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Lolindir
07-31-2020, 04:29 PM
Clone Wars, The Exploit... Update 1 - August 1, 2020

August 2020
The SWGEmu Team


Clone Wars, The Exploit... Update 1 - August 1, 2020

After the first announcement of this exploit, we’ve heard concerns from players about their items and resources. After internal discussions on how to proceed without harming our community even more than it already has been, we have decided to continue to follow our policy of deleting all duplicated (duped) items. We apologize for the time it took to let you know about this decision, but in implementing the fix we kept running into obstacles.

Primarily we decided on this course of action because the way the objects were duped would cause server instability over the long term if left in-game.

The second reason is when reviewing the duped objects themselves, we found very high concentrations of items in just a handful of accounts, those accounts are being investigated in more detail as we progress through the cleanup process.

We have decided we will mark these items no-trade for 14 days before we delete them so players can review the items and potentially resolve issues with sellers of those items. Each character possessing a duped item has received an in-game email that lists what duped item(s) that character has, and therefore no longer can be traded and will be deleted in 14 days.

Duped items we have identified from this exploit have been made No-Trade for 14 days before deletion.
These items can't be moved off your character, not even to other characters on the same account.

If the item itself has been duped or crafted using duped components, it will be noted in the item description with the following, in red: "Staff have blocked this item from being traded."
If a duped ADK is applied to an item, the item will be marked as No Trade with the following description: "Staff have blocked the Anti Decay kit on this item from being traded." At the end of the 14 days, the ADK will be deleted leaving behind your item.
The reason we have made two different notes is to differentiate them for players;

if only the item is blocked, you can delete the item and still trade your ADK afterwards.
If your ADK is blocked from trading, deleting the item it's attached to will still not let you trade the ADK.

The investigation is on-going and we will ban more accounts as we identify them, if you have information that can help us identify players involved in real money transactions please contact our support team so we can continue cleaning up Basilisk and improving our tools for the 1.0 server.

Again we would remind you that real money transactions for items or credits in game are a bannable offense according to our Terms of Service. However, if you did participate in a real money transaction we recommend you report the seller as having defrauded you via whatever payment method you used or through whatever way you found them. We will continue to investigate and if we identify your account as having participated in real money transactions before you come forward to us we will permanently ban your account.



Thank you for your continued support and patience.






~The SWGEmu Team

Lolindir
08-01-2020, 06:10 PM
In the list below you can see all the duped items. What is on the banned accounts and what is on accounts that have not been banned. People has also been deleting items, therefor you will see some discrepancy between banned and active accounts.

We are aware that there are edge cases that will create some issues in 14 days when we plan to delete the duped items. Like duped buildings and containers. We are looking into what we can do about issues like that. As stated, we don't wish to harm our community more than it already has been.





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Item
Total Items
Items on Banned Accounts
Items on Active Accounts


