wallhack

plural wallhacks

1. video gamesA patch enabling a player to cheat by modifying the properties of walls, as by making them transparent or nonsolid.

   He was so good, I figured I could learn something by watching it. I couldn't understand why I couldn't get anything at all from the demo, until I discovered he was using the wallhack.

   2002 July 28, Hedgehog, “Cheating bastard - was Re: Wallhack”, in alt.games.quake3 (Usenet), message-ID <3D44478B.DA7AB89@KIspamLLpernc.com>

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   Wallhacks expose everyone on a map so cheaters get a huge advantage of knowing when you’re about to push a point or turn a corner. […] Aimbots and wallhacks are the most common forms of cheating in online shooters, allowing people who are new to a game or simply at a lower skill level to get a huge advantage over other players.

   2020 May 6, Tom Warren, “The world’s biggest PC games are fighting a new surge of cheaters and hackers”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2020

present singular third person wallhacks · participle present wallhacking · participle past wallhacked · past wallhacked

1. transitivevideo gamesTo use a wallhack.

   Got wallhacked in PVP (first world problem) Oh no, HD-DVD (first world problem)

   2010 April 6, “First World Problem”, in MC Frontalot (music), Zero Day

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   im like damn this guy is good.. then the next round... I noticed he wallhacked me... started shooting me before he came around and I was silent walking...

   2002 March 18, Marcus Leach, “MafiaTech - Why must they cheat? (funny story and video)”, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (Usenet), message-ID <1tzl8.39041$Q9.9349739@twister.kc.rr.com>