Pirat_Nation 🔴(@Pirat_Nation):Path of Exile co-creator Chris Wilson says developers have tried some pretty funny ways to deal with dataminers. One method was adding fake game files to confuse dataminers, Wilson says he tried this himself while working on Path of Exile. But in the end, he says it was a “pretty wasteful process” because devs were spending time making fake stuff instead of working on the actual game. Still, he admits it was “very good” for trolling. Wilson also explains that completely stopping datamining is extremely difficult. Encryption can help before a game is released, but once players have the game, the files have to be accessible for it to work.

2026.09.10 08:04

Path of Exile co-creator Chris Wilson says developers have tried some pretty funny ways to deal with dataminers. One method was adding fake game files to confuse dataminers, Wilson says he tried this himself while working on Path of Exile. But in the end, he says it was a “pretty wasteful process” because devs were spending time making fake stuff instead of working on the actual game. Still, he admits it was “very good” for trolling. Wilson also explains that completely stopping datamining is extremely difficult. Encryption can help before a game is released, but once players have the game, the files have to be accessible for it to work.