The hacking/edited mod virus.

[WhenInDoubtShoot]

Firstly, this post is a comment I had on another discussion that seemed to be dying out. BUT this is not a subject that can be left to die. As the neglect of this subject can completely destroy the game.


So the issue I'm seeing here is the lack of actual information to the original question. "How to report a known hacker?" Because saying "Go to their profile" isn't helpful as this game doesn't show recent players met most of the time, if ever. And people don't use creative names so for instance of a hacker I just encountered while recording, if you attempt to search their profile name you get dozens of results from around the world.

And while some things are mods which isn't exactly hacking, the damage being done is the same and both should be treated as viruses that need to be removed before they destroy the system (The game/community)

If this game would show recent players met, then reporting a individual via steam would be much easier. Because from what I have seen in the 30 minutes I've been looking, there is no proper reporting method for this game due to the high dysnc. So unless you know a dev then you can't really get very far. Which leaves the viruses to keep contaminating the system.

If any information in this text is inaccurate, then I welcome a developer to correct it. That way the community has the information that is needed in order to take care of such abusive situations.

[Blazingfireflies]

a "recently played with" option would be really nice. (maybe in the place with the boxes there could be a door on right where in a room you can punch a button to visit their steam profile)

[FeebusVEVO]

Originally posted by Blazingfireflies:

a "recently played with" option would be really nice. (maybe in the place with the boxes there could be a door on right where in a room you can punch a button to visit their steam profile)

I think this would be a healthy movement to make. Just got in an online game with a hacker that completely broke the game. make's everything super unfun.

[WhenInDoubtShoot]

@BlazingFireflies

That is a valid and what, in my opinion, would be an interesting and neat way of doing it. I was refering to steam's recent players met list, this game doesn't show players on there. I am unaware if this is a development issue in the game or what, however I have encountered this in a few games.

@EVERYONE@
Also I thought about mentioning this earlier, when I say hacker, I actually mean hacker. There was no chance of it being dysnc....

It was the map where two spike walls push in slowly from the sides. He literally flew up to the top of the left wall then typed in chat "HAHA SUCKER" which made me just troll him by standing in the center where the walls stop before reaching. This being said, I am aware that at times dysnc causes players to be on two different maps (I've seen it first hand when me and my brother play online together) however the guy actually avoided the spike walls and never "rubber banded" like what happens when people are on two seperate maps. And while I wish the person could be reported and banned, there is little I can I do because of the amount of people with the same steam name as the person.


Also, not claiming what someone else is reporting isn't hacking, I just am careful about what I call hacking, partly because I get called a hacker everytime I play a game, to the point that I started recording most gameplay. And also because I enjoy the use of glitches and even encourage it so I am fully aware of the difference in a glitch and hack as well as the ability for them to look identical.

The key difference being, a glitch is usually something that the developers missed, sure you can go post somewhere about it, or you can spread the knowledge of this glitch so vastly that the developers are forced to either fix it, or for the glitch to become common place and basic game tactics. Whereas; a hack, is not the developers fault, but instead an attack on the system which should at all times be reported to their proper location.