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Titanfall 2 possibly considered compromised
- Thread starter AaronMT
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All that's certain for now is that the game will crash after entering the multiplayer menu, and all versions are affected. The whole "don't play the game it's dangerous" thing seems like bullshit.
Yeah that's true, but at least I do need the space so I probably will anyways. I'm not sure if I'm buying the whole "It's affecting consoles too" line.
A jailbroken PS4 is getting banned from PSN immediately, so I don't know why you're bringing this up.
Well, this is definitely proof that "something" is going on but to what end is still at question. It must really suck to be a Respawn employee sometimes.
Reading the description we have so far, it sounds like the worst that is likely to happen is someone could write a virus to your PC internal storage. How are they going to run that buffer out of the heap into program code reliably, unless the game is even more broken than the current description (which is possible)?
Buffer overflows are hard to exploit.
Quick, someone crack the PS5 and XSn so EA can authorize a patch.
Buffer overflows are hard to exploit.
Quick, someone crack the PS5 and XSn so EA can authorize a patch.
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I still don't understand why Titanfall of all franchises is getting hammered like this. Fucking sucks.
Active online games don't usually (read: never ever) have actively exploited unpatched remote buffer overflows.
Lmao at all these people liking this comment.
This makes no sense. The entire twitter splinter thread I'm in here is happening because we are discussing how the claim is that this affects console. And this guy goes "hey, look, proof that it says it affects console!"
Yeah no shit sherlock if I didn't know that they said it affects console, this entire conversation couldn't have happened. So obviously I don't mean that
This makes no sense. The entire twitter splinter thread I'm in here is happening because we are discussing how the claim is that this affects console. And this guy goes "hey, look, proof that it says it affects console!"
Yeah no shit sherlock if I didn't know that they said it affects console, this entire conversation couldn't have happened. So obviously I don't mean that
As a Titanfall player and streamer myself, this is really a disappointing day... it's hard to say if this is real or not atm but as for myself, better safe than sorry.
I was streaming the game on Twitch, and a bunch of people came to my stream and told me to uninstall the game completely due to this. This is not a shocker at all.. especially what TF2 has been going through in the past few months. Tons of drama, lack of fixes, lack of communication from respawn, etc.
This always boggles my mind... I don't understand why Respawn hasn't really stepped up their game when it comes to fixing this game. I THINK... they only have 2 devs working on TF2 since July.
Hate to say it.. but honestly, I truly think Respawn just doesn't give a shit when it comes to supporting their older games. They didn't support Titanfall 1... and now Titanfall 2. Also read somewhere that some of the devs actually worked with IW on MW2. Once MW2 got infested with hackers, they didn't even bother to fix the game....
I was streaming the game on Twitch, and a bunch of people came to my stream and told me to uninstall the game completely due to this. This is not a shocker at all.. especially what TF2 has been going through in the past few months. Tons of drama, lack of fixes, lack of communication from respawn, etc.
This always boggles my mind... I don't understand why Respawn hasn't really stepped up their game when it comes to fixing this game. I THINK... they only have 2 devs working on TF2 since July.
Hate to say it.. but honestly, I truly think Respawn just doesn't give a shit when it comes to supporting their older games. They didn't support Titanfall 1... and now Titanfall 2. Also read somewhere that some of the devs actually worked with IW on MW2. Once MW2 got infested with hackers, they didn't even bother to fix the game....
The Titanfall franchise deserves so much better. The first game's multiplayer and the second game's single player are fantastic and among the best in the genre.
Does this have any connection with the hacker/hackers that have been making tf1 and tf2 unplayable across all platforms the last few years? And could addressing this issue fix that issue or is the plug more likely to get pulled all together?
I may be mistaken. Read some reports in r/Titanfall that the PC version was updated in the past day and servers were working again. Either those people were mistaken or the update didn't fully address the issue because plenty others are saying they're still having issues.
Was looking at this post mainly
Reddit - Dive into anything
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simple exploit confirmed
The Titanfall community really hates Titanfall. To the point of spreading lies to create fear and not have people play the games they're supposed to enjoy.
This looks like a misinformation campaign to get everyone not play the game. (Especially the BS about it affecting consoles as a whole)
Wouldn't blocking the game on firewall let you play the SP without issues?
Wouldn't blocking the game on firewall let you play the SP without issues?
I mean, buffer overflows can lead to serious stuff, but usernames typically have character limits that are hilariously low, so it's pretty darn tough to do anything malicious beyond crash it. Message of the days, however, can be MUCH larger.
