Can you find out about cheating in the save file?

[kgaa]

I've been wondering this for some time, because I think that the host of my multiplayer game might be adding monarch points for himself when the game is not online. So can I find out about this somewhere in the save file?

 

[kgaa]

Oh and the reason why I think this is, is because previously the game notified me when i changed nation in the "lobby", like: "This savegame is meant to be played as England..." etc. but now it says nothing, and my friends technology has improved dramatically, while he has also got tons of admin ideas and cores.

 

[LarryLeica]

Doubt you'd find it from the save file unless you had an older copy and compared them.

 

[AltarofScience]

Oh and the reason why I think this is, is because previously the game notified me when i changed nation in the "lobby", like: "This savegame is meant to be played as England..." etc. but now it says nothing, and my friends technology has improved dramatically, while he has also got tons of admin ideas and cores.

Just look at his tech level and calculate the number of points needed given the years ahead penalties. If he has too much he cheats.

 

[Matteroflight]

What do you mean by, dramaticly? 5 techs in a year?

 

[kgaa]

Well not five techs, I just can't understand how he got six provinces cored, two admin ideas and two techs. And he is in the Eastern tech group. He also has a shitty regency council with 0 admin points.

Edit: I just looked at a save from our multiplayer game in singleplayer. He also has more than 600 spare admin points. Now I'm pretty sure he's cheating.

 

[Matteroflight]

Again, whats the timespan? if it happened in 10 years... meh
If it happened in 1-2 years with a regency
Yeah you should be very suspicious
Edit: 2 techs of the same or dip and mil? high tax provinces?

 

[grisamentum]

Is he Ming and did the Manchu exploit?

 

[kgaa]

He's playing as Russia. And the stuff happened in like between two and two and a half years. They weren't very high base tax, though. He cored only some Finnish and Crimean provinces. I think there was one with reasonably high base tax.
And yeah, the technologies were all administrative, and it really makes me suspicious when he has had a 0/3/2 regency for almost five years now.

 

[Xia]

If he's playing Russia, Russia sometimes gets weird events that throw high amounts of points or tech reducers at you. So low cost provinces and a few techs aren't that far fetched, especially as he probably got claims on half of the Crimean ones.

 

[kgaa]

Can these events also trigger with Muscovy?

 

[sinkingmist]

At the end of a game session, save the game locally and store it somewhere.
When you rejoin the game later, grab the new save that you get sent.
Use a diff tool to see what's different.

 

[Musthavename]

At the end of a game session, save the game locally and store it somewhere.
When you rejoin the game later, grab the new save that you get sent.
Use a diff tool to see what's different.

Was about to post this, scrolled to the bottom, and lo and behold someone has already said it. This is the simplest solution by a mile.