Glitching the lifespan of aquarium fish?

[Shalara]

Does anyone know exactly how it's done? For those not in the know, there's some sort of trick which has been helpfully described as "not hard" to do in order to glitch your fish into living for years, which of course, leads directly to step #5 and profit!!!11.

I know it had something to do with freezing the fish for a time, but I have a friend who never froze a fish, and yet now it's glitched. It must not be really difficult to do, as everywhere you look are glitched fish, but of course, no one is sharing, and Google has bee surprisingly unhelpful.

Any ideas, folks?

[rory412]

I have one glitched fish (according to the analyzer the date of death is in 2016) and it has definitely lived its lifespan three times over already, but I've no idea how I did it.

[Coak]

I think it was posted on LG, but probably moved.
I'm not sure, but I've seen a method before, I'm sure of that.

[Shalara]

I have a fair few glitched fish too, but sadly, no clue how it happened.

Any idea where the thread might have moved to?

Thank you so much for the replies, I'm hopeful someone here might know and be willing to share.

[Coak]

I have a fair few glitched fish too, but sadly, no clue how it happened.

Any idea where the thread might have moved to?

Thank you so much for the replies, I'm hopeful someone here might know and be willing to share.

Ahhh shit.
Searched LG, I don't think it was posted here, but I remember seeing a thread somewhere. :/

[Zykias]

I would really like to know how to do this.

I rarely EVER get fish, so it would be great to get those Jaws items.

Srsly, I wish they got some new NPC to take over the Overseer/Jaws.

[Gabe]

I would like to know this glitch too. I don't really feel like having my holiday fish die.

[Coak]

I'll pay 50k LGG to anyone who finds/invents and posts a tutorial on how to do this.

I got one of those 500 GC fish out of a mystery box, so it would be cool to glitch it. I don't ever give a shit to take care of them. Ever. So I'd rather just throw him in and forget about it.

I assume if you do this glitch, the drop is a better item?

Apparently the fish live until 2013, so I don't think you'll stick around long enough to get a drop.

[Coak]

To be exact, the guy ITT said 2016, so if you're planning on collecting a drop, don't glitch your fish GameCHIEF.

[Coak]

True/False: The longer your fish lives, the better drop you get.

Well within legit times, true, but I'm not sure about glitched lifetimes.

[Gabe]

I'll also add to gamerchief's sum of 50k Lgg by adding 10K LGG for whoever can make a guide.

[Coak]

Try this.
I got this off of Gaia's tech support forum

I did an experiment, after noticing that none of my fish were dying "on time" - except for the ones that I had never put into Barrett's Tank. This is directly related to the change of Barrett's Tank to "cryogenically freeze" them so they dont' age. When this was implemented, a glitch was born.

Every time you put a fish in B's Tank, its lifespan doubles. I have an account where I have dozens of fish in B's Tank, and 17 in my tank. I was swapping them in and out, when I felt like changing the color theme or something, then noticed they weren't dying. I used the glow timer, and some of their lifespans extend to 2013.

I have a third account with an empty tank. I put 17 new monsters in there, and took two flamingos out and placed them into B's Tank, saved, then took them back out, saved. Glow timer said their lifespans were double. So far, the other monsters have died "on time" but these two are predicted to die on Dec 13.

[Gabe]

Thanks. I'll check it out.

[Stapled]

Try this.
I got this off of Gaia's tech support forum

didn't work for me

[Stapled]

Someone else please test Coak's theory. Hopefully it wasn't patched already.
Lemme know if it works. I don't have any fish to test with.

i tested it with a gold fish and it didn't work

[Coak]

didn't work for me

I don't think it's supposed to be instant.

[Gina]

Well i have a water meat whose life ends in 2020
its just a glitch
It may not be expoitable..

[Coak]

Well i have a water meat whose life ends in 2020
its just a glitch
It may not be expoitable..

Did you read my fucking post Gina?
Stop posting pure shit. I'm sick of it.
I quoted a girl who posted in 2009 saying that she did an experiment and did the glitch.
About a year later, some guy posts in the same thread saying it's still not fixed and is exploitable. Fuck.
Anyways, in 15 days, if my goldfish are still alive, I'll tell you if the glitch worked or not.

[Shalara]

Good idea Coak, but sadly, I don't think that's the key to what does it. What I have noticed with mine is that I switch out my fish to whatever is most profitable at the moment, and I end up having fish frozen for weeks at a time before I switch them out. Doing this has glitched most of my fish, but the handful that were frozen for only a few minutes due to just getting them out of the way to change decorations didn't glitch. It seems the glitch also does take time to develop, as my fish were normal for some time, then they were suddenly glitched to have extended lifespans. The only exception to this were four older fish that I froze with four days left to go and they are now living for another couple years. I have also found this out again quite recently, as I froze a mini monster with yet again, four days left to live, and now that it has been pulled out again, it has almost another month to live.

My theory is that the fish have to be frozen for a certain length of time or more before they glitch. I have a bunch of 'em currently frozen, I will update with my findings on them. It's just proving difficult to pin it down on my end as it is very inconsistent, I have fish dying all over the map at assorted glitched times. It really bugs me that there are glitched fish that have never been frozen, though the majority of glitched fish seem to have visited Barrett's tank at some point.

As for fish drops, nope, they are totally random. After opening a bunch myself, the new items out of them are universally pretty rare and it is far more common to get shop commons, though they are usually worth at least a few k.

