Administrators Popular Post Alex Posted September 19, 2019 Administrators Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2019 Hello everyone, This is a big announcement that I have to make regarding a duplication glitch that has occurred. There was a bug where it was possible to duplicate withdrawals from alliance banks, and in doing so, duplicate money and resources. A few players had reported this issue to me some time ago, off the top of my head, around the beginning of this month. I tried a few different fixes, and I also wrote a query that allowed me to check the game regularly for duplicate transactions. A couple of weeks ago, a couple of "new" nations were created, duplicated about $1,000,000,000 worth of cash, and then stashed it in one-man alliances and then put their nations in Vacation Mode for a year. At the time, I removed the money from the game, and kept and eye on the nations to see if I could figure out who they really were later. But, it was a very isolated incident (no one spread the duplicated money anywhere, it was all contained in these Vacation Mode nations) so removing it effectively prevented anything bad from happening in the game while I worked on a proper fix for the bug. I've been monitoring things regularly since then, and aside from what appeared to be a couple of "accidental" instances of the bug (with small amounts of money/rss) there weren't any issues. Today, however, I checked in and saw that there was a quite systematic abuse of the glitch. Fortunately, it was relatively easy for me to trace all of the nations and alliances involved in the duplication of money/rss (most of which were created and then deleted immediately after duplication.) Tracing through approximately 20 nations and 10 or so one-man alliances, I was able to track down a few notable nations involved and ban them. The most notable nation, in my opinion, was "Aradesh" of "The New California Republic" (ID 170958). This nation seemed to be the primary culprit behind the duplication effort. I recognized them as a re-roll of a previous nation that was in the alliance Afrika Korps and was banned for Nazism (and made a big fuss about it.) Other notable nations involved were: Arianne of Rijk (ID 102334) Bran of 3eyedRaven (ID 149736) 12514518 of 3152114201825 (ID 81440) (EDIT: After further review, I do not believe this nation was involved in the exploit.) There were a handful of new nations that were obviously being used to hold cash in various one-man alliances with no obvious affiliations which were banned as well. The majority of the funds duplicated were transferred to Arianne of Rijk's alliance which was operating as some sort of player-run bank, as well as "Arabian Korps" which was apparently Afrika Korps' "offshore bank." Â All of the duplicated money/rss generated in this exploitation attempt have been removed from the game, the players banned, and I'm happy to announce that I was actually able to work with ss23 and fix the exploit which is the cause of the problem. Sorry for the wall of text. However, I feel it is important that I monitor the game, prevent cheating, and be open and honest about disclosing instances like this to you all, the players. I am sincerely sorry that I was not able to resolve this glitch earlier and prevent this duplication attack from ever happening. However, I am confident that it has been traced and contained so as not to have any real impact on overall gameplay. Â I will note that this instance is quite a bit different than the previous duplication glitch (you may remember as the "Nova Riata Scandal"). There was a different method of duplication used here. However, thanks to better tracking mechanisms implemented after the last duplication issue, this only went on for about 2 days, was very easy to trace and to fix. Â tl;dr A few people managed to generate a lot of money and resources through a duplication glitch. However, they were caught within about 2 days and the money and resources have been removed from the game. The glitch that allowed the duplication has also been fixed. Â EDIT: For clarification, the amount of money/rss duplicated was along the lines of $10,000,000,000. Very little resources were actually duplicated. Â 3 44 1 Is there a bug? Report It | Not understanding game mechanics? Ask About It | Got a good idea? Suggest ItForums Rules | Game Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vein Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Glad to see the bug sorted out. gave me anxiety ngl;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Uriah 'the Fox' Posted September 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2019 $10 bn? those are rookie numbers ? 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Xun Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Thanks about being proactive about this. Â @AK: hoping your damage control is less incompetent. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Theodosius Posted September 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2019 Oh boi, that doom clock post did not age well at all 8   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Popular Post Alex Posted September 19, 2019 Author Administrators Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, Uriah 'the Fox' said: $10 bn? those are rookie numbers ? Upon a more careful review, the exact numbers were: $8,633,000,000 1,000 Bauxite 2,800 Steel and 3,296,000 Food. 7 Is there a bug? Report It | Not understanding game mechanics? Ask About It | Got a good idea? Suggest ItForums Rules | Game Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Bismarck II Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 So is AK gonna get rolled too? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Do Not Fear Jaz Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Announcements like this are super appreciated, as far as that level of transparency goes. Â This is probably not a good thing for AK. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exar Kun -George Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Thanks Alex much appreciated ! 1 2 Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Tiniest Bird Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Thanks for getting this fixed and for explaining what was up, Alex, I appreciate it a lot as well. Exploiting glitches and bugs is really not nice and people should not do it. That should really go without saying, but yeah. It just hurts the game and ultimately the players doing it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 55 minutes ago, Theodosius said: Oh boi, that doom clock post did not age well at all Actually it did. He just didn't realise it was his own doom clock. ;,p 55 minutes ago, Alex said: Upon a more careful review, the exact numbers were: $8,633,000,000 1,000 Bauxite 2,800 Steel and 3,296,000 Food. The most amusing part is how tiny that res amount is compared to how much cash/food they spawned in. But nice work with the super fast ban hammer Alex.  3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Epi Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Great to see another bug nipped in the butt. Shame on you AK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Xun Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, Sphinx said: Actually it did. He just didn't realise it was his own doom clock. ;,p The most amusing part is how tiny that res amount is compared to how much cash/food they spawned in. But nice work with the super fast ban hammer Alex.  Probably behavior testing. As I've said before, it's their rebuild funds. What the hell, I've offered to loan to them, Horizon has offered to loan to them, other banks have offered to loan to them. Just stupid. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sweeeeet Ronny D Posted September 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2019 I look forward to seeing BK's swift justice on AK. 6 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True King Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Good it was fixed, needs more be done if 100% of the funds were removed though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Migraine d'al Braskia Posted September 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2019 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Scarfalot Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 I calculate a 99.6% likelihood that AK will be blitzed by IQ using this as an excuse to try and farm damages off them ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruby Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Warning y'all right now: I'm a good runner ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Khai Jäger Posted September 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2019 Good riddance to the cheaters. I've talked to Alex, AK has had nothing to do with this. Our bank has been returned to us and the member who was accidentally banned has been voided of implication to this issue. 1 6 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdanak Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Glad to see that ss23 is still around. Good work to both of you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buorhann Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 LOL @ AK. Welcome to the Nova Riata club. Population 2. 1 hour ago, Arianne said: Hi everyone, I'm sorry for cheating. So you're sorry AFTER being caught? Even doing so AFTER Nova Riata situation?  Yeah... ok.  1 2 Warrior of Dio  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfPCFQfOnLg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True King Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Buorhann said: LOL @ AK. Welcome to the Nova Riata club. Population 2. So you're sorry AFTER being caught? Even doing so AFTER Nova Riata situation?  Yeah... ok.  They apologized, all they could do. Also this should have been patched, rather than hints given how for those easy to give into temptation for amounts not even worth it. Although it is what it is, still a shame to see more players go even if their fault. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchy Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Somehow I doubt AK is going to get the same treatment Nova did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 24 minutes ago, Sketchy said: Somehow I doubt AK is going to get the same treatment Nova did. Probably correct. Nova Riata was without doubt complicit in it because it was their leader doing it. AK being complicit isn't proved, and in fact Alex already transferred AKs bank back to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illyrian Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 So, do I still take my kids to school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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