The Experimental Build is now open to everyone featuring bash migration to scripting and more! The Experimental Build is used to test important changes in the game to ensure they are viable before moving them to the Nightly Build and eventually to the Public Branch. This build introduces several interesting changes, completing some elements that had been pending implementation for a while. The terminal has been fully migrated to the server side, including Bash itself, which was previously hardcoded on the client side and now is coded in Greyscript like any other command. When you open a terminal, it will now load Bash from the path /bin/bash allowing you, if you wish, to replace the default bash with your own on any system. You can view the Bash code with CodeEditor.exe -code bash. When making a remote connection, for example via SSH, calling start_terminal will load the /bin/bash of the remote machine. This Bash migration improves security by closing potential exploits that could originated from client side, as many variables that were previously exposed are now only available on the server side. This new system also brings other interesting changes, such as the migration of commands like cd, now located in /bin, and the execution of .exe programs from scripting. You can also use autocompletion and terminal command history from scripting. Note that the Experimental build is very unstable, may contain game breaking bugs, and savegames can be deleted frequently. It is not recommended for new players.

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The public build has been updated with the latest available version of the game! As usual, since the nightly build has merged to the public version, the nightly build has been disabled until the next cycle. This merge is special because having completed all the main features of the game, we are moving from the Alpha version to the Beta version! Even though we are now in the Beta version, the development dynamic will continue as always, with Nightly build cycles where new additions and major bug fixes are tested before updating the main branch. The difference is that from now on the Nightly build cycles will be much shorter. The roadmap has been updated with the latest changes. Here are the main points that have been added in this update.

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The nightly build is open to everyone featuring Zero-day exploits, Extended npc behavior, World Impacted by Player Actions and more! Note that the Nightly version is unstable, may contain game breaking bugs and the savegame can be deleted frequently. So It is not recommended for new players. It is advisable to take a look at the new section of the Manual > Getting Started > Libraries & Exploits. And at the bottom of the page, you will see the new Zero Day Exploits section, so you can start familiarizing yourself with the new mechanics. Keep in mind that during the nightly build, changes and adjustments will be made to the zero-day exploit, as well as other elements based on feedback. Here is a summary of the changes that this version brings. Some elements are not finalized, as indicated in the changelog, and will be completed during the public nightly build.

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Hello everyone! I would like to share with you the latest news about the development. In the last report, we explored the extended behavior of NPCs. In this report, we will explore the World Impacted by Player Actions. Note: The Nightly Build is in active development and is not yet available to the public.
As stated in the last report, the job performance of all NPCs within a company influences the profits it can generate. Consequently, a company with a workforce of incompetent people will experience losses month after month. Only large companies that sell software and hardware are public and allow players to buy shares. When a player acquires more than 50% of a companys shares, they will take control of it, unlocking various management options as well as additional information about each workers performance through their employee profiles. If a player is not the majority shareholder, this information will be hidden. However, it can be discovered by reviewing the NPCs conversations and emails to learn more if desired. Once a year, in-game time, companies will offer to distribute dividends among shareholders, allowing them to earn a portion of the companys profits. The total profits will be distributed proportionally to the success each company is experiencing at that moment. To avoid inflation by introducing more money into the world, in this case, the companies profits will be obtained directly from players purchases. For example, when a player buys a piece of hardware in any store, that money will accumulate and can be collected by all the company owners at the end of the year (in-game time) proportionally, reusing the already created money. If a players companies gain a significant advantage over their competitors, they can adjust store prices, potentially impacting other players. Remember that to gain an advantage over your competitors, you can either do it cleanly or interfere with their networks to create chaos.
Players can also create their own stores as an alternative to NPC stores controlled by other players, where they can sell both hardware and software, with the profits going directly to the player selling them. Due to these changes, coupons will have much less prominence and usage in order to adapt to the new mechanics and not devalue the hardware. Additionally, other secondary changes and additions will be introduced, such as a new type of highly competent administrator who can detect overflow attacks and interfere with returned objects, as well as a very expensive service that will be revealed during the public nightly build, which can only be acquired by the guild with the most influence at that time, promoting rivalry between guilds to gain access to certain exclusive features. As always, all these new additions are subject to change and will be adjusted based on the feedback received during the public nightly build. Although there is still work to be done, we are more than halfway there, as the core of the new systems is almost complete. Thanks for reading! More news soon!

Hello everyone! I would like to share with you the latest news about the development. In the last report, we explored some new hacking methods, mainly focused on PvP. In this report, we will explore the extended behavior of NPCs. Note: The Nightly Build is in active development and is not yet available to the public.
The NPC scheduling system has been completely re-implemented, improving and adding certain activities that will allow players to interact with various aspects of their lives. From Monday to Friday, NPCs will go to work and have their leisure time, while weekends will be mostly dedicated to leisure activities and sleep. Players will be able to check NPC activities through CCTV if the network has available cameras. This can be particularly useful if the network has certain hackable smart appliances, as these can cause accidents. Similarly, players can track an NPCs license plate to monitor them through traffic cameras during their commutes, perhaps to hack traffic lights and also cause an accident. If the network contains the employee records database, the players will be able to know the full schedule of the NPCs. These accidents can cause the death of the NPCs, although killing an NPC it is not the only way to get rid of an NPC on a network that is preventing us from reaching our goal, like an annoying administrator, we can also use other methods to get the NPC fired, such as changing the alarm clock time on their smartphone so they are late for work several days in a row, or similar methods.
If a network loses an administrator (or any other NPC), either due to an accident or being fired, a new NPC will be hired to replace the previous one after several in-game days. Each NPC influences the companys earnings, so if the player has purchased the company, they can decide which NPCs will be fired or hired from a list of candidates, showing their stats. But this is more specific to the "Impacting world by players part and we will explore it another day. Causing an accident that ends up killing an NPC will be taken very seriously by the Police, so covering your tracks will not be an easy task, and if you get caught, it will be a direct Game Over. NPCs also communicate with each other through emails or phone messages with NPCs from their network and also with NPCs from other networks. Besides discussing mundane topics, they will also comment on any problems or peculiar situations involving an NPC, allowing the player to know the context of the NPCs in the network to act accordingly if we want to interfere in their behavior to impact the company, and also to discover hidden missions more organically.
On the other hand, NPCs will be more aware of the movements in their bank accounts. Therefore, if an NPC detects that someone has stolen money from their bank account, they will report it to the authorities, who will start tracing the bank transactions to try to catch the perpetrator of the theft. In a similar way, If an NPC detects an unusual deposit in their account, they can also report it to the authorities, causing a trace of the transfer, or withdraw that money and keep it. Depending on some NPC's specific internal stats and the amount of time the money stays in their account, they might never notice the unusual movement in their account. Although this type of trace can also be avoided, it will be a stricter and more closed trace than conventional network traces and more difficult to avoid, so the player will need to have a cleaning plan ready before making a transfer. The larger the amount to transfer or deposit, the more suspicion it will raise. In the next developer preview, we will explore the section "Impacting world by players" which is entirely related to the extended behavior of NPCs, where players will also be able to influence the world's economy beyond the use of coins. Thanks for reading! More news soon!

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Hello everyone! As you may have noticed, the code for the public version has been closed for a while, which means that no more updates will be published for the public branch of the game (except for serious bugs that may appear) since I have completely focused on the development of the Nightly Build. This nightly build is special as it will be the last one before entering the beta version of the game and therefore carries significantly more content than other nightly builds from the past. I preferred not to split this nightly build into two or more parts, since that would entail extra time for fixing regression bugs after each merge, which always tends to take several months, so this time it is preferable to introduce all the planned features in the same nightly to fix all those regressions at once and thus save some time. As this nightly is going to take me more time to develop than what is usually normal, this time I am going to publish updates (Developer Previews) about the state of the development regularly to keep you informed about which feature I am working on at those moments. This time, being the first update, I still do not want to go into many details since I am working on several features at once and there are certain parts of the design that I want to finish defining first, but I can tell you broadly what the new attack vector will entail. The new attack vector, which will complement the current buffer overflow, is being designed with multiplayer mode in mind, specifically for PvP mode. It involves 0-day-exploit attacks combined with code injection, which along with buffer overflow will allow for a more dynamic and balanced PvP between attack and defense, especially among more veteran players. The 0-day-exploit attack will consist of several phases, requiring in the first of them that players collaborate with each other in order to advance. Upon reaching a certain level, players will be able to obtain limited pieces of information (rumors) which, upon completion, will lead them to a specific network to continue with the discovery of the exploit. This will encourage collaboration among guild members to obtain this privileged information before another group, whether their intention is to attack or protect a specific network or server. Once this information is obtained, players will still need to do research work to discover and deal with the engineers who have worked on the library that may contain the undiscovered exploit, thus being able to move on to the next step of the attack which will then be more technical for the player. In the next phases, the player will need to create specific code, which will vary depending on the vulnerability of the 0-day-exploit to continue the attack. Therefore, as an exception in the game, this time players without programming knowledge trying to discover the vulnerability will be at a disadvantage compared to players who know how to program. Hence, exploits of this type of vulnerability will not be generated in stores, unlike the current buffer overflow. Although players without programming knowledge can always use them once they are discovered and published by other players. What I have described would be the first phases of the attack explained in a general way, the attack does not end there. There are also parts that I am currently exploring such as the introduction of an API that can only be accessed temporarily depending on various factors, or the introduction of additional, smaller attack vectors to help with the balancing of this new system. In the upcoming dev previews, we will be exploring other parts of the nightly that are also being designed, as well as more details about this new vector attack. More news soon!

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Hello everyone! I would like to share with you the latest news. The development of the nightly build is already underway, so over the next few days I will publish the last batch of bug fixes for the public version before fully focusing on the nightly build. As many of you already know, the nightly build is the development branch where new game features are added before moving them to the main branch. Initially it will be available only for debuggers, and later once it reaches a playable state, it will open up to all players to help with testing before publishing on the main branch. Unlike the previous nightly build, which focused on backend rework to improve stability in multiplayer mode, the next nightly build will again be focused exclusively on adding new gameplay features. As you can see in the Roadmap, we only need to complete version 0.8 to enter the beta phase. The initial plan is to complete version 0.8 in this nightly. This means that development during this phase will be longer than usual due to the complexity of the features to be added. Even so, if I see that the nightly build cycle is going to be longer than expected, I do not rule out moving some less complex features to version 0.9, such as "More Hidden and Karma missions" and "Player shops and services", to focus on finishing adding all the remaining core gameplay. Although I cannot give many more details yet, I can confirm that one of the features in development are the new hacking methods to complement the well-known buffer overflow, in addition to several adjustments and changes also in this method, finally completing all the attack vectors that the game will offer in its final version. Although there is still work to be done, these are undoubtedly exciting times as we are close to reaching the beta phase and being able to offer a gaming experience much closer to what it will be in its final version. More news soon!

Good news! We have more hackers than ever thanks to our friend Thor on Twitch. To enhance the experience in Multiplayer mode, we've upgraded to a much more powerful server. This will better handle the system load, especially during peak hours, and provide a smoother overall experience. In addition, the following fixes have been made in Streaming mode: - AdminMonitor now hides IP addresses when starting a trace. - General information and error messages now hide addresses, for example when entering incorrect data when trying to log in to an email account. - The warning window shown after being caught in a trace hides the addresses.

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Added Streaming Mode! To enable it, go to Menu > Preferences > Streaming Mode. This mode hides IP addresses, URLs, bank and email addresses in the Terminal and other programs. Activate this mode if you want to stream in multiplayer mode to prevent viewers from seeing sensitive information that could lead to unfair hacks. To work with hidden information, you can copy and paste it like any regular text. The terminal and other programs will interpret these hidden addresses normally. Notepad, CodeEditor and CCTVs are not included in the Streaming Mode at the moment, and any information will be displayed without hiding. The feature is experimental and it will be improved in future updates.

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The public build has been updated with the latest available version of the game! As usual, since the nightly build has merged to the public version, the nightly build has been disabled until the next cycle.

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The merge is planned for approximately 48 hours from now! It is recommended that you make backups of the programs that you want to keep from the public version, as there will be a database wipe when the merge occurs. Thank you for your testing!

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Hi people! As you may have noticed, there have been no changelogs on Steam for a while for the nightly build. Due to the special nature of this nightly build, new updates are being released almost every day, especially related to regression bugs caused by the massive changes made in the game's backend. So in order to not spam the news section during this time, the changelog have only been published on Discord. Fortunately we are getting closer to the merge since the most critical bugs have been fixed, so I think it's a good idea to start posting the progress of the nightly build here again, although I will only publish the changelog here once a week with a summary of the previous updates to avoid spamming. Thank you for your constant support!

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The nightly build is open to everyone featuring CTF events and several major internal game code improvements. Note that the Nightly version is unstable, may contain game breaking bugs and the savegame can be deleted frequently. So It is not recommended for new players. The nighly build is designed to help report bugs and provide feedback while the version is finished. In this branch the updates will be frequent, of the order of several per week. Important: Changing to the nightly build removes the savegame from the Single Player mode of the Public build and vice versa. Multiplayer mode progress is not deleted even if you switch from one build to another. Visit the official Discord of the game for more information, support and the latest news from the nightly build.

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Hello everyone! I would like to share with you the latest updates on the development. There have been some new improvements in the nightly build that are extending the development time more than initially estimated. Apart from the improvements in the database management, as mentioned in the previous preview, substantial improvements have been added to the execution of scripts by players. To prevent server saturation issues that cause lags and slowdowns, usually caused by scripts that use a lot of server resources, a deep refactoring of the game has been carried out. Now, scripts will run as actual independent processes separate from the game, allowing for accurate monitoring of how much memory and CPU a script is using at any given time, which is not consistently measurable in the current public version. This monitoring will allow the server to limit resources for players who are using too much CPU time across all their scripts, avoiding resource saturation and, therefore, the lags and slowdowns caused to other players. Additionally, there will now be a maximum limit of actual RAM memory that a script can reserve during its execution, also preventing complete server crashes if any script tries to use all available server RAM. These changes also have some positive side effects, as it is no longer necessary to use some artificial limits introduced in Greyscript to prevent excessive memory reservation issues, such as the maximum total number of instantiated elements across all lists and maps in a script, as well as other similar limits. The difficult part is already done, and the nightly build is now privately available for the debuggers group. Due to the deep changes made in the code, there is work to be done fixing critical regressions, so I cannot estimate when it will be available for everyone, but I hope it will be soon if no unexpected issues arise.

