Unlike traditional memory-reading cheats (which are often caught by Easy Anti-Cheat), the CoH3 maphack is reportedly a shader or rendering exploit. Because CoH3 uses the Essence Engine (the same engine as Age of Empires IV), hackers have found ways to disable the "fog" layer client-side.
Unlike aimbots in shooters (which are obvious) or speed hacks in RPGs (which are visible to the naked eye), maphacks in CoH3 are insidious. They operate in the background. To the casual observer, the hacker just seems really good .
