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Finding cheats
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:12 pm
by eternal242
I have tried to search to find on my own a list of common cheats that are used on this sight. I want to know what I should be looking for when I think a player is cheating. I read some about dice cheats where you either have a better chance of assaulting or defending, but those posts were over 2 yrs old. I suspect a player in my game is cheating, he has 150 more troops in his stats than on the board. I have called him out on the game log but it would be nice to have something to reference before accusations come out.
Re: Finding cheats
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:46 pm
by eternal242
I went back and found my error in world 2.1 with blue holding china(also blue) and not reading the troops correctly. But I still think a list would be helpful of what to watch out for.
Re: Finding cheats
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:18 am
by drunkmonkey
There are no cheats, other than people with multiple accounts.
Re: Finding cheats
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:19 am
by ljex
As far as i know there is no way to cheat on CC to manipulate the dice/get extra armies.
Re: Finding cheats
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 1:35 pm
by Caymanmew
ljex wrote:As far as i know there is no way to cheat on CC to manipulate the dice/get extra armies.
surely you could hack into the game and make it so you have more points
Re: Finding cheats
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:13 pm
by rdsrds2120
I'm sure advanced computer/website hackers could find a way - but the most common cheating methods are:
- Multiple Accounts
- Farming
- Secret Diplomacy
If you need a further explanation on any of these, please see
the rules page.
Re: Finding cheats
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:06 pm
by blakebowling
rdsrds2120 wrote:I'm sure advanced computer/website hackers could find a way - but the most common cheating methods are:
- Multiple Accounts
- Farming
- Secret Diplomacy
If you need a further explanation on any of these, please see
the rules page.
Actually (and because I know someone will read into this the wrong way, I've done nothing other than some simple testing to help make CC as a whole better), the code itself is very secure. All the points calculations are done with numbers already on the server, so there isn't any way to manipulate the data. There also isn't a way to change the dice, or the troops on the map. It's more likely that someone would kidnap lack himself and get him to change their score than someone hacking in.

Re: Finding cheats
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:32 pm
by rdsrds2120
blakebowling wrote:rdsrds2120 wrote:I'm sure advanced computer/website hackers could find a way - but the most common cheating methods are:
- Multiple Accounts
- Farming
- Secret Diplomacy
If you need a further explanation on any of these, please see
the rules page.
Actually (and because I know someone will read into this the wrong way, I've done nothing other than some simple testing to help make CC as a whole better), the code itself is very secure. All the points calculations are done with numbers already on the server, so there isn't any way to manipulate the data. There also isn't a way to change the dice, or the troops on the map. It's more likely that someone would kidnap lack himself and get him to change their score than someone hacking in.

That's very reassuring, actually. I never bothered with the code myself - things to do.
Thank you very much for that little bit of knowledge.
-rd