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Countermeasures for time-cheat detection in multiplayer online games
pp. 157-174
Abstract
Cheating is an important issue in games. Depending on the system over which the game is deployed, several types of malicious actions may be accomplished so as to take an unfair and unexpected advantage over the game and over the (digital, human) adversaries. When the game is a standalone application, cheats typically just relate to the specific software code being developed to build the application. It is not a surprise to find (in the Web and in specialized magazines) people that explain cheats on specific games stating, for instance, which configuration files can be altered (and how to do it) to automatically gain some bonus during the game. To avoid this, game developers are hence motivated to build stable code, with related data that should be securely managed and made difficult to alter.
Publication details
Published in:
Furht Borko (2009) Handbook of multimedia for digital entertainment and arts. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 157-174
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89024-1_7
Full citation:
Ferretti Stefano (2009) „Countermeasures for time-cheat detection in multiplayer online games“, In: B. Furht (ed.), Handbook of multimedia for digital entertainment and arts, Dordrecht, Springer, 157–174.