I experienced this once the other night and didn't think anything of it at the time, but just saw someone mention in another thread that there is an exploit that can be used against you that prevents your shields from recharging. I had that happen to me the other night and no matter what I couldn't get my shields to even try to recharge. I still had rings around my ship on my dash, but they were only two and were red instead of blue (not in SC either). The reason i give this more thought now is that the person i was attempting kill has been seen by me multiple times doing lots of different unnatural stuff in game and am all but certain he uses cheats...and this forum, in game chat, things i have personally seen in game, and Google all tell me there are working cheats for your own ship. That said, i had never heard of anyone being able to influence another persons ship. Does anyone have any evidence it is possible to do things like stop another players shield from recharging or manipulate the ship of another person in any way? VERY possible what i saw on this particular occasion was not a cheat, just wondering if anyone else has seen this or knows if it is possible.
Shield Exploit or just a glitch?
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Seeing stuff like this and having experience many unexplained deaths in-game. I am convinced that running "Shadow play" is a requirement for this game. Installing now.
Yes, I had pips to system. I had the normal blue rings around my ship until I engaged this CMDR then they disappeared and switched to two red rings. No matter what I done, I couldn't even get the shileds to even begin to recharge. Very strange. Like I said, I didn't give it much thought at first then I saw someone today say some players have a way to prevent your shields from recharging and began to wonder if others had experienced this also and if if it is indeed a cheat or just a glitch/bug.
it could be some sort of Out of combat recharge system, were you being shot at the entire time? or were you a few KM away and out of main range?
This is how hacking kills games, not the actual act itself but the paranoia it stirs up in the community.
While it seems like a great idea, what exactly do you plan to do with the recording even if you do catch a cheater? FDEV are unresponsive, and you can't name and shame on here. Just trying to save you some effort.
Precisely. And we have posts from people running away to solo or group mode based on speculation about hacking.
Have to agree, haven't seen any response concerning hacks from FD yet. I'm sure they are working one it, just would be nice to hear whats in the pipe line.
I've been accused of exploiting when I went silent running and the other guy didn't know what it was.
God forbid I would fight someone, a real glitch happens, and they record it on video.
God forbid I would fight someone, a real glitch happens, and they record it on video.
There appear to be hacking scripts available. Quoted from a site that offers such a script for download:
There are a lot of posters on that site trying it out successfully, it seems. They could all be fake accounts and it could be a hoax, but the pile of evidence for the existence of these hacks seems to be growing.
That script appears to be setting breakpoints in the client in a similar way to how certain third-party tools gathered trading data before they "stopped".
There are a lot of posters on that site trying it out successfully, it seems. They could all be fake accounts and it could be a hoax, but the pile of evidence for the existence of these hacks seems to be growing.
That script appears to be setting breakpoints in the client in a similar way to how certain third-party tools gathered trading data before they "stopped".
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Reported that guy before with no response and know several others that have seen him do things like sit in station and never die and be able to kill people in seconds. Now he seems to possibly be able to keep an opponents shields down. I did escape his weapons range and made it back to dock. Couldn't get my shields back until I docked. Trying to recall for sure if i had to restart the game or not. Like I said, I was thinking it was a bug/glitch at the time it was happening.
Was he actively shooting you while this was happening?
Every hit your shields take stop regeneration for a few seconds. If you're running away within his range and he can plink you at least once every couple of seconds, it's very normal for shields to not regenerate at all. I find shield regeneration is pretty slow even when not taking constant damage; I'm impatient so I use SCB.
Did you check to make sure your shields were plugged in and powered up?
very common mistake.
very common mistake.
In another thread I was reading just now, someone claimed they contacted FD about a potential hack and they got a reply within ten minutes. They never specifically said it was a ticket though, so I don't know the details, but hopefully it's worth a shot. They should respond for the sake of community morale, but getting the information to them is the main thing even if it's a one-way conversation.
I was taking fire and got low on shields, not sure if they ever went all the way down. I just looked down and didn't see blue rings any longer and extended away from his Anaconda to recharge but I couldn't. My shield rings had turned red and would not go back to blue and the recharge animation wasnt happening. I just lost shields and couldnt get them back.