Level Requirements for MP?

Sethernis

FriendlyFire wrote:
Remember that this will not act as an anticheat. If you use this on your server, anybody will be able to just reverse the change and purchase ships without level restrictions!

Yes speaking of that - what about other exe hacks? Can the changes be reversed too and used as a cheat?

Gisteron

as long as you have no cheat detection that scans for that, sure. every model, alchemy, material, program library, application file, utf library, sound, absolutely every key file can be changed and the server wouldn’t bother. everything that is triggered by the server, eg surs, will be triggered from the server computer anyway.

TheDvDMan

FriendlyFire wrote:
Remember that this will not act as an anticheat. If you use this on your server, anybody will be able to just reverse the change and purchase ships without level restrictions!

Thats why we don’t use it! I think its not nescesary…

Sethernis

adoxa wrote:
I ignore level requirement for FL Hack, so let’s see if it works the other way.
freelancer.exe	0B948E	1B->00 = appropriate level required to buy ships in MP ~adoxa

After further testing, this doesn’t work. I added 5 mils to my account, I was rank 45 and I still couldn’t buy the patriot from planet manhatten (required level: 1).

NeXoSE

If wodka not around here… Is any way to encrypt EXE file without be identify as virus?

FriendlyFire

Make a separate topic, don’t hijack another one.

NeXoSE

Sorry, but i just want to know if is possible to anit-reverse-editing.

adoxa

Turns out Freelancer uses a global variable to store the current level, but only for SP, so in MP it just saw whatever the last level in SP was. I think this covers it.

server.dll	0112A3	1D->00 = need level to buy ships/equipment in MP ~adoxa
freelancer.exe	07FCE0	18->00 = need level to buy equipment in MP PART 1 ~adoxa
freelancer.exe	08049A	28->00 = need level to buy equipment in MP PART 2 ~adoxa
freelancer.exe	082E96	0A->00 = need level to buy equipment in MP PART 3 ~adoxa
freelancer.exe	0B850E	05->00 = need level to buy ship in MP PART 1 ~adoxa
freelancer.exe	0B948E	1B->00 = need level to buy ship in MP PART 2 ~adoxa

```The server patch returns the level for MP (instead of -1). Each part 1 sets the level (where it calls the server). Each part 2 activates the level requirement. Part 3 changes the equipment item display to reflect it's not available.

Sethernis

As usual, brilliant work adoxa! It works. Thank you.

NeXoSE

Surprize! Thanks adoxa. Now i can make more special things for player LOL, But what about anitcheat?

adoxa

This edit has been improved. Still working on the anticheat, hopefully I’ll have it done by this time tomorrow.

You should restore each PART 1 mentioned above, otherwise the new change will not be used. It’s not necessary to restore the server edit.

NeXoSE

adoxa wrote:
This edit has been improved. Still working on the anticheat, hopefully I’ll have it done by this time tomorrow.

You should restore each PART 1 mentioned above, otherwise the new change will not be used. It’s not necessary to restore the server edit.

Great news! Thank you for doing this.

JONG

adoxa wrote:
You should restore each PART 1 mentioned above, otherwise the new change will not be used. It’s not necessary to restore the server edit.

Thanks Adoxa, you mean that:

“1D–>00 server.dll 0112A3”

the server.dll still must to edit, or just edit the part1~part5 in freelancer.exe?

adoxa

The server.dll edit at 0112A3 is no longer required, but it doesn’t matter if you leave it in. The two PART 1 edits mentioned in #16 must be reversed (so 07FCE0 is 18 & 0B850E is 05).

Got the equipment (and commodity) anticheat working, just got to sort out the ship.

JONG

Thanks Adoxa.

So I can do those hex edit with no problem as my mod need?

adoxa

Sure.

Find attached the anticheat - if caught, it will log as “Ship or Equipment not sold on base” and you’ll be kicked, but not banned. As usual, my testing has been minimal; in particular, I haven’t tested it with other anticheat measures (it may be best to load this one last). Couple of points: it only prevents buying, trading and selling are still allowed (well they should be, I didn’t actually test); if you happen to acquire a high-level launcher, you won’t be able to buy its ammo, however FLHook’s autobuy will (should) still work.

JONG

Adoxa, very grateful for all you do is you make the FL has limitless possibilities .

NeXoSE

adoxa wrote:
Sure.

Find attached the anticheat - if caught, it will log as “Ship or Equipment not sold on base” and you’ll be kicked, but not banned. As usual, my testing has been minimal; in particular, I haven’t tested it with other anticheat measures (it may be best to load this one last). Couple of points: it only prevents buying, trading and selling are still allowed (well they should be, I didn’t actually test); if you happen to acquire a high-level launcher, you won’t be able to buy its ammo, however FLHook’s autobuy will (should) still work.

MARK.

I will try and setting this after done all the ini editing, and thank you for the job.