An updated version of our code.lasthope.cs is available now at:
http://t1m1.pu.net/lasthope2009.zip
This version is in reponse to the leak of an early emjay interpolate hack
(mj-terp). It is a server side only script.
This episode was confusing and hard to deal with in many ways.
"mj-terp" fails to inject on some configurations. Some users stepped forward
to admit guilt and offer assistance. They did, in fact, have the hack. My
inability to detect it when they insisted that they were running it was quite
frustrating. As it turns out they were not actually running it but still
felt THE THRILL and then later THE GUILT.
"mj-terp" repeatedly injects on some configurations. The peeps that have this
problem will see their systems become increasingly slower as the repeated
injections gradually consume all system resources - until THE BEWM!!!
"mj-terp" does not patch all necessary locations so there are a couple spots
where the cheat doesn't work anyway even if it is injected properly.
Since the January 2008 leak of the NoFiX bypass he has not released another
version. He did keep working on it but nobody else failed "Ultimate Test" so
its a good bet he has not distributed in a long while. The "Ultimate Test"
detects all NoFiX bypasses through the end of February 2009 (when emjay
figured out what I was doing and blabbed it).
While the loss of "Ultimate Test" was a tragedy I am optimistic that I can
continue to detect the bypass. I was troubled in early 2008 that I would run
out of bullets but this past summer I made discoveries which convince me that
NoFiX will have to start from scratch and do a total redesign in order to
reach undetectability.
Emjay has been working on an improved hack that I was tracking with a test
I call "Andrew's Gift". Emjay and ib failed "Andrew's Gift" for several weeks
but nobody else did so its likely that only the old interpolate hack has
leaked and new emjay didn't. Maybe I can take another break.
lasthope2009 has nothing to do with the upcoming revival of Tribes by Garage
Games and their 1.40 release. It was driven solely by the leak of a cheat
which is being actively used on servers today. Do not confuse lasthope2009
(which is just a server side script) with what Garage Games is doing.