[Twink glitch] Augmentation of known exploit & addon automating most of the job

[RedRussian]

Hi guys! First of all I want to shed some light on mechanics of our beloved exploit.

1) It requires no DC. Surprised?
OK, lets see how the game deals with you when discovers that you've entered a "wrong BG"

You've entered BG with XP off and approx. 5 seconds after the game detects it, gives you Deserter debuff and kicks you out. Notice that it kicks you out AFTER you get the Deserter. A common way to avoid such kick is forcing DC. But there is another way. It still requires relogging but IMO it's more comfortable to use.

After you've entered BG use this script /run while true do end. It will freeze the game but your toon won't go offline. ~5 seconds after it you will get Deserter debuff but won't be ported out (I suppose it's because fps=0 and loading screen can't appear). Then you need to close Wow.exe process in task manager and relog.

Isn't it better than unplugging network cable?

DC stuff does exactly the same, it makes loading screen unable to appear but IMO it's clumsy and inconvenient. Moreover it's way easier to press simple macro than unplug cable/disable network adapter or shut down connection in firewall config.

2) You need to relog ASAP (actually it's <1.5 minutes) after closing the game
You will be ported to the city otherwise. I think it happens in the moment your toon goes offline. Remember that time in September when everyone thought the exploit was fixed? It was this "fast relog issue" coupled with some troubles on Blizz servers. It was never fixed and rolled back as someone may think

How to minimize the time between closing wow.exe and going back online?
Do not close wow.exe right after your game is frozen! Just open second instance of the game, start logging in and then close the first one. Just keep in mind that freezing your game with the script ~= DC and will keep your toon online until you start logging into a second window

Hope this'll help you in art of pwning noobs in levelling BGs!

Now I want to present you an addon I've created to partially automate this exploit:

Basically it stops your XP with delay and automatically freezes the game after loading screen.

There are some additional functions as well
*statistics (number of bgs played, xp-stop success ratio, HKs & KBs gained, takes a screenshot if new KB highscore is achieved)
*xp-stop delay autocorrection. In case of stopping XP too fast or entering bg with XP on my addon will try to correct xp-stop delay.
*It attempts to avoid Deserter debuff if XP was stopped too fast by instantly logging out. Actually it works really rarely since MoP release

You'll find a detailed user's manual on its page on Google Code. Please report glitches you encounter!

I hope this vid will explain the principle


download: vaseline-twinker-3 - Addon that allows you to join levelling BG as XP-off twink - Google Project Hosting

upd: forgot to mention that statistics function won't work on Korean and Chinese langpacks. I'll fix it if you give me name of Deserter debuff in these languages.

[Promatild]

Eah! It's realy working! 80-90% proc-rate

[RedRussian]

Please read manual carefully before complaining! Most of popular issues are user's fault, not addon's!
PS my own success rate is 85% (more than 200 bgs played)

[TehVoyager]

Your desktop: needs serious love. xD

might give this a try when i get home.

[Rake2]

You can make it sooo much easier....i posted a howto on the Twink thread but here again: Just DISABLE your Network adapter when the Loadingscreen is finished, and you will get instantly kicked out and enabling it again takes 2 Seconds -> This method takes you only 10 Seconds maybe and you don't need to exit your wow process.

[RedRussian]

Well, you need to be really fast to be successful with unplugging your network adapter. Time between finishing loading screen and porting you out is somehow dependant on your game loading time, it's rather easy to fail if you DC manually. Yeah, my method takes ~30 more seconds but IMO it's more reliable due to automation. Obviously you can't react in 1/fps second

I must admit that I've started to think towards this method because it's totally essential for me to do the stuff without turning internet off. I'm hosting a bot allowing my russian guild to play EU bgs (that second instance of wow+smiling icon of autoclicker)

Your desktop: needs serious love. xD

Thats because DeusEx HR changed my desktop resolution to 800x600 first time I launched it

[ayang]

is there a way to avoid deserter after getting in the bg using this?

[Rake2]

It's easy to disable the network adapter, on my PC It's between 1 sec and 3, 3 seconds only if i do it the first time today(so i recommend just disable/activate your network adapter 2x Times in a Row before starting twinking so you will get an instant DC.

I made a Quick video, only WoW cause Fraps can't record the desktop.

XPOFF - YouTube

[Cynosaur]

I love the addon, +rep for the work. Only issue is that when I run it and get the Q, it logs me out before I enter the BG or a loading screen appears. I've been able to get into 2 bg's. and i've been logged out before the loading screen 5 times. I have the /vtwinker quit 0.5 set. If you could give me any advice on how to configure this better, that would be appreciated. I've tried messing around with the settings a few times, and can't find the right combo.

[RedRussian]

Logout is not a glitch but a feature. In Cata it was almost a 100% way to avoid Deserter if XP stopped too fast but it works really rarely now, however it can sometimes save you from Deserter thats why I'm not planning to remove it. You can open VTwinker3.lua file with Notepad, and remove Logout() from 235th line if you dislike this logout function.

It seems that default delay of 100ms is too fast for you, try to increase it.

Please read the manual carefully

/vtwinker (/vtwinker 100 by default) you need to change this one to fix the issue

/vtwinker quit (/vtwinker quit 0.5 by default, change it to 0 to prevent possible glitches)

I'd suggest you to set /vtwinker quit 0 and /vtwinker 120 or 130

[Cynosaur]

Works great now, have about a 90% success rate. Have some more rep when I can

I have my exp delay on 165 ms and my freeze on 0

[RedRussian]

I'd suggest you to set /vtwinker step to more accurate value than 20ms so that addon will eventually get to optimal delay.

[RedRussian]

Grim news, guys. Blizz has put the heaviest protection (allowed to be called only for blizz code) on AcceptBattlefieldPort function and I'll have to rework addon slightly to make it working again.
I've temporary deleted addon from google code until this issue is fixed.

[Naofa]

I use "/click staticpopup1button1" instead. The command to hit the enter BG is not the problem.
The problem is that blizz has put in something that recognises you with your xp off and promptly boots you even if you are D/C'd. We need to find a new method entirely.

[RedRussian]

I guess it's because game thinks DC or freeze to be equal to Alt+F4 or ForceQuit now. Porting to city with bg button on minimap happens if you've gone offline too early, try doing it after 1-2 seconds after getting into bg.

I used ForceQuit() after getting into bg in 2nd version of my addon and it worked but success rate was significantly lower than with DC or freeze. This method heavily relies on fps and game loading time.