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Hi everyone! I have some exciting news to share with you. The game server has been updated to a much more powerful one, which means better performance and a smoother gaming experience for everyone in Multiplayer mode. However, due to technical reasons, it has not been possible to transfer the database to the new server. So, for a few days, the game branch called old_public_build will be activated. This way, you'll be able to access your saved data from the old server, that it will still be online for several days, and transfer it to the new one if you'd like. Please note that this change only affects the Multiplayer mode, and SinglePlayer mode will remain unaffected. You can access to the old_public_build branch without a password from Steam > Library > Right click on Grey Hack > Properties > Betas I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

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Hello everyone! I would like to share with you the latest news about the development. The public version can already be considered stable, and this means that the next development cycle has already begun. Therefore, the public version will not receive updates for a while until the development of the nightly build ends and merges as usual.

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Miniscript updated to latest version 1.5.1! Miniscript is the language on which GreyScript is forked. Due to various changes and improvements of the new Miniscript some scripts may need some adjustments to work with the new version. This build also adds a new general scripting method called get_custom_object which returns an empty Map object that can be used to share data back and forth with programs launched with shell.launch In addition to the Miniscript update, various improvements and fixes have been made on server side to improve stability. The experimental build will remain open for a couple of days In case any tester needs to copy any script left there.

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This build updates Miniscript to the latest version 1.5.1 Miniscript is the language on which GreyScript is forked. Due to various changes and improvements of the new Miniscript some scripts may need some adjustments to work with the new version. During the experimental build, the testing will focus on compatibility with scripts from the old version as well as performing several stress tests on the server to verify that no new bugs has been introduced. This build also adds a new general scripting method called get_custom_object which returns an empty Map object that can be used to share data back and forth with programs launched with shell.launch Once the experimental version is considered stable, it will be merged into the public version without a database wipe. Still in the case of some unforeseen critical bug found during testing it is possible that the Miniscript update will be delayed until the Nightly build. The password to access the experimental build is: expbuildtest Thanks for your reports and feedback!

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The public build has been updated with the latest available version of the game! As usual, since the nightly build has merged to the public version, the nightly build has been disabled until the next cycle. Note that version 0.8 is not complete with this update, there are still future additions to be included to consider version 0.8 complete.

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The nightly build is open to everyone featuring a renewed game network layer and Economy system redesign. Note that the Nightly version is unstable, may contain game breaking bugs and the savegame can be deleted frequently. So It is not recommended for new players. The nighly build is designed to help report bugs and provide feedback while the version is finished. In this branch the updates will be frequent, of the order of several per week. Important: Changing to the nightly build removes the savegame from the Single Player mode of the Public build and vice versa. Multiplayer mode progress is not deleted even if you switch from one build to another. Visit the official Discord of the game for more information, support and the latest news from the nightly build.

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Hello everyone! I would like to share with you the latest news about the development. The first iteration of the economy is almost completed. This brings several important changes to different aspects of the game along with the inclusion of the Blockchain service for players to create their crypto-currencies. Note that everything is simulated, there is no real crypto in the game. Blockchain The creation of a coin is a trivial process and limited to one per player, since the important thing is that said coin has some value in the future. As in real life, the blockchain system is practically hack-proof and it is not a centralized system on a single server, so we start on the premise that the coins created in the game are safe. Players must mine the coin and make buy/sell offers for its value to increase. As in reality, users specify the price in a free market system. Therefore, if you want to sell/buy coins, you must provide a price at which you want to sell/buy, and the buyers/sellers must accept the proposed price. That system is the one that will determine the approximate value of a coin based on the last transactions made. Therefore, it will be the users themselves who will finally determine the prices of the coins. Although it is possible to consult the offers of the players, the purchase or sale is not made directly between them like in a store, but the transactions will be completed automatically if the proposed prices are greater than or equal to any available offer. Mining The mining process is based on a reward system, and just like in real life, depending on the power of the computers mining the same coin, it will be decided which player gets the reward between each mining cycle. This means that even if you leave a computer mining constantly, it does not guarantee you the reward if other players are mining the same currency with more powerful machines. In addition, several machines can be used to mine for the same Wallet, creating the possibility of having farms. Therefore, the more computers you have mining a coin and the more powerful these are, the more likely it is that you will get the reward. At the moment, due to certain technical limitations, mining requires active terminals and the player to be online, although this may change in the future. Banks To avoid inflation when you want to sell coins in exchange for the base money of the game, all purchases and sales are made directly from the bank accounts of the players, therefore the money will be moved instead of new money being created. From now on banks will charge fees for keeping your money and for transactions made, so it is not a bad idea to invest in some crypto-currency where there are no taxes on your money. Also to avoid inflation, NPCs will no longer receive monthly payments in their bank accounts, in addition to the money available in them being considerably reduced. Other recurring payments have been implemented, such as rented servers, where your payment will be monthly, and will increase exponentially depending on the number of servers you hire. Since a stable economy is one of the most difficult aspects to achieve in an MMO, various adjustments and changes will be made during the nightly build based on feedback and testing. For this reason, unlike previous nightly builds, some of the new features such as the inclusion of ISPs (Internet Service Providers) will be added during the public Nightly build, since I will try to limit database wiping as much as possible during economy testing. So it is very possible that the public Nightly Build will be available before other previous versions. The experimental branch will be closed in the next few days, since the testing of the new network system has concluded and it will be included in the nightly build. More news soon!

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Hello everyone! I would like to share with you the latest news about the development. The public version can already be considered stable and this means that the next development cycle has already begun. Therefore the public version will not receive updates for a while until the development of the nightly build ends and merges as usual. Version 0.7 is now finished and so the Nightly build will start with version 0.8.x. The Roadmap has been updated to reflect the last updates. As always remember that the roadmap is an overview of the development and there are planned features that are not included there. The order in which new features are included may change at any time. The next Nightly build will bring a completely revamped network system, improving overall stability in Multiplayer, as well as fixing various issues that could arise when using slow or unstable connections like some Wi-Fi connections. These and other improvements are currently being tested in the experimental branch of the game, which could be considered a pre-nightly build. You can join the official discord of the game for more information about how to access the experimental branch. In addition to the new network system, the nightly build will completely revamp the game's economy, which until now was a placeholder. This will bring certain changes in banks, making it no longer so easy to empty bank accounts and get away with it, as well as greater security that will make it significantly more difficult to make transfers without being traced. In addition, the player will have to face additional payments, such as the monthly payment of rentals, fees on bank transactions, fines if the police catch you, etc. This leads to other alternatives to get money, adding the possibility that players can create their own cryptocurrency using a dedicated scripting API. Note that everything is simulated, there is no real crypto in the game. The use that the players give to each published currency and other factors, such as mining, will decide its value in the game and, as it happens in reality, this value can fluctuate. Therefore, it will be necessary to plan when is the best time to buy/sell or exchange currencies, also adding the possibility of carrying out attacks to manipulate the market. Due to the complexity of maintaining a stable economy, changes and adjustments will be added depending on the feedback during the nightly build and successive versions of the game. In addition to the economy, the Nightly build will add two new main hacking methods, apart from the well-known "overflow" in libraries, increasing the chances of entering systems and also new methods to defend against these new possible attacks. Apart from this, there are more features that will be included in the next Nightly build and will be revealed as development progresses. More news soon!

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- Fixed bug that caused the game to minimize when doing Alt + Tab. The game has two screen modes. Fullscreen window borderless, called simply Fullscreen in the game, and Windowed mode. Due to a limitation in Unity related to the Multiplayer aspect, the game has never had an exclusive Fullscreen mode. Therefore players using the -popupwindow parameter should remove it from the steam launch options and enable the ingame FullScreen option.

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The public build has been updated with the latest available version of the game! As usual, since the nightly build has merged to the public version, the nightly build has been disabled until the next cycle.

Hidden missions, secrets and lore

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The nightly build is open to everyone featuring new hidden missions around the world, in addition to other secrets and more! Note that the Nightly version is unstable, may contain game breaking bugs and the savegame can be deleted frequently. So It is not recommended for new players. The nighly build is designed to help report bugs and provide feedback while the version is finished. In this branch the updates will be frequent, of the order of several per week. Important: Changing to the nightly build removes the savegame from the Single Player mode of the Public build and vice versa. Multiplayer mode progress is not deleted even if you switch from one build to another. Visit the official Discord of the game for more information, support and the latest news from the nightly build.

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Hi people, I'd like to update you on the latest news in the Nightly Build. As I mentioned in the previous reports, this Nightly Build will feature new hidden missions around the world, in addition to other secrets, as well as the development of karma and the reputation of the player. The system of direct missions, provided by hackshops, has also been completely rewritten to improve its stability and and allow a greater variety in these missions. New direct missions will be added that will only be available at different reputation levels, leaving the currently existing missions for the lower levels. The difficulty of the missions will increase according to their level, and may involve access to several different networks to complete them. Besides the hackshops, the web pages of the police stations will also provide direct missions, where you can also report the crimes you have discovered in indirect missions while exploring the world, obtaining as a reward money and positive karma. Unlike indirect missions (Hidden, Karma) that require the player to investigate and meet clues that lead him to the next step in the mission, direct missions require a specific objective for his resolution. Speaking of other things, some secondary features have been added by popular request.
Now you can use your own wallpaper. You need to add the images you want in a folder on your real computer, preferably with a maximum size of 1920x1080 if you use a 16:9 monitor. Then in the game, from the Appearance application it will be enough to choose the image from the same dropdown where the game's default images are. Also with the revamp of the email program, the possibility of attaching any type of file to emails has been included to be able to send them to other players. The Nightly build will be publicly available in approximately 3 weeks. For debuggers, as usual, it will be available a few days before. More news soon!

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Hey hackers! I'd like to update you on the latest news about the next version of the Nightly Build. As I mentioned in the previous report, this Nightly Build will feature new hidden missions around the world, in addition to other secrets, as well as the development of karma and the reputation of the player. At this moment, the development tool for the creation of these missions is finished. This will allow me to be able to include varied missions quickly, making it only necessary to focus on the design of the mission, since once the design is finished, its inclusion in the world is carried out in a matter of minutes. At the moment there are 10 new missions created, and this number will increase in the coming weeks until reaching the approximate number of 40 missions for the publication of the Nightly Build to continue increasing during the Nightly public development. To implement these new missions, the mail system has been rewritten, and incidentally the mail client has also been renewed so that its use is more comfortable and stable, also allowing the player on some occasions to respond specific phrases to certain emails. In addition to the missions, there are already fragments of lore and a definitive background (context) for the world of Grey Hack, where players can learn about it in the various PDF files that they will find on the network. This lore will sometimes be directly and indirectly related to the new missions. At the moment I still can not give a specific date of when the nightly build will be accessible, but its development is going well, without blockers or technical problems, so we are closer every day. More news soon!

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Hi people! I would like to share with you the latest news about the development. As some of you know, for some time the development has been focused on the nightly build, therefore the public version will not receive updates for a while until the development of the nightly build ends and merges as usual. Here are some details of what you will find in the next nightly build.
Hidden missions around the world have been added, as well as other secrets, rewarding the exploration. Now there are new types of files, such as images, chat logs and PDFs. In many cases the information found here as in other types of files will be banal and will not have any relevance, other times they will offer interesting information about the world and what happens in it, and other times they will be clues that will lead to discovering a hidden mission. Not only are these new types of files can be tied to missions, but any existing system could provide a valuable clue, such as emails, system logs, web pages, etc. These hidden missions have a history, are more complex than missions on request (hackshops) and may require access to different networks in order to be completed. The player will be able to choose how the mission will be finished, for example, in the case of discovering a crime, you can notify the police or or extort the criminal among other options, in which case the actions you take will have an impact on your karma level. Note that these actions may trigger future events even if the mission has been completed. In addition to the missions hidden around the world, other types of missions of similar complexity and difficulty will be triggered based on your karma + reputation and will be much easier to access in addition to frequently having a continuity in their history between them. For those who want to do direct and simpler missions, in addition to the hackhops, to which new missions will also be added, now the web pages of the police stations are also enabled to accept jobs, giving positive karma and reputation. On the other hand, certain missions of the hackshops, although they also give reputation, in many cases will provide negative karma. The value of karma represents what type of hacker you are on the network and this together with your reputation can open or close doors in game events as well as the options that can be presented at the time of completing a mission. To achieve this variety of missions, the npc system will be rewritten so that the AI has a more natural behavior and that its habits can be included as variables to take into account to solve certain missions or trigger a specific event. Although these missions may eventually be repeated, as they are generated in procedurally created systems, the ways to access the systems involved in the missions will be different each time. For the first public version of the nightly build, around 40 new missions of various types will be included, as well as other types of content that we could call lore. During the development of the nightly build the number of missions will gradually increase until reaching an approximate number of 80 missions. The number of missions will continue to increase in the next development cycles, although these are focused on other systems. More news soon!

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The public build has been updated with the latest available version of the game! As usual, since the nightly version becomes the public version, the nightly branch has been closed until the next cycle. Here is a summary of the main changes and features.

Player custom networks

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[Nightly] Update v0.7.3500a

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The nightly build is open to everyone featuring new hacking techniques, new devices and more! Note that the Nightly version is unstable, may contain game breaking bugs and the savegame can be deleted frequently. So It is not recommended for new players. The nighly build is designed to help report bugs and provide feedback while the version is finished. In this branch the updates will be frequent, of the order of several per week. Important: Changing to the nightly build removes the savegame from the Single Player mode of the Public build and vice versa. Multiplayer mode progress is not deleted even if you switch from one build to another. Visit the official Discord of the game for more information, support and the latest news from the nightly build.

