Help hacking

[zin0]

I just don't understand how the hacking works. Which node am i supposed to capture in order to gain access? I always seem to fail.

[AC Denton]

It tells you this in the tutorial.
You start from the blue, you capture the green before the red does.

[DarmecWailingLostSoulofAnguish]

try and capture node with 1s next to them you get a time worm or nuke with them

[zin0]

Originally posted by Waste of Bandwidth:

It tells you this in the tutorial.
You start from the blue, you capture the green before the red does.

I watched the tutorial twice, it's just really vague. Never said anything about green or blue nodes.

Originally posted by SLASHER5000:

try and capture node with 1s next to them you get a time worm or nuke with them

Thanks i'll try it out.

[PNB]

You want to follow the white-dotted path from the lighted blue globe to the greyed-out green globe and capture it - before the server detects you! You do that by choosing what you think is the best path to it, then capturing all the items (nodes) along that path, in order.

To capture them, click on them and select the flag you see at the top. Once you click on the flag, it takes a little time until it's captured, but then other nodes along your path will light up and become available for you to capture - until you can capture all the nodes on the path to the green globe and the green globe itself. You only need to capture the ones on the path to the green globe. It's a race between you and the server that's trying to detect you. It takes practice to figure out the best path - they don't all work.

The other choices you get include fortiying a node you have already captured, or using one of two viruses you find in the game against them. You cannot fortify a node until you have captured it. Learn to capture them first, then try fortifying them later. The nuke virus and the stop worm are used as required - to slow down the computer that's trying to detect your hacking attempt. Your first goal should be to learn to capture the nodes. It can be difficult to learn, and I hated having to hack anything at first, but now I prefer hacking even when I have passwords because you don't get any points or bonuses for using passwords, so hacking can really be beneficial.

[zin0]

Originally posted by Hhomeruss:

You want to follow the white-dotted path from the lighted blue globe to the greyed-out green globe and capture it - before the server detects you! You do that by choosing what you think is the best path to it, then capturing all the items (nodes) along that path, in order.

To capture them, click on them and select the flag you see at the top. Once you click on the flag, it takes a little time until it's captured, but then other nodes along your path will light up and become available for you to capture - until you can capture all the nodes on the path to the green globe and the green globe itself. You only need to capture the ones on the path to the green globe. It's a race between you and the server that's trying to detect you. It takes practice to figure out the best path - they don't all work.

The other choices you get include fortiying an item you have already captured, or using one of two viruses you find in the game against the item. You cannot fortify an item until you have captured it. Learn to capture them first, then try fortifying them later. The nuke virus and the stop worm are used as required - to slow down the computer that's trying to detect your hacking attempt. Your first goal should be to learn to capture the item. It can be difficult to learn, and I hated having to hack anything at first, but now I prefer hacking even when I have passwords...you don't get any points or bonuses for using passwords, so hacking can really be beneficial.

Thanks a lot

[Reaper One]

There's a big difference between HR hacking and the original Deus Ex's hacking. Makes you appreciate how much more advanced it is in the original game that takes place 30 years later than HR thus it being much, much easier too :)