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Liam Dawe Registered 21/08/2003 Points 119	21st August, 2003 at 17:12:37 - Hi im making a online and offling top down/2d paintball game and was wondering... When you create a player it will create the ini disgused as a dll in the same folder to the exe that creates it, i was wondering if theres a way for the program to create the file but in a different folder to what the exe is in? Thanks for you help in advanced...if you wanan take a look at mi silly coding ur welcome to. www.byond-gaming.net
Liam Dawe Registered 21/08/2003 Points 119	22nd August, 2003 at 06:32:43 - woo got it thanks a bunch..for some reason it didnt work ast night but i copyd ur bit in and it worked...wierd...lol thanks a bunch www.byond-gaming.net
Kris Possibly Insane Registered 17/05/2002 Points 2017	22nd August, 2003 at 06:37:19 - oh god... please dont disguise your inis as dlls... it's so lame. they're easy to find as well "Say you're hanging from a huge cliff at the top of mt. everest and a guy comes along and says he'll save you, and proceeds to throw religious pamphlets at you while simultaniously giving a sermon." - Dustin G
AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	22nd August, 2003 at 06:55:46 - to keep the file uneditable just use an encryption extension. .
Liam Dawe Registered 21/08/2003 Points 119	22nd August, 2003 at 07:53:57 - im not...well iw as but not now im using a different extension thing after...and when i know its all working i will encrypt them www.byond-gaming.net
ShadowCaster Possibly Insane Registered 02/01/2002 Points 2203	22nd August, 2003 at 19:10:53 - By using the File object you can also specify the Windows directory (or a sub-directory of that). Although I definately DO NOT recommend hiding your INIs as DLLs in the System or System32 directories. Though a lot of people will use the Windows directory. Mike "Now I guess we're... 'Path-E-Tech Management'" -Dilbert
Liam Dawe Registered 21/08/2003 Points 119	23rd August, 2003 at 06:34:39 - i would never use the windows folders, i put all my files in the game/app folders unless its a font thats being installed, then naturally that wuld go in the fonts bit www.byond-gaming.net
Muz Registered 14/02/2002 Points 6499	23rd August, 2003 at 09:37:36 - I usually just leave a warning in my INI files telling people not to tamper with em . Encyption works more efficiently, though... Disclaimer: Any sarcasm in my posts will not be mentioned as that would ruin the purpose. It is assumed that the reader is intelligent enough to tell the difference between what is sarcasm and what is not.
Pete Nattress Cheesy Bits img src/uploads/sccheesegif Registered 23/09/2002 Points 4811	23rd August, 2003 at 10:18:35 - i dont see the point in encryption/disguising of INIs. if people want to be idiots and cheat, let 'em. i'm not losing out. www.thenatflap.co.uk
ShadowCaster Possibly Insane Registered 02/01/2002 Points 2203	23rd August, 2003 at 18:41:52 - I agree "Now I guess we're... 'Path-E-Tech Management'" -Dilbert
Crystal Clear (H.E.S) Possibly Insane Registered 06/10/2002 Points 2548	23rd August, 2003 at 19:05:11 - I now disguise my INI files as a .bmp file. and name it: characterdir1.bmp or something like that, that way people might think its a picture file of a character or something. HES homepage: http://www.distinctiv-efair.com/heretic/studios Crystal Clear Productions: http://www.distinctiv-efair.com/heretic/crystalclear
Daniel[Crazy_Productions] Possibly Insane Registered 29/12/2002 Points 2505	26th October, 2003 at 15:30:31 - i thought of using the hi-score object... it might work with a lot of coding Beware of life ...so far noone have survived it.......
ChrisB Crazy? Registered 16/08/2002 Points 5457	26th October, 2003 at 16:19:12 - Quoth Tigerworks: "Obscurity is NOT security." If you're making an offline game, don't bother with encryption, if it's online then use the Binary object or Blowfish if you have MMF 1.5. n/a
ChrisB Crazy? Registered 16/08/2002 Points 5457	26th October, 2003 at 19:09:51 - Because it's extremely annoying and a misuse of Windows folders. n/a
Kris Possibly Insane Registered 17/05/2002 Points 2017	27th October, 2003 at 02:16:32 - It's about time someone made a 'binary save' extension methinks :B "Say you're hanging from a huge cliff at the top of mt. everest and a guy comes along and says he'll save you, and proceeds to throw religious pamphlets at you while simultaniously giving a sermon." - Dustin G
Hagar Administrator Old klik fart Registered 20/02/2002 Points 1692	27th October, 2003 at 05:18:40 - appdrive$+appdir$+"nameoffolder\filename.dll" No point, "./savingfolder/save.ini" n/a
ChrisB Crazy? Registered 16/08/2002 Points 5457	27th October, 2003 at 06:32:14 - ARghhhhhh People use that for a reason, the current directory could be changed very easily and where would you be then? n/a
Hagar Administrator Old klik fart Registered 20/02/2002 Points 1692	27th October, 2003 at 08:13:11 - well ive used it fine, and if you move the whole game folder anywhere it still works for me . If you move the saving folder expect it not to work... n/a
Lew Registered 06/01/2002 Points 1014	27th October, 2003 at 15:51:07 - I sometimes use very obscure registry keys encrypted-but people find that annoying as it clogs it up. The best way of security it pure 128 bit alithgrim encryption-blowfish with 128 characters/numbers as the encryption string. <--intelligent, witty comment here-->

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