Money Exploit involving shares and loans

[linkmaster6464]

Hey guys, I just started playing PA a few days ago at my friends house. My friend doesn't have the game so he was playing from my computer. While he was playing he noticed if you sell your shares, then take out as big of a loan as you can, then buy your shares back, then pay off your loan, it will net you extra money based on how big of a loan you can take. You can do this to make large sums of money almost instantly. I don't know if this has been posted before. I did a search and didn't find anything that sounded like this. Apologies if this isn't the case.

To recreate:
1. Sell all shares you can sell
2. Take out max bank loan
3. Buy all shares back.
4. Pay off bank loan.
5. Profit.

[xander]

There are several bug reports on the tracker that appear when you filter for the word "shares". The most relevant seems to be #3981. If you think that this is an important issue that needs to be fixed, please support that ticket.

xander

[linkmaster6464]

Ah, sorry about that. I'm new to the site and didn't realize I needed to make a 2nd account to access the bug tracker. Just trying to be helpful!
Love the game by the way! Cant wait to see whats in store for us.

[xander]

Ah, sorry about that. I'm new to the site and didn't realize I needed to make a 2nd account to access the bug tracker. Just trying to be helpful! :)
Love the game by the way! Cant wait to see whats in store for us.

I wasn't trying to be down on you at all---I was just attempting to do some of the leg work for you and give you an idea of what that involved. As I said, if you think that the bug should be given priority, support it on the tracker (I certainly did, after you brought it to my attention).

xander

[linkmaster6464]

I have done so. Thank you for the direction.

[acegamer08]

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[linkmaster6464]

Hey guys, I just started playing PA a few days ago at my friends house. My friend doesn't have the game so he was playing from my computer. While he was playing he noticed if you sell your shares, then take out as big of a loan as you can, then buy your shares back, then pay off your loan, it will net you extra money based on how big of a loan you can take. You can do this to make large sums of money almost instantly. I don't know if this has been posted before. I did a search and didn't find anything that sounded like this. Apologies if this isn't the case.

To recreate:
1. Sell all shares you can sell
2. Take out max bank loan
3. Buy all shares back.
4. Pay off bank loan.
5. Profit.

you can also edit the game files if your that hard up for cash...
just pull up your gamesave text file and search for balance, edit it, save it, and enjoy.

btw: you will have to use the gamesave edit method once the other poster gets your method fixed... it should still be in 23 (in about a week)...but after that alpha, it may be fixed.

haha thanks for posting this but I don't use the exploit for my own gain. My friend and I merely stumbled across it and I thought I would post it here so it could get fixed.