a question about submitting maps

[jruland]

i was reading through the news section and i noticed the paragraph about submitting open RPGs. currently my map ends in defeat if there is only 1 player at the start of the game, in order to prevent cheats. will i have to disable this for the moderators to playtest it?

 

[Ramza]

yea. i dont know for sure, but maybe u can send the non protected version to a mod before uploading it here or anything

 

[IggyZ]

Couldn't you simply disable saving when there's only one player? Like that it can be tested, but no-one can cheat.

 

[VGsatomi]

Yup, you sure can. Just disable the save/load system when 1 player is present (aka "break" it) so they cant build up a character to use online, like how Final Fantasy Forever, Dark Lineage Owen and others did it. Moderators WILL need to be able to offline play test maps.
-VGsatomi

 

[Teh_Ephy]

you'll want to make sure that it will disable itself if there are computer players present. some people might weasel their way around the code breaking itself by doing that. maybe set a variable based on how many people are playing and are not computers then have the save function be reliant on that variable exceeding/being a certain value. or have different loading codes for single- and multi-player.

 

[jruland]

oh...duh. it seems obvious to me now. =X thanks guys.