TOTALS ITEMS
60,129
54,004
6,125


Nightsister Armor Shard
4,628
4,627
1


Janta Blood
4,241
4,241
0


Nightsister Armor Layer
4,044
4,014
30


Travel Pack
3,148
3,086
62


Anti Decay Kit
2,598
2,443
155


Advanced Blaster Power Handler
2,513
2,510
3


Minerals
1,831
1,823
8


Geonosian Power Cube (Yellow)
1,498
1,498
0


Precision Tuned Weapon Scope
1,346
1,339
7


A Crate Of Free Resources
1,346
1,346
0


Small Stimpack - E
1,318
1,122
196


Clothing Attachment
1,271
1,269
2


Advanced Composite Armor Segment
1,235
1,234
1


Acklay Bones
1,108
1,108
0


Nightsister Vibro Blade Unit
908
908
0


Vasarian Brandy
647
403
244


Armor Attachment
620
619
1


Cure Poison Medpack Area - B
610
605
5


Muzzle
593
551
42


an Aurilian fruit
558
556
2


Edible materials
535
535
0


Generic Melee Weapon Kit
501
461
40


Formfitting Undershirt
465
134
331


Armor Upgrade Kit
367
361
6


Geonosian Sword Core
358
357
1


Garrmorl
349
221
128


Rancor Tooth
345
345
0


Advanced Blaster Rifle Barrel
339
339
0


Advanced Weapon Stock
339
338
1


Paramilitary Camos
337
52
285


Form-fitted Weapon Stock
333
333
0


T21 Rifle
311
203
108


Cure Poison Medpack - B
310
261
49


Blaster-rifle Barrel
303
303
0


Tenloss DXR-6 Disruptor Rifle
272
175
97


Flame Suppression Blanket
265
231
34


Protective Liquid Coating
249
245
4


Binary Liquid
249
245
4


Stone Knife
247
218
29


Krayt Dragon Tissue
247
246
1


Cure Disease Medpack Area - B
246
244
2


Composite Armor Chest Plate
236
207
29


Pantaloons
236
140
96


Enhance Action Medpack - D
235
190
45


High Caliber Projectile Pistol Barrel
234
234
0


Enhance Health Medpack - D
228
190
38


Composite Armor Boots
227
198
29


Mandalorian Armor Helmet
226
223
3


Enhance Quickness Medpack - D
220
193
27


Enhance Constitution Medpack - D
219
189
30


Enhance Strength Medpack - D
217
191
26


Enhance Stamina Medpack - D
216
189
27


Vagnerian Canape
216
194
22


Spider Venom
210
210
0


Leather Work Gloves
207
52
155


Composite Armor Helmet
205
168
37


Composite Armor Left Bracer
199
188
11


Power Hammer
199
170
29


Bounty Hunter Helmet
179
177
2


Curved Sword
177
165
12


DH17 Carbine
172
119
53


Geonosian Power Cube (Red)
169
169
0


Bivoli Tempari
167
125
42


Deed for: Generic Planet Guild Hall
164
138
26


Crafter's Pants
163
74
89


Scatter Pistol
161
120
41


Bounty Hunter Bicep Armor
155
155
0


Padded Workpants
154
26
128


Rancor Bile
152
151
1


Enhance Poison Resist Medpack - C
149
142
7


Enhance Disease Resist Medpack - C
148
142
6


Havla
148
131
17


Janta Hide
141
141
0


Padded Armor Belt
140
13
127


Deed for: Merchant Tent
140
28
112


Inert chemicals
138
136
2


Lawn Chair
136
136
0


Reactive gases
136
136
0


Personal Shield Generator Imperial Test Prototype
134
123
11


Advanced Weapon Scope
131
131
0


Spiced Tea
129
123
6


Reinforced Combat Staff
128
126
2


Hide
124
122
2


Synthetic Cloth
123
66
57


Laser Carbine
122
61
61


Geonosian Tenloss DXR-6 Schematic
114
114
0


Link-Steel Reinforced Gloves
111
43
68


Vegeparsine
109
79
30


Reinforced Fiber Panel
108
67
41


Pikatta Pie
107
82
25


Vibro Knuckler
106
97
9


Citros Snow Cake
106
67
39


Striped Slacks
106
35
71


Power Core Unit
106
7
99


Small Stimpack - B
106
53
53


Deed for: Food Factory
106
33
73


Flame Thrower
105
58
47


D18 Pistol
103
56
47


Weapon Upgrade Kit
102
92
10


Smuggler's Delight
101
71
30


DLT20 Rifle
99
48
51


Advanced Blaster Pistol Barrel
99
99
0


Bounty Hunter Boots
93
93
0


Bounty Hunter Leg Armor
93
93
0


Arakyd Probe Droid
93
88
5


Precision Laser Knife
93
87
6


Seeker Droid
92
88
4


Leather Gloves
84
34
50


Deed for: Large Naboo House
84
32
52


Sunguard
82
22
60


Deed for: Structure Factory
82
40
42


Deed for: Large Tatooine House
81
19
62


Exo-Protein Wafers
77
60
17


Aakuan Ring
75
73
2


Deed for: Large Generic Planet House
75
55
20


Deed for: Large Generic Planet House (Style 2)
73
59
14


Survival Knife
70
63
7


Dead Aurilian Plant
67
67
0


Two-handed Curved Sword
66
62
4


Ahrisa
65
53
12


Accarragm
65
44
21


Elshandruu Pica Thundercloud
63
52
11


Bounty Hunter Chest Plate
62
62
0


Bounty Hunter Bracer Armor
62
62
0


Corellian Brandy
62
39
23


Mind Area Poison Delivery Unit - C
61
57
4


Synthsteak
61
49
12


Jawa Ion Rifle
61
52
9


Deed for: High Efficiency Moisture Vaporator
60
2
58


Molecular Clamp
59
35
24


Spec-Ops Duster
59
13
46


Snow Boots
58
18
40


Deed for: Wearables Factory
57
7
50


R.I.S Armor Helmet
54
52
2


Veronian Berry Wine
54
48
6


Republic Blaster
51
2
49


Muon Gold
50
31
19


Light Lightning Cannon
50
5
45


Hot Pants
48
20
28


DX2 Pistol
46
16
30


Player Association Hall
45
17
28


Desert Command Jacket
44
14
30


Neutron Pixie
43
30
13


Advanced Liquid Suspension
42
42
0


Ithorian Mist
42
33
9


Advanced Chemical Release Duration Mechanism
42
42
0


Mind Poison Delivery Unit - C
41
37
4


Advanced Biological Effect Controller
40
39
1


Scythe Blade
36
34
2


DLT20a Rifle
36
29
7


Gaderiffi Baton
35
34
1


Deed for: Fusion Power Generator
35
8
27


Food and Chemical Factory
35
3
32


Geonosian Sonic Blaster
34
13
21


Deed for: Small Generic Planet House (Style 2, Floorplan 2)
33
6
27


Cargo Pocket
32
32
0


Women's Shoes
32
13
19


Bounty Hunter Belt
31
31
0


DH17 Pistol
31
4
27


Merchant Tent
31
0
31


Janta Knife
30
29
1


Composite Armor Gloves
30
23
7


Deed for: Tatooine Guild Hall
30
13
17


Ryyk Blade
28
26
2


Heavy Reinforced Jacket
28
9
19


Deed for: Medium Generic Planet House (Style 2)
28
15
13


Lined Shorts
27
15
12


Deed for: Large Corellia House (Style 2)
26
8
18


Mind Area Disease Delivery Unit - C
26
24
2


DXR6 Carbine
26
3
23


Pocketed Shorts
26
10
16


Deed for: Tatooine City Hall
26
19
7


DL44 Metal Pistol
26
4
22


Advanced Solid Delivery Shell
25
25
0


Large Headwrap
25
11
14


Deed for: Equipment Factory
25
3
22


Kiwik Clusjo Swirl
25
2
23


Dagger
24
22
2


Deed for: Large Corellia House
24
9
15


Deed for: Corellia City Hall
24
16
8


Deed for: Medium Corellia House
24
9
15


Long Vibro Axe
23
21
2


Quilted Pants
23
15
8


Extremely Revealing Skirt
23
11
12


Large General House
23
1
22


E11 Rifle
22
10
12


Launcher Pistol
22
3
19


Deed for: Medium Generic Planet House
22
13
9


Thin Striped Pants
22
3
19


Stun Baton
21
19
2


Nightsister Lance
21
20
1


Kashyyykian Ceremonial Leggings
21
20
1


Structure Storage Module
21
5
16


Deed for: Medium Tatooine House
21
6
15


Deed for: Small Tatooine House (Style 2)
20
12
8


Wearables Factory
19
2
17


Rugged Jacket
19
11
8


Deed for: Naboo City Hall
19
14
5


SG82 Rifle
18
14
4


E11 Carbine
18
2
16


Large Tatooine House
18
0
18


Small General House
18
0
18


Trim Lined Shirt
17
10
7


Interwoven R. I. S. Armor Segment Schematic
16
16
0


Large Naboo House
16
0
16


Advanced Padded Armor Segment
15
15
0


Warm Hat
15
10
5


Reinforced Work Shirt
15
2
13


Vibroblade
14
13
1


Metal Staff
14
14
0


Gurk King Hide
14
14
0


Bespin Port
14
6
8


Energy Distributor
14
4
10


Tensile Resistance
14
8
6


Ammo Bandolier
14
0
14


Infiltrator Leggings
14
1
13


Scout Blaster
14
2
12


Two-handed Axe
13
13
0


Giant Dune Kimogila Scales
13
13
0


Spinner Blade
13
13
0


Cask
13
13
0


Alcohol
13
13
0


Trim
13
13
0


DH17 Short Carbine
13
1
12


Mercenary Bandolier
13
8
5


Rank Sash
13
0
13


Medium Food Additive
12
12
0


Deed for: Naboo Guild Hall
12
6
6


Deed for: Medium Naboo House
12
6
6


Ithorian Sentinel Helmet
12
4
8


Structure Factory
12
0
12


Woolamander Harrower Bone Fragment
11
11
0


Broad-Spectrum Nutrients
11
11
0


Wooly Jacket
11
8
3


Deed for: Corellian Guild Hall
11
5
6


Mandalorian Wine
11
4
7


Large Corellian House
11
0
11


Small Tatooine House
11
0
11


Deed for: Small Naboo House (Style 2)
10
2
8


Vibro Lance
9
9
0


Alum Minerals
9
6
3


Stun Protection Armor Layer
9
9
0


Power Conditioner
9
4
5


Laser Rifle
9
3
6


Deed for: Tatooine Cantina
9
4
5


Enhance Poison Resist Medpack - B
9
0
9


Medium Corellian House
9
0
9


Medium Tatooine House
9
0
9


Small Naboo House
9
0
9


CDEF Rifle
8
8
0


Wood Staff
8
8
0


Travel Ticket
8
4
4


Advanced Resilience Compound
8
1
7


Composite Armor Right Bicep
8
4
4


Composite Armor Right Bracer
8
2
6


Deed for: Corellia Cantina
8
2
6


Deed for: Naboo Cantina
8
2
6


Deed for: Heavy Mineral Mining Installation
8
1
7


Enhance Disease Resist Medpack - B
8
0
8


Heavy Axe
7
7
0


Lance
7
7
0


DL44 Pistol
7
5
2


Deed for: Small Generic Planet House (Style 2)
7
5
2


Deed for: Deep Crust Chemical Extractor
7
0
7


Medium General House
7
0
7


Cantina
7
0
7


EE3 Carbine
6
0
6


Lined Workshirt
6
0
6


Health Poison Delivery Unit - C
5
5
0


Interwoven R. I. S. Segment
5
5
0


R.I.S. Armor Chest Plate
5
5
0


CDEF Pistol
5
4
1


Dough
5
5
0


Heavy Food Additive
5
5
0


Electronics GP Module
5
5
0


Reinforced Pants
5
1
4


Apron
5
1
4


Deed for: Small Generic Planet House
5
3
2


Ithorian Sentinel Boots
5
1
4


City Hall
5
0
5


Equipment Factory
5
0
5


Fusion-Ion Generator
5
0
5


Tantel Armor Segment
4
4
0


Intelligent Nanonutrients
4
4
0


Composite Armor Left Bicep
4
1
3


Tantel Armor Helmet
4
2
2


Deed for: Tatooine Hospital
4
2
2


Deed for: Tatooine Cloning Facility
4
3
1


Deed for: Small Naboo House
4
0
4


Padded Armor Chest Plate
3
1
2


Carbosyrup
3
3
0


Micronutrient Supplement
3
3
0


Wall Module
3
3
0


Metal Fasteners
3
2
1


Light Food Additive
3
3
0


Advanced Projectile Pistol Barrel
3
1
2


Grand Healer's Robe
3
0
3


Composite Armor Pants
3
2
1


Mabari Armorweave Chest Plate
3
0
3


Ithorian Newsboy
3
0
3


Deed for: Small Tatooine House
3
0
3


Deed for: Naboo Hospital
3
0
3


Mind Area Poison Delivery Unit - A
3
2
1


Mind Area Poison Delivery Unit - B
3
2
1


Ithorian Sentinel Guard (Right)
3
1
2


Cure Poison Medpack - A
3
1
2


Deed for: Corellia Bank
3
2
1


Medium Naboo House
3
0
3


Military Travel Pack
2
2
0


Padded Armor Boots
2
2
0


Padded Armor Left Bracer
2
2
0


Generic Items Crate
2
2
0


Bantha Butter
2
2
0


Structural Module
2
2
0


Soypro
2
2
0


Generator Turbine
2
2
0


Kinetic Protection Armor Layer
2
2
0


Electronics Memory Module
2
2
0


Deed for: Alliance Detachment HQ
2
2
0


Doctor's Dress
2
0
2


DE-10 Pistol
2
1
1


Elite Carbine
2
0
2


Deed for: Tatooine Bank
2
1
1


Deed for: Tatooine Theater
2
2
0


Deed for: Tatooine Garage
2
1
1


Deed for: Corellia Cloning Facility
2
1
1


Deed for: Corellia Garage
2
0
2


Deed for: Corellia Hospital
2
1
1


Deed for: Naboo Cloning Facility
2
0
2


Deed for: Naboo Garage
2
1
1


Deed for: Naboo Theater
2
1
1


Sandals
2
0
2


Tactical Skinsuit
2
1
1


Tantel Armor Boots
2
0
2


Tantel Armor Chest Plate
2
0
2


Twi'lek Lekku Wrap
2
0
2


Blinded State Medpack - A
2
2
0


Sports Bustier
2
0
2


Revealing Top
2
0
2


Dress Slacks
2
0
2


Ithorian Hemmed Skirt
2
0
2


Ithorian Ceremonial Garb
2
0
2


Grand Ball Gown
2
0
2


Decorative Headdress
2
0
2


Mind Poison Delivery Unit - B
2
2
0


Willpower Area Disease Delivery Unit - C
2
0
2


Health Area Poison Delivery Unit - C
2
0
2


Action Area Poison Delivery Unit - C
2
0
2


Deed for: Power Droid, Advanced Model
2
0
2


Cure Disease Medpack - B
2
2
0


Cure Disease Medpack - A
2
0
2


Deed for: Tatooine Shaded Place (Garden)
2
0
2


Cloning Facility
2
0
2


Garden
2
0
2


Hospital
2
0
2


Deed for: Corellia Theater
1
1
0


Deflector Shield Emitter Assembly
1
1
0


Carbocaloric Eliminator
1
1
0


Sweet Cake Mix
1
1
0


Deflector Shield Generator - Particle
1
1
0


Deflector Shield Projector Plate
1
1
0


Deflector Shield Generator - Energy Ray
1
1
0


Veghash
1
1
0


Active Biosensors
1
1
0


Padded Armor Left Bicep
1
1
0


Padded Armor Right Bracer
1
1
0


