Maphack
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A maphack is a cheat in real-time strategy games that enables the player to see more of the map than the game intends them to see. A common feature in multiplayer real-time strategy games is the inability for the player to see outside the visibility range of the individual units and buildings that they player controls. This concept is called the fog of war. Maphacking enables a cheating player to bypass the fog of war, giving them an advantage over a player who is playing legitimately. This advantage is quite large for most of the real-time strategy games that rely on the rock-paper-scissors dynamic to balance out the units' varying strengths and weaknesses.
Maphacking has also been used to cheat in other games where map visibility provides an advantage, like Diablo II. In Diablo II online, many people use Maphacks, and people are constantly arguing about who is and who isnt.
The maphack is functionally equivalent to a form of the wallhack for first-person shooter games which allows players to see through walls.