Not entirely sure how the mods work but I was thinking along the lines that when you're looking at your ship stats in the side panel or outfitting it tells you what your jump range, maximum speed, boost speed, shield / hull strength etc is and this is a static number until you say decrease or increase weight or modify components. So my question is, do the cheat mods actually alter these values, if so they could easily be acted upon, if not, I'll shut up and be quiet for now.
It's not hard, but it could become demanding on hardware and/or network traffic depending on implementation, and also depending on how it's done it might be just as easy to hack.
And how would that be done? The server can't just "check" files remotely on someone else's machine, the machine itself has to send information to the server. In other words, the "send files and code in memory" program has to run on the client... and that program can also be hacked to send the right data, while you have the wrong code on the computer. That's been done in the past in other programs.
This method is that one I believe most in, because the cheater can't change your computers check program and the data the cheater sends must be the actual actions and activity at that moment, but there are some issues with this as well. Still, it's the only one I think can't be easily hacked.