Padded Armor Gloves
1
1
0


Action Poison Delivery Unit - C
1
1
0


Padded Armor Right Bicep
1
1
0


Sports Wrap
1
0
1


Beam Rifle
1
0
1


Enhanced E11 Carbine
1
0
1


Decorative Vest
1
0
1


Ithorian Technical Suit
1
0
1


Wookiee Traveller's Helm
1
0
1


Wookiee Sage's Hood
1
0
1


Decorative Waist Wrap
1
0
1


Sigiled Waist Wrap
1
0
1


Deed for: Tatooine Shuttleport
1
1
0


Deed for: Small Generic Planet House (Floorplan 2)
1
0
1


Sturdy Boots
1
0
1


Fighter Flightsuit
1
0
1


Mabari Armorweave Helmet
1
0
1


Mabari Armorweave Pants
1
0
1


Intricate Dress
1
0
1


Exquisite Gown
1
0
1


Heavy Acid Rifle
1
1
0


Transport Flightsuit
1
0
1


Manufacturing Mechanism
1
1
0


Dizzy State Stimpack - A
1
1
0


Intimidated State Stimpack - A
1
1
0


Ithorian Light Pullover
1
0
1


Ithorian Fade Pattern Jacket
1
0
1


Ithorian Camos
1
0
1


Ithorian Fade Dyed Shirt
1
0
1


Ithorian Knitted Shirt
1
0
1


Strange Ithorian Pants
1
0
1


Scout Jacket
1
0
1


Wookiee Shoulder Pad
1
0
1


Lekku Ys'rak
1
0
1


Grand Twi'lek Headpiece
1
0
1


Ithorian Racing Gear
1
1
0


Dress Uniform Jacket
1
0
1


Comfortable Slacks
1
0
1


Longsleeve Shirt
1
0
1


Cargo Vest
1
0
1


Belted Jacket
1
0
1


Ithorian Patterned Skirt
1
0
1


Ithorian Fiery Shirt
1
0
1


Ithorian Elder's Dress
1
0
1


Ithorian Supported Shirt
1
0
1


Ithorian Cargo Pants
1
0
1


Mind Disease Delivery Unit - C
1
0
1


Mind Poison Delivery Unit - A
1
1
0


Constitution Area Disease Delivery Unit - C
1
0
1


Focus Area Disease Delivery Unit - C
1
0
1


Mind Area Disease Delivery Unit - B
1
0
1


Quickness Area Disease Delivery Unit - C
1
0
1


Stamina Area Disease Delivery Unit - C
1
0
1


Strength Area Disease Delivery Unit - C
1
0
1


Ithorian Sentinel Chest Plate
1
0
1


Ithorian Sentinel Bracer (Left)
1
0
1


Ithorian Nath-Nath Ball Outfit
1
1
0


Ithorian Athletic Gear
1
1
0


Infiltration Suit
1
1
0


Multipocket Bandolier
1
0
1


Cure Poison Medpack Area - A
1
1
0


Deed for: Naboo Bank
1
0
1


Deed for: Tatooine Arch Circle (Garden)
1
0
1


Deed for: Tatooine Stones & Walls (Garden)
1
0
1


Razor Cat
1
1
0


Carrion Spat
1
0
1


Padded Armor Leggings
1
0
1


Kaadu
1
0
1


Nightsister Energy Lance
1
0
1


Deed for: MSE Droid
1
0
1


Gurrcat
1
0
1


Bol
1
1
0


Deed for: Corellian Fountain Spire (Garden)
1
0
1


Gurreck
1
0
1


Bank
1
0
1


Garage
1
0
1

</tbody>

Lolindir
08-01-2020, 06:12 PM
Reserved

Tyrson
08-01-2020, 06:24 PM
lol, I'm the only one with a duped garage! Haha, who the **** dupes a garage?

https://i.imgur.com/B9ZKT3H.png

lordkator
08-01-2020, 06:25 PM
At some point I maybe I can do a video interview on this phase of the project.

I know people are going to be very upset but to be clear the system found items that had been crafted from dupes too.

The exploiters were duping components and then using those to craft or sucker others into crafting items. My guess is they assumed I couldn't join that data back to the items that were crafted. They were very wrong.

If you have an item with an ADK on it when we delete the ADK the item WILL REMAIN please do not panic, that said it will no longer have an ADK!

There are still many edge cases to action here, some people have cloned houses and other items that we need to carefully address.

lordkator
08-01-2020, 06:26 PM
lol, I'm the only one with a duped garage! Haha, who the **** dupes a garage?

I thought the same thing so I looked and it was components that were duped for that garage!

Nothing like short-cutting your crafting to make an extra buck and to try and hide what you're doing.

Tyrson
08-01-2020, 06:29 PM
I thought the same thing so I looked and it was components that were duped for that garage!

Nothing like short-cutting your crafting to make an extra buck and to try and hide what you're doing.

I've bought lots of other deeds from that guy though and none of those were duped. Also, why dupe components for a single garage, and not a factory run of garages? I'm sure you've considered this, but is it possible there are false positives?

dedaskalion
08-01-2020, 06:31 PM
this list is hilarious to me

Tomahawk
08-01-2020, 06:41 PM
are all mails sent ? or do i have to check characters from time to time ?

Soryn Jian-Wa
08-01-2020, 06:47 PM
Can't you all do popups for posts? Like, I remember when I signed up for the forums, I got a popup to check some specific post. When I asked later about something that was addressed in that post, instead of answering it, some mod apparently reset that popup on my login. lol

What I'm saying here is...if you can do something like that, seems you should do it on a post like this so everyone sees it. :P

lordkator
08-01-2020, 06:48 PM
I've bought lots of other deeds from that guy though and none of those were duped. Also, why dupe components for a single garage, and not a factory run of garages? I'm sure you've considered this, but is it possible there are false positives?

I spent MONTHS on the code that identifies the dupes, it's 1300 lines of code and the overall system is 10,000 lines of code.

I've checked it over and over, ran the code against TC-Prime and did literally 100's of spot checks.

And yours particularly was interesting being 1 of all the other items so I looked at it, not a false positive, sorry.

lordkator
08-01-2020, 06:48 PM
are all mails sent ? or do i have to check characters from time to time ?

All emails for this phase are out.

If you didn't get one then party on!

cmurphy50
08-01-2020, 06:49 PM
Turns out you have no dupes when you haven't bought anything real in over 5 years.

Tomahawk
08-01-2020, 06:51 PM
All emails for this phase are out.

If you didn't get one then party on!

Thank you!

So much code lol .. you should work for a gouverment :)

lordkator
08-01-2020, 06:53 PM
Thank you!

So much code lol .. you should work for a gouverment :)

They can't pay me enough!

Awila
08-01-2020, 06:54 PM
Can you please confirm if duped resources are involved? That can be the only reason I have house, factories and harvesters marked. This could only be from the purchase of ore and steel, the life blood of architects.

Awila
08-01-2020, 06:56 PM
I'm taking a double does of my blood pressure meds now...

Tomahawk
08-01-2020, 07:01 PM
They can't pay me enough!

hehe good ! so u stay here thats even better :)

WohenForgotHisPassword
08-01-2020, 07:14 PM
I know people are going to be very upset but to be clear the system found items that had been crafted from dupes too.



I hope not, personally I'm not upset; I lost 2 ADKs but I was expecting much worse to be honest. What I wasn't expecting was a message from someone letting me know that they got an email about a crate of Pikatta Pie I made for them a long time ago! I can't figure that out, maybe I bought duped milk or additives? Who know..

Mostly I'm just confused looking at that list. If you sort it by the number of items on active accounts it's almost all clothes and food on the top of it!

brmccu01
08-01-2020, 07:15 PM
I have a duped deed for large Tatooine house. I bought it well over a year ago from a vendor. Crazy! What are people thinking?

Jeremai
08-01-2020, 07:33 PM
Are Duped Items in Vendors red-marked as no trade as well?

Adaso
08-01-2020, 07:37 PM
Are Duped Items in Vendors red-marked as no trade as well?

After the initial wave of things becoming No Trade, like ADK/CFR, those were instantly sent to the stockroom rather than remaining in the sales listing. These should act the same way.

Tyrson
08-01-2020, 07:47 PM
I spent MONTHS on the code that identifies the dupes, it's 1300 lines of code and the overall system is 10,000 lines of code.

I've checked it over and over, ran the code against TC-Prime and did literally 100's of spot checks.

And yours particularly was interesting being 1 of all the other items so I looked at it, not a false positive, sorry.

I'm not worried about the garage deed itself. They're cheap, and it's not sentimental, so I can just get another (if I don't have one laying around already.) It just seems odd to me. I guess he could have made it with duped resources or something and didn't know? I just don't understand why someone would dupe a single garage, but not a lot of them.

I also know identifying this stuff wasn't a casual effort, I didn't mean to imply that. I imagine no system would be perfect, given the complexity due the volume and the years and years of changes in production. I'm a Systems Admin and I've been working with databases for a bit over a decade now, so I'm aware of how complex it can get. Obviously I'm ignorant of the specifics here. I'm just trying to wrap my mind around some of these things and make sense of it.

Asifab19
08-01-2020, 08:03 PM
Is there any way of checking certain structures to see if they are marked to be deleted and the owner has not been in game for a long time?

Awila
08-01-2020, 08:05 PM
Not that I can see if they are placed. I had two wearables factories that I just pulled and they are flagged. Same goes for buildings. A placed building will show the name in the email and if it is unique you can determine which building. I have a small tatooine house like this now that I need to empty.

Awila
08-01-2020, 08:25 PM
Question: What about city structures? For example, if a city hall was crafted with duped components or resources will the city hall be destroyed in 14 days? Or any other civic structures?

caleb05gt
08-01-2020, 08:42 PM
If a dupped item is on a vendor, would it still actively be listed and if so would the potentially buyer be able to see if it had been marked when examined?

Fastburn
08-01-2020, 09:08 PM
If a dupped item is on a vendor, would it still actively be listed and if so would the potentially buyer be able to see if it had been marked when examined?

At the time it was flagged, the auction should have expired it.

caleb05gt
08-01-2020, 09:16 PM
Thank you good sir

realdeal
08-01-2020, 09:55 PM
Sorry if I misunderstood something, I have a weapon with ADK in my inventory marked "No Trade" in yellow text, when I examine it says nothing about being blocked, is this item duped or made with duped items? The ADK cant be duped since its from this account. Are non duped items supposed to be non trade currently?


https://i.imgur.com/KpEn8pw.png

flap flap
08-01-2020, 09:58 PM
Can't lose anything if you have nothing to lose *thinking guy meme*

(I didn't lose anything!)

Chewic
08-01-2020, 10:01 PM
Heya,

So I have 2 items flagged, 1 pantaloons that I have 4 attachments in, Im pretty sure Ive had those for at least a few months if not a years or more. the second is a generic guild hall.
I assembled that myself and Im pretty sure I still have all components used to make it in my inventory and they are not flagged, nor are any of my resources. it seems very strange

RecksRacer
08-01-2020, 10:09 PM
Some of those duped items...Who dupes a +5 ranged def ring ffs?

naveed
08-01-2020, 10:22 PM
I had a pair of the leather work gloves, luckily I had put no tapes into them yet...

brmccu01
08-01-2020, 10:23 PM
Sorry if I misunderstood something, I have a weapon with ADK in my inventory marked "No Trade" in yellow text, when I examine it says nothing about being blocked, is this item duped or made with duped items? The ADK cant be duped since its from this account. Are non duped items supposed to be non trade currently?


https://i.imgur.com/KpEn8pw.png

I'd like to know this too. I bought a hammer off Drogo that says the same.

dedaskalion
08-01-2020, 10:28 PM
they made all ADKs no trade for the time being.

the only items that are dupe related have red text.

realdeal
08-01-2020, 10:31 PM
they made all ADKs no trade for the time being.

the only items that are dupe related have red text.

