| 10-24-2003, 01:14 AM | #1 |
HOW I CAN BLOCK THE BLIZZARD CHEAT CODES IN MY SINGLE PLAYER MAP? |
| 10-24-2003, 01:15 AM | #2 |
I've heard you upload a blank Cheat.j file to your map, so none of the cheats will work... |
| 10-24-2003, 01:21 AM | #3 |
ZeRo_MD, plz shearch before posting a question, there allready has been quite a few topics on this latly. |
| 10-24-2003, 02:26 AM | #4 |
also adding triggers into the map so that whenever some1 types in the cheat codes, they instantly lose the map, is another way of doing it. I saw this exact thing done in 1 brood war rpg way back when. |
| 10-24-2003, 02:36 AM | #5 |
Cloud... I know that I have said this many many times, but maybe you haven't seen it... That does not work, the game does not recognize the cheats are being typed. I don't know why, but it just doesn't DoC |
| 10-24-2003, 02:40 AM | #6 | |
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First: that can't be done in SC... Second: Thats very unfair... |
| 10-24-2003, 04:31 AM | #7 |
Just to clear this up: There were some tricks in StarCraft, I've never used them but I've heard that if a unit on the map became visible you would lose. I'm not the one to talk to about the technicalities, but I've seen it done. |
| 10-24-2003, 05:02 AM | #8 |
oh thanks man i was unaware the cheats werent read by the game the same way as other things. Also, I did in fact have an SC map that autoquit when u used cheat codes, but you are correct that SC cannot on its own perform that action. I remember their was a 3rd party program similar to a map protector available that added the info into the map. When a cheat code was used in singleplayer and it was enabled, the map displayed the words Cheat Codes Detected! (or something similar) and then ended in a loss. This particular map was the only map I ever saw this protection on, but it was out there. And, how is that unfair? Many maps/games are ruined by cheat codes. Legacies and those maps generally dont even allow single player play at all to rule out cheating, and that is 1 way to disallow them, however for a single player map/project, this isnt a viable option, so the blank .j file is the best solution. I dont see how this could be unfair in anyway, if anything, ruling out cheat codes helps cut down on cheating and makes people actually try to play to see an ending to a map/project. Cheating in any form ruins the game experience. |
| 10-24-2003, 05:46 AM | #9 |
Well the only way I know that works to disable cheats are work arounds. Like: To disable "iseedeadpoeple" make an area of the map that the player can't see, put 2 units in that area, one belonging to the player, and one belonging to an enemy computer. Make 2 levels of cliffs, give the computer player 1 hitpoint and put him on a higher cliff so the player unit can't see him, then give the players unit a ranged attack. Now when the player types "iseedeadpoeple" and the map becomes visible the player unit will kill the computer unit, so make a trigger that if the computer unit dies then you send a message to the player "No Cheating" and then end the game in a loss. NOTE: if the player has flying units you would have to block the player from viewing that area. To disable "whosyourdaddy" just make 2 units with MASSIVE HP regen and 20 hp and does 1 damage. Now give 1 to the player and 1 to the enemy computer, make them close enough they are constantly fighting eachother. Now when the player types "whosyourdaddy" just like above the computer unit will die, then do the same as above, make a trigger to detect the computer units death. If it dies, end the game. To make the above even better it would be a good idea to set the scaling and collision size of the units to EXTREMLY small so the player won't see them (and set their site radius really small too so the player doesn't notice the area on the minimap. Well you get the idea about how to disable the cheats.. use workarounds. In all actuallity, I believe that is how the above mentioned SC map disabled cheats too.... workarounds... |