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the conditionals will be evaluated when it is defined, not when it is shown.
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That's unfortunate and I had no idea it worked like that either. Thanks for the information 
But of course the workaround you posted will work just fine too.
You can request the character codes of a string from lua. You can store these in things that are in the save file, such as a series of editor_frames in a dedicated screen.
That'll work fine too^^ Of course, it would be nice to be liberated from these things for a change
Why? If you're trying to prevent cheating, give it up. Players will cheat anyway.
You vastly overestimate the coding skills of this community. Decrypting even a simple text file is beyond 99% of our members' skills. Can the skilled people release a simple tool to do it for the others? Yes. Will they? I hope not, but in theory an encryption tool can work with a unique key chosen by the developer right?
I'd like to add onto this some more... A way to stop cheating is of great interest to me. I have always dreamed of an expandable d-mod, preferably with addons to it made by community members, that has a persistent hero character (Dink or whoever) able to be leveled, customized and equiped far beyond the current capabilities. In theory, it would be possible to upload your save/character to a custom made site, which then lists your progress and character details and places you on a leaderboard. This is the thing I'd like to one day achieve for this community. But with open cheating? It can't be done and I wouldn't even put in the effort.
Oh
That's unfortunate and I had no idea it worked like that either. Thanks for the information But of course the workaround you posted will work just fine too.You can request the character codes of a string from lua. You can store these in things that are in the save file, such as a series of editor_frames in a dedicated screen.
That'll work fine too^^ Of course, it would be nice to be liberated from these things for a change
Why? If you're trying to prevent cheating, give it up. Players will cheat anyway.
You vastly overestimate the coding skills of this community. Decrypting even a simple text file is beyond 99% of our members' skills. Can the skilled people release a simple tool to do it for the others? Yes. Will they? I hope not, but in theory an encryption tool can work with a unique key chosen by the developer right?
I'd like to add onto this some more... A way to stop cheating is of great interest to me. I have always dreamed of an expandable d-mod, preferably with addons to it made by community members, that has a persistent hero character (Dink or whoever) able to be leveled, customized and equiped far beyond the current capabilities. In theory, it would be possible to upload your save/character to a custom made site, which then lists your progress and character details and places you on a leaderboard. This is the thing I'd like to one day achieve for this community. But with open cheating? It can't be done and I wouldn't even put in the effort.