Thanks for this!

lordkator
08-01-2020, 11:11 PM
Sorry if I misunderstood something, I have a weapon with ADK in my inventory marked "No Trade" in yellow text, when I examine it says nothing about being blocked, is this item duped or made with duped items? The ADK cant be duped since its from this account. Are non duped items supposed to be non trade currently?


https://i.imgur.com/KpEn8pw.png

ANYTHING with an ADK on it is NoTrade.

If the text isn't Red you are OK.... .for now... I wish I could say I'm done but there are other avenues to visit...

Misk Brebran
08-01-2020, 11:13 PM
Wow! Thank you so much for the effort you are all putting into this. The amount of time youve all had to spend on this is nuts! Now that your all properly buttered up (really, not really, lol)

is there any chance we can get coords for the effected items?

I have one of the duped travel packs (no seriously a frackin travel pack MADE with duped components), but i have no idea where in NIKA it is. Its not on my toon Etheb, yeah the mayor with access to everything citywise, so its stashed somewhere in the city, lol...


—UPDATE— 20200801 1933EST

Found the object. Will keep the question posted so others dont need to ask.

Keep in mind, the “NAME” in the email is whatever the item is named not the name of the person who you got it from..... (i.e. mine was a travel pack but named VERGOO to reflect the contents inside)

oMek
08-01-2020, 11:35 PM
So, if an item is marked as duped, but the ADK on it is not. Will the ADK be lost also after 14 days? Should we delete the item now to save the ADK?

Misk Brebran
08-01-2020, 11:37 PM
So, if an item is marked as duped, but the ADK on it is not. Will the ADK be lost also after 14 days? Should we delete the item now to save the ADK?

Good question, as id like to get this rotten pack out of the tent.....

lordkator
08-01-2020, 11:38 PM
Wow! Thank you so much for the effort you are all putting into this. The amount of time youve all had to spend on this is nuts! Now that your all properly buttered up (really, not really, lol)

is there any chance we can get coords for the effected items?

I have one of the duped travel packs (no seriously a frackin travel pack MADE with duped components), but i have no idea where in NIKA it is. Its not on my toon Etheb, yeah the mayor with access to everything citywise, so its stashed somewhere in the city, lol...

This actually was a concern of mine, I would ask people to look first and if it gets unbearable I could try to add emails to where the item is in game. Some people are finding them in banks etc. But yes its a bit annoying, I was limited in how much I could put in the email for fear of people missing the details.

Kenchi
08-02-2020, 12:15 AM
Can we get some clarification on if an item was duped since there was a lot of ways this could be done. is the original item that was duped also being flagged for removal? Thanks!

rease
08-02-2020, 12:56 AM
Is there any way of checking certain structures to see if they are marked to be deleted and the owner has not been in game for a long time?

Yes, yes, yes ! Big issues, We need something to identify the structure.

kenobuOwan
08-02-2020, 01:51 AM
For the BE Clothes... it was mentioned in another thread that it was the be synth cloth. Could it actually be the CAs for the BE clothes?

The only reason I'm asking is because I have a pair of pants that that are flagged, however, I have another pair that's from the same schem/crate that isn't. The only difference is that the flagged one has some CAs on it.


https://i.ibb.co/XxgdFsV/Pants-Flagged.jpg (https://imgbb.com/) https://i.ibb.co/ggGWj50/Pants-Not-Flagged.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)

WohenForgotHisPassword
08-02-2020, 02:12 AM
I copied to the table because I wanted to ersort it by the number of items on active accounts (tells an interesting story when you do that!) and in doing so I noticed that the original column totals aren't adding up:

TOTALS ITEMS 57,898 Banned Accounts:51,773 Active Accounts: 6,125

(442 rows)

oMek
08-02-2020, 02:58 AM
The list has to be semi wrong,

This was posted on another thread.

https://i.imgur.com/ur2KeG3.png

There are 2x garages there, veplo also has one marked. List only has one listed?

kenobuOwan
08-02-2020, 03:30 AM
The list has to be semi wrong,

This was posted on another thread.

https://i.imgur.com/ur2KeG3.png

There are 2x garages there, veplo also has one marked. List only has one listed?

One garage is deeded and one is deployed in your pic. Veplo's was deeded. The master list has two Corellia garage deeds...

<colgroup><col><col span="3"></colgroup><tbody>
Deed for: Corellia Garage
2
0
2


Deed for: Naboo Garage
2
1
1


Deed for: Tatooine Garage
2
1
1


Garage
1
0
1

</tbody>

oMek
08-02-2020, 04:00 AM
One garage is deeded and one is deployed in your pic. Veplo's was deeded. The master list has two Corellia garage deeds...

<colgroup><col><col span="3"></colgroup><tbody>
Deed for: Corellia Garage
2
0
2


Deed for: Naboo Garage
2
1
1


Deed for: Tatooine Garage
2
1
1


Garage
1
0
1

</tbody>

Thanks, was a huge list guess I missed some lol.

Tyrson
08-02-2020, 05:46 AM
I copied to the table because I wanted to ersort it by the number of items on active accounts (tells an interesting story when you do that!) and in doing so I noticed that the original column totals aren't adding up:

TOTALS ITEMS 57,898 Banned Accounts:51,773 Active Accounts: 6,125

(442 rows)

I can't find where someone said it, but I thought I read that the totals are off because some of the items were already deleted in game or something. I'm not sure.

Jeremai
08-02-2020, 06:12 AM
In the list below you can see all the duped items. What is on the banned accounts and what is on accounts that have not been banned. People has also been deleting items, therefor you will see some discrepancy between banned and active accounts.


original post from Lolindir...

Lolindir
08-02-2020, 06:38 AM
If you worry about your non duped ADK on a duped item, just delete the item before we do. You will get your clean ADK back.

It should not matter. When we delete duped items, the non duped ADKs should be left, but you never know. There are so many variables, so its hard to say 100% that we will not have issues. Better safe than sorry, just delete the item yourself.

esmiswg
08-02-2020, 06:41 AM
After doing some investigation, it appears the tool might be flagging some things incorrectly in the following pattern:
A number of items are made from the same stack of looted or crafted components. *One* of those items (all items now having different object IDs) gets duped. The components the duped item was made with are now treated as illegitimate, and all the "sister items" made from the same stack of components get flagged.

llelut
08-02-2020, 08:11 AM
Hello

It's a scandal, I am an honest player since 2011 I will find myself without any adk and my weapons will surely be deleted too,
Can you look at my case please.

All my fortune is made thanks to a single sale made with SIRE,

Thank you

trasixes
08-02-2020, 09:11 AM
With the exception of one item (Nice T21), my items marked as dupes are very odd. Artisan components, leather gloves, padded belt, and PSGs. The Imperial PSGs (and their components) were made by me, but I did buy a lot of resources. Ugh! None of my ADKs are flagged, though.

All in all, I'm glad the items are being removed. As much as it hurts to lose things, the integrity of the game needs to be maintained.

Thanks to Lordkator and all others involved in finding this issue, identifying the items, and deciding the outcome - it couldn't have been fun, or easy. The level of transparency is particularly appreciated!

Pitchcontrol
08-02-2020, 09:42 AM
After doing some investigation, it appears the tool might be flagging some things incorrectly in the following pattern:
A number of items are made from the same stack of looted or crafted components. *One* of those items (all items now having different object IDs) gets duped. The components the duped item was made with are now treated as illegitimate, and all the "sister items" made from the same stack of components get flagged.

I agree...

There are false positives and the originals are getting flagged as well...

For example you loot a nice Krayt stack, your able to craft like 4 nice weapons out that stack... so weapon A, B, C and D are original weapons and have different serials. You trade or sell one of the weapons like weapon A. Weapon A gets into the hands of the dupers they dupe it into weapon A²...

Normally weapon A² should be considered as a dupe and be deleted. I think all special components used in weapon A2 get flagged as being duped and weapon A² but also the original A and sister items B, C and D who got not duped are being considered duped now.

lordkator
08-02-2020, 10:20 AM
I'm sorry but it is IMPOSSIBLE to know what is valid in a batch of items if one was duped.

These people would borrow weapons and dupe them and often give back the dupe!

They would dupe items they were crafting with even after having sold other items they crafted with those resources.

It's not a false positive, it's reality.

Oh and quite a sad example of greed at its worst.

esmiswg
08-02-2020, 10:40 AM
I'm sorry but it is IMPOSSIBLE to know what is valid in a batch of items if one was duped.

These people would borrow weapons and dupe them and often give back the dupe!

They would dupe items they were crafting with even after having sold other items they crafted with those resources.

It's not a false positive, it's reality.

Oh and quite a sad example of greed at its worst.

We're talking about the *components* the duped items were made with. Components that were legit but because of *one* final product being duped, all other products made from those components ending up being flagged. Again we seem to be observing the behavior that it doesn't just flag the original item as duped too, I'm aware it may be difficult to distinguish that. The issue is about *sister items* from the same batch of legit components being flagged only because one of them was duped at some point down the road. These items should be easily distinguishable because they share nothing with the dupe other than *legit* components.

Could you please check if that is happening, or whether we're misinterpreting the reason why some items are being flagged? For example this rifle. Neither it nor any of its components have ever left my hands, the only reasons I can imagine it being flagged is that crafted components from the same batch ended up in other rifles that got duped, or of course that one resource from one of the crafted components is affected, which is always difficult to figure out.
https://i.imgur.com/KipPjyX.png

neutrineaux
08-02-2020, 11:22 AM
Please consider a server wipe at this time. A server wipe with end-stage beta would be apropriate prior to launce of 1.0, and this is certainly a reasonable way to address the duped items as well as treat everyone fairly.

Also, please consider a sub-lifetime ban on the participants. A harsh ban, yes. But we do not really have a gigantic population. Permanently culling dozens or hundreds of players may not be the best approach long term.

Just my thoughts as someone who did not participate in RMT or duping.


The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.

lordkator
08-02-2020, 12:21 PM
Please consider a server wipe at this time. A server wipe with end-stage beta would be apropriate prior to launce of 1.0, and this is certainly a reasonable way to address the duped items as well as treat everyone fairly.

Also, please consider a sub-lifetime ban on the participants. A harsh ban, yes. But we do not really have a gigantic population. Permanently culling dozens or hundreds of players may not be the best approach long term.

Just my thoughts as someone who did not participate in RMT or duping.


