Hacking

Hacking is a game mechanic in Streets of Rogue. It allows you to connect to certain objects and affect them in certain ways. Hacking is most often used for strategies that involve stealth and less hand-to-hand combat. The Hacker is a character who is designed around hacking. Characters that have the trait Tech Expert will also gain additional options to choose from when hacking. It can only be done with the Laptop ability or a Hacking Tool. If you have the Cyber Nuke ability, you can blow up most of these objects.

Tips and Strategies

• Though hacking is never a waste of your time, it is far less useful when you don't have Tech Expert.
  • Even if you have Tech Expert, you can only hack objects if you either have Laptop or a Hacking Tool.
• With both a hacked Sell-O-Matic and a hacked Goodie Dispenser, the value of what you get will usually exceed the 45 coins it costs; therefore, you can benefit from buying as much as possible from a hacked one and selling anything you don't need.
• Because you can easily get reduced prices at Goodie Dispensers and Ammo Dispensers, you should generally try to spend your money there (where you get more bang for your buck) than at Shopkeepers, Drug Dealers, and so on.

Hack-able objects

Object	Options
Slot Machine	Increases the odds of winning.
Arcade Game	Increase Volume, distracting NPCs.
Sell-O-Matic	Increases selling prices.
Goodie Dispenser	Lower cost of buying items.
Ammo Dispenser	Lowers the price of refilling guns.
Clone Machine	Produces a clone of a random character. Can only be done once per Clone Machine. If the clone is a friendly or neutral class, they will become a follower.
Jukebox	Makes everyone temporarily leave the building. (Play Mambo No.42)
Turntables	2 Options: Make everyone temporarily leave the building. (Play Mambo No.42) Make everyone (except owners) attack the Musician inside the building. (Play Achy Breaky Bladder)
Computer	Can do a variety of things: Unlock all safes and doors with the associated building. (Tech Expert only) Enable/Disable Security System. (Tech Expert only) Operate Crushers and Trapdoors. (Tech Expert only) Release Gas from Gas Vents. Can be only done once per computer. Poison Nearby Ponds. Can only be done in Park.
Security Camera	Can change what a camera detects: Non-Owners only Owners only Everyone No one
Turret	Can change who it will attack if a Security Camera spots someone: Non-Owners only Owners only Everyone No one
Door Detonator	2 Options: 50% chance to disarm (with Tech Expert) 100% chance to disarm Make it explode.
Refrigerator	Can "Run", sending it flying in one direction. It damages anything it touches and goes through some walls before breaking.
Television	2 Options: Turn up the volume, distracting NPCs. Make it explode.
Safe	Can be opened without the use of a Safe Combination, Safe-Cracking Tool, or Safe Buster.
Slave	Can deactivate or explode the Slave's helmet.
Killer Robot	Can "Tamper with Aim" to cause the rockets it fires at you to be off-center.
Cop Bot	"Go Haywire" causes it to become Enraged. While you hack them, the Cop Bot will hone in on your location.