How to Hurt the Hackers: The Scoop on Internet Cheating and How You Can Combat It

Listing 1. Hiding the variables that tip off hackers to possible cheats.

void GameResource::SetResource(int Resource_Num, int Resource_Amount)
{
    GameResourceAmount[ResourceNum] = Resource_Amount ^ EncryptValue[ResourceNum];
}
int GameResouce::GetResource(int Resource_Num)
{
    return( GameResourceAmount[ResourceNum] ^     EncryptValue[ResourceNum] );
}
//and more specific functions...
void GameResource::SetWood(int Wood_Amount)
{
    GameResourceAmount[RESOURCE_WOOD] = Wood_Amount ^ EncryptValue[RESOURCE_WOOD];
}
int GameResource::GetWood(void)
{
    return( GameResourceAmount[RESOURCE_WOOD] ^ EncryptValue[RESOURCE_WOOD] );
}

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