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Just copy the savegame file and rename it "roflcakes" or something. Then when you die, rename roflcakes back and you won't have wasted time :)

Despite doing this I still managed to forget a few times due to being on a roll and got caught out. Probably about 6 goes before I got too hacked off (excuse the pun).

I got pretty far, could hack banks but didn't actually have enough time to do the transfers when it came to it.
 
Hmm, an idea:

An AutoIt script assigned to F5 or something, when you press that it makes a copy of your save game possibly with the date/time/a random string at the end of the file name so it doesn't overwrite the previous save.

Hacking banks will be good when I get further - can steal money and get myself a super PC :p

Craig.
 
I really want to get this game, but the only place I can find it right now is the Big River, and it says like £45 on there :(


Since every site is now a competitor supposedly, if someone knows where i can get this can you let me know (email in trust). Thanks :)
 
Ahh yes what a great game this was. Shame they never made it multiplayer though. Could have featured in my all time favourites if so.
 
badgermonkey said:
I really want to get this game, but the only place I can find it right now is the Big River, and it says like £45 on there :(


Since every site is now a competitor supposedly, if someone knows where i can get this can you let me know (email in trust). Thanks :)
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you can get it from steam for $9.95, which is like 5 quid :)
 
Best thing to do is just add LOADS of addresses to the map and bounce through them all. Gives you stupid amounts of time.

Might go back and play this again now :P
 
Zero5 said:
Best thing to do is just add LOADS of addresses to the map and bounce through them all. Gives you stupid amounts of time.

Might go back and play this again now :P
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Doesn't add a huge amount of time once you go past a certain number of bounces though. Anyway, it still only gives you about 60 seconds on some servers. Also, you've got to be careful of passive traces, especially when trying to hack a bank's server; they have passive traces of about 60 seconds.

Awesome game, I'm tempted to reinstall it after reading this thread :)
 
Craig321 said:
Installed this game again earlier, been through 4 accounts already :p - keep forgetting to remove logs :rolleyes:

What's the furthest you guys have got?
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I just noticed you have about 6 different sigs that rotate each time I refresh!!! :eek:
 
Superb game this, one of the hidden gems in pc gaming. Can't remember how far I got, but I really should fire it up again. I've got a lot of respect for the people who wrote this, they've made some excellent independent titles.
 
Bank defences are highly overrated, all you need is a monitor and proxy bypass and I guarantee you will not get caught, whether you use one bounce or twenty thousand.
 
Killerkebab said:
Bank defences are highly overrated, all you need is a monitor and proxy bypass and I guarantee you will not get caught, whether you use one bounce or twenty thousand.
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I've never gone much into bank stealing, have traces a few bank transfers and stuff though.

Don't they need voice recognition, a cypher thingy and a password cracker to get in? By which time you will have run out of time :(
 
uplink is great, THE mod, FBI mod, should get either of these mods, once you've completed the game these mods make you want to play it again as its quite different

and remember, trust is a weakness!!
 
Craig321 said:
Don't they need voice recognition, a cypher thingy and a password cracker to get in? By which time you will have run out of time :(
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Don't try to get admin access to the bank. All the Admins see are the registered accounts at the bank, which is useless if you're planning on finding out who will make a good target for a robbery.

Instead, look for missions with 'trace a large balance transfer' or something of the kind. These missions should be worth somewhere in the region of 5,000 credits and be reasonably low level in the game, something like the sort of level in the game when you discover the social security network to hack into.

THINGS NEEDED FOR THIS:
- Your own bank account number and your bank's IP.
- A HUD Connection Analysis, Monitor Bypass, and Proxy Bypass.
- A password cracker.
- A log deleter (v4 preferred).
- A suitable victim (you will get this if you pick a suitable mission to lead on to your robbery, see below).

When they give you an account to hack saying a huge amount of money was sent out, and request to know who the recipient is, do the mission as planned. I suggest you use only a single bounce between the target bank and yourself, and that bounce will be InterNIC. Connect to the account they give you, look up the statement, look for one where a sum upwards of $100,000 was transferred and jot down IP and account number at the bank.

Then you connect to the bank you just noted down. In the box, do not go for admin, instead hit the account number of the dude who just recieved a truckload of money. Hack into his account and do two things.

First, find out what his name is and tell your employer so that you can get your money for the mission. Then lets be a little cheeky.

Second, steal the money (for this I am assuming you have written down your own personal bank IP and account number). Check your victims balance (should be exceedingly high), and go to the transfer page. Send yourself that exact balance using your personal bank IP and account number. Now go to your victims bank statements and use the log deleter to fry the statement indicating money was sent.

Now connect to your own account. Go to your statements, and fry the log stating your receipt of the money.

Next, connect to your one and only bounce in this entire process (I usually go to InterNIC, although you can also try the Uplink Test Machine) and fry all logs talking about your bouncing through here.

