Cheating

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Warning Cheating is against the rules.

Cheating is the act of bypassing limitations set by Transformice. Cheaters use third-party programs that, oftentimes, exploit Transformice by editing the RAM (random-access memory) of the process running Transformice.swf—or by hex-editing the binaries of the .swf.

Punishment

Cheating is a bannable offense in Transformice and will result in a 360-hour ban by a moderator if the cheater is caught. If the cheater is caught a second time with the same account, it will result in a 720-hour ban, followed by a permanent ban if they are caught again.

In some situations, depending on how much a player has cheated, they may go straight to a permanent ban.

Moderators are regularly monitoring various rooms to catch people breaking the rules of the game, including cheaters. Moderators sometimes use multiple accounts to spy on a multitude of rooms at times.

Players who have been banned for cheating in the last 6 months, or who have an active permanent ban, are excluded from the Hall of Cheese leaderboard.

Spotting and reporting cheaters

Often, cheaters will attempt to disguise their hacks as an example of being professional at the game. There are several signs to tell if they are doing this:

• They make jumps with cheese which would otherwise be impossible with the weight thereof.
• They are seemingly "lagging" to the front of the other mice.
• They capture the cheese without coming in contact thereof.

If you spot cheaters, these are the things which you should do:

1. Do not use the chat to notify the other mice that there is a cheater in the room, as that can potentially make the cheater leave the room in an effort to prevent his or her potential ban or report.
2. Use the /report username command in order to report the player who is hacking.
3. Use the /mod command if there is no response from a moderator within a few minutes
4. If there is a moderator online, you may try to whisper them with the /w username command.
5. If there are very few or no moderators online, or if a moderator has disabled their incoming whispers, you can use the /ban username command in order to vote-kick the hacking player. Eight players in total are required to use the same command in order to successfully kick the player.

Known cheats

A multitude of cheats have been created since the release of Transformice. The most common one today is the "fly cheat" (elaborated below). All of the cheats found today are client-side and can easily be patched by synchronizing actions invoked by the client with the server and room host. These are usually created by hex editing the Transformice.swf file. Alternatively, users utilize memory editing applications such as Cheat Engine (CE) to edit the memory of the container of the .swf.

- Not currently patched - Currently unpatchable - Patched

Cheat name	Patched?	Condition	Effect
Recursive jump		Alive	Enables the user to bypass the single-jump restriction, essentially flying. Also known as the "fly cheat" and "infinite jump". As of version 0.59, a detection method has been implemented, albeit can be circumvented.
All normal items		Only shaman	Shaman has the ability to spawn any item, no matter what the map blocks.
Instant cheese		Alive	User instantly gains the cheese upon the designated activation. This was possible due to a bug that has later been fixed.
Spawn instantly		Only shaman	Removes the casting time of Shaman casts, so that they can spawn everything instantly.
Recursive spawning		Only shaman	Spawns shaman items simultaneously with no cast time. This is usually used to spam shaman objects.
Spawn anywhere		Only shaman	Allows the Shaman to spawn at any coordinate visible on the map. Varyingly, within map boundaries.
Speed cheat		Alive	Allows the user to increase speed to any limit. User appears to "lag" in distances to other mice. Automatically detected at high speeds.
Unused item Cheat		Only shaman	Modifies the Shaman menu to access unused items that are hidden in the game, including anchors.
Gravity cheat		Alive	Alters the gravity of the user.
Jump height		Alive	Modifies the jump height of the user.
World gravity cheat		Only Host	Changes the world gravity which essentially affects all users.
180° map view rotation cheat		Always	Defuncts the 180° rotation on maps that are upside-down. Client-side.
No mouse collision		Alive	Disables the collision of the user allowing the user to pass through mice on collision-based maps.
Anti-explosion		Alive	Disables the effect of bombs, balls, spirits, and sheeps from affecting the user's position and velocity.
Teleportation		Alive	Enables the user to teleport to any coordinate visible to them.
Anti-AFK		Always	Bypasses the 50-minute AFK timer that disconnects you after idleness.
Anti-flood		Always	Removes the 1-second delay between messages.
Anti-identical messages		Always	Disables the identical message limit, allowing the user to repeat the same message more than once in an instance.
No death barrier		Alive	Removes the death barrier, allowing the user to navigate anywhere visible. However, user becomes non-responsive when leaving the bounds, thus stalling the remainder of the round.
Ghosting		Alive	Allows the user to pass through any solid objects: walls, items, mice, etcetera.
Grapple hook		Alive	Re-enables the deprecated Grapple Hook utility. This was first introduced with Transformice's release, but has since then been disabled, but not removed via the source code. Visibility of the actual grapple hook is client-side.
Custom standalone client		Always	Allows users to execute the .swf in a standalone client by a .exe locally (from a computer). Commonly used to increase the visibility of Transformice, bypassing the original cropped size. Usually used by cheaters to execute hex-edited .swf's containing exploits for ease. Do not confuse this with external players loading by the Transformice URL.
Cheese and hole displacement		Only host	Allows the user to change and update the coordinates of the cheese(s) and the hole(s)
No night mode		Always	Allows playing levels without the visuals of the night mode.
Spawn explosions		Only host	Allows the user to spawn the powerful explosion given off by a bomb.

Macros

Macros are third-party programs that assist the player in performing various skills, such as wall jumping. These are scripts that automate button presses. Since August 2020, using macros or filterkeys to obtain any kind of advantage in game is considered cheating and is sanctioned just like any other hack.

Gallery

Screen when you are banned for hack

Shaman spawning removed items in 2010

50 cheese removal following a ban

100 cheese removal following a ban

External links

• Game Rules - Cheating