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Catching Hackers 2.1

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flag
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States228 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-31 17:04:18
December 31 2008 03:10 GMT
#1
About 6 months ago I found another method for catching hackers. I did not release the method, but the topic is here

Basically this method will catch oblivion users even after the update which made the previous "no suspicious click" method I found not work.

Oblivion lets you attempt to place buildings where normally you cannot. If you attempt to do this without hacks the GUI stops you and the action is not recorded in the replay. But with oblivion the action is recorded even though the game engine stops it from actually being built. The reason for this behavior is probably due to this feature of oblivion, quoted from the readme: Build anywhere on any terrain for stacking UMS maps.

An automated tool could probably be constructed to search for these invalid build commands, but it is not that hard to do manually using bwchart. Bwchart actually tries to determine if a build command goes through for its resource plots. If it doesn't think that it did, it puts an asterisk near the command. You just need to check each asterisked build command to see if it was actually possible to attempt to build that building at that time and location (use the coordinates).

The most common invalid builds are attempting to build a building where there is already a building or building an extractor 1 square off of the actual geyser. In replays I watched of people I already knew to be using oblivion about 30% of the time they would have at least 1 invalid build command. This means that not that many replays of a suspected hacker need to be checked. Also it is impossible to have the invalid commands without a hack, so if you find just one replay with such an action it is 100% proof of hack.

I have not caught any big names with this method, but I haven't looked either (I do not follow the SC scene much anymore). This is trivial for the oblivion hack maker to fix so don't expect it to be useful for future replays but I would expect it to catch people from the last 6 months+. I'm sure there will be more methods found in the future, so don't worry hackers you are never safe.

Edit: see page 3 of comments for example.

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ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
December 31 2008 03:14 GMT
#2
I love you flag.
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
December 31 2008 03:19 GMT
#3
flag, you're a fucking legend.
[iHs]HCO | のヮの | pachi & plexa ownz | RIP _
Dr.Dragoon
Profile Joined November 2007
United States1241 Posts
December 31 2008 03:21 GMT
#4
I was gonna bump this tomorrow, nice work flag!
~o~ I have returned
food
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1951 Posts
December 31 2008 03:22 GMT
#5
sick.
Can someone ban this guy please? FA?
naonao
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States847 Posts
December 31 2008 03:23 GMT
#6
<3 gtfo hackers
Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
December 31 2008 03:24 GMT
#7
lol flag and his haxor catching.
UNFUCK YOURSELF
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
December 31 2008 03:27 GMT
#8
flag should get a bloodhound icon.
SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21549 Posts
December 31 2008 03:35 GMT
#9
Nice. Got a sample hacker rep?
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food
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1951 Posts
December 31 2008 03:38 GMT
#10
im refreshing my bwchart right now, hope this shit works lol
Can someone ban this guy please? FA?
food
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1951 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-31 04:03:45
December 31 2008 03:47 GMT
#11
im looking at a replay of oblivion user and i cant figure out where that asterisk should be. Theres a thingie like * near selecting hatch action, but that is me. So where exactly do we look and can u provide a screenshot or something?


edit: i really am killing time here, but anyways - replay had many actions by me with * near them. Most are making drones at a hatchery, this has nothing to do with placing buildings. Then more, i had them while placing a hatchery, 3 in a row, meaning that i couldnt place it 3 times in a row. Now u stated that it wouldn't record those actions unless im using oblivion, how the hell do i get those actions then? I am clearly not a hacker and i can provide replay where guy starts at 5 frame on regular bnet game and uses multicommand/automacro. Unless i missed something this method doesnt work at all, since i havent found a single asterisk near his build orders, unless i missed it. If it does work, it will create insane amount of speculations since this isnt easy to figure out as far as im concerned. Hope u will explain the method, i will be waiting yo.

edit: ok theres actions that are marked as * performed by him, now i have 10 times more of those, if he cant place a factory somewhere and it is showing up then how is this different from me not being able to place a sunken colony or a hatchery since its all recorded as well?

On December 31 2008 12:10 flag wrote:
Also it is impossible to have the invalid commands without a hack, so if you find just one replay with such an action it is 100% proof of hack.


so far this seems totally untrue, maybe you mean something else by saying this or programs like chaoslauncher or advloader affecting this. Unless IM MISTAKEN and those * near me placing hatchery is not "invalid command" but something else. Which seems unlikely.

