'.MIX' '. CAB'? data packed?

[izac]

Really? I [#$%!$]! i tottaly forgot about that!

Nevermind, i have uploaded my version. But i didn't want to add encryption.

[LazyCoder]

There is one problem with this. People can still find the uncompressed/unencrypted files just by looking in the game directory or by doing ctrl+alt+delete so you don't have a chance to delete the files. Is there any way to avoid this?

[izac]

Put them in an area where they do not know. But when the application finished delete the hidden files.

[LazyCoder]

Like where? Some obscure location in the windows folder?

[DavidN]

I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say - don't do that!

[LazyCoder]

There is just no way to keep people's grubby litte paws off the files. There should be a way to load from the memory, like load a movie file from the memory so there is no exposed unencrypted file for people to get their thievin' hands on. I sound paranoid don't I? (that was rhetorical)

[izac]

I hate people taking stuff you made specifically for your own games :mad:

[Nifflas]

I hate people taking stuff you made specifically for your own games

Have it happened to you before?

Really, what's the danger in it? In Within a Deep Forest, I stored the actual source files of all the music and sound in folders, that anyone could easily check. I had 500 downloads per day over a month or two. Yet, nobody has "stolen" any of the songs, except convering them to mp3's/wav's, and listening to on their home stereos. Nobody has yet used the music in any game or product.

Even if you successfully encrypt your files in a way that nobody can possibly decode, what stops them from simply recording the audio output of the application? The only way to prevent that, is to play the music with a volume of -inf dB.

[Taofeld]

Is a large .exe file a bad thing?

[izac]

It's not just sound/music it's also save games, etc.