Again in school yard fashion I propose that any game mechanic is permitted (I.e. no hex editing, but if the game engine allows it then so be it) unless of course players want to self police

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Again in school yard fashion I propose that any game mechanic is permitted (I.e. no hex editing, but if the game engine allows it then so be it) unless of course players want to self police

The problem with self policing is that the most game distorting cheats can't be detected by other players or even an Observer race, someone has to look at a series of turns to find them.

I check every turn of the games I host

Hex editing banned...
It's in game mechanics which are allowed (so, for instance, I'd expect to see lots of podless colony shops flying around - and probably alpha torps late in the game).

Little Eddie: What cheats are you thinking of?
Are they distorting if everyone can do them?

XAPBob wrote on Wed, 29 May 2013 16:42

Little Eddie: What cheats are you thinking of?
Are they distorting if everyone can do them?

.m file data-mining isn't hex editing, and it's quite difficult to police (IIRC AutoHost salts its .m files so that they can't be data-mined, though). Early-game Freepop Hacking can't be seen by another player.

This is why in games I host I always want the current race password.

And a word of warning, the use of this cheat will get you banned from ever playing Stars against people again.

title=magic9mushroom wrote on Wed, 29 May 2013 19:27


Bob: A host can see it by examining the .x file and noting that colonists are being net loaded from an empty planet, since the ability to make that nonsensical order is the point of the hack.

Yes, but the host doesn't normally have access to the .x file. The host can upload a .x file with his/her host password but not download a .x file uploaded by a player. I don't know what Ron keeps as I've never had to ask him for a copy of the game files.

In traditional school yard fashion the PRTs are chosen in order, by players as they turn up. Only one of each allowed.

To provide some balance all players must leave ?30? points in the RW for each player after him (I.e. up to 270 points for the first player). Or a points grade like F1 (25 for first gap, 18, 15...)

Again in school yard fashion I propose that any game mechanic is permitted (I.e. no hex editing, but if the game engine allows it then so be it) unless of course players want to self police

Size of the school yard would have to depend on the number of interested players^H students.

PP's in a Tiny!