So...the customers wont be cheated this time?

[PhilD]

Oversway said:I think the main concern is cheating, but you already can cheat even without the information.

Cheating, as in "alter the world state", can be addressed by using a signature scheme on the .trn file. If the .trn file doesn't match its signature, then it means someone tampered with it.

Cheating, as in "peek at what other players can see", can be addressed by encrypting each nation's section of the .trn file (assuming there is one) with the nation's password. Leave an unpassworded section unencrypted.

But then, this would proabably require a complete overhaul of the game's turn files. It would be nice, though, to have the turn and order file formats open, so players could use their own external programs to help in their micromanagement (generate partial .2h files, like, or generate "report" files that tell them, say, where everything is and so on). Most likely, though, this will not happen until Dom4 or Dom5...