Trade Hack Archeage Warning

So I figured this would actually be a great topic especially cause everyone knows how frustrating it is to get scammed out of items in a mmorpg especially when this specific warning I'm going to be posting about is actually a hack which people do to the trade window. And it go against the terms of service for Archeage. So basicly Archeage has told everyone if you get scammed by just normal scamming game mechanics its okay.

But hackers have found a method to modify the amount of money being traded after the money not only has been locked in but after you hit the trade button then they modify the amount. So breaking it down it happens like the following:

• You put a Thunderstruck tree in the window...

• They put in 200g for the tree...

• Both of you confirm the amount...

• You can see the 200g confirmed and still reading 200g so you hit the trade button.

• You recieve 2g and give them a thunderstruck tree.

I actually had someone send me a screenshot cause he got scammed the other day on Ollo server.

 

 

So tips to avoid getting scammed while I will say the best way is not selling stuff via the trade window or only trade for other items we cannot be sure what exactly is the extent that they can do with this type of hack. So I would say its better to trade with people who are trusted this means avoid the following people:

 

• Low level players
• Guildless players
• Ones with bot or scammer names

But that also doesn't mean you shouldn't leave out the possiblity that people will do it with a higher level character or add it to a guild just to exploit. Keep in mind these people will do anything to steal from other players. And they don't care about reputation. Also seeing how Trion has handled many of the hacks currently means you should totally be aware of scamming and people hacking. Cause if they perform these types of things on you its possible they could get your account flagged and banned when you did nothing wrong.

 

Someone decided to actually post the hack in which people are using to exploit people along with the method. So out of hoping this gets fixed soon I thought I would share more of it.

 

"Hi,

Thanks for buying this plugin, i hope you enjoy it as much as i did.

What you need to do now :

Place the "Source" - folder into your Archebuddy Plugins folder.
Start up Archebuddy and log into the game.

Now heres my scamming method :

I'll write in faction chat that i'm buying 5 worker's compensation potions for 29g each, on my server they're atm on the auctionhouse for 27g and 60silver.
when you do this, a person will think that you're stupid and that you're going to pay much more for something that is cheaper on the auctionhouse, so they'll be in a hurry
to sell you that item, in this case the worker's compensation potions.

**Before you proceed with the following step, buy 10 Apples from the auctionhouse, you'll need it. it's explained further down the line why you need it.**

What you do now is, in archebuddy, open the "Plugin Editor"
- Press "Open File"
go to the "Source" folder and click on the tradescam.cs file

Now you move to the line 35 where you see this :      PutGoldInTrade(1); 
that 1 stands for 1 copper, now let me give you a rundown on what 10g, or a 100g would be :

15000000 = 1500g
10000000 = 1000g
 1500000 =  150g
 1000000 =  100g
  900000 =   90g
  100000 =   10g
   10000 =    1g
    1000 =    10s
      10 =    10copper
       1 =     1copper

now, to scam that guy selling 5 worker's compensation to us for 29g each we need to put in 145g into the trade, that means we'll edit the line
"PutGoldInTrade(1); " into "PutGoldInTrade(1450000);

now you press Compile, and when the guy trades you, the code will put in 10apples in, take em out and then put the gold in (**THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE SO THE TRADE IS BUGGED AND THE TRADE WONT BE CANCELLED WHEN THE SCRIPT REMOVES THE GOLD!!**)
also you'll NEVER see the gold being put in from your view (as you may have noticed in the video), so always DOUBLE check when you edit and compile the script!

Good luck and enjoy!"

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Threading;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using ArcheBuddy.Bot.Classes;     


namespace DefaultNameSpace{
   public class DefaultClass : Core
   {
       public static string GetPluginAuthor()
       {
           return "Plugin Author";
       }

       public static string GetPluginVersion()
       {
           return "1.0.0.0";
       }

       public static string GetPluginDescription()
       {
           return "My plugin description";
       }

       //Call on plugin start
         public void PluginRun()
       {       
           TradeInfo currenttrade = me.tradeInfo; 
           PutItemInTrade("Apple",10);  
          LockTrade(true); 
          RemoveItemFromTrade("Apple");
          PutGoldInTrade(1); 
        
            while (currenttrade.isOtherLocked == false)
              { 
                  Thread.Sleep(1);
            }     
              Thread.Sleep(1);

              RemoveItemFromTrade("Apple");
              PutGoldInTrade(0);
           LockTrade(true); 
                  while (currenttrade.IsOtherTradeOk == false)
               { 
                   Thread.Sleep(25000);
               } 
              ConfirmTrade();          
                     }
   }
}

 

I suggest if you catch anyone attempting to scam you that you report them or block them. And if the GM's for trion are around I suggest you look for a way to break the exploit they are using since it still is ruining the game on many servers.