Hey all, I'm back from my vacation/getting-money-for-a-new-computer time... the last piece should arrive later this week. I've spent the greater amount of time of not coding by outlining things that need to be done and how to do them. None of this is done yet, and in fact, I'm probably going to need to do a relatively large re-write of Uplink's current code to do some of this. A few things you can expect in the future...
Firstly, a new HUD Interface - Trojan Interface <need a better name>; this interface is basically a wildcard interface. The general idea is this:
0) User purchases a small router or gateway to be the receiver (done before the hack)
1) User breaks into a computer (in this example, GCD)
2) User gains admin and console access
3) User installs a trojan (and does things to help make it less detectable)
4) User can now look up records, disable security, or arrest people without needing to log in. This means no active trace (or passive, in many cases)
This is helpful for "batch" missions, such as if you frequently arrest people or rob banks a lot. (Bear in mind, any techniques you had before in robbing banks won't work. Even with this enhancement, you'll probably tear your hair out trying to make a robbery work)
This Interface will replace the uMP3 interface (stupid copyright laws)
Secondly - a Satellite system. I was thinking along the lines of installing spying software and intercepting transmissions. Any other ideas for this?
I have a whole crap-load of other stuff I don't want anyone to know of yet, but for these, I wanted to see what sort of reaction I would get.
Also, post and ideas you might have... I'm excitied to start up again as soon as I receive my RAM.
P.S. - Should I make a PHP page that shows what I will be doing and if it's done or not? (rather, have prophile make said page?
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Anyway, on topic, yeah, sounds like you've got a lotta of good stuff planned for us. Good to see you were actually doing some work while you were gone. 