Making you aware about cheats

[Roxy Constantine]

I was playing a game and saw a build where I thought "No way this person was able to buy all this stuff without cheats!"
Then I did some research on if it's possible and if yes, how easy it is.

Yes it is, and it's extremely easy. You can have unlimited gold in a few minutes. Not going to say how, except to the dev directly. I did it only for research and have no intention to cheat. That's why I am telling the dev here instead of keeping it to myself. Hate cheaters(in online games) and there is nothing that kills a competitive game faster than cheaters.
I feel like many are using this method but are keeping silent.

But it's a demo, and it's ok since it's still in the testing ground.

Putting protection on the save files is sadly not enough. I was thinking about a changed value check before and after loading, but while this might solve savegame editing, it will sadly not solve the problem with a certain software, which can edit values on the fly.

The only solution might be full server side and with server side checks. Not very familiar with this stuff, but I see other games do it.

I will only tell the dev directly, if they want to know. Not gonna share how with anyone else.

[Bumc]

But do those players actually get into the opponents pool?
Locally you can cheat rank, items, gold, whatever, but as long as those players don't get pooled it doesn't matter really.

[Roxy Constantine]

Yes you do. I was matched against regular oponents. At the end I felt bad and sold my items mostly, but still gained a bit of rank up.

[Hurkyl]

Originally posted by Roxy Constantine:

Yes you do. I was matched against regular oponents.

Matches aren't two-way: you play against the person, but they're not playing against you.

At least, that's how I understand it.

[Roxy Constantine]

They are probably playing against a saved version of you and your backpack. Not real time.

Still the same, if the items inside the backpack are cheated. There was also something about affecting health and stamina, but I doubt many would do that since it would be too obvious.

[playwithfurcifer]

Originally posted by Bumc:

But do those players actually get into the opponents pool?
Locally you can cheat rank, items, gold, whatever, but as long as those players don't get pooled it doesn't matter really.

They absolutely get thrown out of the pool. I'm not sure why people sometimes think the opposite.

I have yet to encounter a cheated runs myself or see one on stream...