terran mineral hack

[aton]

i just played a game and wondered why the terran enemy was that good and really survived longer than 10 minutes... (we got his ass after all hehe)

when i put an observer in his base i saw that he had absolutely no scv's, yet he seemed to have a lot of money.
and something in his CC was exploding all the time... really weird.

so i analyzed the output of my xenia modules...
this is what they told me (and how this hack works):

he builds a unit (comsat station) in his command center and cancels it, again and again.
when cancelling, he gets back minerals and gas.

read that again. he builds a UNIT!! (a comsat station is normally no unit) IN his command center.

that means the comsat station builds exactly in the middle of his command center. the bug here is that starcraft obviously does not differentiate between a unit and a building (the unit and the building codes are kept in the very same structure array). and it does not need minerals or gas for building this "unit", since it is no real unit.

here is a little part of the xenia output:

OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build
OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
xxx.xxx.153.252:6112 -> 192.168.0.4:6112  2 RESEND!! expected: [ 0e81 ]
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build
OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build
OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
OverTheCloud : Build unit : Comsat Station
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build
OverTheCloud : Cancel unit build

this reminds me of the zerg ressources hack (which at least had the stones side-effect).

additionally in the latter game there were packets sent that xenia was unsuccessful to parse:

example: (OverTheCloud used the hack, I remove his IP (dunno why))

====UNKOWN 0x02 FUNC=======================================
xxx.xxx.189.138:6112 -> 192.168.0.4:6112
OverTheCloud >>>  :
[+] 25 bytes:
0000: 00 00 00 00 ef 09 15 00 6a 10 68 10 02 00 02 00  ........j.h.....
0010: 37 01 e8 44 17 16 3d 2b 00                       7..D..=+.

T-02 sent: [106a]  recvd: [1068] F-2b
===============================================================

there. 16 bytes header as usual, the 0x37 gameflowheader with its 7 bytes, but then there is 0x2b00.... a function that i have seen a few times in a type 0x01 packet, but never on 0x02.
OverTheCloud sent this packet quite a few times during the game.

i guess this is corrupting the replay, so that Starcraft crashes when saving it?
i will send it a few times and try out.


well, all i can say about this is... ridiculous easy to make, nothing new, and ... lame as hell.


greetings, aton

[Sinz]

you wasted to threads to ramble why at least 80% of the people that come here dont even know what a packet is let alone know how to spell it -.-

[Megaz]

He was using Annihalation, thank agentgod for that.

[aton]

evil_sinz, i dont care about the 80% you know. i talk to those who understand what i talk about, and i know some here do.

[The_Jelly]

Was there really a need to make 2 threads? One is usually sufficient considering they're the same thing...

[lpxxfaintxx]

You really did have to explain it to us, aton. This hack is pretty old.

[gamepin126]

Yea, it is really easy to make. And you said nothing that we didn't already know.

[aton]

oh then i am VERY SORRY to have bothered you. i bet everyone knew exactly how it worked for ages. i wont post any information on this board again, if its this little appreciated. where i come from, we help each other in a learning process. here the situation seems different. sorry again.

considering i am describing a hack and getting these answers:

1. someone complaining about this being to hard for most people
2. someone bugging me because i hit submit twice by accident
3. someone telling me everyone knew already everything that i wrote about, and i should shut up

..miserable... i now know why the cat closes its eyes

greetings, aton

[gamepin126]

Works fer me.

[Dyndrilliac]

Don't be such a drama queen.

[exzapel]

You did run him away for trying to help.... ><

[emceelabs]

- posted by gamepin
http://www.bwhacks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13122

Works fer me.

yawn. noobs these days (gamepin) are so tiresome to deal with.

[gamepin126]

Oh damn, I can't crack StarForce....I r teh n00b!

I fail to see what this has to do with a terran mineral hack.

[ashman]

ok..... am i the only one that doesnt flame eveyrone at this forum anymore..... Agent god brings out a hack you flame him for having the knowledge to do it..... Aton tells us People who do not know how the mineral hack works how it works and you flame him.... you flame noobs for asking simple questions like..... Where can i get such and such... not saying CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME.... of course it is still begging and they should just go to google.com..... Anyways Thanks aton this helped me alot..