Cheating in VirtualBox
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:52 pm
Some time ago I found a way to create fake scores using Virtual Box. I thought that it would be interesting to post that here.
This is the setup:
- Windows XP virtual machine
- Blockout II version 2.4
- Virtual Box guest clock slow down to 50%, with the following command (see Vbox manual section "Accelerate or slow down the guest clock"):
(should execute command when VM is off, it does nothing if it's already running)
See for example this fake score, I managed to "play" at 99 BPM in 3D Mania level 9:
http://www.blockout.net/blockout2/advst ... reid=41511
Is it actually possible to detect this kind of fake? What about a more subtle clock tuning?
This is the setup:
- Windows XP virtual machine
- Blockout II version 2.4
- Virtual Box guest clock slow down to 50%, with the following command (see Vbox manual section "Accelerate or slow down the guest clock"):
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VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" "VBoxInternal/TM/WarpDrivePercentage" 50
See for example this fake score, I managed to "play" at 99 BPM in 3D Mania level 9:
http://www.blockout.net/blockout2/advst ... reid=41511
Is it actually possible to detect this kind of fake? What about a more subtle clock tuning?