Vehicle Hacking is now Possible

[GeoGnome]

Seriously, new news... To quote the tweet
"...hacking is possible now"

"hacking is a design call, i'm saying the changes we are making is making that possible if @mhigby wants it. its all for the good"

So for those of you just tuning in, Vehicle hacking, the ability to make vehicles hackable by infiltrators so that they can be stolen, is now POSSIBLE in planetside 2. A few months back this became a major point of the infiltrator update, and at the time we were told it wasn't possible. Because of the work done for OMFG... it now is, according to T-ray.

Seriously, if you do bloody anything right now, set aside all forumside differences, and it is time to flood Higby with All the requests for this feature.

Updated:

[OCNSethy]

Sound awesome! Commencing tweet bombardment of Higgles and Smedly

[Calista]

Would be nice if a jacked vehicle could be de-conned as well.

[GreyFrog]

If this is why camo needed to change, then fuck yeah I'm on board!

[bpostal]

This is the best news I've had all day!

[ChipMHazard]

Hmm. Wouldn't that also mean that 3 man crewed MBTs are possible now.

[GreyFrog]

Originally Posted by ChipMHazard

Hmm. Wouldn't that also mean that 3 man crewed MBTs are possible now.

Enlighten me on the process from hackable vehicles -> 3 man MBTS ?

[ChipMHazard]

Originally Posted by GreyFrog

Enlighten me on the process from hackable vehicles -> 3 man MBTS ?

If I remember correcly the reason why we couldn't have hackable vehicles was because of the vehicle weapons (Or rather issues with certification options), one of the reasons why they wouldn't be able to change the current MBTs into having a crew requirement.
I'll have to go back to the old threads and read up on it more.

[Lonehunter]

Originally Posted by ChipMHazard

If I remember correcly the reason why we couldn't have hackable vehicles was because of the vehicle weapons (Or rather issues with certification options), one of the reasons why they wouldn't be able to change the current MBTs into having a crew requirement.
I'll have to go back to the old threads and read up on it more.

What...? lol

How does that even relate to the 3 personnel you mentioned?

I thought it was simply a design choice of whether or not they wanted to allow you to wield enemy weaponry.

[ChipMHazard]

Originally Posted by Lonehunter

What...? lol

How does that even relate to the 3 personnel you mentioned?

I thought it was simply a design choice of whether or not they wanted to allow you to wield enemy weaponry.

I sadly can't find the dev quotes I was looking for, so it's certainly possible I am remembering the issues incorrectly.
From what I remember the reason why players couldn't hack vehicles was because of the enemy vehicle weapons causing some issues. I also seem to remember that being a possible issue with switching around who guns what on current MBTs. It was some time ago and I don't really remember the possible technical issues so I might just be writing utter nonsense. If that's the case just ignore this as being the ravings of the uncle who just stopped taking his medication.

I would however like to know what exactly changed to now allow for them to have hackable vehicles.

[maradine]

Originally Posted by ChipMHazard

Hmm. Wouldn't that also mean that 3 man crewed MBTs are possible now.

The game's written in a Turing-complete language - anything's possible.

[Hamma]

[ringring]

This would be a good move and enhance gameplay no end.

Think of the boost that this gives to the infil class, The infil would suddenly live up to it's name.

[camycamera]

everyone SPAM HIGGLES SO HE MAKES IT HAPPEN NAOW

[GeoGnome]

Yeah, we've got a ton of people here who support this but we need more.

Vehicle hacking should definitely be in this game.