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Hi people! I would like to share with you the latest news about the development. As some of you know, for some time the development has been focused on the nightly build, therefore the public version will not receive updates for a while until the development of the nightly build ends and merges as usual. Unlike previous nightly builds, this time all the features planned for this development cycle will be included before opening it for public testing. Here are some details of what you will find in the next nightly build:

Player custom networks

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The public build has been updated with the latest available version of the game! As usual, since the nightly build has merged to the public version, the nightly build has been disabled until the next cycle. In addition to new features, this update fixes a significant number of bugs, including performance issues that the server was experiencing lately in addition to data loss from the database. Keep in mind that version 0.7 is not yet complete and its development will continue in the next cycle of the Nightly Build.

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Some critical fixes of the nightly build have been included to the public build.

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The Nightly branch is open featuring the new LAN system! Here you will be able to access the newest version of the game to help with testing and feedback by the time it moves to the public branch. Note that the Nightly version is unstable, may contain game breaking bugs and the savegame can be deleted frequently. So It is not recommended for new players. In this branch the updates will be frequent, of the order of several per week. Important: Changing to the nightly branch removes the savegame from the Single Player mode of the Public branch and vice versa. Multiplayer mode progress is not deleted even if you switch from one branch to another. Visit the official Discord of the game for more information, support and the latest news from the nightly branch.

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Hello people! I would like to share with you the latest news in development. In the next Nightly Build the local network system will be introduced. Unlike the public version where all the computers in the network hang on a router, now local networks can have more than one router and their computers can be grouped into switches and hubs. Because of this, certain computers on the network can be protected in various ways from unwanted access from outside, in addition to the usual methods. Depending on the type of network and how big it is, you may have to hack more than one computer until you can reach your destination. This system "unlocks" other parts of the development that were waiting, such as network sniffers, firewalls and network cards, which will finally be ready for nightly build, as well as new methods in the scripting system. During the development of the nightly build, more devices will be introduced in the local network such as printers and smartphones, in addition to allowing access to routers and switches via shell. The new local network system will also be used on rented servers, allowing players to build their own networks. More news coming soon!

Hi people! The development of the Nighly build has begun! This means that unless there is a major bug in the public build in the coming days, it is considered stable, and this would be the last update until the next nightly build cycle ends. As usual the Nightly build will open soon for everyone.

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The public build has been updated with the latest available version of the game! Because this update has been published earlier than expected to fix public version issues, the Roadmap remains unchanged until the features in progress are completed. Keep in mind that version 0.7 is not yet complete and its development will continue in the next cycle of the Nightly Build, which will be available very soon.

New world generation

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Hi people! We are almost ready for another update of the public version, which is planned for later this week, after a few more nightly build updates. This "early" public update is because the current version of the Nightly build is more stable and several critical issues present in the Public build have been fixed. After the public update, the nightly build will reopen in about a week, continuing with the current major version 0.7 and the planned features.

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The nightly build is open to everyone featuring the new world generation system and players Guilds! Note that the Nightly version is unstable, may contain game breaking bugs and the savegame can be deleted frequently. So It is not recommended for new players. The nighly build is designed to help report bugs and provide feedback while the version is finished. In this branch the updates will be frequent, of the order of several per week. Important: Changing to the nightly branch removes the savegame from the Single Player mode of the Public branch and vice versa. Multiplayer mode progress is not deleted even if you switch from one branch to another. Visit the official Discord of the game for more information, support and the latest news from the nightly branch.

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Hi all! I would like to update you on the latest news in development. There are exciting new improvements! For a correct implementation of the Guilds, certain improvements and expansions in the world generation have been necessary. From now on Grey Hack will have more than 4 billion IP addresses to explore, basically all existing addresses in the ipv4 range, or in other words, any IP address now exists in the game. If we consider the number of computers on LAN for each network, we can be talking about much more than 8 billion computers to explore. The new generation system also brings improvements at the development level, allowing "forced" wipes no longer necessary if some aspect of the generation between updates was modified. Also the loading time at the start of the game has dramatically decreased, especially noticeable in the Single Player mode where the player loads the world on the client side. And most importantly, the new system will improve the variation between generated networks. This feature is practically finished and is currently being tested in the Nightly build privately while critical bugs are fixed. The Nightly build will open for everyone in the coming weeks. More news coming soon!

Hello everyone! Finally, the public version can already be considered stable and this means that the next development cycle has already begun. As always, you can take a look at the Roadmap to know the next features that will be included, although you have to remember that they are not done in order. The next major update will bring the Guilds or Clans system, that will include other features on which it depends, such as new services, the beginning of the development of the economy, new commands and improvements to the scripting system and a renewed world generation system among others. As usual, the public build will stop receiving updates until the next major update, and very soon the Nightly version will open with the last version of the game available, where you can help test the new features and report bugs before moving it to the public build. From now on, the Nightly development cycles will be much shorter, since all necessary base features are finally implemented. Therefore, major updates of the public version will be more frequent. As always, thanks for your support and suggestions. More news soon!

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The public build has been updated with the latest available version of the game! Version 0.7 brings important features such as Scripting, a renewed Exploits System, support for macOS, community translations and more interesting things, as well as bugfixes. Keep in mind that version 0.7 is not yet complete and its development will continue in the next cycle of the Nightly Build, which will be available very soon. You can check the updated Roadmap here. Below you have a list of the most important changes and additions:

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I am pleased to announce that workshop support has been enabled to create community translations! A tool has been created in the game to facilitate the task. The Translation Editor must be previously activated in the Main Menu. Here you have a complete guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1870306717 Because the game is in Alpha state, some texts are not yet included in the translation system (mainly parts of the UI). You will also see that there are some texts included in the translation tool that are not currently being used in the game. This belongs to parts of the game under development. This will be improved in successive updates, especially when the game approaches the beta state.

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• Fixed bug that caused metaxploit.so library not to be updated in Hackshops
• Fixed crash in File.content caused under certain conditions
• Fixed crash in the log system if the connection destination did not exist

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• Added new command scanrouter, which connects to a router and prints the kernel_router.so version. The new command is found in the Hackshops, Tools section.
• Fixed multiple errors in the generation of exploits in Hackshops, causing the last version generated of all libraries to be lost after restarting the game server.
• Fixed bug that allowed the use of a non-log file in /var/system.log, causing unexpected behaviors. Now the system.log file is re-created if it is not a valid type.
• Fixed crash in the log system when connecting to a website if the file /var/system.log did not exist
• Fixed bug #298: Not having a system.log file causes a problem with get_shell.connect_service

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• Fixed regression bug that caused metaxploit and crypto libraries not to be updated in the hackshops.
• Fixed bug when making an automatic bounce connections from the map, causing some connections not to be made.

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• Fixed bug in aireplay and iwconfig causing the message "network out of range" to be displayed to some networks, if the player was already connected to a wifi network.
• Fixed bug #269: iwlist on remote servers does nothing

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• Fixed bug in certain exploits generated in hackshops, displaying the message "Missing crypto library. Program aborted" even if it was on the right path. NOTE: the exploits generated in the previous nightly version are still affected by the bug until the next wipe.
• Fixed bug in Metalib.overflow, causing that in certain occasions it returned a Computer object malformed when the exploit failed, instead of returning null.

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• Fixed bug in aireplay causing the message "network out of range" to be displayed even if it was in range, when the player was not connected to any wifi.

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• Renewed the way in which the exploits are shown and searched in the hackshops, for easier access. Now you have to perform a specific search by library and version.
• Now all exploits generated in hackshops are preserved, so the oldest ones will no longer be deleted when new exploits are generated.
• Migrated smtp-user-list command to the scripting system.
• Fixed bug in aireplay causing the message "network out of range" to be displayed even if it was in range.
• Fixed bug in certain exploits by not printing the type of object obtained when the exploit failed.
• Fixed bug that caused the maximum version in which an exploit works in a library to be displayed incorrectly in the hackshop description.

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• Introduced help system in CodeEditor that shows in real time to which class a newly written method belongs, as well as its details. You can also freely select a class and a method and open contextual help to see its description.

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• Renewed map system, moving the logic to server side. This allows the migration of commands related to the position in the world.
• Migrated iwconfig command to the scripting system. The syntax has changed slightly, check the Manual for more information.
• Migrated the iwlist command to the scripting system.
• Re-enabled connection lines on the map.
• Fixed regression bug that caused the gift.txt file not to be created under certain circumstances.
• Fixed bug that caused different Wi-Fi networks to be displayed within reach depending on the resolution used in the game.
• Fixed bug when starting an active trace, causing crashes in certain circumstances, leaving the command entered without receiving a response.

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• Re-enabled the Trace System.
• The Trace System is now less aggressive, an admin will not perform a passive trace against a player if he is currently performing one against him, even if it is a different action. This avoids repeated trace catches from the same admin in short periods of time.
• Now when the trace system catches a player, he will be notified up to two times of the infraction, the third warning will be the game over.
• The Game Over screen and the warning notices show the Administrator information and the network from which the trace was made.
• Reduced waiting times in active and passive traces.
• Fixed regression bug in AdminMonitor that prevented it from working correctly.
• Fixed regression bug in the log system, causing some actions to be registered incorrectly.
• The /var/system.log file has write permissions for the root group.

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• Credential missions no longer use high security networks such as Police Stations, Banks and Hackshops.
• Decreased the speed at which libraries are updated regarding the use of exploits by players.
• Fixed bug that caused router libraries to always be updated by administrators even in low security networks.
• The networks of private users have the lowest security, this means that their systems are hardly updated.
• Increased the probability of obtaining shells in local and remote exploits.
• Now administrators are less demanding when updating the libraries of their systems, especially notable in low security networks. Therefore they are not updated so frequently.
• Now admins are less demanding with permissions of sensitive folders such as /etc, /var, /sys, /lib. Therefore it is more likely to find machines with these permissions more open, especially in low security networks.
• Fixed regression bug when applying a new color theme from Appearance in Multiplayer mode, causing changes not to be saved.
• Fixed bug #412: Game crashes when exit in macOS.
• Updated game Network system.

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• Added option to enable the mouse in hardware mode, thus avoiding the movement delay that occurred in certain configurations. This option is enabled by default. You can find this option in Menu > Preferences > Mouse.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.2440a

• Improved security in the scripting system, preventing existing methods of game objects such as Computer, Router, etc. from being overwritten.
• Fixed bug when changing any filter option in a hackshop, causing any scrollbar of any program opened at that time to be reset.
• Fixed bug #413: opening browser.exe from terminal with an incorrect paramter doesn't open the browser and doesn't release the terminal

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• Predefined objects such as Computer, Shell, Router, etc. are now considered reserved objects.
• Assignments to reserved objects are no longer allowed, in the same way as public methods such as get_shell, get_router, etc.
• Pop, push, remove, shuffle, pull do not work with reserved objects.
• Fixed bug in the game server by not closing itself correctly when finishing the countdown.

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• Added option in the hackshops to show the items by Tools, Local Exploits, Remote Exploits, and credentials obtained.
• Added option in the hackshops to choose to download the compiled version of an Exploit or the source code.
• Fixed bug in the exploit generation, causing local exploits with root credentials to never be generated.
• Probability of generating root vulnerabilities slightly increased.
• Reduced number of exploits generated in hackshops for each new version of a library.
• Fixed bug that caused a tendency to generate a high number of requirements in the exploits.
• Fixed bug in the configuration of the size of a compiled script, causing the plain text size to be used.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.2419a - v0.7.2433a

• Fixed regression bug that caused the terminal to be released if "Enter" was pressed while a script was running. Causing the message "there is already a script running in this terminal"
• Fixed regression bug in hackshops, causing no Jobs to be shown.
• Network performance improvements in the clock data sent to players.
• Fixed regression bug in the "cd" command, causing the relative paths not being recognized.
• Fixed bug in the npc admin restoration, causing the websites not to be restored.
• Fixed regression bug in the game Admin messages sent to player in MP, causing them not to be received.
• Improved warning message of restart of the game server, indicating the time remaining until the shutdown.

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• Fixed crash on the game server caused when processing the info of a bounce connection if one of the computers was offline at that time.
• Fixed bug in the cd command, causing a slow response and other unexpected behaviors in certain situations.
• Fixed regression bug in Single Player mode when using the cd command, leaving the terminal locked.
• Fixed bug with scp, put and get commands, causing the last line to be replaced after launching it.
• Fixed Bug #337: after opening a /usr/bin program from the Terminal, the Terminal does not automatically reset to the normal interface.
• The game version is also shown in the Main Menu on the label: Bios Ver

Hello everyone! In this version there are important changes at the technical level. The network layer used by the game has been completely replaced by a lightweight, secure and more stable solution. With the new network system the game server uses less resources, there is better control of the lag with respect to client connections and therefore the random disconnections that sometimes occurred without apparent pattern should be solved, in addition to other network instabilities. Another positive aspect of this change is that from this update the macOS version is officially supported, since until now a problem in the old network system in macOS prevented it from being published as compatible. The change in the store page about the macOS support will be reflected when version 0.7 goes to public.

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• Replaced network layer used in the game.
• Exploit balancing: Recently updated library exploits are less likely to give root privileges than a vulnerability from an old library.
• Performance improvements when connecting to online mode or launching Single Player mode.

We continue with the balancing of the Exploits System. As always, thanks for your feedback!

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• When a library is updated, its previous versions generate new exploits specific to that version. Avoiding the trend that old libraries could be safer than their updated versions.
• Now the "kill" command does not need to be launched by root. Each user can kill their own processes, except root that can continue killing any process.
• Fixed bug when closing a program launched from a remote computer, causing the process not to be removed from the process list, consuming ram.
• Fixed bug in the store exploit generation, causing them to be constantly being renewed even if there were no new versions of the libraries available.
• Increased the probability that root privileges are obtained from an exploit.
• Changed "mismach version" message for a more explanatory one when a certain requirement is not met when launching an exploit.

