Odd bugs/hacks

[zmaster]

I was messing around on DAProg's server (dedi) and though "hmm, I should make a brick that makes me small even after I die"
So I did using VCE and a relay.

onRelay->self->fireRelay
onRelay->self->ifValue 1 == 1
onVariableTrue->player->setScaleBetter 0.1 0.1 0.1


then I clicked the brick.

I shrank really fast as expected.  But then I grew really fast
Blockland locked up and crashed.

I rejoined the server to find that at least half the people crashed.

I then sought a way to fix this.  I tried to replicate it on my server and succeeded.  but with one difference: I locked up for a few seconds but did not crash.

Knowing a few console commands I fetched my player's properties.  then i found this:

Code: [Select]

...
==>$z = findPlayerByName("Zmaster");
Posting to rtb server
==>$z.dump();
Member Fields:
  canSetIFLs = "0"
  dataBlock = "PlayerStandardArmor"
  rotation = "0 0 1 182.77"
  scale = "1.#INF 1.#INF 1.#INF"
...
Anyone know the reason this happens or has other odd bugs/hacks

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[YorkTown95]

Once again, using events like these are not hacks, there is no such thing is hacking on blockland.

[zmaster]

Once again, using events like these are not hacks, there is no such thing is hacking on blockland.

when i said hack I meant it loosely in this context (event abuse etc).

and hacking can be done even in Blockland be very experienced programmers (Exe replacing by decompiling DLL replacment etc).

[YorkTown95]

and hacking can be done even in Blockland be very experienced programmers (Exe replacing by decompiling DLL replacment etc).

Blockland is currently running Torque, which is impossible to be hacked, we already had recent discussions like this.

[Treynolds416]

The problem is scale
Somehow you made torque try to divide by 0 or get the square root of a negative number or something equally impossible.

[Firecycle]

Or maybe the server couldn't handle the amount of lag you created.

[Treynolds416]

Or maybe the server couldn't handle the amount of lag you created.

No. The 1.#INF means torque tried to use an impossible number

[Firecycle]

No. The 1.#INF means torque tried to use an impossible number

Okay, you know more than I do :P

[The Corporation]

No. The 1.#INF means torque tried to use an impossible number

meanwhile at torque dev-
Dev 1-Guys, I figured out this equation
Dev 2-What is it?
Dev 3-wait, (pushes Dev 1 aside) is that the square root of -1/0?
Dev 1-Uh, I guess so, took a while.
Dev 2-how the hell did you ge

*reality.exe has encountered an error*
*reality.exe needs to shutdown and reboot*

[zmaster]

Blockland is currently running Torque, which is impossible to be hacked, we already had recent discussions like this.

-.-

ANY program can be hacked case + point mac OS (an operating system is indeed a program) was said to be unhackable now 1/3 macs are infected.

In a sandbox game the definition of hacking is very blurry due to the nature of sandbox games.
torque can be hacked even MORE easily than most games due to it's script.  If you can get a player to download a bad script it can use torque functions to do damage to not only Blockland but almost ANY file on your computer. Blockland is easier to hack because add-ons can be made by just about anybody.  So far we have not had any scripts/add-ons that have caused damage to a computer's file system.

[Swollow]

90% sure blockland can't access directories outside of the blockland folder

[The Corporation]

90% sure blockland can't access directories outside of the blockland folder

Guys, my blockland icon grew legs, and is kicking the stuff out of my counter-strike icon.
What do I do?

[Swollow]

Guys, my blockland icon grew legs, and is kicking the stuff out of my counter-strike icon.
What do I do?

I don't think you comprehended what I said -_-

[The Corporation]

I don't think you comprehended what I said -_-

I did, just joking around.

[Darkness ZXW]

-.-

ANY program can be hacked case + point mac OS (an operating system is indeed a program) was said to be unhackable now 1/3 macs are infected.

In a sandbox game the definition of hacking is very blurry due to the nature of sandbox games.
torque can be hacked even MORE easily than most games due to it's script.  If you can get a player to download a bad script it can use torque functions to do damage to not only Blockland but almost ANY file on your computer. Blockland is easier to hack because add-ons can be made by just about anybody.  So far we have not had any scripts/add-ons that have caused damage to a computer's file system.

Installing a bad add-on =/= getting hacking