Map Hack

Gegabyte

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Map Hack

When I used to play DII abou a year ago, I used to use Maphack even on battle net. I see that it is still available but people don't seem to use it. Is there a reason for this? I am not one to cheat, however I agree using this is 'bending the rules' but does not effect other people. I have just started to play DII again and am loving it!!! am i likely to be banned for using it?? :scratch:

ps. I havn't used it yet!!!
 
admitting that u use it on this forum technically cant get u banned (but is strongly looked down upon).. but posting any info on where u can get it will

also if u use a maphack to mf and use the trade forums here, that is not allowed either
 
mhl12 said:
admitting that u use it on this forum technically cant get u banned (but is strongly looked down upon).. but posting any info on where u can get it will

also if u use a maphack to mf and use the trade forums here, that is not allowed either

mf?? (sorry it's been a while).

I would rather not risk using it, if it will get me in trouble with Blizzard, I like the game without it just as much, it's just good for filling in gaps in waypoints etc.
 
MF = Magic Find

Basically, if you are going to use MapHack to help do Meph runs or anything else, you aren't allowed to trade items you find while using it.

^ in the 3 minutes it took me to write that I was beaten to the punch.
 
Blizzard's official stance is that they will ban anyone they catch using hacks on battlenet, but as anyone can tell by entering a random baal run, maphacks are prevalent out there, and the worst I've heard of is realm downs for using it; of course if someone got banned and couldn't tell anyone this happened, how could we know they got banned?

So, based on this, rpgforums does not support the use of any bnet hack, and the only addon allowed is ATMA for single player muling. If you decide to use a maphack its at your own risk- keep in mind hackers use these progs to steal your accounts as well
 
Darnoc said:
Blizzard's official stance is that they will ban anyone they catch using hacks on battlenet, but as anyone can tell by entering a random baal run, maphacks are prevalent out there, and the worst I've heard of is realm downs for using it; of course if someone got banned and couldn't tell anyone this happened, how could we know they got banned?

So, based on this, rpgforums does not support the use of any bnet hack, and the only addon allowed is ATMA for single player muling. If you decide to use a maphack its at your own risk- keep in mind hackers use these progs to steal your accounts as well

I think I am just as well not using it. Thanks very much for your info.
 
This is a rather strange question...

Nobody here will know what kind of hacks you are using at home. If you do, don't tell us, neither deliberately nor by accident (e.g with questions like "I can't put runes into sockets") and especially don't promote their use in any way.
 
krischan said:
This is a rather strange question...

Nobody here will know what kind of hacks you are using at home. If you do, don't tell us, neither deliberately nor by accident (e.g with questions like "I can't put runes into sockets") and especially don't promote their use in any way.

I was merely trying to indentify whether blizzard could tell you were using map hack when you are playing.

For the record, I would never use anything or any other cheat / hack that would effect other peoples game play. That is unfair and is not how the game is designed. I would only use it in monotonous situations, such as getting WP's etc.
 
Hmm, OK, I thought you asked if it will you get banned here. Anyway, the forum rules about hacks should be clear then, I guess. Better don't promote the use of hacks by telling that you will use them in certain circumstances.

Finding WPs, the stairs to Durance 3 or whatever quicker than other gives you an advantage. You will have to invest less time to get things done. With saying that, you are promoting the use of hacks, as well as asking if Blizzard will notice it. That's the personal opinion the mods (and myself as well). You may have your own opinion and think about it what you want, but don't discuss it here.

If you take any advantage of what MH tells you (e.g. you never pick up items not having a certain number of sockets or you are ridiculously good at finding the stairs or WPs), Blizzard can notice it in theory. It's just a matter of statistics to identify a MH user with a 99% certaincy. It's another question if they are actually doing it.
 
MH is used by a lot of HC pkers in conjunction with other cheats specifically to harm other players. They can use it to look at your gear to see if you're particularly vulnerable and they can more easily track you down. Back before the patch I know it ruined hc dueling because people would just compare gear to decide the probable outcome of a fight before it happened. I don't play much in public games anymore (mostly because of the above dangers), but I imagine these issues are still with us.
 
