Was level 8 once a thing

I know it is level 8 serversided.

IIRC it was a thing, but it was very very very very unstable

@Novacaine Do you have like an explanation on what it was or a video.

@ZaphireHacks No but i remember someone telling me there was one back then 

I tried an level 8 once but it crashed 3 seconds after I opened it

i think level 8 was like the name exploit and spoofing membership

correct me if I was wrong

(the method was patched)

Allow me to explain how "Levels" work, and what they are.

"Level" in this case would be the Permission Level (Remember this)

So, let me explain, this is simplified, but, every script you'd have has it's own thread (you can see the threads by doing getallthreads()). Every thread for a script, function or argument has a security context level (or "level" as we call it). We can see the identity of a thread by doing getthreadidentity(). Remember that every thread has a security context level.

So, these "levels" exist, but what do they mean?

Well, "Levels" are classed from 1 - 8. Ironically, it's not always lowest class to highest class.

So, let's start off with what permissions exist:

None - Any identity can access this feature, including in-game scripts.

Plugin - Second-lowest access level, just above in-game script.

RobloxPlace - Places created by Roblox, where scripts are more trusted and preliminary features are allowed.

LocalUser - Non-game permission, usually for Roblox Studio.

WritePlayer - Permissions for changing player name, user ID etc. (Remember This)

RobloxScript - A script that is ran in a game. E.g: CoreScript

ROBLOX - The highest level of permission.

TestLocalUser - In test builds, this permission is equivalent to none, however, in non-test builds, this permission is equivalent to LocalUser.

Now, let's get to security context levels;

"Level" 0 - No Permissions

"Level" 1 - Plugin, RobloxPlace, LocalUser

"Level" 2 - None

"Level" 3 - RobloxPlace

"Level" 4 - Plugin, RobloxPlace, LocalUser, RobloxScript

"Level" 5 - Same as 1

"Level" 6 (Roblox Studio) - Plugin

"Level" 6 (RobloxPlayerBeta) - All Permissions

"Level" 7 - All Permissions

"Level" 8 - Same as level 1

So, those exploits that claim they are "LEVEL 8" and "BEST EXPLOIT" are really worse than any other level 6 or 7 exploit.

Lesson: Do some research and reverse engineering.

@Embed wao that was descriptive 

https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Security_context

have fun skiddo

@Embed Thanks for real descriptive chunk

short answer: no. level 8 was never a thing (thanks virtualization for correcting my retarded brain) but it's just the same as level 1

it's always the misconception about security context - identity level

highest security level is 7, 8 never existed 8 DID EXIST BUT ITS JUST THE SAME AS LEVEL 1

you can go look at this wiki page that explains all about identities and security context

@simple_x Level 8 actually was and still is a thing! Before roblox pushed the update that affected identity, the only time level 8 would be used was in testing your roblox studio game. And even then, it wasn't used. Fun fact: identity isn't always the same number in roblox studio. 

But, if you were to reverse roblox with IDA, and searched for the string "%s is not a scriptable property.", decompiled function and looked for if (var) only sub with no args in the pseudocode, youd see v8 (Level 8) and that is the maximum security context level.