Slitherine

Jagger2002 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 4:02 pm I am relatively new to FOG2 and have played around 20 or so multiplayer games now. In all those games, only once have I had the hackles rise up on the back of my neck. My thoughts were that I would play the guy once more and if I got that vague feeling again, I wouldn't play him again. However I have played a lot more AI than multi-player and I know anything can happen in combat. So things have to be pretty outrageous to raise my suspicions. Yet even then, outrageous results happen fairly often vs the AI, so who knows.

I have read of a program which matches uploads/downloads as the mechanism to spot potential redoing of turns. It seems fairly foolproof to me if actually monitored. But if we wanted to remove all doubt, would it not be effective if the matching upload/download program would simply notify the players if there is a mismatch of uploads/downloads? So if both players know, due to an automatic notification, that a turn has been reloaded, then the reloading player should have a darn good reason for the reload. And undoubtedly, it is possible to have to reload due to computer or internet technical reasons. And once or twice, a newbie might forgot that they need to save a turn if they open to view a turn. However it shouldn't be a consistent problem and particularly, the reload should not be matched with outstanding combat results. So with players automatically notified of a reloaded turn, then the players themselves could self police the whole issue of reloading without having to rely on a vague feeling that something funny might be going on.

PS: Also when in multiplayer, the game should notify the player if they attempt to exit the game without saving that it will count as a reload. That would remind the newbie they need to save before exiting and provide assistance to any elderly players suffering from a senior moment.

PS: Also when in multiplayer, the game should notify the player if they attempt to exit the game without saving that it will count as a reload. That would remind the newbie they need to save before exiting and provide assistance to any elderly players suffering from a senior moment.