MP: Revenge of Pimping - Let's go Voltron Force!

[Lingchih]

Well, it's rather easy to know if someone else has accessed your turn on an mp server. If, when you log in, the game asks you to choose your nation (after you have already chosen it in the beginning), then someone else has viewed your turn. True, this does not prevent cheating, but it does let you know if cheating has been done.

Seriously though, if this had never been brought up (Zeldor!!!), this would never have been a problem. Hardly anyone in Dominions even thinks of cheating. Almost everyone I know would find that way beneath them. But, when it is made obvious that it is easy to look at another's turn... well, people get tempted.

That said, I could deal with a restart. The only really acceptable restart is a turn 1 restart. But people... please, PW protect your nations. This is not a PBEM game.

[James243]

I actually thought about it and didn't password. Figured that since it's a team game, there will probably be times when teammates need to perform sub duties, and passwords would just complicate things. We're all adults here right? I don't cheat at scrabble and I wouldn't cheat at this, and until disappointed otherwise I'm happy to go with no passwords. I agree *very strongly* with Dr Praetorius that it's better to get this thing going.

[James243]

Hey, gorgeous map btw!

Sorry I was the last to go...i'll be prompt from now on!

Wattup nozshand?!

[DrPraetorious]

Host timer is now set at 24 hrs. Good luck!

[Zeldor]

JAmes243:

It is easy to say that now. Different thing will be later, when you are at war, you know you can look at your enemy turn and probably no one will notice. That is Internet here, people tend to be evil

[James243]

Other than logging in, is there any way to check the game status? Like a website or something?

[James243]

Haha - Zeldor you're probably right! My post earlier may one day go down in the 'famous last words' category...! :|

[DrPraetorious]

As per request - yes, I can tell which turns are accessed, and when (it's in the text dump that the server is spitting out.)

Then, if I ask Gandalf, he can tell me which IP address connected to the server at that time.

But Gandalf and I are both busy men, so -
1) Do not spy on eachothers turns, and
2) Do not accuse eachother of spying on turns unless you're pretty sure, because it's a major pain in the arse.

I'd be sanctimonious about not uploading pretenders without passwords, except that I myself send in the wrong build (it's not a big deal, just a dominion scale shifted), so I'm hardly in any position to lecture people.

Thank you.

[James243]

Sounds fair Dr Praetorius.

Just a bump to my previous question - is there any way to check game status without logging into the game itself? A website or something?

[archaeolept]

there was a little app made by wraithlord to check the status of all your IP games... "PyEye" - can find it in mods subforum.