We have 5,000 active players a month, we're not worried about 40 people who aren't good for the community anyway.

I of all people desire a wipe but we're not ready yet, these situations actually help us improve our tools, the scale of Basilisk's dumpster fire is very useful for tools to put out fires in our 1.0 server. :)

Pitchcontrol
08-02-2020, 12:34 PM
I'm sorry but it is IMPOSSIBLE to know what is valid in a batch of items if one was duped.

These people would borrow weapons and dupe them and often give back the dupe!

They would dupe items they were crafting with even after having sold other items they crafted with those resources.

It's not a false positive, it's reality.

Oh and quite a sad example of greed at its worst.

And what if you first delete all duped items from the players that are banned? After you deleted those items, you do another scan for dupes on community? This might unflag a bunch of items? Most of their duped items where probably stored in their houses and banks...

Lolindir
08-02-2020, 12:53 PM
As you can see in my 2nd post, we know what items are on the duped accounts. Deleting items on banned accounts and make a new scan will not change what we have found on active accounts.

Pitchcontrol
08-02-2020, 01:02 PM
As you can see in my 2nd post, we know what items are on the duped accounts. Deleting items on banned accounts and make a new scan will not change what we have found on active accounts. They traded weapons for other weapons with a trade back option on it. So they duped those and than used the trade back option to give the original weapon back to that person who had no clue it was duped. Some of those dupes where sold and hit the community, but some where stored in a bank or house of the dupers and where not sold to other people. So if you delete all duped items from the accounts that are involved in this ponzi sceme. There is a chance that only the original item will exist on the server.

Senolin
08-02-2020, 01:05 PM
They traded weapons for other weapons with a trade back option on it. So they duped those and than used the trade back option to give the original weapon back to that person who had no clue it was duped. Some of those dupes where sold and hit the community, but some where stored in a bank or house of the dupers. So if you delete all duped items from the accounts that are involved in this ponzi sceme. There is a chance that only the original item will survive.

*chance* being the key word here.

Theres also a chance they kept the real originals and gave back dupes in hopes of the dupes being deleted one day. You never know.

Kenchi
08-02-2020, 01:56 PM
We're talking about the *components* the duped items were made with. Components that were legit but because of *one* final product being duped, all other products made from those components ending up being flagged. Again we seem to be observing the behavior that it doesn't just flag the original item as duped too, I'm aware it may be difficult to distinguish that. The issue is about *sister items* from the same batch of legit components being flagged only because one of them was duped at some point down the road. These items should be easily distinguishable because they share nothing with the dupe other than *legit* components.

Could you please check if that is happening, or whether we're misinterpreting the reason why some items are being flagged? For example this rifle. Neither it nor any of its components have ever left my hands, the only reasons I can imagine it being flagged is that crafted components from the same batch ended up in other rifles that got duped, or of course that one resource from one of the crafted components is affected, which is always difficult to figure out.
https://i.imgur.com/KipPjyX.png

Eyelet is spot on here, I have a VK that was sold to Incon himself and certainly duped many many times. Infact I am told that it was duped 285 times. now because its sister that was made with the same serial number motor is also flagged. I think the problem is that it is breaking down to the component level and flagging everything with those components without cross referencing if the sister item's serial number has ever been duped because I know that it has not been. and I know the sub components are not duped either because I personally looted them 2 of them and crafted both myself. so only the final craft could have been duped which should be easy to check the serial number of both final crafts and see that serial x has been duped x times and serial Y has not been duped at all.

Walking carpet
08-02-2020, 02:09 PM
I only have Aiwha's buildings to check , asides that all my stuff is ok but i have questions for my own investigation

Did the griefers need to have a 3rd party program to duplicate stuff?
could they copy items from a trade window without completing the trade? (usually use trade window to show stats of an object)

MittFisto
08-02-2020, 02:13 PM
Great job, looking forward to a better basilisk.

Fastburn
08-02-2020, 02:23 PM
I only have Aiwha's buildings to check , asides that all my stuff is ok but i have questions for my own investigation

Did the griefers need to have a 3rd party program to duplicate stuff?
could they copy items from a trade window without completing the trade? (usually use trade window to show stats of an object)

As stated, they had to "borrow" a item and then often give back a duplicate.

oMek
08-02-2020, 03:15 PM
Eyelet is spot on here, I have a VK that was sold to Incon himself and certainly duped many many times. Infact I am told that it was duped 285 times. now because its sister that was made with the same serial number motor is also flagged. I think the problem is that it is breaking down to the component level and flagging everything with those components without cross referencing if the sister item's serial number has ever been duped because I know that it has not been. and I know the sub components are not duped either because I personally looted them 2 of them and crafted both myself. so only the final craft could have been duped which should be easy to check the serial number of both final crafts and see that serial x has been duped x times and serial Y has not been duped at all.

From what I gather, comps could be duped from crafted items. and staff has no way to tell which comp/item was original or duped so everything gets flagged.

Dump a copy of bas to another HD, hell I will send staff one. Use that to work on the tools and wipe the server!

lordkator
08-02-2020, 03:51 PM
From what I gather, comps could be duped from crafted items. and staff has no way to tell which comp/item was original or duped so everything gets flagged.

Dump a copy of bas to another HD, hell I will send staff one. Use that to work on the tools and wipe the server!

FYI there are 500 Million objects in Basilisk's db. The sceneobjects table alone if 633 Gigs... When I dump the entire db to JSON it consumes about 1TB of disk space for just one snapshot.

The reason we keep Basilisk alive is not just the database, without players the database is useless. How exactly would we be able to monitor 1 million+ transactions a day that happen on basilisk if it's just a database on a disk somewhere?

The wipe will come!

Sadly I lost five months of my life to these people, I could have been coding on other parts of the project all that time.

Poobacca
08-02-2020, 04:56 PM
Protective Liquid Coating 249 245 4
Binary Liquid 249 245 4

As we have been farming the bunker for like 6+ years, we have seen way more crafts than liquids could have possibly been farmed outside of us. We heard a lot were helmets. It was mentioned. Glad to see it caught up with them.

And who dupes Wall modules? Really? Lazy ***ks.

90%+ of the items linked to now banned accounts. Looks like they kept it in the family for the most part. Probably only a few of those actually did it or knew how to do the duping, the rest getting free duped perfect gear. Or a duped potted plant.

With the handful of duped containers for those non-banned accounts, I would suggest trying to reach out to them individually, or specifying that a container they have was duped and stuff inside it will be deleted. A buddy had a duped factory (who dupes factories anyhow), but had trouble finding out which one. A wp would be helpful.


Hello

It's a scandal, I am an honest player since 2011 I will find myself without any adk and my weapons will surely be deleted too,
Can you look at my case please.

All my fortune is made thanks to a single sale made with SIRE,

Thank you

If you bought the duped adk your weapon will still be left according to what they said. You will be out the money for the adk however. If you have been playing since 11, you should have your own adk a long time ago from vet rewards.

lavoria
08-02-2020, 05:26 PM
It sucks, but if the item got flagged, its more than likely a bad item, regardless.
At the end of the day, its a test server, and yes, I do blame the ppl who kept LK from coding other things,
Instead of tracking down players, hacking/exploiting/duping, on a test server.

Makes as much sense as duping sweet cake mix.

. . . . . Nvm, they duped that to.

IS NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE?!

Misk Brebran
08-02-2020, 05:37 PM
only travel packs are sacred...wait, what???

NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

kenobuOwan
08-02-2020, 05:55 PM
I'm sorry but it is IMPOSSIBLE to know what is valid in a batch of items if one was duped.

These people would borrow weapons and dupe them and often give back the dupe!

They would dupe items they were crafting with even after having sold other items they crafted with those resources.

It's not a false positive, it's reality.

Oh and quite a sad example of greed at its worst.

So then leave the items... don't delete them. The vast majority of the 6k is junk with maybe 500-1k anything of value. Delete the stuff from those temp-banned.

it's only hurting alot of innocent people. Consider it a gift to the community.

Poobacca
08-02-2020, 07:05 PM
So then leave the items... don't delete them. The vast majority of the 6k is junk with maybe 500-1k anything of value. Delete the stuff from those temp-banned.

it's only hurting alot of innocent people. Consider it a gift to the community.
He said if they leave the duped items in game it will corrupt the code and destabilize the server (or something to that effect). Get rid of all of it. Most important keep the people that were involved out of the game even 1.0+. No more VPNs to hide behind either.

ForceFielding
08-02-2020, 08:51 PM
Arox ... 200 mil of duped armor ("the best I've ever listed publicy for sale")
Regnor ... 90 mil duped DXR made by eyelet
1x ADK

wasnt that bad

trasixes
08-02-2020, 09:21 PM
We have 5,000 active players a month, we're not worried about 40 people who aren't good for the community anyway.

I of all people desire a wipe but we're not ready yet, these situations actually help us improve our tools, the scale of Basilisk's dumpster fire is very useful for tools to put out fires in our 1.0 server. :)

Can you imagine the disaster it would've been if the wipe had been a year ago, and this dupe method crept into the new server? So you're obviously right - take your time. Take out the garbage, first.

jeffcue
08-02-2020, 10:52 PM
Arox ... 200 mil of duped armor ("the best I've ever listed publicy for sale")
Regnor ... 90 mil duped DXR made by eyelet
1x ADK

wasnt that bad

Yeah, I had a t21 made by eyelet and some bivoli made by you that was flagged.


Not bad considering I have been on bas since 2013.

weldit
08-02-2020, 10:56 PM
Squeaky clean over here

golfsr
08-02-2020, 11:30 PM
4 crates of brandy is all that was flagged on my toons. 3 crates on 1 and 1 crate on another.

LadyCierra
08-03-2020, 01:59 AM
Is there anyway to get a location on the duped items, like if it's a placed building from a deed and a wp to it? That would be fantastic to know if I need to move stuff out of a building as I have a flagged deed. Any help with this would be fantastic. :)

Adaso
08-03-2020, 02:28 AM
Is there anyway to get a location on the duped items, like if it's a placed building from a deed and a wp to it? That would be fantastic to know if I need to move stuff out of a building as I have a flagged deed. Any help with this would be fantastic. :)

If the mail said "Deed for: X Type House", then I believe that is what it is (a deed), rather than a placed house.
The message so far for placed buildings has been "House Type / House Name"

LadyCierra
08-03-2020, 05:52 PM
Thank you for the response. :)

neutrineaux
08-03-2020, 08:15 PM
We have 5,000 active players a month, we're not worried about 40 people who aren't good for the community anyway.

