Is there a trick to hacking?

[patsnakem]

Is there a trick to hacking? I can never get the numbers to match.

[shoopy]

The timer doesn't start until you pick the first number, so use that to plan out exactly how you're going to do it.

[Nougan]

If you don't see a path to match all 3 sequences, you can exit out, and then jack-in again, you'll get a new sets of 3 sequences. I believe your hack time do get deducted each time you do that until a certain minimal. But from my experience, I'll eventually get some shorter sequences with overlaps, and with careful planning & mental rehearsals, and be completed in time.

[Rabidnid]

Find a u tube video as it is too hard to explain with words.

[Bisexual Offender]

On the right hand there are numbers that you need to pick in right order. If you hove cursor over the numbers the game will highlight all copies of this number in the box on the left. Speed up navigation in hack menu.

[Bisexual Offender]

Also you can get a perk to force first hack to upload automatically, really nice to have.

[Stubbies]

the first click is always the top row. it determines what column you'll choose your next # from. You can only pick #'s from that column. whichever # you pick in that column, determines what row you have to use to select your 3rd #. etc. etc. once you get the hang of it, it's super easy. don't click until you're sure of your path of clicks.

[Chaosolous]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGBbp-BkAZc

Also your the buffer size of your cyberdeck will give you more input nodes.
https://cyberpunk2077.wiki.fextralife.com/Cyberdecks

[skOsH♥]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย patsnakem:

Is there a trick to hacking? I can never get the numbers to match.

Idk but after a while of netrunning and doing it over and over I could recognize the pattern pretty fast and at least get epic quick hacks, sometimes legendaries by clicking each one in less than a second. Idk how but the brain is pretty good at pattern recognition after a while

The game is quite simple. The first number you select determines where you can move in terms of the second number being in a row or column. Once you choose that second number, if you chose across a row or down a column, it will lock and you will only be able to choose numbers in either the column, or the row, whatever it didn't pick before.

You can always just look at it enough until you find something that will get the sequence. It won't start counting down until you select the first code

[TwinShadow]

Myself, I just use the time before the timer starts to plan out my path. Sometimes I have to hit a few duds in order to get to the right one, but 95% of the time, I'll always be able to get all 3 of them (or well, if you have the right build, you only have to match two sequences). Sometimes it takes a little bit longer to do if things don't line up properly.

Same thing when I'm doing breach protocol and there are several things in range that it'll affect. Sometimes you'll get real lucky, other times, just need to think a bit. The main thing to keep in mind is that it always starts horizontal, then it's vertical, then back, etc... Keeping that in mind, you can usually work out a path to get it without trouble.

[Nepnep]

Too lazy to do all that. I just go for third one instead of restarting (assuming I can only pick one).

[Tokenn]

There is an Android app for your phone called Breacher. Give it a look...

[GrandMajora]

Remember that you can move to the left or the right. It took me a while to realize that, as I would instinctively think I could only progress further to the right on the hacking section.

Also, I find it easiest to start by filling out the longest sequence first, then work my way backwards to the shorter ones. Doesn't always work, but the bigger sequences tend to give better rewards anyways.

[Doombringer]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Nepnep:

Too lazy to do all that. I just go for third one instead of restarting (assuming I can only pick one).

You can get all 3, you really want a 8slot cyberdeck to do it though.
With 3 Int sometimes you have to settle for last 2, with pumped Int getting them all is easy.