A hacker who calls himself "hetoan2" has criticized The Conduit's sheer ease of manipulation, claiming that the game has almost no protection from unscrupulous cheaters who can alter variables to give themselves infinite ammo and health, or invisibility from enemy radars. This could easily enter the online realm as well, meaning that The Conduit could potentially be a nightmare for honest gamers.
"Everything is virtually unprotected," claims hetoan22. "All values can be edited fairly easily, and there's virtually no sign of an attempt at hiding values, fixing bugs, or preventing online hackers."
The hacker states that the code for online play is virtually identical, meaning that these values can be changed for multiplayer as well. It seems that this guy, despite his status as a hacker, wishes to use his skills for good and not evil. He released patch codes for wannabe cheaters, but the files contained date that corrupted the save files of anybody who used it. Brutal justice.
He now allegedly works with High Voltage to root out the cheaters, and anybody caught trying to be sly will have their MAC addresses banned by Nintendo. We've contacted High Voltage for comment on the matter and will let you know if we hear anything.
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12:00 PM on 07.16.2009
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There were ways in Animal Crossing to make it so you could completely destroy other peoples' save games by planting trees in their towns that grew into Town Halls and corrupted the town.
And I once played against someone online in Tetris DS who was using nothing but long white pieces.
on topic, i haven't noticed any cheaters yet, so it must not be that easy
@JOZO
I would highly recommend it if you like shooters and have a Wii. I've been playing online almost every day since its release and it's a blast.
They patch Animal Crossing all the time. Nintendo just makes things difficult for 3rd parties. They're working on it though.
I have no idea about the game's developer, but making an on-line game secure from hackers is no trivial feat. It takes experience, good QA testers and a pretty slick update / testing cycle system.
*chuckles*