RE: [GD-Design] Off-line vs. on-line play and cheating

[Brian H. <bri...@py...>]

> Wow. Attempting to make an always on line game cheat free is 
> already VERY hard. 

I am aware =)

> However you are attempting to solve a much harder problem: 
> off line games.

Correct.

But, I think the approach is to solve by design, not by technology
(which is why I posted to design instead of say algorithms), since
trying to solve it technologically is a losing proposition since the
client is inherently untrustworthy.
 
> Oh, and I would change my binaries as frequently as 
> economically feasible. And make sure that each biniary is 
> different in some fundemental way (eg: automate the process 
> that changes the structures).

This is why I don't want to solve it with technology: the time committed
to trying to fix it is usually disproportionately longer than the
benefits gained.  Hackers have more time than game developers, so it's a
losing battle when you try to fight them on their turf.

Brian