I of all people desire a wipe but we're not ready yet, these situations actually help us improve our tools, the scale of Basilisk's dumpster fire is very useful for tools to put out fires in our 1.0 server. :)

I offer this will all sincerity and humility:

If you are truly not worried about the impact this may have (is having) on your player base, you would be well advised to seek advise from others in customer service/communications industries. I have a lot of contact with a couple of these folks who either play or have played this and other MMOs. Some outcomes of the decisions being made have potential serious long-term consequences that do not appear to be factored in, at least from visible indicators.

Again, I offer this with humility, as someone in a customer service industry with contacts as mentioned. No offense or hostile criticism intended.

cmurphy50
08-04-2020, 12:45 AM
I offer this will all sincerity and humility:

If you are truly not worried about the impact this may have (is having) on your player base, you would be well advised to seek advise from others in customer service/communications industries. I have a lot of contact with a couple of these folks who either play or have played this and other MMOs. Some outcomes of the decisions being made have potential serious long-term consequences that do not appear to be factored in, at least from visible indicators.

Again, I offer this with humility, as someone in a customer service industry with contacts as mentioned. No offense or hostile criticism intended.

This is a test server. Always has been. Always will be. Customer service isn't really a concern. This isn't a business.

stilgarfett
08-04-2020, 01:44 AM
We're talking about the *components* the duped items were made with. Components that were legit but because of *one* final product being duped, all other products made from those components ending up being flagged. Again we seem to be observing the behavior that it doesn't just flag the original item as duped too, I'm aware it may be difficult to distinguish that. The issue is about *sister items* from the same batch of legit components being flagged only because one of them was duped at some point down the road. These items should be easily distinguishable because they share nothing with the dupe other than *legit* components.

Could you please check if that is happening, or whether we're misinterpreting the reason why some items are being flagged? For example this rifle. Neither it nor any of its components have ever left my hands, the only reasons I can imagine it being flagged is that crafted components from the same batch ended up in other rifles that got duped, or of course that one resource from one of the crafted components is affected, which is always difficult to figure out.
https://i.imgur.com/KipPjyX.png

This is a very important point that has wide reaching impacts. I completely understand flagging and deleting items (be they finished crafts or components) that were actually duped. But to also delete any other items that were legitimately crafted from non-duped components creates a broad ripple effect of tons of items being deleted from many players who never did anything wrong. It would be great to distinguish between the legit and duped items and limit the impact to only the duped items. Otherwise there are many innocent players who will lose many millions of credits even though they only crafted legit items or bought items they had no reason to doubt were completely legit.

ForceFielding
08-04-2020, 01:47 AM
The wipe will come!

Careful what you wish for

ForceFielding
08-04-2020, 02:07 AM
This is a test server. Always has been. Always will be. Customer service isn't really a concern. This isn't a business.

Than why ban the dupers???

Why not let them back in so they can try to do more stuff like that so that it can be fixed?

It's just a test server, right?

cmurphy50
08-04-2020, 02:13 AM
Than why ban the dupers???

Why not let them back in so they can try to do more stuff like that so that it can be fixed?

It's just a test server, right?

Are you stupid? They sold in game items for real currency, that's about as far against the terms of service as you can possibly go. You are misinformed if you think you can play devil's advocate on this one. Test server doesn't mean anarchy.

rease
08-04-2020, 04:33 AM
Than why ban the dupers???

Why not let them back in so they can try to do more stuff like that so that it can be fixed?

It's just a test server, right?

They duped/cloned for yearS so why banned them. (Instead, use them).
Exactly, fix the breach with a normal patch and Devs can spy what they do and see if there is another breach...
it's a Beta server no ?


This is a test server. Always has been. Always will be. Customer service isn't really a concern. This isn't a business.

So they tested breach ... we should thank them, no ? logical ?
After all nothing to loose SWGEMU "isn't a business".

I don't want to defend dupers, but you must be logical all the way or Basilisk isn't a BETA server anymore (stop to be a long time ago), like I say for years !!!
For devs, their baby is always a beta (can be improved, less bug, more stability etc ...) it's why there is a reasonable dead line ...
Like parents with kids :) There is majority age. Nothing bad it's human.
Basilisk and SWGemu is better than many other games, more stable than the original (it wasn't a beta on live), and less Buggy.
SWGemu team made/make a amazing great game. The more you like something the more painful it is when someone breaks it. It's why this clone war has hurt so much.

For players like me who started 3 or 4 years ago, unlike the older ones who experienced wipes and resets, the notion of Beta doesn't fit at all. Without doubt a question of point of view.

PS: Sorry again for my English, hope you can understand my thoughts and feelings.

Pitchcontrol
08-04-2020, 09:27 AM
FYI there are 500 Million objects in Basilisk's db. The sceneobjects table alone if 633 Gigs... When I dump the entire db to JSON it consumes about 1TB of disk space for just one snapshot.

The reason we keep Basilisk alive is not just the database, without players the database is useless. How exactly would we be able to monitor 1 million+ transactions a day that happen on basilisk if it's just a database on a disk somewhere?

The wipe will come!

Sadly I lost five months of my life to these people, I could have been coding on other parts of the project all that time.

60K items where duped and 54K items are on the banned accounts. Wouldn't it be interesting to test out to delete all items duped items first on the accounts of the banned and rescan the remaining 6K items how they will be flagged when you delete the 54K items first?

The 54K duped items on the account of the banned can be considered 100% duped
Items crafted by the banned that are on the dupe list can be considered 100% duped

You can still flag the remaining 6K items, but you can't ignore the fact it would be an interesting test to see if they still popup as being duped. I know for a fact that several of these remaining items are 100% legit and show up as a false positive because a sister items was duped. The admins can still decide on a later date to delete or to save those items.

lordkator
08-04-2020, 09:44 AM
60K items where duped and 54K items are on the banned accounts. Wouldn't it be interesting to test out to delete all items duped items first on the accounts of the banned and rescan the remaining 6K items how they will be flagged when you delete the 54K items first?

The 54K duped items on the account of the banned can be considered 100% duped
Items crafted by the banned that are on the dupe list can be considered 100% duped

You can still flag the remaining 6K items, but you can't ignore the fact it would be an interesting test to see if they still popup as being duped. I know for a fact that several of these remaining items are 100% legit and show up as a false positive because a sister items was duped. The admins can still decide on a later date to delete or to save those items.

The problem is the way they duped caused these items are invalid under the hood, the items ended up sharing child objects in a way the code was never designed to handle. We will be dealing with server instability and very strange behaviors. As an example some of the weapons they cloned had ADK on it and if they made 5 dupes there would only be one single ADK, as soon as someone deleted the weapon they would get the ADK deed and the other weapons would be in an invalid state. It’s not safe to keep these invalid items on the server.

Also, deleting the banned accounts items first will not change the fact that an item was duped! It either was duped it wasn’t and it being on a banned account had nothing to do with it.

And you are not correct in your logic, there is no way the “sister” items are 100% legit, we can not prove it with the data we have and we know for a fact they duped many things that people “loaned” them and did not return the original to the person who loaned it to them.

dedaskalion
08-04-2020, 11:31 AM
I'll still suggest just removing all ADKs and letting non cheaters keep their tainted items, which will naturally decay, is best solution imo.

But everyone knows how biased against ADKs I am at this point.

Gravel86
08-04-2020, 11:49 AM
Really should have just wiped the server, it so badly in need of a wipe. It really should be getting wiped every 3-4 years anyway, almost all the cities are just ghost towns.

Fissile
08-04-2020, 11:55 AM
But everyone knows how biased against ADKs I am at this point.

you've never mentioned it before

dedaskalion
08-04-2020, 11:56 AM
Really should have just wiped the server, it so badly in need of a wipe. It really should be getting wiped every 3-4 years anyway, almost all the cities are just ghost towns. Should never have implemented bank withdrawal ☠️

One of the ways these cities linger so long is that only the mayor is active and he just bank tips Everyone in the citizen list every so often to keep the houses around.

Woha
08-04-2020, 03:01 PM
Items on Banned Accounts 54,004
Items on Active Accounts 6,125

Oh boy this says everything! Good job!

What I misss in the list the Create of free Resource Deed. I guess this would be the top 1 if I would think like a criminal.

Reg. ADK in a TS someone told he was able to claim more then one ADK after a patch if I got it right the counter did't work right. Guess this was more then two years ago I missed everything name, where he was from...

Tyrson
08-04-2020, 03:59 PM
We will be dealing with server instability and very strange behaviors. As an example some of the weapons they cloned had ADK on it and if they made 5 dupes there would only be one single ADK, as soon as someone deleted the weapon they would get the ADK deed and the other weapons would be in an invalid state. It’s not safe to keep these invalid items on the server.


I mean, these objects have been around for years. This is nothing new. The server seems pretty stable from a player's perspective.

What are the consequences of an item being in an "invalid state"? Would it break for the player? Get deleted? Not take a new ADK? I only had a couple flagged items, nothing of consequence, but from the perspective of a someone who might be losing their "end game" weapon I'm sure they'd rather have a chance of their weapon becoming "unstable" then having it deleted.

I guess I'm struggling to see how it's "not safe to keep these invalid items on the server" if they have been here for years and years.

Jackleware
08-04-2020, 05:00 PM
Ever work with a database that has tables with a messed up seed in the auto-generated primary key field? You see some really weird stuff and after any amount of time, you get issues with things that should be unique that are no longer unique.
Also, just because we have had a level of player-accepted stability or instability for years does not mean we will never reach a point where it becomes unacceptable and a hindrance to further development of the project.

Edit for clarification - I'm not suggesting that there is a primary key issue in the database. I was using that scenario as an example of how when records are supposed to be unique, but then they are no longer unique, you can get some big issues in the database.

esmiswg
08-04-2020, 06:33 PM
The problem is the way they duped caused these items are invalid under the hood, the items ended up sharing child objects in a way the code was never designed to handle. We will be dealing with server instability and very strange behaviors. As an example some of the weapons they cloned had ADK on it and if they made 5 dupes there would only be one single ADK, as soon as someone deleted the weapon they would get the ADK deed and the other weapons would be in an invalid state. It’s not safe to keep these invalid items on the server.

