Re: PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?

From: Gary Baines <Gary.Baines@J-Sainsbury.co.uk>

Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <4ivkq3$5d@clark.zippo.com>, dschulz@luminet.net (hElIcAl
gEaRs) wrote:
>
> There is NO way to deal whith PBEM cheaters other than
> to hard code it into games.  To do this, you simply make
> the player wait one turn to see results (a simplistic
> approach, but effective). A typical cycle goes like this...
>
> a) see results from last turn.
>
> b) plan next turn.

Another approach I code into my games is to save the current random
number sequence as part of the save file and re-initialise to this
when the game is re-loaded.  I then use a system similar to warlords
II which doesn't let you save your game during your turn, but only
saves when you press end turn.  If the player processes his battles in
a different order then he may get slightly different results, but his
general results are pretty much guaranteed to be the same as there is
no way for him to change that initial random seed.  This stops
a player keep rerunning his turn until he gets the perfect combat
result for all his battles.

Gary.

References

Re: PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
kkent@gulf.uvic.ca (Kevin Kent)
Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
dschulz@luminet.net (hElIcAl gEaRs)
Sat, 23 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
david.m.bott@dartmouth.edu (Dave Bott)
Mon, 25 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000
PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
Jim Flanagan <flanag19@eos.net>
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
kkent@gulf.uvic.ca (Kevin Kent)
Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
dschulz@luminet.net (hElIcAl gEaRs)
Sat, 23 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
david.m.bott@dartmouth.edu (Dave Bott)
Mon, 25 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000
PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
Jim Flanagan <flanag19@eos.net>
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000