How protect his graphic's file?

[Suppositoire]

**Hello world!** I want protect my graphic but how ?? have you a solution ? Because a lot of people have steal a lot of graphic in my files !!!  :mad:

sorry for my bad English :(

[Taegan]

What if you try to use that program thingy to make an install? It'd probably help. Of course I can't seem to figure it out myself.

[RyokuHasu]

name the data folder something and change it in your code, password the folder (if you can), and make the folder hidden (just the folder and not the contents

there you go some steps to hiding/protecting your data files

[Rob Janes]

I don't think Ryoku's solution is sufficient for properly protecting your data.  You will want to encrypt it externally and then have a function to decrypt the bitmaps when the engine is caching textures.

[Harris6310]

There's no point trying to protect your files. People will be able to get to them no matter what.

[RyokuHasu]

@Harris:

> There's no point trying to protect your files. People will be able to get to them no matter what.

that's why I do the bare minimum XD

hide it, most average people wont go looking for hidden folders XD

[Baron]

Eclipse 3.0 had a graphics encryption algorithm built into it that could protect your files from all but a very very dedicated person.

[Harris6310]

@Baron:

> Eclipse 3.0 had a graphics encryption algorithm built into it that could protect your files from all but a very very dedicated person.

But then they could just screenshot.

[jcsnider]

@Harris:

> But then they could just screenshot.

Yea, but this is an ECLIPSE game. If someone will actually take the effort to RIP your graphics then they can have them. They will just end up getting into trouble later when they are caught by the community.

[Baron]

@Harris:

> But then they could just screenshot.

if you're trying to prevent it from even that, add .png functionality and give all your objects shadows / blurry edges. Makes it damned near impossible / useless to try and rip.

[Jeff]

HOLY FUCK IT'S BARON

[Robin]

Just run some mild compression. If you want to stop your average Eclipse user from ripping it that's all you need.

If someone needs to rip your resources they don't have the ability to handle anything bigger.

If you get someone dedicated who knows enough you'll never be able to completely protect your graphics.

[Dzastin]

You could use molebox, but then you can't use auto-updater on client files.

[Sealbreaker]

if there's a premade library in vb6 for datastreaming into a binary file (.dat, .bin in most cases… guess you'd name it image.gfx or somethin then) you could try converting all images into those files... maybe even 1 image in several files and then let the program read that stream from those files for the image-data... there's many ways, but the real question is if it's worth the trouble <.<

-seal

[Magdreamer]

If your graphics are actually worth stealing, it means they're good.
If somebody had to steal your graphics, it means they're probably incapable of doing it themselves.
If they are incapable of making your quality graphics, whatever you decide to do with the graphics, yours will always be one step ahead, and of a higher standard.

To back you up, you own the copyright of everything you make.
If things really get out of hand, and they ever make money off what they stole. You can make money off them by suing their asses.

Don't worry too much about encryption.

[Sealbreaker]

@Rory:

> To back you up, you own the copyright of everything you make.
> If things really get out of hand, and they ever make money off what they stole. You can make money off them by suing their asses.
>
> Don't worry too much about encryption.

just out of plain interest: in the process of sueing someone for stealing your graphics, would the fact that they were even encrypted (even if poorly) increase your chances for getting money out of it? I thought of breaking the encryption is more like stealing because of all the effort just for taking graphics or somethin…

-seal

[Magdreamer]

Nope, they're it should be no difference.

My logic is:
The fact that he is using stolen graphics is illegal.
If he simply unencrypted it and kept it in a folder or something, it isn't.

I think. I'm not a lawyer. xD

[Baron]

@Rory:

> Nope, they're it should be no difference.
>
> My logic is:
> The fact that he is using stolen graphics is illegal.
> If he simply unencrypted it and kept it in a folder or something, it isn't.
>
> I think. I'm not a lawyer. xD

At the end of the day the creator of the graphics owns the intellectual property rights to them.

Encrypted or unencrypted is irrelevant legality wise.