Also, deleting the banned accounts items first will not change the fact that an item was duped! It either was duped it wasn’t and it being on a banned account had nothing to do with it.

And you are not correct in your logic, there is no way the “sister” items are 100% legit, we can not prove it with the data we have and we know for a fact they duped many things that people “loaned” them and did not return the original to the person who loaned it to them.

When your tool is flagging items as duped that are made with the same factory run of *crafted components* where a single one of those components got duped on a completely separate account, then your tool does not meet the specification of correctly detecting duped items. It needs more time and additional information taken into account to even work right.

lordkator
08-04-2020, 10:10 PM
When your tool is flagging items as duped that are made with the same factory run of *crafted components* where a single one of those components got duped on a completely separate account, then your tool does not meet the specification of correctly detecting duped items. It needs more time and additional information taken into account to even work right.

Trust me it is no where near that simple in implementation, it's 1,300 lines of code just for the part that flags the items. I appreciate the complexities are not obvious, but we have spent a lot of time looking at the edge cases here.

I will not go into the details of the exploit, however there were a number of "artifacts" that could be used as a seed.

The system that does the tagging has 8 separate phases that unpack each level of detail to match items, not just a simple s/n counter.

If we just sorted based on s/n's we would have flagged 100 million items.

That said when you do see a s/n with thousands of copies and its a loot item not a manufactured item, pretty clear what happened there.

ForceFielding
08-04-2020, 10:43 PM
Are you stupid? They sold in game items for real currency, that's about as far against the terms of service as you can possibly go. You are misinformed if you think you can play devil's advocate on this one. Test server doesn't mean anarchy.

No, I'm actually very smart. Probably smarter than you. All the players who were banned didn't sell things for money. I'm talking about duping not cashing in. Your straw man didn't work.

And I'm not playing devil's advocate. I'm exposing the double standard. That it's ok to waste time on bad people, but its not ok to waste time on good people.

If it truly is just a test server then all players who did not sell things for $$$ should be let back in immediately so that they can continue to expose more bugs/flaws. If it's just a test server then why are testers who exploit banned? Nothing matters right? Or does it?

Can't have it both ways.

Soryn Jian-Wa
08-05-2020, 02:04 AM
Guys, guys...I'm obviously the smartest person here right now. I'm in Mensa. Do you people even know what that is?

I can say all this because it's the Internet. And I'm smart enough to capitalize the "I" in "Internet," because that's just how smart I am, clearly.

esmiswg
08-05-2020, 04:41 AM
Trust me it is no where near that simple in implementation, it's 1,300 lines of code just for the part that flags the items. I appreciate the complexities are not obvious, but we have spent a lot of time looking at the edge cases here.

I will not go into the details of the exploit, however there were a number of "artifacts" that could be used as a seed.

The system that does the tagging has 8 separate phases that unpack each level of detail to match items, not just a simple s/n counter.

If we just sorted based on s/n's we would have flagged 100 million items.

That said when you do see a s/n with thousands of copies and its a loot item not a manufactured item, pretty clear what happened there.

How does it matter when it's so obviously wrong? It does not do the job it's supposed to do. It's close, but not quite yet. Please spend some more time polishing it until it's actually correct. It would be such a waste to spend months on something and then have the results be half-assed. It's really not missing much, but it is missing a significant part.

I have items flagged from the same factory run of components that contain *no* looted items btw.

lordkator
08-05-2020, 09:16 AM
How does it matter when it's so obviously wrong? It does not do the job it's supposed to do. It's close, but not quite yet. Please spend some more time polishing it until it's actually correct. It would be such a waste to spend months on something and then have the results be half-assed. It's really not missing much, but it is missing a significant part.

I have items flagged from the same factory run of components that contain *no* looted items btw.

Contact support if you think it's wrong, give them OID's. But are you sure every single resource you used was clean? Because they duped everything including resource crates and wall modules. Its crazy.

I appreciate you're upset, many people are, but saying the system doesn't do what it's supposed to do when you don't know the entire extent of what happened is not helpful.

I've been "polishing" this for months using TC-Prime, you all thought it was down but instead, I built code that allowed me to keep it up for testing and later just for staff.

I've done 100's of spot checks, even since the marking I've had outreach and thus far not found any item that should not have been tagged. I have however found net-new ones that should be. The program that does the audit is fairly conservative, I know it doesn't feel that way to you but they duped an incredible amount of items, I have another log I'm looking through where I found even more ADK's they duped but because of the way they did it the audit did not find them.

I don't know how to help you with your intuition that its not working, when all the data we look at with CSR's and others shows it actually is working as intended.

esmiswg
08-05-2020, 12:21 PM
Contact support if you think it's wrong, give them OID's. But are you sure every single resource you used was clean? Because they duped everything including resource crates and wall modules. Its crazy.

I appreciate you're upset, many people are, but saying the system doesn't do what it's supposed to do when you don't know the entire extent of what happened is not helpful.

I've been "polishing" this for months using TC-Prime, you all thought it was down but instead, I built code that allowed me to keep it up for testing and later just for staff.

I've done 100's of spot checks, even since the marking I've had outreach and thus far not found any item that should not have been tagged. I have however found net-new ones that should be. The program that does the audit is fairly conservative, I know it doesn't feel that way to you but they duped an incredible amount of items, I have another log I'm looking through where I found even more ADK's they duped but because of the way they did it the audit did not find them.

I don't know how to help you with your intuition that its not working, when all the data we look at with CSR's and others shows it actually is working as intended.

Well I know they duped my crafted components like advanced rifle barrels, because one of the names on the banned list asked me for a set of WS comps a while ago. It is reasonable to assume that a lot of my weapons all over the server are being flagged because they were made with comps from the same factory run.

whisoo
08-05-2020, 01:19 PM
So far I have just one low value item marked as duped which was self made using, I thought, self harvested or hunted resources and self manufactured components. However, it's possible I did purchase one of the resources but I've no way of knowing which.

Although none of my resources are currently marked as duped I'm concerned that I may have bought and used some that were. I'm wondering if it's possible that with a further round of checks resources could be marked as duped some time in the future?

And re the possible deletion of placed structures, can we be sure that we'll receive an email if any are duped and would that show on the structure's status?

neutrineaux
08-05-2020, 02:58 PM
This is a test server. Always has been. Always will be. Customer service isn't really a concern. This isn't a business.


The test server part seems irrelevant -- we all know that, and saying it does not address my point in any way; but as to the "not a business" assertion, a business may be defined as "any project with which one is concerned; a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in... a service; that with which someone is seriously concerned; a project."

So yes, it is a business.

And customer service is absolutely a concern. Thus the presence of CSR/Customer Service Representatives.

But all that aside, I was just making an observation with my personal recommendation based on "the buzz" from other players. I assume a server wipe with terminal beta (or multiple final betas) will happen before final launch. This seems like a good time for that, from my perspective. Ultimately, the developers know what they want from a wipe and terminal beta, and I am not privy to that information. Please consider my wipe suggestion in that light.

And when I have checked the number of people logged in, it has been down more than the 40/5000ths that would be a direct hit from the banned accounts. Maybe the fallout is short-term, and admittedly my data is limited and anecdotal. Either way, treating your customers in a way that promotes loyalty is a basic business tenet. And my hope is to promote that being giving an extra modicum of consideration.

Also, the mention of leaving cheaters in the game so you can follow them and see how much more cheating they come up with may have been offered sincerely or sarcastically, but that does have merit. In fact, add the most clever offenders to the dev team, a la FBI, to hunt for weaknesses in the system.

But when the 1.0 launch occurs, give them a generous less-than-forever-ban as the price for their transgressions.

Walking carpet
08-05-2020, 04:17 PM
The test server part seems irrelevant -- we all know that, and saying it does not address my point in any way; but as to the "not a business" assertion, a business may be defined as "any project with which one is concerned; a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in... a service; that with which someone is seriously concerned; a project."

So yes, it is a business.

And customer service is absolutely a concern. Thus the presence of CSR/Customer Service Representatives.

But all that aside, I was just making an observation with my personal recommendation based on "the buzz" from other players. I assume a server wipe with terminal beta (or multiple final betas) will happen before final launch. This seems like a good time for that, from my perspective. Ultimately, the developers know what they want from a wipe and terminal beta, and I am not privy to that information. Please consider my wipe suggestion in that light.

And when I have checked the number of people logged in, it has been down more than the 40/5000ths that would be a direct hit from the banned accounts. Maybe the fallout is short-term, and admittedly my data is limited and anecdotal. Either way, treating your customers in a way that promotes loyalty is a basic business tenet. And my hope is to promote that being giving an extra modicum of consideration.

Also, the mention of leaving cheaters in the game so you can follow them and see how much more cheating they come up with may have been offered sincerely or sarcastically, but that does have merit. In fact, add the most clever offenders to the dev team, a la FBI, to hunt for weaknesses in the system.

But when the 1.0 launch occurs, give them a generous less-than-forever-ban as the price for their transgressions.

SWGEmu is not a business , its a non lucrative organisation registered in Hungary in 2006 , if money gets involved that will be the end

Jackleware
08-05-2020, 04:28 PM
As to letting the cheaters back in to discover more exploits would not work with this group. Please consider the points below.
1) These cheaters have known these exploits for possibly years and never said anything to the dev team. They would make terrible testers. What good is a tester that never reports findings?
2) The SWGEmu development team is all volunteer and do not have time to monitor cheaters.
3) But if they do monitor (a.k.a. babysit) cheaters, it is at the cost of spending time on the existing items on the development punch list.

Look, the users that were caught using an exploit to duplicate items actually set the project back in dev time due to not reporting their findings. They have been more of a hindrance than a help. I don't want them back for that reason alone.

Senolin
08-05-2020, 05:28 PM
As to letting the cheaters back in to discover more exploits would not work with this group. Please consider the points below.
1) These cheaters have known these exploits for possibly years and never said anything to the dev team. They would make terrible testers. What good is a tester that never reports findings?
2) The SWGEmu development team is all volunteer and do not have time to monitor cheaters.
3) But if they do monitor (a.k.a. babysit) cheaters, it is at the cost of spending time on the existing items on the development punch list.

