[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Cheating

[Rafal Bursig <bursig@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dnia 2003.04.25 12:51, Per I. Mathisen napisał(a):
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Rafal Bursig wrote:
> > about cheating... client has access to tile units stack.
> Yes, this should be fixed, but the problem is, we don't have a rule
> about what is the "first" unit in a stack. The server just sends the 
> whole
> stack, and then the client decides how to show it.
>
> There are two ways to solve this: Either to give all clients the
> ability to see what is in a stack, or to define rules for what is a 
> "top unit"
> of a stack, and only send that. Either way is a challenge.
Primo: Some people may want have this functionality (see enemy unit 
stack).
Then this can be configure via server options.

Secundo: I'd like simple solution. When we block enemy stack (IMHO 
correct way) then server should send only first unit from stack to 
client. I try it on sea transports and almost always first unit on 
stack was transport unit. This won't be important in ground/air units 
(except diplomat/spy/sub units) , you simple see first unit on stack. 
Maybe server can send info that there are more units on tile.
I don't look in entire code here and I don't know if server send 
diplomat/spy/sub units position to client (IMHO this will be wrong if 
client have info about they positions all the time). In this case we 
must make sure that those type of units never be first on unit stack 
(if are first then don't send it). Client should resived info about it, 
only if your (or maybe ally) unit enter (or detect with own vison range 
- Destroyers/Heli vs Subs) on tile with those units.
> A special problem for the latter solution is allied units. For some
> purposes, the client wants to know if it can attack a stack. If a
> stack contains one enemy unit and one allied unit, and the allied 
> unit is on
> top and the client is not told about the enemy unit below, the client
> would not know it can attack the enemy unit.
hmm... maybe not.
We should have rule that "Your Ally's unit always protect your enemy's 
unit when your ally and your enemy are ally and have units on the same 
tile".
And when you want attack such units with normal units then you must 
make some diplomat acitons (cancel ally -> declare war or oder that 
your ally cancel ally with your enemy -> declare war your enemy) new 
diplomacy code can be usefull here.
Secound you could attack such "stack" by spy unit and sabotage enemy 
units.
Rafal

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