Congratulations! You have just robbed a bank for a massive sum (my best in a single transfer was $1,400,000) and got away with it. Now go crazy with the money and check out the rest the game has to offer. You will receive and email in the near future telling you that your rating has just jumped a few ranks. Hell you should be near enough top of the Uplink Agent List and your rank will be no worse than level 7 (Professional)!

Note that you don't even need to make a bounce, the problem is simply that since the bank will trace back you need a place that you can easily get to, which won't ask questions, and just erase all data that you have connected. Other than that, you should not even get traced during the mission, so put that trace tracker away :D

There are a few variations of that tactic. Sometimes the guy you connect to did indeed recieve a massive lump sum, but sent it off as soon as he received it. In which case you need to send his name off in the email to collect your mission money, and then you go through his statement and find out the next guy to have his money and don't stop until you find an account which is filthy rich! Don't do little $5000 robberies, it just isn't worth your effort.

I might re-install this game someday, you gave me the blues... :D
 
Just did a 1.3 million robbery.

I did it like you said :D

First connection = InterNic
Last connection = the bank

Go into user account management, type the account number in and use password cracker to get password.

Transfer the money to your account.

Remove the statement log from the victims account.

Remove the statement log from your account.

Log into InterNic (they don't have any security on there at all, apart from a simple password) and remove the logs that link the bank hack to you.

Done ;)

Now I'm minted :p
 
This game gets better and better, after I had splashed out on the best gateway and the best hardware I thought I might not enjoy the game as much anymore, but I got the Uplink ultimate guide out for a few tips (http://guide.modlink.net/) and did a load more missions, it gets more and more fun!

Framing people, destroying main frames etc. :D

Previously in this game I used to randomly hop through a load of connections making the last one my target machine. Then when I was done on the target machine I'd delete the logs. I very often use to run out of time and I wouldn't be able to delete the logs. Now I always connect through InterNIC and remove the routed and password accepted logs from there which makes it a whole lot easier :)

Some company told me off because I didn't frame someone for the right crimes by mistake :p

Craig.
 
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You'll start to get a lot of good habits when you play for a little while. InterNIC is absolutely essential for the ease of connection. Another useful thing is the Uplink Test Machine as it is an admin account which will never change.

Try opening a bank account at every bank in the game to give you a few extra bounces with an account for them to pull through to give you a little extra time. Also open an account at the stock market and bounce through that.

When you hack into the academic/social security/criminal database try hacking into the 'readwrite' account rather than the admin account. Doing this means you can always bounce back through here in the future and the password won't be changed, thus ruining the extra time you get for the bounce. It is not quite as good as an admin bounce, but you can always get plenty of these in future. Another useful effect of hacking into the 'readwrite' account rather than the admin account is that if you have a monitor bypass on, you won't even get traced! (Only passive traces will be run)

To get a good amount of bounces for dangerous hacks:
- Open InterNIC.
- Search sites, use the term 'Internal'.
- You should end up with a load of Internal Service computers. These are what you want. Add about a half dozen of these to your adress list, maybe even more if you wish.

Now one by one, connect to every one of these computers with only a single bounce (you guessed it, InterNIC). Start up a monitor bypass and crack the admin password, but DO NOT HIT ENTER. Simply disconnect, go to InterNIC and remove the logs of your passing by.

If all went well, the server you just connected to should have a solid white line around it, indicating that you have cracked admin access to that server and that it will give you a maximum amount of time if you bounce through it in future. These are the golden servers as they can sometimes give you upwards of ten seconds each on a trace.

The next best are servers with dotted lines through them. These ones are servers to which you have some sort of access, just not admin access. Say a bank, for instance.

The worst are the kind with nothing. You can bounce through these but don't expect more than an extra second for every server you bounce through. Very poor and don't help. This is why I recommend you use a lot of dotted bounces (since they will never get removed) and a few admin bounces if you need a supreme hack, such as trying to steal the Agent List :)

My usual bounce list for a hack is:

  1. InterNIC
  2. All my bank accounts
  3. Stock Market Machine
  4. Uplink Internal Services Machine
  5. Uplink Test Machine
  6. Academic Database, Social Security, Criminal Database if I need them.
  7. Any admin accounts I have if I need them
Usually gives me plenty of time. Any questions, please ask :D
 
Nice, thanks for that KillerKebab.

I'll signup with the banks & I'll crack some admin accounts :)

I'm still trying to decide if I should send Revelation to those people or destroy their servers with Revelation :p - I guess both companies start framing you if you take sides?

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Also, what do I need to do if someone I'm supposed to frame is already in jail for a previous frame? Do I just have to wait until they're out?

Craig.
 
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back when i played, i was into modding the game.

i built a gateway with 500 processor slots, and many, many memory slots.

i remember doing an encryption-cipher (the big square thing with the numbers) in less than 2 seconds.

breaking passwords was faster than just typing them out.
 
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