Regarding rAthena bug

[sintas]

Hi I just want to confirm regarding a statement from one of your rAthena users--that a bug/loophole is existing regarding drop rates which can be triggered by a player. The said person is actually using this excuse to hold players.

 

I can name the guy and give screenshots but I'm not here to flame so let's keep it as a clean discussion.

 

I posted my issue here for I am not quite sure where to properly escalate this issue.

 

Admin/Filipino Admin on this forum, kindly move the said post if needed. Thanks.

To all people who can answer or better if a developer can confirm this. Please do.

 

I am not here to bash people, but the involved person is creating such issues and telling it in public.

I believe this person should be escalated in a proper forum.

 

Salamat/Thanks.

Edited January 5, 2014 by sintas

[gekigengar]

What is this about?

 

Any relevant links to the said issue?

Edited January 5, 2014 by gekigengar

[sintas]

Yes, the comment under MrSilver's review on RMS

Link below:

http://ratemyserver.net/index.php?page=serverstat&serid=16517&itv=6&url_sname=OriginalRO&page_num=1

Edited January 5, 2014 by sintas

[gekigengar]

Yes, the comment under MrSilver's review on RMS

Link below:

http://ratemyserver.net/index.php?page=serverstat&serid=16517&itv=6&url_sname=OriginalRO&page_num=1

why not post this to the international section where most developers are?

It mentioned about "luk" factor towards item drops,

but the only thing I can find in relation is

the "luck" can modify drop rates, but not to the point that

it could be anyhow gamebreaking.

(depends on server settings though,)

in official, this is turned off.

probably those cheaters could send a fake value

and ensures a legitimate 100% drop rate through

faking their "luk" packet value?

this is not possible though, as they take the value from

the server's sql database.

probably by removing this feature this can be fixed?

I don't even think the issue is the "luk" that they mentioned.

it should be regarding something else.

Edited January 8, 2014 by gekigengar

[sintas]

True that this could be a possibility but I haven't heard/seen any kind of hacking/bug that can modify rAthena's server setting especially drop rates.

But if there is then well accepted--else, please do something about this person, he is simply not doing things accordingly.

 

 

I'm not pretty sure how this post can be moved to the international forum.

Just to reference the link above (the said post was already deleted by the server owner)

here it is:

Edited January 9, 2014 by sintas

[Cydh]

How to reply that server review? I can't register there

 

the problem about the rate is because the Mersenne Twister exploits (MT) for generating random number. (as far as I know, and someone told me, it's been used for *Athena variants)

Known issue about MT could be found easily by googling "mersenne twister exploits"(?) something like that. So people you can exploits it, it can be 'always' lucky. many stuffs that used by rand() function that using that MT, example on drop rate, lottery.

You can imagine, if the drop rate is low rate server and people always get 100% of MVP drop? You can pure lucky, but with MT exploits, you always be lucky.

 

The owner of OriginalRO (and its staff), told me, they banned those people who suspected exploits that MT issue. What a bad luck if the exploiter/cheater/else try make a drama for that RO, they are flamming and act like people who don't know about that issue (isn't cheater always do something like this?).