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• Fixed bug when killing a script process, causing the associated terminal PID to be removed too from the process list.
• Fixed several bugs when killing a process, among them could cause a critical bug, avoiding the game server to accept more connections from players, showing the message "Only one player per session."
• Fixed potential bug when leaving the game while scripts are running, causing the same problem described above.

Finally the computers' processes system is finished, which corrects several inconsistencies and bugs, especially notable in multiplayer mode. In addition we also continue with the Exploit System balances. Thank you very much for your feedback!

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• Added kill command to close processes from the terminal.
• Added method computer.close_program.
• Fixed bug that caused that the processes initiated by a player were not seen by other players connected to the same computer using the ps command.
• A visual program launched on a remote machine, such as FileExplorer, creates the process on the remote machine and a linked process on the local machine. Using kill in either process, on the local or remote machine, causes the program to close.
• Scripts create processes that can also be closed using the kill command.
• Increased the probability of generating exploits without requirements.
• The user_index requirement of the exploits has been removed.
• The requirement "any active user" has been added to the exploits, which will be considered valid if any process opened by any user registered in the victim machine is found. It is no longer limited to the "dsession" process.
• The "active root user" requirement has been added to the exploits, which will be considered valid if any process opened by the root user is found.
• The Chat is no longer an executable program found in the filesystem. Therefore, it does not appear in the process list when launched from the desktop bar icon. Note: In upcoming updates, when the guild system is introduced the chat will be completely renewed.
• Fixed bug where the root color was not displayed in dialog windows.
• Fix bug #360: Duplicate entries in the Manual.

Hi! In this version, in addition of two new Social Engineering options, there have been several adjustments in the Exploit System.

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• Added new Social Engineering option to force an admin user to login to their workstation.
• Added new Social Engineering option to know the version of a library that is used in a system.
• Fixed crash that occurred in certain occasions when exiting the game in SP mode or closing the game server, being able to cause data corruption in the database.
• The information of the exploits in the hackshops shows up to what version of the library the exploit works. This information is updated in the hackshops as the libraries are being patched to fix vulnerabilities.
• Now libraries generate less affected memory zones and less vulnerabilities per zone.
• Reduced the possibility of generating vulnerabilities without requirements.
• When a library updates to a new version, new memory zones with vulnerabilities can be generated, or some zone completely eliminated, or as before, only the patched vulnerability can be eliminated, leaving the rest intact in the same memory area.
• The player is notified if his metaxploit.so is outdated when doing a scanlib and can not scan memory areas of the newer versions of the libraries.
• Fixed bug in the source code of the scanlib command if it did not find memory areas with vulnerabilities, forcing to exit the program with Control + C
• Fixed bug in the Mail program when the scroll was not shown when using the Social Engineering templates, causing the text to go out of the window.
• Fixed bug # 35: Email Template selection does not get cleared.
• Fixed visual bug in the Mail program when removing a Social Engineering template.

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• Introduced new Social Engineering option to force a non-admin user to login to their workstation. NOTE: in the next updates will be introduced more options related to the new Exploit System, as well as various improvements in the Social Engineering system.
• Adjustments in typography and font size in the Mail program.
• Fixed regression bug due to an internal update of a game engine module, causing inconsistent behaviors, such as errors in the display of students records, criminals, etc, among other issues.

[Nightly] Hotfix Update v0.7.2320a

• Fixed bug #404: Tab spacing in CodeEditor is doubled from normal tab size.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.2318a

• Fixed regression bug #403: Decipher not working
• Fixed bug that prevented to restart the computer from the UI.

Changelog

• Added support for the Chinese alphabet, including Terminal, Notepad, CodeEditor and Chat.
• Fixed bug in AddGroup that prevented adding the root group to existing users.
• Fixed crash in Notepad by pasting a very long string of text in any of the new alphabets added.
• Fixed bug that caused an internal crash when trying to launch certain programs from FileExplorer, like ssh-server, causing invisible terminals that took up all the RAM.
• Fixed erratic behavior of the split method when using the dot as a separator.
• Fixed bug #63: Pasting text including "newline" is misinterpreted by notepad.
• Improved capture of unexpected errors in the scripting system informing the player that something has gone wrong, instead of finishing the script without printing any message.
• Visual minor tweaks in the terminal.

More info about the Nightly build here.

Changelog

• Added support for Cyrillic Alphabet, including Terminal, Notepad, CodeEditor and Chat.
• Fixed bug #243: useradd can be used to create folders with non-alphanumeric names.
• Fixed bug #317: Using double slash in the path parameter of touch method cause an empty, unremovable folder created without name.
• Fixed bug #310: Notepad and CodeEditor file saving can be used to create non-alphanumeric file names.

More info about the Nightly build here.

Changelog

• Added support to select and copy text in the Manual and Chat.
• Fixed bug in metaxploit.net_use, returning null if it was connected to a smtp service or if custom external ports were used to access to the service.
• Fixed bug in the Map when clicking on a node to launch nmap, causing an internal crash that opened mutiple invisible Terminal windows consuming all the available RAM.
• More improvements in the text selection of the terminal. Fixed a visual bug that could strangely expand the selection.

[Nightly] Hotfix Update v0.7.2300a

• Fixed issue with the terminal selection after launching the clear command, causing an invisible selection.
• Fixed regression bug from the last update with the terminal selection causing an erratic behaviour.

Changelog

• Improved the responsiveness of text selection in the terminal.
• Reviewed all the scripting methods to fix situations in which internal crashes and unexpected behaviours could be produced when passing invalid parameters. Now the player will be notified when using any invalid parameter.
• Fixed bug in the terminal autocomplete, showing the result of the last time even if the user or folder had been changed.
• Fixed bug in the terminal's caret when it did not show if the window received the focus by clicking on the taskbar.
• Fixed bug #367: pasting text into a user_input field, deletes the user_input message.
• Fixed bug #366: Chat.exe lists the player as the only online users when there are others online
• Fixed bug #364: using shell.launch() causes an internal crash, instead return an error message.

Changelog

• Internal revamp of the terminal program, drastically improving the performance, allowing infinite scroll without loss of performance, regardless of the amount of accumulated text.
• Due to the renewal of the terminal, the following related bugs have been fixed: #194, #203, #206, #202, #309, #316
• Increased the maximum limit of characters that the terminal can receive from a script at 6000 characters. This limit will be completely removed in next updates.
• Fixed bug that caused any print before a decipher or a file copy to be printed in an incorrect order when finishing the processing.
• Modified sudo command code to allow logging with other users that are not root with sudo -u instead sudo -s
• Added write permissions for the root group in the /lib folder on the player computer.
• Modified code of the local exploits generated in the hackshops to look for the metaxploit library in the current path besides /lib
• Fixed a potential bug when interrupting commands with Control+C, which may cause unexpected behavior when certain conditions are met.
• Re-enabled the admin restoration. Disabled in the previous compilation by mistake.

Changelog

• Implemented group system in the filesystem, now visible with ls -l. You can create groups for users and define groups for files or folders. With this change, the problem of the previous update was solved in which non-root users could barely move around the system, receiving messages of "permission denied".
• Added chown command, to change the owner of a file.
• Added chgrp command, to change the group of a file.
• Added groupadd and groupdel commands. To add and delete a group of a specific user respectively.
• Added methods computer.create_group, computer.delete_group, file.set_owner, file.group, file.set_group.
• Added command groups and method computer.groups to list the current groups to which a user belongs.
• Fixed bug in which less competent administrators were not applying variations of permissions in most types of networks.

Changelog

• Now include_lib accepts the full path to the library, instead of the name. In this way, the injection of libraries is no longer necessary.
• The library injection was deleted, therefore, net_session.inject_lib method no longer exists.
• metalib.overflow only works if the library is in the path /lib. In successive updates, the library will also have to be in use for a service running on the computer.
• LogViewer now takes into account the write permissions of the log file before save changes.
• By default, the /etc folder will no longer have guest permissions, although less experienced administrators will still give guest permissions to this folder, among others.
• guest folder created by default on all computers in the path /home
• Increase the maximum number of exploits generated in the hackshops.
• Fixed a bug that caused vulnerabilities that required external libraries to always be version 1.0.0.
• Local type exploits that return a shell, no longer return guest permissions, as minimum non-root user.
• Local use exploits are no longer generated in hackshops with remote access libraries, since these vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely.
• Now only the exploits that are successfully executed increase the possibility that the vulnerability will be patched.

Changelog

• Improved readability and usability of the taskbar.
• Added contextual menu when clicking with the right button mouse on a task from the taskbar, adding options to close, center the window or show it.
• Fixed bug that caused that more than one contextual menu could be displayed at the same time.
• Added options to configure the color of programs in the taskbar from Menu > Preferences > Appearance.
• Updated the preview of the Appearance configuration to include the new options of the latest updates.
• Fixed regression bug in which "user_input" did not pause the process correctly, being able to cause unexpected behaviors.

This update focuses on usability improvements in the UI.

Changelog

• The default color of remote connection in the window bar has changed. This change will not affect players who use their own theme.
• When root user privileges are obtained, the glow of the window will change to red. This also applies to visual programs launched from a root terminal, since privileges are inherited. This color can be changed from Menu > Preferences > Appearance
• Updated the icons shown in FileExplorer to reflect the file type.
• CodeEditor now saves files with the extension ".src" by default.
• When double clicking from FileExplorer/Desktop in a file of type ".src" it opens automatically in the program CodeEditor.
• Notepad and CodeEditor allow to select existing files from the saving dialog, avoiding having to write the name manually whenever you want to overwrite an existing file.
• When Notepad and CodeEditor are closing, a warning is displayed if there are changes without saving, allowing the file to be saved at that moment.
• Fixed bug in FileExplorer that caused the error message "Can not open. Binary file" when launching a terminal type program. Now FileExplorer launches the program from a terminal.
• Performance improvements on client side.
• Fixed bug in shell.scp_upload and scp causing the terminal not to be released after copying.
• Minor bugs fixes.

Changelog

• Fixed bug in file.copy within loops, causing erratic behavior.
• Fixed regression bug in file.copy that caused that the changes in client were not received.
• Fixed bug #354: hardware damaged warning notifications stack up a lot when running a script with a function that pauses the script, causing internal game crashes and massive lag.
• If there is a hardware error, the script is canceled completely.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.2168a

• Fixed bug #351: API functions that pause the script sometimes hang the terminal

[Nightly] Update v0.7.2167a

• Fixed regression bug from the last update that cause "net_use" can't connect with the router using the public ip.
• Fixed issue when launching FileExplorer in remote computers as guest.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.2166a

• Bug fixed by not giving the correct privileges when exploiting a vulnerability that gives a non-guest shell.
• "net_use" can now be used with lan IPs.

Changelog

• Moved scan and scan_mem methods to Metaxploit library. Now these methods require a MetaLib object as an argument. This allows to scan the libraries remotely using net_session.dump_libs.
• Simplified the names of the variables found when performing a library scan to remove characters that are not accepted in a terminal input.
• Optimized calls to the database from scripting to avoid redundant writes, negatively affecting performance.
• Fixed memory leak in SinglePlayer and server side, especially notable in loops using the scripting system.

Changelog

• Scripting max limit execution time removed.
• Fixed bug #345: text copy doesnt work in Accounts window.
• Fixed bug when canceling active commands like file.copy, decipher, etc. Causing unexpected behaviors.
• More regression bugs fixed about the game engine update.

Changelog

• Updated Unity version for first time in the development. This change brings substantial improvements at the development level that I will implement in successive updates.
• Fixed bug when injecting an incorrect lib, causing the player unable to re-log again after exiting the online mode.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.2134a

• Fixed potential issues that could be causing the bug #335
• Fixed bug in the terminal that allowed the player to enter commands while the terminal was in standby mode while processing, when using methods such as inject_lib, decipher or file copy.
• Fixed bug #295: Terminal Auto Scrolling #2

[Nightly] Update v0.7.2133a

• Temporary fix in stores to avoid extreme lag in the browser when there are many items.
• Fixed bug in the npc admins, causing that the libraries of the computers were not updated, and therefore the exploits that require versions of libraries higher than 1.0.0 were useless.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.2132a

• Fixed bug that prevented escalating privileges using sudo -s after having gained access to a shell as guest or normal user.

Changelog

• Fixed critical bug that caused various issues such as incorrect permissions after scaling privileges on a remote machine, game server crashes and other erratic behaviors.
• Uploaded the maximum execution limit of scripts to 1.25 seconds. This limit will be increased more in successive updates until it is removed.
• Performance improvements in all the background services of the game, fixing the framerate drops every certain interval of time, especially notable in the Single Player mode.
• Trace System disabled temporarily.
• Fixed bug in the hackshops, causing the removal of the exploits intermittently.

Changelog

• Added method "net_session.inject_lib", that allows to inject libraries remotely to be used with "include_lib" if the victim's computer has a vulnerability that allows it. More details in the Manual entry.
• A new exploit is generated in store that uses the library injection vulnerability.
• Added vulnerability requirement: port forward number. Requiring that there be a minimum number of ports pointing to the victim's computer.
• Increase the probability that an exploit will provide guest permissions.
• By default, the folder "/home" and its contents no longer give read access to guest.
• Now all npcs passwords are generated procedurally instead of taking it from a fixed list.
• Fixed bug #329: decipher doesn't work for password files with a single line.

The first iteration of the new exploit system is ready! You can see more details about the update here. This system is based on the libraries that are in the operating system. Now some programs need to have certain libraries installed to work. In next updates this number will be increased. The main program to start exploring the exploits system is scanlib, which you can find in the hackshops. This program is based on the new metaxploit library. As the vulnerabilities of the programs are patched, scanlib will not be able to scan the new vulnerabilities unless you update the metaxploit library. You can check the source code of this program in the Manual. The new classes and methods have been added to the Manual too. All exploits are procedurally generated, as well as their names. At the moment only the option to download the source code is available from hackshops. The download of the compiled version will be added soon. Currently the system has ready the main vulnerability, buffer overflow, on which exploits and attacks that can be made are based. In the next updates this system will expand to add more modules and therefore more actions as well as other main vulnerabilities besides buffer overflow, such as code injection and more. In this first iteration of the system there are some parts that are not yet ready and will be completed soon:

• A failed attack attempt leaves no log in the system.
• The Social Engineering part related to the exploits system is not implemented.

