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You see ads? Is your computer broken? >>sarcasm overload Install uBlock Origin yo
Mobile, Yo.
(1) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047...
Android has things too. Though I’m not experienced enough there to remember what to recommend.
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If the randomness is deterministic doesn't that mean players could peek into the future?
I'm gonna take an uneducated guess that though the simulation is in lockstep, the order of inputs from all players is not known ahead of time so you can't peek too far. Though maybe a cheat engine could simulate a few branches of possible inputs a few steps ahead and adjust inputs when it discovers split-second advantages?
But there are bigger exploits. IIRC, the client sends separate actions for buying a unit/tech/building and paying resources, and the other clients don't enforce that they go together. This allows malicious clients to buy without paying. It's been seen a few times even in the ranked mode of the Definitive Edition remake. https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/fjjudp/cheaters_are_a...
This way of doing things made sense for the time, and the execution was impressive. It was pretty reliable, nobody wanted to cheat anyway, and yes lag was a big problem but there wasn't another good way to do it back then. Nowadays they should have something else IMO.
> Cheating to reveal information locally was still possible, but these few leaks were relatively easy to secure in subsequent patches and revisions. I don't understand this. Running the whole simulation locally on both ends means that a modified client would have access to the whole game state, and I don't really see how you could patch that out. Anyone have any idea what they actually did? Try to detect modified cli…
In age II, it was CRC checks of game state that prevented cheating! Games would get out of sync if there was a mismatch, which could happen for various reasons. I worked at MacSoft during the Age2 and Age3 days. The ports were faithful to the windows versions, but cross platform hadn’t been solved at the time because of this problem. It also made long game play sessions longer because the calculated state kept gettin…
From maphacks to automatic reaction and microing units
> Cheating to reveal information locally was still possible, but these few leaks were relatively easy to secure in subsequent patches and revisions. I don't understand this. Running the whole simulation locally on both ends means that a modified client would have access to the whole game state, and I don't really see how you could patch that out. Anyone have any idea what they actually did? Try to detect modified cli…
This site used to be Gamasutra didn't it?
(Same for the NIPS conference. But oddly not for the science journal PNAS.)
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I'm gonna take an uneducated guess that though the simulation is in lockstep, the order of inputs from all players is not known ahead of time so you can't peek too far. Though maybe a cheat engine could simulate a few branches of possible inputs a few steps ahead and adjust inputs when it discovers split-second advantages?
Everyone waits for your client's next step. Your client can basically pause the game whenever it wants, giving you time to do something. But there are bigger exploits. IIRC, the client sends separate actions for buying a unit/tech/building and paying resources, and the other clients don't enforce that they go together. This allows malicious clients to buy without paying. It's been seen a few times even in the ranked…
Finally found a genuine use for the blockchain, since the server is only used for the lobby!
Mine virtual AoE gold and record it in the distributed ledger. Primitive path finding is also AI, so now you just need some investors!