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[-] CarolineJohnson@sh.itjust.works 136 points 1 year ago

GTAV NES port here we come

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 62 points 1 year ago

Now that the source code is "out there" it may be possible in the future for better mod support, fingers crossed.

[-] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 86 points 1 year ago

"You have been banned from Rockstar Social Club."

But seriously, fuck their jank-ass forced integration.

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Could be modded to work around their shit app

[-] Legendsofanus@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wait, all mods have to go through that app? That's total shite. Is there any way to launch it completely offline or would someone just have to pirate it?

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I imagine with this leak that's going to get cracked wide open soon

[-] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I like my software cracked wide open.

On a serious note, soon I can check out OpenFive/FiveM or whatever those multiplayer mods are that let you play on selfhosted GTAV servers, without Rockstar having a fuss...

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Banned from their social club and all local saves wiped for good measure.

[-] moon@lemmy.cafe 54 points 1 year ago
[-] lambda@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

It says in the Twitter thread that the source code was shared on a discord server for Xbox modding.

[-] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago
[-] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Haven't seen a rick roll in a while. Someone else click on it first. Lol

[-] lambda@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago

Lmao, it's a Rick roll on archive.org!

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Lmao, it’s a Rick roll

TY for taking the bullet.

[-] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Called it. 🤣

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[-] PeachMan@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

Does this mean the hackers and cheaters will only get worse from here?

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unlikely, unless the source code for the anti-cheat system and the server have been leaked as well.

The source code for just the game isn't really going to help cheaters. Cheat makers typically don't care about the code, they'd look at either altering the game files, and/or the memory space where the game variables are stored. Having access to the source doesn't really help with that (well it may help them understand the compiled binaries a bit better, assuming they don't know them inside-out already - we're talking about a 10 year old game here).

But it may help modders for making mods and stuff. These mods may or may not be detected by the anti-cheat system though.

If Rockstar coded the game properly, the server won't allow the client to connect if any of the files have been modified, or if the anti-cheat system is spooked/borked. So assuming that's the case, any mods that may come out of this would be for offline gaming.

TL;DR: There's nothing the worry about, online gaming (against randoms) will continue to suck as usual, best to stick to offline play or playing with/against a trusted friend circle.

[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Wow. I used to use a sector editor on floppy disks to cheat on games way back in the eighties by looking for player stats and abilities and whatnot. I had no idea that modern day cheating would be so similar to the rudimentary stuff I was doing nearly forty years ago.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Well, software is software after all :P

It all becomes 1s and 0s at the end of the day lol

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, computers have a lot more bells and whistles now, but the basics of how the system and the OS work haven't really changed that much, until you get out of native apps and into Electron and stuff. It's honestly remarkable how similar they are. Microsoft has a bunch of documentation about weird and quirky behavior they keep available for backwards compatibility, and most modern software developers take them up on that offer.

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year ago

The core ideas remained the same, only difference is that they've got more roadblocks now which makes it considerably tricker (security measures in the OS + anti-cheat + encryption/DRM + server-side checks etc).

But modern day cheating goes beyond memory editing, for instance there are things like aimbots which can work at the GPU/driver level, or input automation/macros which work completely ouside of the game so normal anticheat measures may not prevent it.

[-] lapommedeterre@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I agree. Most points of entry are usually via injection, and you need to maneuver around the anti-cheat defense. Once the game code isn't in parity with the server, it's also likely to be rejected; this leak is likely older anyway, so probably a non-issue since it's not feature complete at this point.

It may help identify new points of entry for injection, but that'll likely get patched once exploited.

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[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If support has been discontinued for GTA 5 and it no longer receives any updates then yes that's likely.

edit: depending on what is actually included in the "full source code", of course.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 40 points 1 year ago

OpenGTA5 would be so cool. To bad Rockstar is Rockstar.

[-] ahriboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

And FiveM is already property of Rockstar.

[-] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

But does it compile?

[-] 000@fuck.markets 29 points 1 year ago

Are there any links floating around to download said code? The various tweets/articles seem to suggest it leaked in one Discord server, and nobody's providing a link to that Discord nor a mirror of the code.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 90 points 1 year ago

I know there's nothing original about that but God damn I hate that a chat platform somehow became used to transfer info... We're overdue for a forum Renaissance.

[-] tourist@lemmy.world 120 points 1 year ago
  • Join our discord server!
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  • Please read the rules before being able to even fucking read anything :3
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[-] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

You got a point

[-] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

You dont want my credit card? Where do I sign up?

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Forgot to mention that you have to give them your phone number. That one really pisses me off.

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[-] Neato@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Didn't we use things like irc in the past?

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah and it sucked for archival purposes then and it still sucks now and forums took its place and that's still where serious people go to talk about their field. Want a custom ROM for your phone? You're going on a forum. Want to know how to repair a specific thing on a car? You're going on a forum. Want to talk about your new patchwork passion? You're going on a forum.

But somehow there's some fields (crypto, some parts of gaming...) where people have forgotten that or simply have never spent time on forums to see the difference in quality of info having an ongoing discussion makes.

[-] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Just thinking about the fields and fields of car, electric, and plumbing forums all sitting out there with broken links and dead photobucket / imgur embedded pictures....

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

That's an issue with the cost of storage back then meaning that people needed external hosts, but these days if Reddit and Lemmy can self host then an equivalent forum could do it too.

[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

You aren't "archiving" shit of this magnitude. Forums and hosts get the real letters and even the more permissive countries and hosts tend to have minimal issues taking action for these kinds of leaks. They are just as transient as chat rooms with a much bigger investment to run

Which leave "dark web" sites that very much do exist but don't get linked in news articles

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[-] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago
[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

@RemindMe@programming.dev 1 week

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[-] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Even made a new account for it. Just to be sure.

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[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Grand Theft Video (Game)

[-] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago

Here come the unbreakable cheats I guess.

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[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Do Red Alert 2 next, please

[-] flauschke@kbin.melroy.org 14 points 1 year ago
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[-] BurnSquirrel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

amazing to me that open source games usually sputter out quickly, yet communities will dissemble, reassemble and polish and finish games from established IPs

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