Look, the users that were caught using an exploit to duplicate items actually set the project back in dev time due to not reporting their findings. They have been more of a hindrance than a help. I don't want them back for that reason alone.


Agreed. And If there was a way to ban them from ever playing 1.0 they deserve it

neutrineaux
08-05-2020, 06:46 PM
SWGEmu is not a business , its a non lucrative organisation registered in Hungary in 2006 , if money gets involved that will be the end

See definition of business, above.

Businesses exist for other enterprises beyond profit. Perhaps that is where you become confused. They may, as does SWGEmu, exist to accomplish some non-monetary purpose. Being "lucrative" is simply not essential to the definition of a business.

But also, as we all know, SWGEmu does take in money as an essential part of its enterprise. The principles are simply proscribed from being the ones who profit from the income.

Walking carpet
08-05-2020, 09:38 PM
See definition of business, above.

Businesses exist for other enterprises beyond profit. Perhaps that is where you become confused. They may, as does SWGEmu, exist to accomplish some non-monetary purpose. Being "lucrative" is simply not essential to the definition of a business.

But also, as we all know, SWGEmu does take in money as an essential part of its enterprise. The principles are simply proscribed from being the ones who profit from the income.

Oh im not confused ,the money they get from donations are for paying the play servers and the forum servers and the log-in servers , the staff dont take salaries cause they know the day they do that they put the whole project at risk of shut-down and staff may end up under legal prosecutions , we dont want that to happen

you cant make money out of someone else property , SWG is Lucasarts property

carterk2014
08-06-2020, 12:47 AM
If it truly is just a test server then all players who did not sell things for $$$ should be let back in immediately so that they can continue to expose more bugs/flaws. If it's just a test server then why are testers who exploit banned? Nothing matters right? Or does it?

Can't have it both ways.

This is a foolish way of looking at this situation. These people had no intentions of "exposing more bugs" which is why a system to detect duping had to be developed in the first place.



No, I'm actually very smart. Probably smarter than you.

Brilliant.

ForceFielding
08-06-2020, 03:23 AM
These people had no intentions of "exposing more bugs" which is why a system to detect duping had to be developed in the first place.

Once again, if it's "just a test server" then their intention does not matter. They are nothing more than ants to a scientist.

If you think that "it's more than just a test server", then we might have something to discuss.

carterk2014
08-06-2020, 05:03 AM
Once again, if it's "just a test server" then their intention does not matter. They are nothing more than ants to a scientist.

If you think that "it's more than just a test server", then we might have something to discuss.

Your definition of this server is entirely irrelevant; the ToS is quite clear on exploiting and the associated punishments. The fact of the matter is, nothing of value was lost when those names hit the front page.

Wulfang
08-06-2020, 11:39 AM
I bought a LS crafting kit from LIVE to Rebel on corellia, just logged in to find my LS is no trade. The pearls are fine must have been the resources to make the saber that has been duped - if you have a jedi check your saber especially if you bought a LS kit.

divlas
08-06-2020, 11:53 AM
You know reading this threads, it is a torture for the community.

@WalkingCarpet
A company registered in hungary doesn't not at all need to comply with the American definition of business. And even if it was an American registered project, there is a strong jurisprudence that would prevent this type of non-profitable community project to be a business.
I'm answering you because... If you weren't able to convince the "customer" and put an halt to his complaint, I'm going to fail too. Its on you :P

But now is not the time of dispute. We really must pull all our effort into preserving the community we loved. I understand that the dev had no choice, but the revelation of this clone war is the greater danged we have encountered since the project begun.

Changing subject:
The problem with cheaters is that you assume that they will stay and help the devs while from what I understand they were making/ spending real life money with this game. I don't know, but I feel like they don't have the culture to help a charity.
You know, our developpers are unpaid.. Some of the cheaters who started this however, they were in the practice of converting exploit for both real life money and getting a good reputation on the game for their friends..

@Wulfang: Thanks for the warning ! I'll go check if our guild Jedi crafting room is in the clear or not. My LS are good though, I crafted most of them 2 years ago using our room.

neutrineaux
08-06-2020, 02:25 PM
Oh im not confused ,the money they get from donations are for paying the play servers and the forum servers and the log-in servers , the staff dont take salaries cause they know the day they do that they put the whole project at risk of shut-down and staff may end up under legal prosecutions , we dont want that to happen

you cant make money out of someone else property , SWG is Lucasarts property

Businesses are not all for the purpose of making money. Businesses can be for other things besides making money. Making money is not an essential component in the definition of a business.

Businesses don't have to pay their workers. We call this "volunteering."

Business don't have to make profits. We call these sorts of businesses (cleverly enough) "not-for-profit" and "non-profit." In these settings, the monies collected, if any, are used to further the purpose of the business, and the purpose of said business (obviously) is not profit.

Either way, if the business has customers (i.e., people, partnerships, corporations who receive goods or services from the business), customer service should be addressed, as it is in SWGEmu by CSRs.

Tyrson
08-06-2020, 02:49 PM
I bought a LS crafting kit from LIVE to Rebel on corellia, just logged in to find my LS is no trade. The pearls are fine must have been the resources to make the saber that has been duped - if you have a jedi check your saber especially if you bought a LS kit.

No trade (in yellow) doesn't mean it was duped. I don't have a jedi but I imagine it's no trade either because LS have always been no trade and it just says it now, or you have an ADK on it making it no trade.

It's not duped* unless it's red text and says it's duped.

lavoria
08-06-2020, 04:55 PM
No, I'm actually very smart. Probably smarter than you. All the players who were banned didn't sell things for money. I'm talking about duping not cashing in. Your straw man didn't work.

And I'm not playing devil's advocate. I'm exposing the double standard. That it's ok to waste time on bad people, but its not ok to waste time on good people.

If it truly is just a test server then all players who did not sell things for $$$ should be let back in immediately so that they can continue to expose more bugs/flaws. If it's just a test server then why are testers who exploit banned? Nothing matters right? Or does it?

Can't have it both ways.

Keep the cheaters banned. They caused quite enough chaos for the community alrdy.
Dont need them to find gamebreaking bugs either.

Why are the tester's banned for exploiting.

Prob because they arent testing anyting. These testers didnt report anything of their dirty deeds, they got korimord, also... lining their ig duped hotpant pockets with dem sweet credits.

#GURRECKLIVESMATTER

dsrules
08-06-2020, 05:12 PM
If it truly is just a test server then all players who did not sell things for $$$ should be let back in immediately

Can't have it both ways.

re-read this, i think you might notice an issue with it.

divlas
08-07-2020, 11:38 AM
We need to move on.

Old guilds are strong, and if the devs can't help us recover, I'm sure that many communities can help. (within reason)
If you think you are going to lose an item, screenshot it, and may be some people in your guild will ask you extensive question on how and why you get it and provide you with minimal relief.
This is the best way to go down. As long as we can ensure that's such project isn't abused by greedy players.

But I'm really concern that we are going to lose many players over that, regardless of our capacity to provide a minimum relief. Players who got screwed tend to get pissed off, give up, and may be come back a year later. At this point it will be too late for any type of compensation.
And its not easy to grow our population. I sometime try to recruit player on SWTOR... Its not easy. We are playing an old game, in order to play you need to know about the game and have the discs.
In 5-10 years, if computers all switch to Windows ARM, Linux ARM, less and less new players will be able to play. (Unless Windows ARM does a hell of job at emulating Intel-based computer. But I do know virtual machine and emulation, and when you need to emulate a certain hardware in order to virtualize one OS, it never looks good. However SWG is an old game. )

We need to move on, the Clone War doesn't change the "legality" of the project. The devs took measure to prevent it. Even so I don't understand the points some are trying to make.

What we need now: good news... Is JtL back on track? I was lurking on another thread :P
With atmospheric landing like in the last month of SWG NGE? <3. (I know its asking a lot lol)

Lolindir
08-07-2020, 12:07 PM
JTL is not back on track. What have been seen is about as far as Reoze had come on his coding, some time ago. Thats what was meant with "JTL has seen some code" in our announcement.

We are ready to make a new announcement about this exploit soon

WohenForgotHisPassword
08-09-2020, 01:49 PM
I am unsure if this was intentional, I haven't been able to find anything about, but after the restart this morning 2/5 items I had that were flagged with red text no longer have the red text. They still have the yellow "no trade" but the other text is gone.

m5215
08-09-2020, 04:50 PM
I understand the usefulness of dealing with this situation to develop fixes and tools to deal with potential future problems. After that information is acquired please permanently put out this dumpster fire and wipe the server clean so we can start from scratch again. I am looking forward to that.

othinen
08-16-2020, 01:32 PM
So looking forward to the big and final deletion on this server. 1.0 bound. This is a positive thing for the community. Good form

dust906
08-18-2020, 11:23 AM
so it is to my understanding this is not patchable ?
I love to hear that your now able to dedicate time to the integrity.

my followup question is ,
are there other issues that are of this upmost importance going on ? It really seems like your the meat and potatoes of this project right now. hard to trust people makes it tough , actions like this from people also suck.

lordkator
08-18-2020, 11:45 AM
so it is to my understanding this is not patchable ?
I love to hear that your now able to dedicate time to the integrity.

my followup question is ,
are there other issues that are of this upmost importance going on ? It really seems like your the meat and potatoes of this project right now. hard to trust people makes it tough , actions like this from people also suck.

The dupe was patched in June, this is just the final clean-up of all the items we found that they duped.

dust906
08-20-2020, 02:08 AM
only the ocd in me understands the lengths you went through to get to where we are at. I feel like this was an intense milestone for you. Don't burn out. Thank you

dust906
08-20-2020, 02:15 AM
i have to advocate that it is better that the method was found out.
my follow up comment is that , i think the exploiters IP addresses all need to be logged , and added to EOS for new AI and algorithim builds.

EOS might have more of a value than one may think, and probably should be copyrighted and IP protected if you continue to work on it.

edited to add that i think after adding all affected IP addresses to EOS , then they can create new characters from scratch.

nothing saved. names banned.


most won't return, but some will correct their behavior.

the dark side can be lucrative, and short sighted, but without this behavior , we wouldn't need the light side to correct it.