Hi people! I would like to share with you the latest news about the development. As some of you know, version 0.7 will bring significant changes in the game. Among them, a scripting system has been added, allowing players to create their own programs to hack and automate actions. Also a complete renovation of the exploit system is underway, leaving the current versions system obsolete. The new system is much more dynamic allowing players to find vulnerabilities by themselves using the scripting system. The programming of the exploits is simple, but now many factors are going to be taken into account so that an attack is satisfactory, from libraries with a specific version installed on the machine, to active connections, active users, etc. The result of exploiting vulnerabilities will not always give you access to a shell, so it is possible that to realize an attack you must combine different exploits and even social engineering. On the other hand players can continue to find exploits already compiled in hackshops and other places to use without programming. With these changes the way to realize attacks will be different, not only because of the use of the exploits correctly, but it will be necessary to prepare each attack gathering information from the victim to know if the attack can be successful, due to the requirements of some exploits, since a failed attack will create a record in the victim's log. The first iteration of this system is going to be published in the nightly branch throughout this week. Once it is considered stable, it will be published in the public branch so you can enjoy the latest game additions without continuous wipes in the database, as happens with the nightly branch. After the public update, the nightly branch will continue with the development of version 0.7 as usual. More news soon, happy hacking!

Changelog

• Migrated the following commands to the scripting system: sudo, useradd, userdel, passwd, aircrack, airmon
• The game manual has been updated with the latest changes.
• Fixed several server crashes related to computer logs updates.
• Fixed exception in the rm command if it was called with the -r parameter but without file path.
• Now the launch method correctly loads the command with the permissions obtained from the shell that invokes it.
• Optimized network data sent to client when connecting to a web page.
• Fixed bug #165: pressing the arrow up button while in the sudo prompt will put the past terminal history string in plain form in the password input area
• Fixed bug #278: sudo leaves you as the root user even without the -s switch

Changelog

• Added new method "user_input" to capture the text entered by the user and continue with the execution of the program. You can find more details in the Manual.
• Fixed bug #299: Deleted files do not appear in the trash (MP)
• Fixed bug #300: FileExplorer stops working if you go to a deleted folder with the back/forward button.
• Fixed bug when canceling a program using control+c leading to a memory leak in server side.

More info about the Nightly build here.

Changelog

• Migrated decipher to the scripting system.
• Added necessary library, crypto.so, to execute decipher. At the moment this library is installed by default in the player's computer. In future updates the user will have to install the library manually through the repository system that is being developed.
• Fixed bug in the copy/scp_upload methods causing the hardware failure notification to never be displayed together with internal crashes, interrupting the script execution.
• Fixed several bugs in the "get_shell.launch" method, causing the commands that keep the terminal busy, such as cp, not executing correctly exceeding the maximum execution time.
• "Control+C" in the terminal stops the execution of decipher/downloads and the execution of the script is interrupted.
• Fixed a bug that caused the network information sent to client exceeded the maximum limit, causing interruptions in programs especially if the user had large text files stored in the filesystem. Bugs affected(pending confirmation): #286, #237
• Fixed bug #227: terminal crash when attempt to cd .. when in / folder.
• Fixed bug in the manual, causing the "Source Code" button to be visible in entries where it should not.
• Updated manual with the latest API changes. Note: decipher is not part of the OS by default, and the source code will be removed from the Manual in future updates, although its code will be found in various ways.

Changelog

• Fixed bug #281: User permissions don't work properly with scripted shells over remote connections.
• "Computer" method has been deleted. Use "host_computer" from a shell to access to the Computer class, for example, "get_shell.host_computer"
• The source code of the commands that used the "Computer" method has been updated.

More info about the Nightly build here.

Changelog

• Fixed bug #268: root access on shell.connect_service can be given by using sudo on local computer
• Fixed bug #282: shell.launch with commands without parameters causes the command to not process correctly.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.1987a

• Fixed bug #273: passwd command is not working on rented servers.
• Fixed bug #274: Strange "backspace" behaviour on CodeEditor.
• Fixed bug #275: Can't type "[", "{" into CodeEditor.
• Fixed bug #276: Terminal Auto-Scrolling Issue.
• Fixed bug #277: the focus of the CodeEditor is never lost causing the simultaneous writing in any open window.
• Fixed regression bug that avoid to scroll in the terminal.

Changelog

• Migrated ftp command to the scripting system.
• Added new class FtpShell. Shares some methods of a normal shell: * start_terminal * host_computer * put (works as scp_upload)
• Fixed issue with shell.connect_service, allowing to connect to any service and obtaining a shell even if the service does not support one (for example httpd)
• Added new paremeter in shell.connect_service to specify the service to which we want to connect.
• Now shell.connect_service method can return FtpShell.
• Fixed bug #262: chmod on remote terminal applies to local pc
• Fixed bug #263: Programs are allowed to run when guest permissions are denied

Changelog

• Revamped CodeEditor. Because of this the related following bugs have been solved: #174, #150, #139, #156, #144, #182, #201, #232

Changelog

• Added option to scale the UI of the game. To access it, click on Main Menu > Preferences > Appearance.

Changelog

• Exploits re-enabled.
• Fixed problem with the terminal scroll when not going to the end in certain occasions when new text is added.
• Fixed bug #122: SSH from saved computers in map opens blank terminal
• Fixed bug #261: Log Viewer doesn't always save deletions.

Changelog

• Migrated ps command to the scripting system.
• Added new method "show_procs" in the Computer object.
• Fixed an error that allowed to start the same terminal that was already open (get_shell.start_terminal)
• Fixed bug in the File.move method that could cause sync issues with the FileExplorer windows.
• Fixed bug that allowed a restarting PC could still be accessible from the network.
• Fixed bug #246: opening a system.log file from Terminal doesnt open the log.
• Fixed bug #247: system.log doesnt record various logs that it used to.
• Fixed bug #259: using build on a hidden file creates a program with no name.
• Fixed bug #255: opening a Terminal from a shell results in very weird Terminal behaviour and is opened as both the local and remote computer.
• Fixed bug #258: ps in remote servers lists proccesses from the local computer.
• Fixed bug #260: iwlist on remote server shows same as local computer and iwconfig can be used to change its wifi to your own local wifi
• Fixed bug #257: local pc reboot when `reboot` command entered in remote terminal.

Changelog

• Added new object "Shell" with these methods available: * connect_service * start_terminal * scp_upload * build * launch * host_computer
• Migrated "ssh" command to the scripting system. When making a successful connection, it will return a shell type object.
• "build" and "launch" methods are now part of the shell.
• The "Computer" method is now deprecated. This means that you can still use it, but it will be deleted in the next updates.
• Fixed several issues in the source code of the migrated commands and in several example codes of the manual.
• Fixes and improvements of the new server-client synchronization system.
• Fixed bug #231: File.set_content does not handle '\n'
• Fixed bug #240: Renaming a binary to "website.html" in /Public/htdocs on a server with a http port, shows the binary's content on the website
• Fixed bug #235: file autocompletion on tab ignores and removes any parameters for programs
• Fixed bug #242: useradd on players computer adds the user twice
• Documentation of new methods in the manual has been added.

Changelog

• Revamp of the terminal logic to migrate the execution of commands to server to solve the problems of desync of the last updates. This will also facilitate the migration of the pending commands to the scripting system.
• Fixed bug by which windows were opened in the background even though there was not enough ram memory, causing memory leaks and other errors when interacting with these ghost windows.
• Fixed bug #224: files downloaded from the internet can be ran unless you cd into their containing folder first if Terminal was already open.
• Now the terminal autocomplete completes the command until the last occurrence of the name when several options are displayed.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.1878a

• Revamp of the server synchronization system with the player's UI to avoid the desyncs that were occurring due to the new scripting system.
• Due to the sync rework the following bugs have been fixed: #190, #117, #99, #103, #126, #159, #175, #154, #191, #215
• Added new command "touch". At this time, is only used to create empty text files. In future updates it will also be used to modify the timestamp of a file.
• Added new scripting method: "Computer.touch"
• Added new scripting method: "file.set_content" to set the text content of a file.
• Updated and fixed bugs in the scripting code of some commands.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.1858a

• Updated the core scripting system to fix several issues.
• Added "exit" method to stop a program execution.
• Added the documentation of the new methods in the Manual.
• Fixed bug #200: When printing port objects if prints an array of wierd items
• Fixed bug #196: ls command doesnt account for if there are no files inside the target folder

More info about the Nightly build here.

Changelog

• Migrated command "ls" to the scripting system.
• Fixed bug in the "typeof" method by not returning the correct name for the Computer, Router, Port and File types.
• Added the LAN address to which the ports point in the nmap command.
• Fixed issue in the chmod command code by not checking if the file exists.
• Added new method File.owner: Returns a string with the owner of the file.
• Added new method File.permissions: Returns a string with the current permissions of the file.
• Added new method File.size: Returns a string with the size in bytes of the file.
• Fixed bug #137: CodeEditor window title changes to Notepad on file save
• Fixed bug #188: chmod command is not working properly under /

[Nightly] Update v0.7.1842a

• Fixed bug in the terminal that caused an incorrect line number to be printed if there was an error in the executed script.
• Fixed bug #142: infinite processing with the SCP command.
• Fixed bug #148: downloading a file from Browser and getting permission denied, freezes the download window.
• Fixed bug #146: pressing refresh button in manual opens scripting tab.
• Fixed search issues in the Manual showing wrong entries related with the scripting.
• Fixed bug that avoid renaming files using the UI.
• ifconfig is now shown in the manual with its source code.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.1848a

• Fixed bug #155: clicking a FileSave/Load button on a window like Notepad then pressing spacebar or enter opens a new FileSave/Load window each time
• Fixed bug #168: file.rename can be used to split a filename into 2 or more lines and can also break the terminal with a "/"
• Fixed bug #166: isOnline = Computer.is_network_active() does not output true or false.
• Migrated chmod command to the scripting system.
• Added a parameter -R to the chmod command to apply recursivity.
• Internal improvements to communicate the scripting system with the game API.
• Fixed bug in the "file.rename" method which caused it to rename an incorrect file.

Changelog

• Fixed bug that caused that the reference of the files in the remote computers was not returned correctly, being able to cause certain actions to be applied in the local computer.
• Fixed bug that caused the credentials of the local computer to pass to the remote computer in the execution of scripts.
• Migrated "ifconfig" command to the scripting system.
• Fixed bug that returned an error when using "string.lastIndexOf"
• "user_mail_adresss" and "user_bank_number" now return null if the account is not found instead of an empty string.
• Removed str_join. Added "join" method in the lists. Replaces str_join for strings.
• Added documentation in the manual of the methods added in the last update.
• Fixed a bug in the list.reverse method that prevented it from working.

[Nightly] Update v0.7.1827a

• Fixed bug #140: RM command can't find the targeted file.
• Fixed bug #138: Nmap downloaded from shops not working.
• Fixed issue that prevented hardware for being generated in the shops.
• Fixed issue that prevented npc admins login to the computers.
• Fixed bug in CodeEditor when opening code files and not updating the text until click with the mouse.
• The execution of the program stops if a character not allowed in the parameters of the program is found. The player is informed of the error.
• Added methods "user_mail_address", "user_bank_number". That returns the accounts ID of the user running the script. (at this time only works with player computers.)
• Added methods "string.lastIndexOf" and "list.reverse"
• Added method "program_path" which returns a string with the path of the script that is running.
• Fixed bug that could cause the terminal not to return control to the player after an error message.

Hi! The Nightly branch is open! Here you will be able to access the newest version of the game to help with testing and feedback by the time it moves to the public branch. Note that the Nightly version is unstable, may contain game breaking bugs and the savegame can be deleted frequently. So It is not recommended for new players. In this branch the updates will be frequent, of the order of several per week. Important: Changing to the nightly branch removes the savegame from the Single Player mode of the Public branch and vice versa. Multiplayer mode progress is not deleted even if you switch from one branch to another. Visit the official discord of the game for more information, support and the latest news from the nightly branch: https://discord.gg/greyhack

Changelog

• First version of the scripting system available. More information here. The API will be expanded in successive updates. The documentation is updated in the Manual, under the Scripting section.
• Performance improvements when loading the game in single player mode.
• Fixed several issues when pasting text to the Notepad, causing the text being pasted incorrectly under certain circumstances.

Changelog

• Fixed regression bug from the previous update that caused an internal crash when trying to show certain warning windows in the main menu of the game.

Hi people! I would like to share with you the status of version 0.7 and some news. To the list of new features and additions this version will bring, one more has been added: Game Scripting. This feature was planned for version 0.9, but it has been advanced for version 0.7. The game scripting completely changes the internal operation of the programs, since instead of being "hardcoded" in the game, now they will use the same APIs that players can use to create their own programs. This means that, for example, you can check the nmap source code, modify it and compile it in the game. This mechanics will be applied to all existing programs, as well as to the exploits system. This, together with other planned changes, will create the possibility of being able to hack other players even if they do not have open ports, if through social engineering or other methods they execute your programs. For players who are not interested in scripting, this change is practically transparent for them, since they can continue downloading the programs from the stores and using the exploits generated in the hackshops in the same way as they have been until now. Version 0.7, unlike previous versions, will not be published in chunks in the public branch. Instead it will be fully developed in the nigthly branch until version 0.7 is completely finished. Once it is finished and stable the update will be published in the public branch. I will give more details about the scripting when the nightly build is enabled. For now I can tell you that the syntax is very simple and similar to lua. I plan to open the nighty branch in a couple of weeks with the multiplayer mode enabled for all those who want to see the status of the development or help with the report of bugs. Here you can check the updated roadmap: Roadmap Thank you very much for your ideas, suggestions and constant support. More news soon!