I would suggest everyone just wait to make sure this really is working yo
Can someone ban this guy please? FA?
fonger
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United Kingdom1218 Posts
December 31 2008 03:50 GMT
#12
oh shit
-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
December 31 2008 04:08 GMT
#13
God you are such a genius
'life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery'
how sad that sc2 has no shield battery :(
SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21549 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-31 04:10:06
December 31 2008 04:08 GMT
#14
I think you need to check each individual build command with a * to see if it's on minerals/gas/unbuildable terrain. Most *'s will be false positives.
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yubee
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
United States3826 Posts
December 31 2008 04:11 GMT
#15
somebody give this guy a star
CDRdude
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States5625 Posts
December 31 2008 04:12 GMT
#16
flag, you are a hero. Perhaps you should have waited until TSL2 to release it though If it holds any weight, I'd like to nominate this guy for a forum star, or a custom icon.
Force staff is the best item in the game.
-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
December 31 2008 04:12 GMT
#17
On December 31 2008 12:47 food wrote:
im looking at a replay of oblivion user and i cant figure out where that asterisk should be. Theres a thingie like * near selecting hatch action, but that is me. So where exactly do we look and can u provide a screenshot or something?


edit: i really am killing time here, but anyways - replay had many actions by me with * near them. Most are making drones at a hatchery, this has nothing to do with placing buildings. Then more, i had them while placing a hatchery, 3 in a row, meaning that i couldnt place it 3 times in a row. Now u stated that it wouldn't record those actions unless im using oblivion, how the hell do i get those actions then? I am clearly not a hacker and i can provide replay where guy starts at 5 frame on regular bnet game and uses multicommand/automacro. Unless i missed something this method doesnt work at all, since i havent found a single asterisk near his build orders, unless i missed it. If it does work, it will create insane amount of speculations since this isnt easy to figure out as far as im concerned. Hope u will explain the method, i will be waiting yo.

edit: ok theres actions that are marked as * performed by him, now i have 10 times more of those, if he cant place a factory somewhere and it is showing up then how is this different from me not being able to place a sunken colony or a hatchery since its all recorded as well?

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On December 31 2008 12:10 flag wrote:
Also it is impossible to have the invalid commands without a hack, so if you find just one replay with such an action it is 100% proof of hack.


so far this seems totally untrue, maybe you mean something else by saying this or programs like chaoslauncher or advloader affecting this. Unless IM MISTAKEN and those * near me placing hatchery is not "invalid command" but something else. Which seems unlikely.

I would suggest everyone just wait to make sure this really is working yo


Okay firstly you're not understanding how to look for these correctly.

In bwchart turn off all actions except build. This will eliminate problems with seeing stars next to things like making drones. The only starred actions we're looking for are ones where someone goes to build a building.

Then yes there are lots of actions with stars next to them. If you ACTUALLY READ HIS POST, then you'd see you need to then check the map coordinates with that action to see if it was just impossible to be placed due to a unit being there or another building being in the way, or if it is actually a place on the map in which you can not place buildings.

If there are any starred build actions in a location on the map that cannot have buildings built, it is a hack action.
'life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery'
how sad that sc2 has no shield battery :(
SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21549 Posts
December 31 2008 04:12 GMT
#18
On December 31 2008 12:47 food wrote:
im looking at a replay of oblivion user

Can you post the rep? I'm having trouble finding one.
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food
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1951 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-31 04:22:43
December 31 2008 04:15 GMT
#19
On December 31 2008 13:08 SonuvBob wrote:
I think you need to check each individual build command with a * to see if it's on minerals/gas/unbuildable terrain. Most *'s will be false positives.


he says that if you not hacking you wont get those actions recorded, so when i was placing my hatchery at an unbuildable terrain( which happens a lot) it did get recorded. Check any known zerg replays, im sure everyone has this. In his opinion tho, this only gets recorded if youre hacking, which seems untrue so far, thats my point.

edit:
https://www.yousendit.com/download/TTZreUNEb0JwTVdGa1E9PQ

rugu_rena is a known hacker from East, plays play/obs pub games
u have to use 1.15.3 i would think
Can someone ban this guy please? FA?
SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21549 Posts
December 31 2008 04:17 GMT
#20
I tested w/placing a depot on minerals, it didn't show up in the rep.
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