Long Live (open souce) God Mode

Because I'm yearning for visibility, here's something I posted in the "God Mode is Dead" thread:
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Eat your heart out, commercial alternatives.
http://mindtriggerz.net/SLProxyGodMode.zip
It's not pretty like the commercial version, but it'll do. It does, however, require the .NET framework v1.1 or higher availible form Microsoft here or Mono for Mac and Linux.
Have fun guys!
--Jesse

If you have any questions or comments about open sourced god mode, post them here.
Note that I did not write SLProxy or GodMode, just packaged them up for your consumption.

They're one and the same.. ;0 I believe the author of godmode was asserting his right to profit from his own creation..

If this is open source, where is the source?

I was disappointed, I was expecting the source to GodMode.exe.

I believe popular godmode hack is built from the snowcrash executable, which was donated to the libsl project anonymously. So the story goes, the current distributer took that code, added the bit to turn on god mode, and started selling that.

This godmode is not based on the snowcrash executable, but relies on using a proxy server to rewrite packets to and from SL. If I read this correctly, the link to the source code is in the readme:

svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/libsecondlife/trunk/applications/SLProxy

Curious ---

If Cristiano was banned for 3 days for mentioning that there *existed* an exploit for SL, why hasn't this thread been shut and people banned for describing exactly how to use an exploit in SL?

There have been posts describing alternative griefing methods to be used now that some restrictions have been placed on llPush. This seems somewhat like describing exploits to me, but posts of that sort are allowed to remain visible, with no repurcussions for the posters.

The specific section of the TOS that was invoked for the suspensions due to exploit disclosure was:



Presumably creating and distributing the godmode program is not considered by LR to involve violating this part of the TOS.

Isn't posting GLIintercept links also the same thing Cristiano did? Worse, because it explains how. I demand these people be suspended too.

The clause in the TOS does not describe simply an action; it's use of the word "intended" involves a mental state or emotional outlook that can't be objectively demonstrated to exist. The determination of intent on the part of others is based largely on introspection; the observation of other's behavior in the course of one's life, interpreted throught the lens of the only subjective state we have direct access to, our own.

My subjective impression, based on my years of involvement in SL, reading many posts by Cristiano, but not a great deal of direct contact with him, and no person to person interaction, viewed through the lens of my introspection, is that there is no chance in the world that Cristiano meant to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data, content or personal information, and that his suspension and that of others who posted in the thread is thus totally specious.

The GLintercept program exists, it's existence is a fact that's well known, it's free and easy to obtain, simple to use. People wanting to use it to steal textures for sale in SL have no motive to discuss it here; any rational person wanting to profit from selling textures obtained through it's use would keep their mouths shut about it. I haven't tried it, but I am sure that anyone wishing to start stealing textures in SL can just go to google and search for "stealing textures" and "Second Life", and find it within a few minutes. Distributing widely known information that is available nearly instantly just can't be much of a crime.

Justice in the unjustified suspension cases at this point might be well served by LL providing monetary compensation to those deprived without good cause of services they paid for, plus punitive damages. A public apology would be good too.

During the early fazes there was alot of worry about DMCA issues with LibSL; to which LL responded by granting permission. You can find the thread in Script Tips. LL is very relaxed if you dialog plans. LibSL probably doesn't have to worry about action from LL as long as they give LL a chance to fix any bugs and follows LL's recommendations.

Hiro, you've been crying about how libsl developers should be suspended and about how LL should run their business since as far back as I care to look. Quit beating the dead horse already.

On another note, the SLProxy and GodMode software are licensed under a modified BSD license. While Jesse opted to provide a link to the source code, it's not a distribution requirement of the license.

I think it's because LL has gone on record in these forums as not seeing the God-mode hack as an exploit. Not much works in it, and Philip has stated that some of the features in God mode he could see being given to all users soon anyway.

Hands down, the ability to use the camera without restraints makes building 100000% percent better!

it's in 1.12 preview, minus the mapping thing. camera's all i care about anyway, so yay!

*i can't move or interact with the world when logged in with this. console threw me an error about an array being too short. i'll check that out tomorrow after i sleep.

still NOT working on x64 systems

What you need, my dear, is a Cray.

As a godmode user, i must intervine. The only thing that godmode does that you should be conserned about is mapping. LL plans to change how that works to prevent this anyway. The camera and edit distances are greatly needed in SL IMO. For those of us working on BIG projects. I know it can be used for spying, but only if your computer can suport a high-ass draw distance. I don't really see godmode as an exploit. I see it more as a addon.

In MY day, when working on the Crann Bethade in Techra, I had to SIT on the branches when moving them into place. Dozens of them! a sim wide and 200 meters tall!

UPHILL! BOTH WAYS!

And I was GRATEFUL!

You dang WHIPPERSNAPPERS!




GEDDOF MY LAWN!

I decided not to pack the source in because I thought that it could possibly confuse people.
I just re-read over the licence, and it seems like I don't really have an obligation to redistribute the source...
From applications/SLProxy/GodMode.cs

/*
 * GodMode.cs: Enables client-side God Mode privileges
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006 ((Name removed to avoid breaking the First Life rule))
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * - Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 *
 * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
 *   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * - Neither the name of the Second Life Reverse Engineering Team nor the names
 *   of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
 *   this software without specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
 * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
 * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
 * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
 * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
 * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
 * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
 * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 */

The BSD liscense doesn't require you to provide any code unless you modify it to do so. It simply states that its provided as is without warrentee, the author/organization/3rd party contributers are not liable for any damages, and any redistribution must provide the author's copyright notice and the BSD liscense. I believe the GPL and LGPL require the source code be provided with the distribution.

I know. It's strange. As a GPL-person, not having to put out source is frightening to me...

Tested it earlier, it seems to work. Sometimes it doesn't activate properly, but a quick restart of both programs fixes it. I give it a 8 (1-10 rating).

I also like how i can deactivate and reactive at any time i wish. The green menu bar is hard to get used to ya know.

Hello all... first off thx Jesse for the link to the open source Godmode. Well, I've installed Mono on my mac, downloaded the Godmode file, I run it in the terminal... but when I startup Second Life and type /god I get no menu .. nothing happens. Am I missing a step or doing something wrong? Yiffy I noticed you said how it worked for you.. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

I use a PC

Did you remember to add -loginuri http://127.0.0.1:8080/ to your second life command?

hi, thx for replying. how do you do that on a mac jesse?