Regarding the summoned NPCs and characters changed into Phantom
http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/news/current/00Fzq/
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Due to a hack that allowed those who used it to eventually generate certain NPCs, several players turned into Phantom after clicking on a special, generated NPC then accepting a certain quest. It is important to know amidst some rumors in the community that this is the only way that characters were changing from a different job into Phantom. Clicking on a changed character will not change your own character.
The method the hackers were using has been blocked during this morning's maintenance, and the accounts of the hackers themselves are being dealt with.
In regard to the characters that were changed, we are investigating all of the details and hope to change all affected characters to their previous state next week. There are no plans for a rollback.
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Only have to wait a week to get your characters fixed if you were changed. :f3:
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I give props to you Nexon for sorting out the causes and double props for actually working it out, just that it wasn't immediately obvious. It sucks for the affected players but a rollback would have been even worse, sometimes there's just no easy way out.
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Yeah, a WEEK long wait for affected players? Holy crap that sucks.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeHx1Z8XSNk
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several players turned into Phantom after clicking on a special, generated NPC then accepting a certain quest.
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this is the only way that characters were changing from a different job into Phantom
Wat
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Sometimes when you double click on an NPC, it clicks through the NPC and hits the affected player as well when players stack on NPCs. Their logic holds.
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Fiel
Sometimes when you double click on an NPC, it clicks through the NPC and hits the affected player as well when players stack on NPCs. Their logic holds.
There is no NPC behind him though. At least, no visible one.
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Justin
There is no NPC behind him though. At least, no visible one.
Eh, it's possible for invisible ones. Some do exist, although even with Fiel's explanation which is plausible, players were still being advanced when he was moving around the map. A NPC can't be moving and mimicking the exact movement of a player.
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ResistGreen
Exactly.. Including the fact players reported being turned into Phantoms by clicking others.
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Justin
There is no NPC behind him though. At least, no visible one.
If you can't see it, you can't really say... The old maple admin is easy to stack over, not to mention there were a mass of other players around him.
The problem with the video ResistGreen showed was that it showed the hack from the view of the hacker, not the victims.
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Justin
There is no NPC behind him though. At least, no visible one.
A NPC entity can exist without an image attached to it. It's the hitbox that counts, not the picture.
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Justin
There is no NPC behind him though. At least, no visible one.
Actually, look closely. There is an invisible one.
Check out his cursor when he's hovering over himself. It changes into the same cursor when over a NPC.
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Zerard
If you can't see it, you can't really say. The old maple admin is easy to stack over, not to mention there were a mass of other players.
The problem with the video ResistGreen showed was that it showed the hack from the view of the hacker, not the victims.
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Kabanaw
A NPC entity can exist without an image attached to it. It's the hitbox that counts, not the picture.
That's why I stated there weren't any VISIBLE ones, at the very least. I'm well aware that there are invisible NPCs in the game. However, he moves around the map. NPCs cannot follow characters around like that.
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Alloy
Actually, look closely. There is an invisible one.
Check out his cursor when he's hovering over himself. It changes into the same cursor when over a NPC.
Good catch.
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Justin
That's why I stated there weren't any VISIBLE ones, at the very least. I'm well aware that there are invisible NPCs in the game. However, he moves around the map. NPCs cannot follow characters around like that.
Good catch.
Players also can't instantiate their own NPCs in the game that change someone's class. NPCs can move around. He could have just bound its location to his player location.
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Kabanaw
Players also can't instantiate their own NPCs in the game that change someone's class. NPCs can move around. He could have just bound its location to his player location.
I recall similar things happening to NPCs in the far past where people have forcefully moved them. But hell, with the way this game is, anything is possible with a little tinkering. I don't understand what the point in this would be though, other than just being a little pomegranate head.
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Might just be me, but I feel that Nexon's PR has really improved over the last year. This issue didn't even happen 24 hours ago and they have already addressed most of the concerns surrounding it.
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What is UP with Nexon and their effective communication skills? Seriously. A hundred words or so and they've captured the history, resolution, and potential fallout damages of the problem (no rollback).
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CrazyForDex
Might just be me, but I feel that Nexon's PR has really improved over the last year. This issue didn't even happen 24 hours ago and they have already addressed most of the concerns surrounding it.
Agreed. I'll never forget the Christmas patch of 2011. R.I.P. Legends Award Chair ;-;
But in all seriousness, that's all water under the bridge. Keep up the amazing pace, Nexon :wink:
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The fact that this is even possible shows how advanced hackers are getting.
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PirateIzzy
The fact that this is even possible shows how advanced hackers are getting.
And how pomegranate-tier Nexon's defenses are that hackers can get this power.