[Coak]

Good idea Coak, but sadly, I don't think that's the key to what does it. What I have noticed with mine is that I switch out my fish to whatever is most profitable at the moment, and I end up having fish frozen for weeks at a time before I switch them out. Doing this has glitched most of my fish, but the handful that were frozen for only a few minutes due to just getting them out of the way to change decorations didn't glitch. It seems the glitch also does take time to develop, as my fish were normal for some time, then they were suddenly glitched to have extended lifespans. The only exception to this were four older fish that I froze with four days left to go and they are now living for another couple years. I have also found this out again quite recently, as I froze a mini monster with yet again, four days left to live, and now that it has been pulled out again, it has almost another month to live.

My theory is that the fish have to be frozen for a certain length of time or more before they glitch. I have a bunch of 'em currently frozen, I will update with my findings on them. It's just proving difficult to pin it down on my end as it is very inconsistent, I have fish dying all over the map at assorted glitched times. It really bugs me that there are glitched fish that have never been frozen, though the majority of glitched fish seem to have visited Barrett's tank at some point.

As for fish drops, nope, they are totally random. After opening a bunch myself, the new items out of them are universally pretty rare and it is far more common to get shop commons, though they are usually worth at least a few k.

And that's why I told stapled that it wasn't supposed to be an instant effect.

[Shalara]

Just pulled out a full tank of fish I dropped in the tank and then froze immediately after. No glitching yet, though I'm starting to think they have to glow a few times then freeze them. I shall have to see.

You're right Coak, it usually isn't instant. I shall have to wait and see on the new batch.

[Coak]

NVM: Delete.

[cursten]

I sure would like to see if this works for me. o:
Then I could get infinite gold from immortal fish. xD

[Shinu]

these fish are like immortal lol but yea it could be unexploitable if theres a way lg will find it

[Shalara]

these fish are like immortal lol but yea it could be unexploitable if theres a way lg will find it

I know, I've seen fish that aren't supposedly dying until 2022! xD

Here's to hoping!

[alucart13]

Aquariums is a flash game.
Most flash games have some sort of exploit.
Seeing as flash isnt necessarily server sided, I'm pretty sure you could exploit a simple variable such as life span for fish.

Regards,
Alucart13

[alucart13]

Close, but not exactly. The fish, their lifespans, etc. are stored server-side. While the variables are stored client-side, any good programmer will verify the authenticity of variables when transfered back to the server. If a fish's lifespan magically increased by years, they won't save it server-side, so the next time you load the game, the lifespan will be back to what it was.
The only way to glitch something like this is to exploit a server-side error.

Ahhh, in the case that it wasn't server-side, I would have just made a trainer myself haha.
Well, i'm sure there is SOME "bug" we can exploit within the aquarium swf.
Has anyone tried disassembling it to look yet?

[Shalara]

Close, but not exactly. The fish, their lifespans, etc. are stored server-side. While the variables are stored client-side, any good programmer will verify the authenticity of variables when transfered back to the server. If a fish's lifespan magically increased by years, they won't save it server-side, so the next time you load the game, the lifespan will be back to what it was.
The only way to glitch something like this is to exploit a server-side error.

This is Gaia we're talking about, before we get into "good programming" aspects. ;D

Pondering that, there must be some action that somehow corrupts the data sent back to the server. It definitely glitches the fish in question, as I know of hundreds of fish on the site that there's no possible way they should be living past a certain point, yet they do. Pretty much any all airshark or stone coatl tank you see is this way, as coatls only live 8 weeks, yet I've seen them alive for months, and the glow timer confirms they've been alive far past that.

What I've found so far is that a good way to glitch the life spans is to have the fish in your tank for a few days, then freeze them for a couple weeks. Pull them out, and in a few days, their death date should be pushed back, and from there, every week or two the death date then keeps pushing itself back without you having to do anything. I have also tried dropping new fish into my tank, then freezing them right away, and that works sometimes, but not others. Also, though I have frozen a fish with only four days left to live then pulled it out three weeks later and had it glitch, if you are going to try the first and most reliable way for freezing them, I don't recommend pushing the date so close. After all, the glitched date of death generally takes a few days to take effect.

It's so frustrating though, as I know of people with glitched fish, and even a friend on there has a ridiculous sum of them, but of course, he refuses to share. It *is* exploitable, it's just finding out the *how*.

[alucart13]

This is Gaia we're talking about, before we get into "good programming" aspects. ;D

Pondering that, there must be some action that somehow corrupts the data sent back to the server. It definitely glitches the fish in question, as I know of hundreds of fish on the site that there's no possible way they should be living past a certain point, yet they do. Pretty much any all airshark or stone coatl tank you see is this way, as coatls only live 8 weeks, yet I've seen them alive for months, and the glow timer confirms they've been alive far past that.

What I've found so far is that a good way to glitch the life spans is to have the fish in your tank for a few days, then freeze them for a couple weeks. Pull them out, and in a few days, their death date should be pushed back, and from there, every week or two the death date then keeps pushing itself back without you having to do anything. I have also tried dropping new fish into my tank, then freezing them right away, and that works sometimes, but not others. Also, though I have frozen a fish with only four days left to live then pulled it out three weeks later and had it glitch, if you are going to try the first and most reliable way for freezing them, I don't recommend pushing the date so close. After all, the glitched date of death generally takes a few days to take effect.

It's so frustrating though, as I know of people with glitched fish, and even a friend on there has a ridiculous sum of them, but of course, he refuses to share. It *is* exploitable, it's just finding out the *how*.

I agree.
Gaia has had SO many exploits since it first started, and even to this day there are still plenty of exploits.
So, for a simple exploit, we just freeze the fish for a few weeks?