent to learn about how the client interacts with the server, or how calls from the client back to the server *may* be intercepted to alter behaviour within the game."

Wow.

You know we've had this article about how the .dat file works and how the client + server interprets up on the official Guild Wars Wiki for quite awhile now.

Also you have private servers being made.

Point: It's already fairly well documented and known how the .dat, client, and server interact.So WAAAAA.

jelmew

Academy Page

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Holland

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14 Aug 2007 at 16:32 - 114

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karlos

That makes little sense however... Why bring his character out of the guild hall JUST before GW:EN comes out? Why try and sell Mallyx in Pre-Searing where he will never get anything close to it's real value and months after it had its peak value? I mean if all he had is a one way ticket, he sure chose a really bad time to use it.

I can safely say he didn't, because you're not planning on making such a move. However, he did plan on getting mini's into pre. His name is the proof I think.

Antithesis

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14 Aug 2007 at 16:37 - 115

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bryant Again

Texmod can't do that. It can only change the appearance of what is already there.

Hence the TexMod theories - making an existing item that has existing functionality in the game appear in the UI when it otherwise should not be seen in Pre.

I'm not making this up and the theories are not mine, so i can neither be credited nor damned for expressing the "possibility" that TexMod or allowing GW.exe to be launched through a third-party application is to blame.

Anet is allowing and in the case of TexMod, encouraging it. If a link can be established between a third-party app, not necessarily TexMod, interacting with and altering in-game behaviour, which does *appear* to be the case, then Anet needs to revise the whole third-party app launching GW thing.

Virtual PC and VMware should be allowed and i'm guessing can not be detected as the operating system itself is simply running inside the software emulator. Therefore unless GW can detect OS emulation, can not be bundled in with the rest of the third-party apps.

Antithesis

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14 Aug 2007 at 16:46 - 116

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkNecrid

Point: It's already fairly well documented and known how the .dat, client, and server interact.So WAAAAA.

Lol...i suppose that's the most mature response i could expect.

Private and illegal servers is an interesting prospect, i'm sure Anet would like to hear more from you on the subject. I can't see that being a bad thing from a personal perspective (back up and play my toon in my own private GW), but it's hardly a good thing for the game. That's all i'm trying to say in regards to modding, it opens a can of worms when a simple "no, we do not allow or support modification of GW" could have nipped any *potential* issue as a result of modding in the bud. If, and it's a BIG if there is a link between this exploit and the display of a GH button as a result of interface modification, run through and enabled by TexMod, Anet will reap what it has sown.

Quru

Frost Gate Guardian

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14 Aug 2007 at 17:01 - 117

(I have bad english, I know. But try to understand this. It is worth of it I think.)

It is possible.

It's possible to get pre-searing to Guild Hall. If server do checks character-info when trying to get GH, you just have to do little more hacking. You have to know, what client sends to server when doing anything at game. It is easy to get that info with some programs, or making program yourself. Then you have to make program, that simulates client. It sends character-info to server and that you want to transfer char to GH. If checks where char is, then you have to make program sending modded info. Char is in post-ascalon (example), other char-infos are right, then it moves char GH. Log onto game, go to ur char, take items from GH storage. Log out, open program u made, send some info to server: "[Chars name] travels to pre-ascalon from [some place]." That easy is this.

MirkoTeran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Slovenia

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Mo/

14 Aug 2007 at 17:04 - 118

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antithesis

¸... Anet needs to revise the whole third-party app launching GW thing.

Virtual PC and VMware should be allowed and i'm guessing can not be detected as the operating system itself is simply running inside the software emulator. Therefore unless GW can detect OS emulation, can not be bundled in with the rest of the third-party apps.

1) You don't need to launch GW from inside of other app to access its textures.
2) Running inside VirtualPC or VMware can be detected. (btw, some MS developers even have sense of humor. Running PPC emulator inside VirtualPC/VMware gives an error something like: "Can't launch emulator inside emulator. You just had to try didn't you?")

DarkNecrid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

14 Aug 2007 at 17:09 - 119

"Private and illegal servers is an interesting prospect, i'm sure Anet would like to hear more from you on the subject"

Man.

They already know.

In fact apparentally they even had lunch with the developer of the one going on right now so yeah...

But you seem to not understand how the game works at all. Let alone TexMod. I can take the texture for the Inventory in the menu button and add it to my party window but it doesnt make it work.

You have to add functionality to it, which TexMod can't do. In order to add functionality you have to hack the .dat file which IS against the EULA.

Nothing happens if I add the Guild Hall button btw, I actually just tried. It's just like anything TexMod does, it changes the looks of things but it doesnt actually make that stuff happen. Just cause my starter sword looks like an IDS doesnt mean its an IDS just like just cause I have a Guild Hall button in my G window doesnt mean its actually there.

[riVen]

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

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14 Aug 2007 at 17:09 - 120

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coridan

the problem i see with this....is being able to map to towns you haven't unlocked...like say in GWEN...if you know the name of the last mission/outpost...can you not now create a button that will map you there? GWEN released on 12:01 AM 31 august...End game items for sale at 12:10 AM

I know for a fact that this is not possible (unless they changed they way the servers validate this recently, which is very unlikely).

There used to be a -very underground- hack a while back that could do several things, one of which was taking you directly to a certain outpost, like Urgoz or the Deep. However, this functionality was still limited by the requirement that you had to have been to ("unlocked") an outpost beforehand. This is checked server-side.