How do game hacks work?
• There are several methods how hacks manipulate the game data to • give an unfair advantage to the cheater. The following are a few • methods with diagrams to help understand how hacks can alter the • games data. • Hard Coded Method • This is usually the first generation of hack for a game, and the easiest to • protect against for game programmers. This is good for anti-cheaters, and • bad for cheaters. This style is usually hard to install on a computer when • downloaded from the Internet, and usually the cheater will mess up his • game files instead of correctly installing the hack. The small box inside the • game program is where the hacker changes some of the game’s files, • such as a engine.dll or main.cfg. This type of hack could be a wall hack, • aimbot, or just about any of type of hack, but very easy to block. • Client Hook Method • This is the most popular style of hack today, though now certain softwares have • started to provide anti-cheat solutions for their games. This s
