Re: [GD-General] Protecting our game

[Bob <ma...@mb...>]

Even 'casual' players can't be trusted not to hack. In my not terribly
humble opinion, the casual player is probably more inclined to fiddle
with your files than play the game. In truth, time and usage limited
demos are hard to resist cracking (ahem... not that I would actually
admit to... er... ever do something like that). 

To me it seems that the best method with shareware is the old way;
distributing an infinitely functional version that only includes a
fraction of the resources. This makes your demo version smaller, saving
on bandwidth, and you can add a layer of security by using cgi evaluated
and logged passwords for the full version or additional resource package
download. It won't stop pirates, even coupled with password or other
activation schemes, but it will not challenge otherwise fair-minded
individuals who spent time downloading the demo to crack the time/use
limit.


--Bob



Ignacio Castaño wrote:
> 
> Hell you are right! its targeted towards casual players... sometimes I feel
> a bit paranoid. ;-)
> 
> Thanks for your suggestions!
> 
> Ignacio Castaño
> cas...@ya...
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