A lot of people have said to me they think it’s a bad idea to allow cheaters to edit files for a multiplayer game, especially my next game. Let me clarify:<\/p>\n
The next game *will have a multiplayer element to it*. To some extent. But not in the way you generally get in multiplayer games.<\/p>\n
Although you will have free reign to edit files for modding purposes, there will be no way to ‘beat’ another player by doing so.<\/p>\n
I might introduce some element of file checking and CRC gubbins at some stage, but I want a hugely moddable game, and if you let people mod stuff its hard to then prevent them cheating unless there is a central server blah blah, and I don’t want all the hassle and cost associated with that.<\/p>\n
I’m not making an FPS style game where the normal worries about aimbots are a concern. When I explain how the multiplayer bit works, you will see what I mean :D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A lot of people have said to me they think it’s a bad idea to allow cheaters to edit files for a multiplayer game, especially my next game. Let me clarify: The next game *will have a multiplayer element to it*. To some extent. But not in the way you generally get in multiplayer games.<\/p>\n