john@polyof.UUCP ( John Buck ) (11/19/85)
> Someone reported that they could get all the resources they wanted by > using exchange sectors. Now this one I'm really interested in. Anyone > out there know how to do this?? So far the report is lacking details, > but I'm eagerly awaiting those details so we can get it fixed. > Yes, this bug is as old as the hills. It is especially useful with exchange sectors, since exchanges allow teleporting stuff from one side of the world to the other. The bug will work with any type sector, if it is Checkpointed. (Or a highway). Simply have your friend move the stuff out of his exchange while you are buying it from him. IE. you enter the 'trade' command, and it prints all the lots available. After it asks you which lot, simply have the guy who owns the sector (exchange) move the stuff out that he had for sale. He gets the stuff, and you do too. You can do this over and over again, duplicating stuff. Kind of like cloning all the resources you need. (Like the containerization bug that allows you to increase your population by orders of magnitude over night!) Note this works with the 'load' command too. Have someone move the stuff you are loading out of the (checkpointed) harbor while you are sitting at the load prompts; one item at a time. I have fixed all these bugs in my version. There are lots of other ones too (along the same lines) that have been fixed. (So many, that I could not list them all here.) How about creating anti-sectors for example?? IE get negative military and civilians in a sector, then grant these sectors to your enemies. It brings their population/power down. IE you can theoretically cancel out all their people with anti-people, and there is not way for them to get rid of the anti-people, since they do noot exist (you cant move them, since the code checks for count <= 0) Real neat. PS I do not advocate the practices listed above. This is not playing Empire, this is hacking, which is a different game. True Empire die-hards will not use these bugs against their friends, as it is unethical. PSS if you want to get my latest/greatest version, read old news for the instructions, or send me email, ill send you instructions on how to get it. John Buck Polytechnic Inst. of NY Route 110 Farmingdale, NY 11735 516-454-5191 decvax!mcnc!{philabs!ron1,rti-sel}!polyof!john