Faster cracking

[Cathartic Flatulence]

So the after the 20th time of running smtp, web, ssh, etc, hacks, it's getting annoying sitting through them. Was wondering if there's a way to mod this to be faster? Would be could if the game granted you perks or something for progress, then you could speed the cracks faster.

Would like to reduce the times it takes to run the various programs.

[nachums]

Like a script.
The main game gets a little repetitive.

[Mandrake]

Hacknet Labyrinths has a program called FTPSprint, which cracks FTPS at a much faster rate than FTPBounce.

Unfortunately, there's no way to speed up the programs themselves, and I'm not aware of any mods which can do this. Much of the challenge on later missions involves managing which programs to run first based on their memory consumption and execution length so that you can break in, grab what you need and disconnect before running out of time. As annoying as it is to repeatedly watch the same animations and wait, it's a necessary evil in terms of game mechanics.

[Cathartic Flatulence]

Originally posted by Mandrake:

Hacknet Labyrinths has a program called FTPSprint, which cracks FTPS at a much faster rate than FTPBounce.

Unfortunately, there's no way to speed up the programs themselves, and I'm not aware of any mods which can do this. Much of the challenge on later missions involves managing which programs to run first based on their memory consumption and execution length so that you can break in, grab what you need and disconnect before running out of time. As annoying as it is to repeatedly watch the same animations and wait, it's a necessary evil in terms of game mechanics.

Yeah, sucks. But maybe they would consider my whole "perks" think, or perhaps cpu upgrades that make the programs run faster. You get points or upgrades as you progress and complete missions.

I poked around in the game files hoping the program settings may be exposed somewhere, but the programs themselves must be packed in an archive. I doubt the modding software has access to edit them.

[nachums]

I think an element of script this, run it, see if works, rescript if it doesn't, as an optional perk would work well

[coldend]

What you can currently do is rename your cracking programs to be a single character name so you can launch them faster. Just copy the files of your programs with new names, so you have both the originals and the new ones.