Changelog

• Added moderation tools in the online mode. Soon the online mode behavior rules will be published.
• Game server security improvements.

Changelog

• Fixed bug #110: Map app accepts rich text tags and feeds them to terminal
• Text is no longer processed as rich text in the mission description panel.
• Fixed bug when player create missions, causing the window did not close or receive confirmation after having created it.
• Game server security improvements.

Changelog

• Temporarily disabled the use of animations in css using @keyframe.
• Due to a critical error, the database has been rollbacked in multiplayer mode to the previous version. This means that the changes you have made in the multiplayer mode in the last 24 hours have been lost. Sorry for the inconveniences.

Changelog

• Fixed bug in the online mode that caused the player to have to leave the game and re-login to receive the purchased hardware item if he had not started a game in the Single Player mode.
• The html is cleaned before processing to avoid crashes by malformed code.
• Fixed bug #104: email icon on Accounts window is blank

Changelog

• Improved the sandboxing of javascript. (2)
• Fixed bug that allowed previous web internals timing keep working after reloading or change webpages.

Update v0.6.1705a

• Improved the sandboxing of javascript.
• Fixed bug that allowed the user to force the terminal to read a file with rich text using certain tags.

• Fixed bug from the last update that caused that the tutorial window did not show text.
• Fixed bug that prevented to load a previous game in the Single Player mode under certain circumstances.
• Fixed bug that allowed to use a new name in the chat when re-creating the computer.

• Fixed regression bug that broke the buttons of the webpages if the Browser was launched from the terminal.
• Fixed a bug in the chat that caused the text to expand out of the window in certain circumstances.
• The terminal's cat command no longer interprets the rich text tags.
• Fixed a crash in the mail program if the users opens an email with tags to invoke a sprite.

Changelog

• Removed Nitro. It has been replaced by Javascript.
• Fixed memory leak and improved ram management in both game modes.
• Text files now have a maximum characters, as well as pc usernames, passwords and machine names.
• The user's name in the chat is no longer linked to the user of the player computer.
• Optimized network performance in multiplayer mode.
• Game server security improvements.

Hi! A round of bugfixes.

Changelog

• Updated and expanded the information when receiving the email with the details of the Academic Changes mission.
• Improved RAM management in the game server.
• Fixed several bugs that prevented the connection configuration of the StudentsViewer and PoliceRecord programs. NOTE: If you open one of these programs and you receive the message that you can not connect to the database, you need to configure the program with the LAN address and port of the server where the database is located.

Hi all! This is the last update of version 0.6. The development of version 0.7 is already underway with significant and exciting changes. As a greater depth in the procedural generation, as well as new elements that will populate the universe of the game. When the first playable version is ready, I will enable the "Nightly" branch for players who want to take a look at the latest versions of the game or help with the bug report before it goes to the public branch. Here you can take a look at the updated roadmap.

Changelog

• Renewed initial screen menu.
• Companies now pay their employees once a month. Note: this feature will be developed in depth from version 0.7
• Fixed a bug that caused the color of the text of the desktop icons to be ignored in a custom theme after restarting the game.
• Fixed bug in the companies generation that prevented new hardware from being generated. The new hardware is created once a year (ingame time) by each company dedicated to the manufacture of hardware.
• Fixed a minor visual bug in the Browser when viewing the list of jobs in a hackshop.

Changelog

• Fixed bug in the Criminal Record mission, when it is requested to add a crime. Causing the mission to be marked as failed even if the player had resolved it correctly.
• Fixed bug in the PoliceRecord program that could avoid edit or add new information under some conditions.
• Fixed minor visualization issues with StudentsViewer and PoliceRecord.
• Added two new color options in Appearance: Text desktop icons and Buttons images.
• Minor tweaks in the UI.

This was planned for version 0.9. But after reviewing it I have seen that the implementation was going to be much faster than expected. In future updates you can customize the font size and the desktop background, although in this build some sources that were too small have been adjusted. So here you have a new option available in the Menu > Preferences> Appearance.
It is quite customizable, from the bars, desktop icons, menus, etc. Including transparency. This can still improve in successive updates to include more items in the theme like the widgets.
Surely very soon the default theme of the game will change. Keeping the current one in the predefinied themes as "classic". Thank you all for your suggestions and feedback!

Update v0.6.1603a

• Fixed bug that prevented copy/paste from working in the HEX box of the picker color.
• Fixed bug that prevented to modify the color of the scrollbars.
• Fixed selection color in the terminal when not respecting the custom theme.
• The calendar obtains the color of "window background"
• Fixed bug in the custom theme application in the programs AdminMonitor, Accounts, Contracts, Map, LogViewer, Mail, Browser, PoliceRecord, EmployeesViewer, StudentsViewer, Manual and windows of restart and shutdown of the computer.
• Fixed other inconsistencies in the custom themes.

Update v0.6.1612a

• Fixed several parts of the UI where the color theme was not applied correctly. NOTE: dropdowns are not yet included in the color theme. It is pending for next updates.
• Added two desktop wallpapers. To configure it open the context menu on the desktop (right mouse button) and select "Desktop wallpaper"
• Added new color option to configure the main menu button.
• Fixed minor issues in the UI.

The hardware is ready! From now on, certain processes that consume CPU resources will finish their work faster depending on the speed of the processor. If several processes that actively consume the CPU are launched, such as several deciphers in different terminals, the resources of the CPU are shared between the processes, therefore they will finish their work more slowly. For the moment it only applies to the decipher command, but very soon there will be more tools that will make use of the cpu.
In the same way, hard drives also share their resources between simultaneous copies that are being made on the same computer, so the speed of copying will be lower the more copies are being made. In future versions of the game, when the ISPs are implemented, the download speed will also be shared among the simultaneous downloads that are being made. A widget for RAM and the CPU has been included. You may notice that memory and resources can sometimes seem somewhat "static". This is because the process system is not yet finished, but it will improve with the updates. The Power supply is important for the system to be stable. A power supply with low power or damaged can cause errors in the copies and crashes in processes as well as damaging the rest of the components of the computer if it is not replaced in time. If a system is too unstable it can lead to Kernel Panics or spontaneous reboots.
A high-power processor, a RAM or a quality motherboard consume many more resources than worse versions. Therefore if you change the motherboard or add components that consume many resources it is a good idea to replace the Power Supply with a higher power. The motherboards have PCIs slots that in this build are not used but in next updates will be introduced the network cards that will have to be installed in these slots, besides other peripherals. At the moment the graphics card is postponed until new mechanics such as bitcoin mining are introduced as it could now be redundant with the CPUs. The fans are also postponed until the process system of the computer is finished. Here you have the full changelog. There will be news very soon as the development of version 0.7 will begin! Thanks for your help and feedback!

Changelog:

• Introduced hardware and its corresponding viewers in the preferences panel: Cpu, motherboard, Ram, Psu, Hdd.
• Added widgets for CPU and RAM usage.
• When you buy hardware you have to install it from Preferences > Install Hardware.
• The resources of the cpu and the hard disk are shared between processes.
• Fixed bug in the remote copy of files causing the speed applied to be the hard disk and not the internet.
• Fixed bug in the player's computer when installing a service, causing the command sudo -s to return "incorrect password" despite having entered the password correctly. It also caused the loss of access to the folder / bin and the user's data in the preferences panel.
• Fixed bug when restarting a machine causing duplicates of the Xorg and Kernel task processes.
• Fixed bug in the tutorial when displaying the SSH information window when making an FTP connection.
• Added information the first time the player connects via FTP to a remote machine.

Hotfix Update v0.6.1552a

• Fixed several problems in the health consumption of computer components.
• Fixed bug that caused a "Details" process remains even if its window was closed.
• The components can not have health less than 0.
• Bug fixed by which the hardware warning icon remained after a restart even if the damaged component had been changed.

Hotfix Update v0.6.1555a

• Added quality information of the hardware components in the hardware installation panel.
• Fixed bug that caused the server rental window consuming ram and not destroying when closing the window.
• You can not see the hardware installation icon in pcs other than the player. Soon it will be available on rented servers.
• Small visual fixes when displaying percentages of hardware components.

Changelog

• Fixed issue when accessing the multiplayer mode from a secondary computer or after reinstalling the OS among other causes, showing the message "There has been a problem synchronizing your user with server".
• Fixed issue that prevented access the multiplayer mode to players who share the same computer, using their respective Steam accounts.
• Game Server security fixes. NOTE: Due to the previous changes, the save game from the single player mode may have been reset.

Changelog

• Fixed bug that allowed to overwrite protected folders that were in the folder "/". [Reported & repro by: Arrow]
• Fixed bug in the terminal that caused the active user was not transferred when launching programs. Causing that it would not be possible to open visual programs as root on the player's computer.
• Fixed bug when creating folders from the UI if the pre-defined name was not changed. Causing de-synchronization with the server.
• Multiplayer: Fixed issue in the live multiplayer server, in which some users could not login to their email accounts. Due this bug, related with the protection folder bug, it is possible that some emails were lost in multiplayer mode, since the backup of this data was from the previous update.

Changelog

• Fixed bug in EmployeesViewer program on certain servers, showing the error message "can not find program settings".
• File map.conf is no longer binary the next time it generates or when save its config. For existing users whose map.conf file is still binary, the map program will not read it. As a workaround, you can delete the file or re-add any rented server from the mail message or manually.
• Server game security fixes.

Changelog

• Now the default generic hard drives with which the players start have a low durability.
• Now hard drives are degraded much more quickly with use. Especially notable in low quality disks.
• Fixed bug in sshcrack that caused it to not find the passwords of remote computers even if the information in the dictionary file was correct.
• Fixed bug when buying store items and try to save them in a folder without write permissions.
  
  [ 2018-10-12 17:17:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Changelog

• Fixed bug in the terminal that could stay in a state without processing the entered commands, if an error message was received, such as "permission denied", in any attempt to copy, upload or download a file.
• Fixed several bugs in the chat that could cause problems in the connection performance of the game server after enter a certain number of players.
• Players are not allowed to format the chat text.
• Fixed bug in the chat that caused the channel to be automatically changed to "General" when a new message was added to the channel, which could cause confusion if the player was in a private message. (needs confirmation)
• Fixed bug in the terminal that allowed to launch the autocomplete from a password prompt.
• Fixed bug in the terminal by not correctly paste text at a password prompt, causing an empty text to be captured instead of the one just pasted.

Hello people! As many of you know, the next updates are going to focus on the hardware until the cycle of the 0.6 version is finished, you can check the Roadmap here for more details. Hard drives have been introduced in this update. Every existing company in the game that is dedicated to manufacture hardware, will create several models of hard drives every year. Most of these companies do not yet have an accessible website, but in subsequent updates, you can visit the website of the manufacturer and it is possible that you can find an offer that does not exist in a normal store. All models of hard drives are procedurally created, as well as their prices. Currently you will find somewhat crazy prices for some models since it has been balanced based on the characteristics that are in the game. In successive updates the prices will be normalized. Hard drives are characterized by their storage capacity, speed and quality or durability. In this update, when you copy files between the same machine, the disk speed will be applied in real time. When the network cards and ISPs are introduced, the download speed will also be affected. Depending on the durability of the disk, it will deteriorate with use, causing a loss of performance and affecting the speed of the disk.
The installation process of the hard disk is a placeholder, since some features are missing to complete this section first, due to this, although the health of the disk reaches 0 it will not be broken. This is planned for successive updates. In addition to the hard drives, improvements have been made in other sections.

Changelog

• Hard drives introduced as the first hardware update.
• Fixed several bugs in the database that could cause a complete lock and lost access to the multiplayer mode until the server restarted.
• The terminal commands "cp" and "scp" now show download time in the same way as if copying or downloading using UI.
• Fixed bug when connecting to remote computers if system.log was replaced by another file, causing the terminal not continuing with the current command.
• Fixed bug in the calendar by showing an invalid date in certain occasions.
• Now the administrators restore the connections to the network.
  
  [ 2018-10-06 19:29:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi people! I've been working on improving the game's initial help. The first mission as well as the access to the network for the first time remain intact, but now you can perform a guided tutorial that will help to understand how the game works for new players. Its operation is simple, a help window will open automatically when you open certain programs or certain events occur.
The manual remains as it is now, where you can access the information in more detail than you see in the initial tutorial. Also an option has been added in the preferences to be able to reset or disable the tutorial, as well as the first mission and access to the network for the first time.
If you already know how the game works and do not want to do any tutorial you can deactivate it from the preferences and also from the screen that will appear at the start of the game. Thanks for your feedback and suggestions. More news soon!

Changelog

• Fixed issue that caused the rendering of a web was not destroyed correctly when closing the Browser, causing performance problems when playing for a while.
• Disabled animations in the html code temporarily.

Hello everyone! I have been reviewing the roadmap and many future features will depend on the hardware system, and even some of those that are already working, do so partially due to the lack of this feature. Therefore I will prioritize the hardware and it will be the next system to include in the game. I have updated the roadmap to reflect this change. The hardware system advances from version 0.7 to the current version 0.6. Since the hardware system is going to involve big changes in the game, I think it is convenient to close the cycle of version 0.6 with this main feature implemented. Therefore Player shops and services, Players guilds and Police Stations websites have moved from version 0.6 to version 0.7. Here you have the updated roadmap. Any question you have, feel free to ask through Steam, Discord or Reddit. More news soon!

Changelog

• Fixed issue when displaying very large lists of information causing an important drop in performance when scrolling, affecting LogViewer, Mail and banking transactions from the browser.
• When opening LogViewer it automatically shows the end of the list.
• Mail.exe shows more text in the preview of each mail in the list.
• Fixed several minor visual problems in the browser when load html web pages.
• Fixed bug when pasting formatted text in places where it should not, causing the user to have to delete the format by hand.
• Updated social engineering text when the admin sends the credentials of a user to include their username in addition to the password.
• Enabled copy/paste in the bank's login window.