Darnoc said:
If you decide to use a maphack its at your own risk- keep in mind hackers use these progs to steal your accounts as well

That's another risk you take when you use maphack. Hackers put a type of back door virus in the program so when you use it a specific amount of times, the program gives the hacker enough info to get into your comp and possibly retrieve your password. At least that's what I've heard. A lot of people who complain that their account got "hacked" probably fell victim to this.
 
CookiesnCream said:
That's another risk you take when you use maphack. Hackers put a type of back door virus in the program so when you use it a specific amount of times, the program gives the hacker enough info to get into your comp and possibly retrieve your password. At least that's what I've heard. A lot of people who complain that their account got "hacked" probably fell victim to this.

And that's only one of the harmless things a trojan can do. Are doing online banking ? What do you think will happen if a trojan intercepts your account number, password and a transaction number and sends it to somebody else instead ?
 
Thats why we have AV's

And, how could they catch you using a MH, because catching you talking about it, or scanning you, checking the probability, or finding you that you are exceptionally good at finding wps or stairs, makes you look suspicious, and when they scan, bam
 
If I were you, I wouldn't trust too much in anti-virus software. Sure, it makes sense to have it, but the risk of getting a problem still increases if you purposely install software from dubious sources, especially the cracked version of MH...
 
Gegabyte said:
I was merely trying to indentify whether blizzard could tell you were using map hack when you are playing.

I don't think anyone has been banned for maphack in a looong time. My understanding is that the server sends you the entire map for an act when you enter the act and then you have to explore it yourself. It's less strain on the server if it doesn't have to constantly feed players the map as they explore. So, your computer already has the map, maphack just shows it to you without having to explore. Thus, maphack is undetectable as far as I know to blizzard because it is entirely clientside (affects only your computer, you're not sending information over the internet). All that being said, I don't condone maphack, I wish it had never been programmed, and I sigh greatly whenever I'm trading with someone from this forum and they inadvertently reveal that they have maphack.
 
Two_Rivers said:
I don't think anyone has been banned for maphack in a looong time. My understanding is that the server sends you the entire map for an act when you enter the act and then you have to explore it yourself. It's less strain on the server if it doesn't have to constantly feed players the map as they explore. So, your computer already has the map, maphack just shows it to you without having to explore. Thus, maphack is undetectable as far as I know to blizzard because it is entirely clientside (affects only your computer, you're not sending information over the internet). All that being said, I don't condone maphack, I wish it had never been programmed, and I sigh greatly whenever I'm trading with someone from this forum and they inadvertently reveal that they have maphack.

Only clientside? Are you sure about that? How can mh-users see other players' gear then? Surely your computer doesn't have all that information stored too? That must be on the server, and when mh-users access that information, the server must be able to see that.

Am I right or wrong about that?
 
Dawnmaster said:
Only clientside? Are you sure about that? How can mh-users see other players' gear then? Surely your computer doesn't have all that information stored too? That must be on the server, and when mh-users access that information, the server must be able to see that.

Am I right or wrong about that?

there are many other features included a map hack besides revealing the automap.
some include:
1. allows u to look at another players gear
2. "scrolling" allows u to look several screens away from ur char
3. "chicken" auto exit the game once ur char reaches a certain life.

blizz has found out ppl who used a map hack in the past and either deactivated those accounts and/or banned their cd keys

my advice is do not use a map hack not only because u r risking ur account but also that u should play the game as it was meant to be played.
 
Dawnmaster said:
Only clientside? Are you sure about that? How can mh-users see other players' gear then? Surely your computer doesn't have all that information stored too? That must be on the server, and when mh-users access that information, the server must be able to see that.

Am I right or wrong about that?

You are wrong. The server send the full item list (equiped) for each player. That is the way it can can show each character on screen since the appearance differ based on what items you have equiped.
 
Maphack will not get u banned by blizzard, unless something huge changes(witch it wont since Blizzard only cares about WoW)


The trading forums thing is stupid. It clearly says in the rules you can only trade items that you have found yet I have seen countless thread like "My friends quit D2 and heres the stuff they gave me"
In one of those threads an admin traded for one of them items so w/e
 
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