How do you test stuff (or, is ethical behavior dead)?

[Gandalf Parker]

Im afraid that I took his question as a serious one. Dont worry Callahan. If you had asked it I would have known it was sarcasm and not bothered to answer. Or was it that I didnt answer in the accepted sarcasm mode? Im sorry. I thought I had waited long enough to give you a chance to make a response like you did.
Im working on it. Really.

[JonBrave]

Originally Posted by Calahan

Thanks for that Gandalf. As it's really good to know that the devs don't mind what I do with my own files on my own computer.

Since I know for certain that I've lost endless amounts of sleep over the past few years, and paid for many expensive therapy sessions, due to the persistent feeling of unease I had that copying some save files for a computer game from one folder to another on my home PC, would result in a crack Interpol enforcement squad crashing through my windows and arresting my for crimes against humanity. So it's a real weight off my mind to know that the chances of that happening now seem to have been reduced.

I will sleep well tonight that's for sure.

Well, I'm the thread starter, that is actually how I think about things! Of course you can do whatever with your own files, the question was (partly) ethical. I do feel uneasy about copying files etc. if the intention is that the game should not be played like that. (I feel uneasy about many things.)

Originally Posted by thejeff

Personally, even for SP, I'd keep it to actual tests, separate from the actual game I'm playing. Otherwise it's too easy to try a tactic, have it fail, reload and try a different one, it works so keep going. And never actually lose a real fight.

That made good sense to me.

By the same(?) token, having learnt here that I can spam pearl clams or put PD up to 100 against the AI, I feel obliged not to do that. Heck, if all I wanted to do was win I could (try to) just copy a winning-position file into the folder and continue from there...