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Re: regarding online cheating

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From: Olaf van der Spek
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 00:00
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John Haskins heeft geschreven in bericht <6poiul$pd8$1...@news.megsinet.net>...
>I appreciate people responding to my last post, and what I have surmised is
>that the rules.ini file can be altered to change things, (which i knew
>about), but that it is NOT supposed to happen when playing Westwood Online.
>Is this the truth or isn't it?  If both players rules.ini files arent
>exactly the same, then the game should crash, right?  Is this an absolute?
>Does it happen only sometimes?   I have played a game online and an "out of
>sync" message has come up.  It wasnt me so it had to be the other guy if
>this was caused by him altering his rules.ini file.
>Somebody know about how firm this should be?  I am sure Westwood has heard
>from many, many online players regarding "cheating" online.  Have they
>totally fixed it so NOONE can cheat?


I don't know if changed units costs causes out of sync errors, but changed
units weapons etc do.
I got sometimes out of sync errors with a null-modem connection. No changed
settings, no bad connection.
One cheat that can't be detected is the unlimited money cheat with a cheat
program (TSR).

>thanks,
>John Haskins
>
>
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Date: 1998/07/30
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