Hackers! Yay!

[Skuzzy]

Match starts.

Deploy MCV on the spot.
Build refinery.
Build barracks.
Building power plant...

5 attack helicopters snipe my MCV.

No, I wasn't going slow.
No, the enemy didn't send any infantry to my base. FoW was still on my base, yet somehow enemy player managed to just snipe my MCV with attack helicopters and no vision. Interesting.

For those in the know; air units in Tiberian Wars cannot fly in areas without vision.


10/10

The thing I recommended this game for (the multiplayer) has now been ruined by an apparent lack of hack prevention and the blatant use of trainers. I went from winning every match to losing match after match against people who magically managed to have every tech building in under 2 minutes. By the time my first scout is reaching their base they're building their 6th mammoth tank.

Has anyone else seen this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ yet?

[gamingman]

One time the enemy MCV spawned right next to mine. Bug or exploit/hack?

[Nyerguds]

That doesn't seem like hacks.

Do remember, a helipad builds at the speed of a 300 credits building. If you start with enough money, you can have an army of those in no time at all.

I did hear there was an issue with forced-attack working in the shroud, allowing people to unveil terrain. If you know the start positions it's probably really easy to force-fire somewhere around that area and find the CY that way.

So, malevolent bug abuse, yes. Not hacking though.

[N0th1ng0ffenc1veHere]

Get a barracks and about 10 rocket soldiers keep them near your MCV that should stop that attack as i doubt they would have enough to stop you. 10 of them or a bigger group should do it. They are cheaper than orca so taking them down in the early game is a big blow to the other player.

Those troops will also be enough to take out the enemy base but send them with min gunners as well.

I once won an online game of Red Alert 2 back in the day playing as america with nothing but an airport and america's paradrop ability. I had about 50 G.i.s and took around 45 to go see the enemy player we one just like that, only american Gis and their sandbag nest when they deploy.

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barracks before ref

[I am Goyim]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥:

Get a barracks and about 10 rocket soldiers keep them near your MCV that should stop that attack as i doubt they would have enough to stop you. 10 of them or a bigger group should do it. They are cheaper than orca so taking them down in the early game is a big blow to the other player.

Those troops will also be enough to take out the enemy base but send them with min gunners as well.

I once won an online game of Red Alert 2 back in the day playing as america with nothing but an airport and america's paradrop ability. I had about 50 G.i.s and took around 45 to go see the enemy player we one just like that, only american Gis and their sandbag nest when they deploy.

more like just 5 or 6 will do it

[I am Goyim]

Originally posted by quiret:

One time the enemy MCV spawned right next to mine. Bug or exploit/hack?

that was me, since the new quickmatch setup they dont have time to scout as fast so i send my mcv as close as i can to their base an build like 2 3 barracks an spam inf. its a 50% win

[KiRA]

Wasnt the source code released for the first games? Then its easy to reverse engineer everything.
+ great support from the modding community
- cheaters exploiting everything for personal gain