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Article #1383Re: Network cheats in Descent
From: jo... Joseph W. Vigneau
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 23:20
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 23:20
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In article <DUBACH1.95...@fas.harvard.edu>,
Joev Dubach <dub...@fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>I would like to know if there is any programmatic way to prevent
>opponents from using these cheats, or at the very least, to be
>notified that they are being used. If there isn't, why doesn't
>Parallax release an upgrade that prevents these tactics to some
>degree? It hurts network play to even think it possible that somebody
>could be cheating against you.
I would hope there would be a way to detect it somehow, via a checksum, or
other mechanism... Question for Parallax: is net cheating possible with a
third party patch?
>From one joev to another... And I thought I was the only one.. :)
>Joev <URL:"http://www.math.harvard.edu/~joev/">
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