Cheat program for MP games

[jaersavo]

I'm really frustrated because at least one player named peterpiper uses a cheat program to create infinite money. He aggressively expands and attacks every player. An alliance of France, Bohemia, Spain and Fatimids (all human player) whose sole goal was to stop him, got annihilated in no time. And that's just one game in which he kills all players who play by the rules.
The name of the program is artmoney. It's for free download.
players who will confirm this are Surt, AllainDM, ArchRaphael, Trex
We are fed up being killed by cheaters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Allain[RUS]]

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[Johnny 5]

Just don't play with him?

[PocusFR]

What is the name of the game? Which country he is playing?

[PipFromSlitherine]

It should be impossible to cheat in the way you are describing, so we will look into it.

Cheers

Pip

[TRex1983]

Some screenshots (yes, I was Bohemia...) It was a tough fight, but at the end of it, it didn't make sense. Its not like if he was conquering 2 or 3 nations every turn for 2k$ each. You just cant keep up gaining money from conquering small nations. https://we.tl/t-ZrqwixeL4F

[Allain[RUS]]

Originally posted by PipFromSlitherine:

It should be impossible to cheat in the way you are describing, so we will look into it.

Cheers

Pip

The client sends to the server how much money he has, you should know this)

[PocusFR]

This is a copy of what I wrote in the official Slitherine forum, as the same thread has been opened there too:
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So both games are almost impossible to load as they trigger many errors. I strongly suspect synchronization issues here, which seem to be corroborated by the messages exchanged between players.

In both cases, I was able to review the messages, even the one-on-one ones, and there are indeed a few interesting facts and comments about cheating, along with a procedure for doing so.

Both games have been put on hold until further notice. They might progress by at most one more turn, but after that, they will remain as they are. I would advise either stopping play or waiting for the next patch, which is expected before the end of the month. However, that would still require waiting a few days.

Considering the synchronization issues, the blatant cheating, and the pause, I believe it would be best to abandon both games. This would also be detrimental to the cheater(s) since they would see that cheating results in a game being stopped, which might lead them to move on to other games and not plague Kingdoms.

Version 1.03 will do its best to close the exploit they are using. One vulnerability has been identified that allows them to use their Trainer program.