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i think i found it...

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kimk

Post Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:09 pm

i think i found it...

to hack trade lanes..
this is amazing...
anyone noticed that the trade lanes have health bars? well, they don't blow after you hit them. instead, they just get 'distrupted'. well, i haven't tried for myself, but in my other post, regarding pi$$ing off house polices, i went to blow everything in sight and the trade lanes were one of them. i shot them in a few fractions of a second, they were down. i tried to dock. and it replies; 'trade lane distrupted'. this is my theory; go sit next to one of those trade lane beacon things, and just sit and wait, and if you see a convoy coming up, start shooting the trade lane. and if your' lucky, it might just get distruped before the convoy gets a chance to get thru. then if might actually work !!

tell me what you guys know.


presently, my world is upside down, so if u do not mind, u'll have to tok to my a$$

bbrock81

Post Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:24 pm

Yeah that is how you do it. I just blast the thing and wait for a convoy to try to get through, then blast it and take the cargo. It works pretty good in the busier systems, but in the slower ones it can sometimes be a while before a convoy comes by for me to rob.

Mav

Post Thu Apr 10, 2003 6:46 pm

You got it... that's how pirating works mostly...

Cyruz

Post Thu Apr 10, 2003 9:56 pm

sooo easy

Crash-Drive

Post Fri Apr 11, 2003 3:35 am

Supposedly the Lane Hackers have special technical capabilities to "monitor and disrupt trade lanes", according to their faction info. What's so special about sensors and guns?

bbrock81

Post Fri Apr 11, 2003 6:44 am

I suppose they have some sort of tech. that lets them disrupt it without having to shoot it... I don't know why that's so special, but it seems that it is in the minds of the dev's. Oh, well. I'll just do it my way and let them do it theirs.

OracleX

Post Fri Apr 11, 2003 6:54 am

I have an interesting theory

as you go through the trade lanes, you can click on the trade lane ring ahead and check its health status, and since the rings are about 6Ks apart, you can hit free flight asap if you see it disrupted, which if done correctly and fast enough would put you 5Ks away from the enemy. then all you have to do, is turn around and use the ring you just came through to run away in the direction you just came from

never tested it though, cos I prefer taking out the bastards who disrupts my journey :-)

Dude, where's my Super Star Destroyer?

Edited by - OracleX on 11-04-2003 07:54:48

bbrock81

Post Fri Apr 11, 2003 6:58 am

I guess you could do that, if you were quick enough. But I'm like you, I want to make those bastards PAY.

Zamboni

Post Fri Apr 11, 2003 7:12 am

What if those "bastards" were flying Titans with Diamond backs?

Crash-Drive

Post Fri Apr 11, 2003 7:18 am

Ah, but sometimes the disrupting party is neutral or friendly towards you... nothing personal, just "business".

I suppose it's possible that the FL developers planned to have only the Lane Hacker faction capable of disrupting trade lanes, but then later decided to make it possible for anyone.

Mirax

Post Fri Apr 11, 2003 7:21 am

id rather be the bad boy and do the disrupting :p

AND kick the bastards that disrupt my flight

bbrock81

Post Fri Apr 11, 2003 7:21 am

Zamboni: Then I'll TRY to make them pay and see what happens...

Crash-Drive: Then I usually hang around and see if they get any good transports to share in the loot

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bruchpilot

Post Fri Apr 11, 2003 1:03 pm

somewhere in the game there is a piece of info regarding to which the lane hackers possess technology enabling them to disrupt the lanes with great precision, thus kicking only the transport out of the lane, while the escort flies on to the end of the lane without being able to defend the transport. yep, that's how they do it. pretty smart, if u ask me.

Saiyan

Post Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:53 pm

Well done kimk, you get a Cookie
As far as I know about the Lane Hacker Tech, we can't get hold of it. Timing and accuracy are the only methods that I use.

bbrock81

Post Fri Apr 11, 2003 5:14 pm

Yay, someone who knows the truth!

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