Code Tampering Case Study - Explanation of Game Anti-Cheat Solutions

Code Tampering Case Study

The picture shows hacked version of a game comes with a cheat function.

Some cheats authors also use static analysis combined with dynamic debugging to directly modify the game client code logic by means of reverse analysis to create a “hacked version”. Commonly, the hacked version of the game will have an external function menu to realize the control of numerical modification, removal of advertisements and even internal purchase hack.

This kind of hacked version of the game will come with a series of cheats functions to attract players, and its existence will seriously squeeze the space of the legitimate version, which will have a direct impact on the revenue of the game.
 
Case Study of Game Resource Tampering

Nowadays, there are various angles of game cheating. In addition to common cheating methods, the author of the cheats will also cheat through a variety of tricky angles, such as tampering with in-game resource files.

For example, in the FPS game, the cheats authors tampered with the material of the map resources in the game, and modified it to be transparent, so as to realize the cheats function of “see-through”.

Compared with other cheats, the angle of this kind of resource tampering cheats is more tricky and difficult to detect, and once this kind of cheats appears, it will spread in a short time, causing very serious game balance problems.

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