(Of course, that's assuming normal systems. Lord knows anything is possible)
It was confirmed to be bullshit before you posted.
The crashing is real though and it affects consoles as well, so multiplayer is not playable at all right now. The crash only occurs after you enter the multiplayer menu so you can play the SP campaign with no issue. No messing with firewalls required.
Not exactly, some of them might had ties with the hackers, but the entire page is in good faith.
A video summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VYron2-yM
In Respawn shoes I would just close the Titanfall 1 and 2 servers, it's giving them more headache then benefits, and I say this as an huge fan of the series but yeah, this crap is just too much, especially if you have to debunk stuff ppl makes up now and then or fight hackers and stuff.
Define "crash" the game...because the Titanfall 1 and Titanfall 2 communities have been complaining about such an exploit for years now with those complaints falling on def ears. Is this new crash exploit different from the exploit that has been preventing people from playing the game across several platform for the past few months?
I don't understand how one arrives at this conclusion. Titanfall players have literally been shouting into what appears to be a void for that last few months trying to get anyone to acknowledge major problems with the games online infastructure. I don't even play the game and im not really a part of the community. Only reason i know about this whole situation is because the game recently became unplayable for my girlfriend on xbox one and i looked into fixing it for her only to find out it was a group of hackers fucking with the game. My girlfriend isn't a hardcore gamer by any stretch of the imagination and TF2 multiplayer was one of the few games she like to hop into from time to time (she'd play maybe a couple hoursevery other week).
I feel like EA/Respawn have an obligation to address these issues if they are going to continue to sell the games....especially when one considers the fact that TF1 didn't even have an offline campaign and they still market TF2 as having online multiplayer.
I just want to be able to tell my gf she shouldn't have any issues on TF2 anymore. She hasn't been able to play for the last 2 months for more than like 2-3 minutes; after that her and everyone elses ping in the server goes up to a billion and shes forced to hard close the game. Nothing in that tweet acknowleding a "crash exploit" has me confident that the issues are actually going to get addressed. Seems like they are just trying to sweep this whole thing under the rug again by undermining it as nothing to worry about just a simple crash exploit, nothing to see here. The sad part is seems like alot of people are eating that shit right up.
The hacker you're talking about was by someone who was glorified by the community because he was doing the whole "I know how to fix with just a few lines of code" and everyone believed him. Turned out he was the hacker with a specific goal of trying to get full control of the game's source code to recreate a canceled game called Titanfall Online.
And this issue now was about another member of the community trying to spread fear so that everyone would uninstall the game because every player on every platform could be hacked. Turns out that, again, it was not true.
Prominent members of the Titanfall community are actively trying to get people to not play the games because of their weird goals. That's how I arrived at that conclusion.
what a shitshow this part of the community is. hackers and liars. and fucking idiots.
yes, titanfall deserves better.
no, this is not the way.
grow tf up.
Based on the story you just presented I still don't understand how you can paint anybody but the hackers and the developer/publisher (respawn/EA) in a negative light.... essentially what your saying is hacker exploits game makes it unplayable and developers and publishers do nothing to resolve it.... community becomes so desperate for support they unknowingly turn to the very hacker causing many of their problems. Shenanigans ensue..game becomes even more unplayable...various members of the community start resorting to new lows (i.e. misinformation campaigns) in desperate attempts to shed more light on the actual issues...with that issue being, a hacker has been making tf1 and tf2 unplayable for months now and ea/respawn have done nothing and have barely even acknowledged any issues until now...seems like alot of this could have been avoided if respawn/EA addressed the initial issues months ago rather than continue to refuse to acknowledge it.
Everyone responding to that tweet saying oh no you just had the right intentions.
Fuck off. Irresponsible.
I don't think "various members of the community start resorting to new lows (i.e. misinformation campaigns)" is a good thing no matter what their goals are. But we can agree to disagree.
I never argued it was a good thing, infact that's why its referred to as a "low"... just pointing out how many of those people are actually victims themselves, and the larger issue (i.e.EA/Respawn doing nothing to fix the game for months and barely even acknowledging the existence of the issue until now).
Despite how you might feel IMO as an outside observer who has for the past few months only been following the situation for my girlfriend in the hopes that she might one day be able to play again without issue; this has been the closest I have felt to ea/respawn actually acknowledging an issue exists. What results from that acknowledgement is still up for debate...likely nothing...but it's a step in the right direction imo, its unfortunate that it came as a result of actions in bad faith, but that speaks to the environment/community EA/respawn is fostering with their lack of communication. At the end of the day the only people to blame are ea and respawn imo.
