CRP Suite by Dianthus and PBEMs

Pastorius · 26-01-2005, 12:19

I just downloaded the latest CRP suite from Dianthus and installed it.

And, testing some files to see what this tool does, I found a shocking discovery:

I loaded the last turn played in my first game with GA - which I won.
AND I COULD SEE HIS TERRITORY WITH THE VIEWER FUNCTION!!!

in fact, I could uncheck the spoiler options for the viewer and by that also see MY TERRITORY (since I opened the last file I played, the game and the viewer assumes that GA is the next player, and shows his territory)

This discovery lead me to:

and

I know that it is with some obscure method possible to tamper with a save - and as Kemal demonstrated, it is also possible to detect such tampering. But with this possibility, I fear that Dianthus has gone too far in development. CRP seems to be a good tool to calculate city placement, but one should not be allowed to view the opposing civs lands at all

26-01-2005, 12:19	#1
Pastorius Custard used tile Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Opening a can Posts: 3,158	CRP Suite by Dianthus and PBEMs I just downloaded the latest CRP suite from Dianthus and installed it. And, testing some files to see what this tool does, I found a shocking discovery: I loaded the last turn played in my first game with GA - which I won. AND I COULD SEE HIS TERRITORY WITH THE VIEWER FUNCTION!!! in fact, I could uncheck the spoiler options for the viewer and by that also see MY TERRITORY (since I opened the last file I played, the game and the viewer assumes that GA is the next player, and shows his territory) This discovery lead me to: and I know that it is with some obscure method possible to tamper with a save - and as Kemal demonstrated, it is also possible to detect such tampering. But with this possibility, I fear that Dianthus has gone too far in development. CRP seems to be a good tool to calculate city placement, but one should not be allowed to view the opposing civs lands at all __________________