Changelog

• Fixed several bugs that prevented sshcrack from working.
• Fixed several issues with the LogViewer scroll.
• Fixed bug when pasting text over selected text, causing other elements of the original text to be deleted, mainly affecting Notepad.

Changelog

• Trace System enabled. If you have not been deleting the logs while the trace system has been deactivated, you may have a game over event.
• Updated the entry in the Manual for the trace system, now called Game Over, explaining how to avoid being caught. (remove "shell obtained" and "deleted file" logs in remote machine)
• Fixed bug that could cause the modified logs not to be saved correctly.
• Fixed several bugs in shell type exploits.
• Fixed several bugs in AdminMonitor that caused it not to work.
• Increased the initial money and reward per mission in the multiplayer mode.
• Fixed potential issue that could cause errors in the synchronization of the client in multiplayer mode.

Changelog

• Fixed bug that caused certain programs to not work properly if they were launched as root.
• Fixed issue that caused unnecessary information to be sent to client in multiplayer.
• The passwd command now requires that it be executed while being root.
• Added verification system on the server side to check the client is synchronized correctly.
• Fixed minor issue with terminal cursor when not reseting after close the terminal with "exit" command while the cursor was on the window.

Changelog

• Fixed bug in the installation, execution and stop of services that could lead to unexpected behaviors especially in multiplayer mode.
• Fixed bug that caused the player could not login to bank accounts with many transactions.
• Fixed bug in smpt-user-list if in the port-forwarding there was no LAN address to which it pointed or if it was launched with the port of another service, causing that no text was returned in the terminal.

Changelog

• Fixed bug in the chat system causing the sending of private messages to all players even if they were not intended for them.
• Fixed bug that prevented the selected text of an InputField from being automatically deleted if text was pasted afterwards, such as the address bar of the Browser.
• Fixed regression bug that allowed users to connect to a service using a port of any other service available on the machine. Affecting sshnuke, ftpnuke, ssh, ftp and remote shell exploits.
• Fixed bug in "passwd" and "sudo" commands, which caused that the deletion of characters was not registered during the writing of the password.

Changelog

• Fixed bug by preventing copying html code in the notepad and other inputs.
• Fixed bug when pasting text in the Notepad and any InputField that caused the caret not to be updated at the end of the pasted text.
• Trace System temporarily disabled.

Changelog

• Fixed bug that caused any downloaded log to be empty when opened.
• Fixed bug in Notepad when displaying files as empty if they opened with the "Load" dialog window
• Fixed bug when attaching files in emails, causing them not to be attached correctly.
• Added copy/paste support for several input fields such as the wifi connection dialog among others.
• Fixed bug that prevented the logs from being saved if they were out of the path "/var"
• Fixed ancestral bug that could cause unwanted behaviors on the player's computer when performing certain actions after being connected to a remote machine and launching UI programs.
• Fixed bug in "Game Over" event. Causing, in some situations, that no message was shown except the "auto login" screen, forcing to close the game with alt + f4.

Small update to address some internal errors.

Changelog

• Fixed potential bug that could cause unexpected behaviors on the player's computer.
• Fixed bug in maps by not showing the connections, if they had been made for the first time without any open map.

Changelog

• Fixed bug in the restoration of services by the admins, causing that in some computers services were not installed correctly by the players.
• Fixed bug when closing terminals associated with a remote connection, being able to cause the game to stop responding.
• Fixed a bug in the terminal that caused it not to close after executing the "exit" command if the terminal had been launched from a remote computer.
• Fixed regression bug in the first mission of the game. Causing that the details in the mail were incorrect and therefore the mission could not be resolved. Note: If you are stuck in the first mission for this bug, you will have to erase your computer and start again, since currently you can not reset the tutorial mission. But on the desktop you will have a file called "gift.txt" with the password of one of the wifi networks at your reach. To erase your computer, check the box "Delete player computer" before starting the game
  
  [ 2018-08-08 06:04:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi! Since there are many changes regarding the nightly version and the latest versions are quite stable, it has been updated to the public version. At the moment the nightly branch has been deactivated until further notice. Update: Published hotfix to correct the bug that prevented to access to routers configuration.

Additions & improvements

• Redesigned services and ports system. From now on when you install a service on a machine you have to make sure that the router has the corresponding open port and points to the correct LAN machine. To access the router configuration, you must open the browser and enter the router's LAN address, 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1.
• Added new mission "Police Report" with subvariants.
• Added new mission "Corrupt Data".
• Enabled the traffic cameras. You can access them from any computer in a police station, inside any home folder using the "trafficNetwork" command. It is the first functional iteration, where the graphic performance is going to be tested mainly, for the moment the users can only change cameras views but they can not interact with the traffic lights.
• Removed protection in services. It is allowed to stop services in npcs machines.
• Administrators now also restore services and ports in addition to files.
• Added QuickEdit mode in the terminal: Select text and paste it directly with the middle mouse button as an alternative to the contextual menu.
• Improved terminal autocomplete with the TAB key. Now, in addition to programs, relative and absolute paths are autocomplete.
• Added visual bell in the terminal if the autocomplete does not return any value.
• Now the victims in the "Credentials" and "Corrupt Data" missions can be lan computers that do not have ports open directly to the outside and therefore must be accessed through other computers.
• Now nmap returns the real version of the services that are behind the ports, this means that if nmap shows an open port whose version is 'unknown' it is because behind the port it has no active service or the machine is off or any other problem with the service. Therefore when you configure a port on the router, you will know that it is configured correctly if after making an nmap to the router it shows you the port that you have opened with the service version.
• Enabled multithreading for Single-player and dedicated Server. This can mean an increase in performance in the singleplayer mode, for cases where the internal processes of the game can cause hiccups in certain computer configurations.
• Persistence in ports and services. Therefore, they will no longer be reset after a reboot of the game server.
• Added "passwd" command to change the password of a user registered on a computer.
• Added scp to all shell type exploits.
• Computers in LAN networks can have active services even if they are not configured in the router. This means that from now on there will be many less npcs computers with all the ports closed when you make an nmap on LAN computers. At the moment only ssh and ftp.
• Rewritten behaviour on the home page of web search to correct several bugs, including the ancestral one of not being able to scroll with the mouse wheel.
• Now the services like Students, Employees etc are all SQL type and use the same port by default, although the number may vary since repeated ports are not allowed. At the moment there are still no hacking techniques to be used in SQL-type services.
• Individual networks (networks that do not belong to any company) have ports open more commonly to allow fewer routers with all ports closed to the outside and therefore more computers in the world that are accessible.
• Revised and improved StudentsViewer where various bugs have been corrected, which prevented the program from connecting correctly to the database file where the student information is located. Now the program has a preconfigured setting that usually the user will not have to change but gives information where the program is connected to. Apart from the servers, the teachers computers also contain the StudentsViewer program, usually located in their home folder. This way the player could complete the mission without necessarily having to enter the server where the file of the database is located.
• Single player mode updates stores content faster than multiplayer mode
• Added option to all terminal network commands to connect to a specific port. If the port is not specified, the command will connect using the default port. The entries in the manual have been updated. You can also see the help by executing the command without parameters.

Bugfixes

• Fixed bug in the generation of mail accounts of npcs in mail servers that caused that the domains were not the correct ones, being able to give as result accounts that could not be deciphered or other unwanted behaviors.
• Fixed error in the bar address of Browser when doing a submit if the focus was lost, instead of just pressing the return button.
• Fixed bug in the terminal that caused pasted text was always added to the end of the line instead of the cursor position.
• Fixed bug that allowed certain windows like LogViewer to remain open after the user disconnected from the remote machine from the terminal.
• Fixed bug that caused a computer to keep running after deleting critical files with the UI and restarting it.
• Fixed bug in the browser the first time a bookmark was added, showing a "page not found" message after adding it.
• Fixed bug in procedural generation when creating certain programs in the computers from LAN network. As StudentsViewer.
• Avoided the repetition of external ports in a router during world generation.

Changelog

• Reverted smtp-user-list so that it works more similar to what it is in the public version. Returns a list of users and their email addresses only if they are on the server.
• Fixed bug in the generation of mail accounts of npcs in mail servers that caused that the domains were not the correct ones, being able to give as result accounts that could not be deciphered or other unwanted behaviors.
• The Terminal shows a more appropriate cursor for text.
• Fixed bug in the Browser when visit a web page through the router specifying the port, for example 192.168.0.1:80
• Rewritten behaviour on the home page of web search to correct several bugs, including the ancestral one of not being able to scroll with the mouse wheel.
• Fixed error in the bar address of Browser when doing a submit if the focus was lost, instead of just pressing the return button.
• Limited the maximum number of characters per web that appear in the list of results when a search is made.
• Whois shows the information of "domain"

Changelog

• Added QuickEdit mode in the terminal: Select text and paste it directly with the middle mouse button as an alternative to the contextual menu.
• Improved terminal autocomplete with the TAB key. Now, in addition to programs, relative and absolute paths are autocomplete.
• Fixed bug in the terminal that caused pasted text was always added to the end of the line instead of the cursor position.
• Added visual bell in the terminal if the autocomplete does not return any value.
• Updated terminal info in the manual.

Changelog

• Fixed bug in the "corrupt data" mission that could cause the victim machine to only have the FTP service active.
• Fixed bug that allowed certain windows like LogViewer to remain open after the user disconnected from the remote machine from the terminal.
• Browser shows port 8080 in the address bar if the user has accessed the router configuration.
• Enabled the traffic cameras. You can access them from any computer in a police station, inside any home folder using the "trafficNetwork" command. It is the first functional iteration, where the graphic performance is going to be tested mainly, for the moment the users can only change cameras views but they can not interact with the traffic lights.

Changelog

• Fixed bug in the hackshops by not showing correctly the reputation required in certain missions.
• Fixed bug when connecting to LAN computers, causing "ip not found" messages or wrong connections to other computers of the desired ones.
• Fixed bug that caused a computer to keep running after deleting critical files with the UI and restarting it.
• Corrections of minor regressions bugs.

Changelog

• Added "passwd" command to change the password of a user registered on a computer.
• Fixed critical bug that corrupted the database after renting a server and restarting the game on single player mode. Server was affected too after a restart.

[Nightly] Update v0.6.1304a

Changelog

• Fixed bug that caused the scroll of a terminal or other windows to be restored after changing tabs on a web page.
• Fixed bug in the browser the first time a bookmark was added, showing a "page not found" message after adding it.
• Fixed bug in PoliceRecord by showing the old name "CriminalViewer" in the police computers that also did not work if you tried to execute.
• Single player mode updates stores content faster than multiplayer mode

Changelog

• Removed protection in services. It is allowed to stop services in npcs machines.
• Removed protection of ports in the configuration of the router of any type of network, except port 8080.
• Administrators now also restore services and ports in addition to files.
• Fixed error in the configuration of the router when deleting multiple ports.

Changelog

• Added new mission "Police Report" with subvariants.
• Added new mission "Corrupt Data".
• Now the victims in the "Credentials" and "Corrupt Data" missions can be lan computers that do not have ports open directly to the outside and therefore must be accessed through other computers.
• More balances and bug fixes in the procedural generation.

Changelog

• Added PoliceRecord program to visualize the databases of criminals.
• Computers of police officers generate the PoliceRecord program in their home folders.
• Added option to all terminal network commands to connect to a specific port. If the port is not specified, the command will connect using the default port. The entries in the manual have been updated. You can also see the help by executing the command without parameters.
• Fixed bug in the smpt-user-list command when returning a wrong list of users or an empty list.
• The Police Stations are more likely to have a website.
• Some generation balances.

Changelog

• Individual networks (networks that do not belong to any company) have ports open more commonly to allow fewer routers with all ports closed to the outside and therefore more computers in the world that are accessible.
• Revised and improved StudentsViewer where various bugs have been corrected, which prevented the program from connecting correctly to the database file where the student information is located. Now the program has a preconfigured setting that usually the user will not have to change but gives information where the program is connected to.
• Temporarily changed the StudentsViewer.exe program from '/bin' to '/server/conf' in servers.
• Apart from the servers, the teachers' computers also contain the StudentsViewer program, usually located in their home folder. This way the player could complete the mission without necessarily having to enter the server where the file of the database is located.
• Fixed problems with the focus with the terminal and the new inputs.
• Fixed bug in procedural generation when creating certain programs in the computers from LAN network. As StudentsViewer.
• Added help page in the router configuration (portforwarding)

Changelog

• Persistence in ports and services. Therefore, they will no longer be reset after a reboot of the game server.
• Computers in LAN networks can have active services even if they are not configured in the router. This means that from now on there will be many less npcs computers with all the ports closed when you make an nmap on LAN computers. At the moment only ssh and ftp.
• Avoided the repetition of external ports in a router during world generation.
• Now the services like Students, Employees etc are all SQL type and use the same port by default, although the number may vary since repeated ports are not allowed. At the moment there are still no hacking techniques to be used in SQL-type services.
• Nmap correctly indicates the name and version of a service even if it is not running in its default port.
• Improvement and correction of bugs in the procedural generation.

Changelog

Hi everyone! We are reaching the end of cycle 0.5, there is one last update in which I am redesigning the tutorial so that players without experience in UNIX systems can learn the basic things to be able to play without problems. Version 0.6 will bring more changes in the gameplay, especially in multiplayer. This update focuses around the concept of renting remote servers that can be completely controlled by the player. With the use of computers rented by the player, the concept that the player keeps virtually the computer turned on when leave the game is replaced. Since now these rented computers will be used if you want to leave some program/service running even if you are not connected to the game. You can rent as many remote machines as you want, although you will have to pay a monthly fee for each, which adds value to the game's money, which until now was only used to buy exploits. Obviously the player must protect the security of these computers, as any player who came to them could hack them. These servers will serve the player to publish their web pages more adequately, since now if a player wants to publish a website he has to modify an existing page and surely no player would find it. From now on, when a player creates a web page, it can be easily accessed from the internet search engine. In future updates these custom webs will have more functionality such as allowing the player to create missions that other players can solve as well as create stores. Missions created in the multiplayer mode will be modified to require the player to install the services required by the mission on a remote rented server, allowing access to a computer belonging to a player even if is not online. The map will have more functionality, since from there it will be able to connect automatically to any machine of which we have its credentials, being able to create chains of connections easily. The players that want to contribute with the test of the version 0.6, I will enable the experimental branch with the most recent changes along with some tools that will facilitate the testing. When the first experimental version is ready I will notify you and publish the details to access. Regards!

