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 Crashing programs, what's the lasting effect? |
 Mar 5 2007, 07:05 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 633 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 8,301  |
I ran my first major hacking encounter this weekend, and the clever player decided to try to crash the security hacker's attack program.
So I dealt with it as I saw fit, but decided today to check the rules to see how it's meant to be done. What I can't figure out is what it takes to get a crashed program running again. Just a complex action to load the program again? Or something more? |
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Mar 5 2007, 07:12 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 15-December 05 Member No.: 8,074 |
Well, I'm going to go by actual logic here and say that crashing a program is simply going to cause it to terminate (usually), so yes, reloading it is sufficient. In some cases it may cause the program to lock up, causing a reduction in performance (System rating) until it is unloaded.
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Mar 5 2007, 08:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 633 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 8,301 |
Sounds about right. That's how I ran it, anyway.
Gives me ideas about specialized attack programs that cause additional problems when crashing programs. The program list needs some sprucing up. |
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Mar 5 2007, 09:09 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,706 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Fort Wayne, IN Member No.: 8,814 |
Yeah, just a complex action to reload the program. And in the matrix, that complex action is pretty big...don't know too many hackers that really want to have to spend a complex during tense moments/action to just load a program...
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Mar 5 2007, 09:10 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,526 Joined: 9-April 06 From: McGuire AFB, NJ Member No.: 8,445 |
I just dont understand how you can crash a TM's CF... It makes no sense considering it's a part of the TM's brain...
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Mar 5 2007, 09:45 PM
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The Dragon Never Sleeps Group: Admin Posts: 6,924 Joined: 1-September 05 Member No.: 7,667 |
Just imagine a bullet rattling around in the main CPU.... |
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