[CF-Devel] Future crossfire changes/projects

[Bob Tanner]

Quoting Mike Ponicki (
     
     sniper at citilink.com
     
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      Regarding the whole performance issue, I think the only good solution is
     
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      to do exactly what commercial games do, and that's have EVERYTHING
     
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      possible done on the client side.
     
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      It's kind of network programming 101, you want as little data as possible
     
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      going between the server and the client.
     
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      That means we should have all the maps, sound, music (if/when we add
     
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      some), everything, on the client side.
     
     
Talking about this on irc now....

What about security. Both from cheapers and from hackers.

Blizzard is have terrible problems with hackers, from a game playing standpoint,
ie assinating hard core players, to compromised machines.

If everything is held in the client, won't it be possible for someone to tweak
equipment? Change stats?

A long time ago this was a problem in netrek and the concept of a blessed client
was evolved to help prevent cheating. If you aren't familiar with this, 

     
     http://shell3.ba.best.com/~doosh/netrek/netrekFAQ.html#10
     
     

I think cheaters also drive new users away.

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