[Kaervek]

Posted: 2003-01-21 18:29
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I can confirm that Del Lily is, in fact, a real monster in GC PSO. It's reserved for future quest use. I have pictures of it, but I'm not going to give them out.

-- Barubary

Now, I'm not saying that what was stated above is false, in fact I completely believe it. However, I find it somewhat humorous that Barubary (appearently) considers him[her?]self to be the definitive voice when it comes to PSO.

I'm sure the guy(gal?) has some sort of skill when it comes to 'cracking' code, or whatever it is he(she?) does. I really don't care. But please, don't take everything he(she?) says as the final word. If the quote comes from Sega themselves, then I'll believe it.

This isn't a flame towards Barubary in any way, just an observation and my thoughts on it.

*kicks dead horse just one more time - walks away*

[RagMasterRappy]

And if you ask me, s/he shouldn't be messing with the game's internals. They encrypted the data stream for a reason. If s/he really needs something better to do then s/he can make a PacMan clone for fun, and replace PacMan with a Rappy and the ghosts with HUmars. I'd play it.

[Sapphire87]

It's one thing to boast that you know of every secret, whether it be a rare item, weapon, or enemy in this game. It's another thing entirely if you share that information with everyone here and spoil the surprise. I'll give Barubary credit for not stooping to that.

[Kaervek]

RagMasterRappy Posted: 2003-01-21 19:12

If s/he really needs something better to do then s/he can make a PacMan clone for fun, and replace PacMan with a Rappy and the ghosts with HUmars. I'd play it.

I think I'd play it too. Hey Baru, can you get to work on this ASAP? I think you'd have a hit! Just be sure to give RMR some royalties.

Sapphire87 Posted: 2003-01-21 19:14

It's another thing entirely if you share that information with everyone here and spoil the surprise. I'll give Barubary credit for not stooping to that.

Yah, I give him(this is killin' me[her?]) that as well.

[RedFox]

ST encrypted their data for a reason... and barubary simply gets a kick out of cracking these codes (or at least i think he does)... this time round he has done no wrong towards the PSO community and his cracking of GC PSO has so far been purely for his own pleasure and to confirm the legitimacy of rumours circulating the net.

i give him my full support and respect as one day i'd like to learn his "trade"

*crosses fingers that barubary will select him to be his pupil*

[RagMasterRappy]

On 2003-01-25 05:55, RedFox wrote:
i give him my full support and respect as one day i'd like to learn his "trade"

*crosses fingers that barubary will select him to be his pupil*

Ha! Don't hold your breath. You might have to figure out this stuff the hard way like s/he did if you want to do it yourself.

[Ness]

I'm against all cheating good or bad. I don't think anyone should alter any online gasme for anyreason because most of the time it effect others in some way. However, I do trust Barubary because she has never lied to use before.

[Alielle]

On 2003-01-21 19:14, Sapphire87 wrote:
It's one thing to boast that you know of every secret, whether it be a rare item, weapon, or enemy in this game. It's another thing entirely if you share that information with everyone here and spoil the surprise. I'll give Barubary credit for not stooping to that.

*cough*

[Spy]

If somebody figures out a way to restore corrupted characters, that person will have my respect. Parlor tricks like Baru's are childsplay though.

[DJ_Monkey]

On 2003-01-25 16:41, Spy wrote:
If somebody figures out a way to restore corrupted characters, that person will have my respect. Parlor tricks like Baru's are childsplay though.

Heh..all you need is a hex editor and a reasonable knowledge of hex editing. Oh, and you need to trick the GC into connecting into your computer, but all that is is some clever DNS settings manipulation.

I don't think you can restore corrupted characters. The saved file would most likely be incomplete, and would miss some important information. You really don't know what is missing. Without that info, you're screwed, for a lack of a better word. Unless, of course, I am wrong, and Sega purposely puts in a flag that turns on when you turn off when saving, but that is very doubtful(Ever wonder why you shouldn't remove a storage device when saving? It's because the file could be damaged by incomplete overwrites, which would make the file useless.).

Personally, I honor her(yes, Barubary is a girl, at least as far as Baru has told everyone) skills in this case. She isn't causing any harm to anyone. People, there is honor among hackers. Don't let the mass media fool you; without hackers, there wouldn't be computers to begin with(By definition, "hacker" means anyone that posesses great skill with computing.).

To prevent duping, it would be a good idea to generate a random(preferably with a key of at least 256 bits) code for each item. That code would be generated at the time of drop(from enemy) or at time of obtainment(from either shops or quests). There would be a flag in the code that would make sure that the code doesn't change if a human player drops it. If a human dropped it, and they had a duping code on, it would keep one in the inventory. There could be a subroutine for this as well(to identify which is the real, and which is the dupe). It would take checking the inventory for an item with the same code, and if the item matched the one in the inventory, it would be given a true value. If the item had a true value, it would be a dupe. If it had a false value, then it would be legit. Once the item had a true, it and any dupes resulting from it would stay that way. Any item that had a true value would be eliminated, and the owners of those items would be notified.

All it would take is a small patch(maybe the Xbox version could benefit from a code like this), done by Sonic Team. It would take all of a half hour for someone to make this one(heck, I understand the basics of this one).

Personally, I trust Barubary, because she has alerted us to problems before(remember the chair thing? She was the one who made the thread about it and got people to understand why it happened).

Too bad Sonic Team wouldn't have her fix the darn thing.

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