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| Thread ID: 38296 | 2003-10-03 03:24:00 | Half Life 2 source code leaked! | DangerousDave (697) | Press F1 |
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| 180030 | 2003-10-04 00:53:00 | > Ahhh great...so half life 2 will be plagued by > thousands of cheaters as well. Stupid newbies.. I thought webservers always picked up on cheaters and banned them from the game. |
vk_dre (195) | ||
| 180031 | 2003-10-04 01:58:00 | > Another problem is crackers who are willing to use the code to make cheat programs which are impossible to detect etc etc, as since they know how the program works, they can easily make programs which fit into the code with little detection. Even with Cheating-Death for CStrike you can get the odd cheaters. With the release of the source code, nothing can stop them :-| Unless the cheater is being stupid and cheating while someone is watching. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 180032 | 2003-10-04 05:23:00 | But how do they make their own cheats for the game? Do they vary the coding in the released source code or something? | vk_dre (195) | ||
| 180033 | 2003-10-04 08:13:00 | I feel that this is going to stick in the game dev industry for a very, very long time. I mean, when was the last time the source code for an upcoming major game was released to the world! Never in my memory.... - David p.s. I don't think Valve would be able to sue m$, i mean for sure, some where in those terms and conditions they must disown any liability etc etc. Just goes to show, m$ owns all of us :D p.p.s. anyone find the link between Valve and leak ;) |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 180034 | 2003-10-05 23:54:00 | vk_dre, They don't alter the released source code. They read it, find it's anti-cheating technique and they beat it (writing programs to work with the software to help them cheat), which is easy as they have the source (power). If you think you are lucky and can get the source it's on many p2p filesharing programs... just find hl2_src.rar. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 180035 | 2003-10-06 23:45:00 | The biggest problem with this is that the source code apparently includes all Valve's new anti-cheat code. So the cheaters will start developing cheats for the game now, before it is even released. The practical effect is likely to be that with that code "in the wild" Valve will have to redo the anti-cheat code, and that will most likely result in game further delays in the ship date. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 180036 | 2003-10-07 21:25:00 | Well aint that a case of hitting the nail ont he head. Vivendi Universal have announced the game has slipped to April 2004 as a direct result of the code being stolen. Valve, as yet has not commented. www.gamespot.com |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 180037 | 2003-10-08 00:36:00 | *sigh* guess it will give me longer to save up for new graphics card... - David |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 180038 | 2003-10-08 01:27:00 | :'( I guess you're right... Just make sure its got enough grunt to run Doom 3 also.. There's a Multiplayer Demo circulating round the place....! Its not an official release, but it was the one used to demo at that LAN fest in the US IIRC.. I believe its mentioned in the PCW this month? |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 180039 | 2003-10-08 03:24:00 | Not sure on that, but what I heard was that the unofficial release of Doom 3 was due to source code being leaked. So perhaps the Half-Life 2 source leak isn't the only case in the game development industry. |
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