08-05-2004, 02:05 PM
Quote:Actually a memory process editor like Doomgazes's can modify any of the players in the game.
Many trainers show you other playerstats; that's simply because the computers communicate that data to each other. Some trainers then take the next idiotic step and tell you that you can edit those players. Well, no, you can't. You can edit the information they send you and make your computer think erroneous information about other players. You can edit your own information, so that (1) it changes your character on your PC (2) when you communicate with the other computers, they recognize the changes as well. But editing something in your computer's memory does not change files on another computer's hard drive.
Trainers take advantage of your client's ability to lie outrageously to other clients. Well, hey, that's how autokill works: "You take 1000000 damage." But you can't LIE about just anything that floats into your skull. You can't tell Diablo "You are deleted from the hard drive." and Diablo magically disappears from the other player's HDD. You can only lie about things the other computer is designed to receive information about. As far as I know, it's NOT designed to receive information about charstats on ITS harddrive. Why would it? It doesn't need your PC to know what clvl a character on ITS harddrive is. So, I'm gonna give your claim a big, fat NO.
If Diablo is retarded and allows another client to dictate a characterstat on ITS harddrive, then I'm pretty damn surprised no other trainer has ever exploited that before. But for the time being, I'm not going to believe it. If you CAN lie about information the other client isn't even designed to receive, Diablo's missing some pretty crucial paranoia checks. If a trainer CAN access another player's harddrive and alter files it finds, anyone in-game with someone using that program has a huge security issue on their hands -- a way, way bigger security problem than losing a few 66kb charfiles.
Quote:Most that are legit, including the ones I've seen in Diablo DSF-1, refuse to play with anyone that isn't endorsed by someone they know (their words, not mine). Of course, without getting into those games, it's impossible to be endorsed by anyone.
If someone doesn't want to game with you until they get to know you, make friends with them. You certainly can do that in-channel.
-Lemmy