Hi! This update is mainly based on chat improvements to allow players to communicate comfortably ingame.

Additions & improvements

• Re-written the chat system. This is a basic first version, allows players to talk on the general channel and make private messages. When someone speaks in the general chat the rest of the players will receive a "silent" notification in which the icon of the program in the taskbar will change color. If a player receives a private message while he has the chat closed, he will be notified by a preview in the top bar. When the player has access to the network, the chat client will connect automatically in the background, even if the player closes the chat window, will remain connected and will receive notifications.
• Redesigned the list of items in the hackshops to make it easier to navigate between the different versions of the same exploit. The redesign also eliminates the lag that the store window presented when there were a large number of items.
• Added additional information (LAN ip) in the missions of Credentials and Academic changes to avoid situations in which the network has several computers in lan under the same public ip and the variant of the mission does not specify specific victim leading to confusion for the player for incomplete information.

Hi everyone! I decided to hire the services of a hosting based on cloud technology, instead of hosting it myself. Although data transmission and game requirements are low, the new network available to the server should be much more stable than what was being used up until now. The new server is now up and does not require any update of the game by the players. It would be useful if you to tell me about your experience with the new server. Thank you!

Changelog

Hello everyone! This update is focused on bugfixes:

Bugfixes

Known issues

Hi! Here you have another new version with some new things and bugfixes

Additions & improvements

Bugfixes

Known issues

Hi everyone! This is the public version 0.5. Some features have been postponed for the next updates of version 0.5.x such as permissions system improvements and the permanent computer online feature. Here is a summary changelog of the experimental versions along with some new things.

Additions & improvements

Bugfixes

Known issues

Hi! This week I will finally publish version 0.5 in the public branch. It is possible that some of the planned features will be postponed for the next updates of version 0.5.

Changelog

Known issues

Hi! Info about experimental branch here.

Changelog

Known issues

Hello everyone! This is a partial update of version 0.5, so it has been published in the experimental branch until I finished implementing all the planned features. Once version 0.5 is complete, it will be passed to the public branch. Keep in mind that the experimental version may be more unstable and contain more bugs than current version 0.4. Before continuing, I have to warn you that the single-player savegame will be erased each time you switch between the experimental and the public branch. On the other hand in the multiplayer mode your progress of the version 0.4 will not be erased if you install the experimental version and vice versa, but the database is independent, this means that you will have to start the game from the beginning in the experimental version. To access the experimental branch: Go to your Steam library, right click on Grey Hack and choose Properties. You’ll see a tab for BETAS. Click on that, and then in the box enter the code: experimentalbuild That done the dropdown box above should become active, and you can now select experimental

Changelog

Known issues

Hello! Here are the details I posted about the upcoming v0.5: Update v0.5 The update is taking a few days longer than expected due to some important bugfixes in version 0.4 that I found essential to made especially for the next update. Finally I am completely focused on finishing the update 0.5, therefore there will be no more updates of version 0.4. The first missions focused on multiplayer are almost finished. But I still have other aspects of the update to finish. As I do not want the update to be delayed anymore and I have special interest in seeing how the first interactions between players work, I will enable the experimental branch with the first iteration of version 0.5. In the experimental branch the updates will be practically daily until version 0.5 is completed, at which point it will go to public. This version will be available around the end of this week. Regards!

Hi all! This version focuses on fixing a problem on the server. Changelog - Solved problem in multiplayer mode that caused that some players were kicked of the game after a few minutes. - Fixed bug in the browser that caused bookmarks to not react when clicking on it. - Added mv and cp commands to ftp. - Improved server to consume less resources.

Hi! Here you have the list of changes focused on correcting various aspects on which the 0.5 update will be based. Due to certain changes I had no choice but to perform a wipe of the database in both game modes, sorry! Changelog - Fixed bug in multiplayer that prevented several players connected in the same remote machine from seeing the changes in real time made by any of them. For example, file creation, deletion, etc. - Added wifi automatic connection to last added wifi when starting the computer. - Fixed bug that caused that the copied files were not saved in a remote machine using the file explorer, so when disconnecting from the machine the copied files were lost. - Fixed bug when installing or running a service on a remote machine causing a duplication of the service. (full feature available in version 0.5) - Fixed bug that caused the /var folder to be recreated erroneously after the player erased it, creating a folder / under the main root. - Fixed bug that caused the system.log file to be recreated in an erroneous way if the player erases it. - The system.log file is automatically recreated at the same time it is deleted, leaving an entry with the file deletion, which will generally cause an admin to start the trace. It is recommended to use LogViewer to erase suspicious entries. - Reduced the aggressiveness of the admins in certain networks to avoid cases where a Game Over was produced shortly after connecting to the victim's machine in the first mission. - Fixed regression bug that caused the html files could not be edited and opened with notepad or cat command. - Fixed bug in the file explorer that caused certain files not to be copied correctly in the destination folder when omitting file properties in the copy. - Fixed bug in which the exploits stopped working on a remote machine if someone had deleted the service configuration files. The service runs in memory, to stop it you will have to use a specific command, available in version 0.5 - Fixed bug in the context menu that caused the clipboard to lose the file copied with the file explorer when entering any folder. - Fixed a bug in the file system that caused a crash when copying a folder within the last child. - Fixed a bug in the file selection dialog on a remote machine, causing the local machine to be displayed. - Fixed bug in shellweb that prevented from using the exit command.

Hi! while I finish preparing the update 0.5 here you have more bugfixes. Changelog - Fixed bug in social engineering that caused the npcs not to recognize their admins. - Fixed an error that allowed to receive the reward of a completed mission more than once if the mail was answered with the requirements of the mission completed again and again. - Corrected error in the missions whose requirement is that the victim did not realize the intrusion, causing the mission to always fail even if it had been done correctly. - Fixed an error in the multiplayer mode that could not turn off the computer. - Fixed an error in the multiplayer mode that caused certain elements of the interface to stop responding, such as contextual menus, the list of wifi networks, etc. - Fixed an error in the multiplayer mode that caused the browser bookmarks to be lost between sessions.

Hello world! I would like to share with you the status of the next update. During this week I have been working on the 0.5 update that will bring important changes to the mission system, bugfixes and more. I need a few more days to have it ready, but in the meantime I would like to introduce some of the changes I am implementing. From now on, the development will be focused more and more on multiplayer features. So in version 0.5 there will be missions that allow one player to enter another player's machine, or multiple players to enter another player's machine. Since as currently happens with the machines of the npcs, there is no limit of simultaneous connections to a machine by players. Basically the idea of ​​this update is that any type of hacking that can be performed on a machine controlled by an npc, can be made to a machine controlled by a player. In successive updates of the branch 0.5 will be implemented missions to be carried out collectively by several players, which will give the need to start with the introduction of guilds. In this update some missions will require that the player has running a service on their machine uninterrupted until a deadline. So now when you press the shutdown button you can choose whether to exit normally as before, or leave the computer turned on in the world and therefore can be hacked. This feature will only be available in multiplayer mode. It could be considered as an AFK by the player. I think it is useful not to force the player to have to leave the game running for hours and hours if for whatever reason he wants to leave the computer active in the world. This will also be useful later to set up web pages or stores that the player wants others to access. This feature is somewhat delicate, since it requires many changes and tests. So if I see that it's going to cause the update to take a long time, it might be that I would move this feature for the next update. In version 0.5 the player will have available tools to manage the security of installed services that may be vulnerable. This has required an improvement of the permissions and of the sudo command to be able to login as root user. The chat system needs to be improved considerably, although you will not see changes as the improvements are planned for later, for now I have included notifications to know if another player is talking even if the window is closed. And well, I think I do not leave anything else apart from a bunch of bugfixes. Thank you all for your feedback and suggestions!

This is a small update that corrects a regression bug that prevented to enter the characters "=" and "+" in the terminal. Copy/paste has also been added in the mail client recipient's field.

Hello everyone! This update focuses on improving several aspects of the interface and the client side. The next update will be focused on improving the mission system, as well as new missions based on the multiplayer mode. Changelog - Improved copy/paste system to allow copy/paste between different windows and terminals. - Added clipboard: when clicking on the new icon in the top bar of the desktop, a list with the last copied texts will be displayed, showing the new ones at the beginning. If an item is selected from this list it will be the text that will be pasted next time. At the moment there is a maximum of 6 items on the list. This will be customizable. - Created options in the main menu to erase the player's computer in any game mode and erase the world in single player mode. In this way the player can choose to reset his progress at any time. - Rewritten the input system of the terminal to increase its responsiveness and avoid lag in certain keys as TAB to autocomplete. - Improved focus system between windows. Now a window will be placed in the foreground if the user clicks anywhere in the window instead of just on the bar.

Hello everyone! I am preparing a universal copy/paste system and new missions focused on the multiplayer mode. I still don't know if I'll separate it into two updates. Meanwhile here you have some more fixes. Changelog - Added visual aid to show the manual to new players. - Redesigned part of the manual to make it easier to access the information. - Fixed crash when trying to login from the mail client with a username without the domain. - Removed export DISPLAY command temporarily. So you can launch visual programs remotely without having to enter the export command. - Fixed bug in browser bookmarks that caused empty bookmarks to be added if initially there were none in the list. - Added explanatory message when welcome packages are installed

Hello people! This is another patch focused on bug fixes that you have reported to me, thank you very much! It is being very useful to me. There are still some pending bugs that I will solve in the next updates (like the studentsviewer issue), but since the critical bugs have been fixed, apart from fixes I can start in the next updates to introduce new features. Stay tuned! Changelog - Database on multiplayer has been rollback about 2 hours due to devel purposes. Sorry for the inconveniences. - Fixed bug in sshnuke that caused in some cases the terminal to stay with the "connecting..." message without continuing the execution. - Fixed bug in sshnuke that prevented the attack from being performed correctly even if the requirements were met, if the program was in a different path than /bin - ftpnuke works and is recognized by the terminal. You may have to download it again if it still does not work. - Fixed bug in the terminal window, when changing status to connected mode even if the ssh connection had failed due to incorrect password. - Rewritten ftp command. Because ftp is a file transfer protocol, it is used for the transfer of files between the connected machines, therefore it is no longer possible to execute commands and programs that are in the remote machine, for this it is necessary to connect by ssh or use a exploit that access to a shell. To see a list of commands available through ftp, type "help" in the terminal while you are connected. - Increased the range of the wifi to avoid cases in which the user can not access any or very few with little power. - Added ftp to the manual - Added mail to the manual to detail how to access the social engineering mode

Changelog - Fixed bug in multiplayer that causes the wifi network in which the player had connected to disappear after leaving and re-entering the game. - Fixed bug that prevented the game from starting again in any mode after a gameover, forcing the player to completely exit the game. - Fixed several crashes on server.

Changelog: - Fixed regression bug from previous update that prevented restarting or shutting down the computer. - Fixed regression bug that caused the mouse cursor to show behind the dropdowns.

Changelog: - Fixed bug from last update that prevented selecting the multiplayer mode from the main menu. - Fixed bug that could cause the cursor to not show on the desktop. - Game engine updated to solve problems with certain computer configurations.

Changelog: - Fixed fps issues experienced by some players in single player mode. - Database wipe required due to generation changes: The savegame in single player and multiplayer mode will be deleted. Although this will not be frequent, it may occur more times during the alpha period. Sorry for the inconveniences. - From now on you will only have to crack the Wi-Fi at the start of the game one more time, then if you get caught (gameover) or there is another wipe database, you will have a file on the desktop called Gift.txt with the password of a network. Since this part serves as a tutorial, it does not make sense for the player to perform it more than once. - Now you can delete received or sent emails. - Fixed error in mv when copying the file instead of moving it on the client side. - Fixed error in the net browser bookmarks by mixing all in a single bookmark after re-login in the game. - Fixed error in the bookmark window that caused it to move behind the browser window, preventing interaction with it and adding bookmarks. - Fixed repeated entries in the manual. - Now the return key of the numeric pad of the keyboard works in the terminal. - Fixed autocomplete function in the terminal so that it does not show the commands that are not installed in the pc. - Fixed bug in server that prevented tracking to work correctly. - Fixed bug in server that could change the position of the player in the world between sessions, losing access to any wifi cracked in the previous session. - Fixed bug in certain exploit programs by not accepting a correct password if the port you were trying to connect to was different from 22. - Fixed erratas in the manual.

Small update to alleviate fps drops experienced by some players in single player mode.

Changelog: - Fixed crash server that avoid users to sync their data after re-login, losing the progress made since the last login. - Fixed mouse cursor disappearing. I have not been able to reproduce the issue, If it happens again, please report.

This is a small update while I finish preparing the next one with the cursor fix. Changelog: - Fix the problem that caused not being able to launch programs from the main menu. - Fixed wrong name in the manual with airmon command that could lead to confusion.

Some users are reporting that at certain moments of the game the mouse cursor disappears. It seems to happen in a random way. As a workaround, to recover it use ALT + TAB to change the game window and return to it. I am preparing an update to fix this problem and others arising with the server. Regards.

General

Network

World

Main Features

• Simulator based on real UNIX commands.
  
• Operative system UI completely customizable.
  
• Share the same world with hundreds of players.
  
• Freedom to choose the type of hacker you want to be.
  
• Network and world generated procedurally.
  
• Online data persistence, allowing you to continue later in the same world and with the same computer after leaving the game.

• OS: Ubuntu 18.04. Ubuntu 20.04 and CentOS 7
• Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set supportMemory: 512 MB RAM
• Memory: 512 MB RAM
• Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+. Vulkan capable
• Storage: 545 MB available space