ID:188013
 Aug 5 2004, 11:31 am
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Is there such a thing? I kinda need to know cause my host got really mad and he threatened to unzip my rsc and distribute the code!!
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Aug 5 2004, 11:39 am
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Garthor
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Yes, there is, but the source code is not stored in the rsc, and is, in fact, impossible to retrieve.
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No such thing. First of all, the rsc is not a "zipped" file, its compiled code and icons, the resources of your game. I believe dantom used to have a decompiler(I say used to because its so out of date it wouldn't work for many things)but it produced very garbled code...
Essentially, he is bluffing, don't pay attention to it, and remember not to give anyone the actual code and icons to your game. | |
Umm thanks alot. My friend had this problem too. Scared the crap outta him. He worked on his game for months... like 6.
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I explained it perfectly well. It's impossible to get the code out of a rsc, because it's not stored in there. It's also easily possible to extract the files that ARE in there (mostly icons) because that's what's done on every computer that connects to your game.
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Jotdaniel wrote:
its compiled code I thought the .rsc was just icons and sounds, and the .dmb was the code. | |
The rsc is the "resource" file, where anything in your source code that's surrounded by single quotes such as 'myicon.dmi' is stored. While I've never checked myself, I hear its pretty easy to extract files from them if you know what you're doing, since they're not encrypted or anything. (But considering people will be viewing or hearing them in the game anyway, who cares.)
The dmb is the result of the source code being compiled, kind of like an executable, but isn't. You can't get anything out of this file unless you're a super-genius and you're willing to spend a long long time figuring everything out and building a decompiler. Or you're Dan or Tom. Whatever the case, unless Dantom decides they want to steal your source code for some bizzare reason (as they have better things to do), there's no threat of anyone getting your source code from this. So yes, its possible for someone to extract the multimedia stuff from your game. But no, its not possible for them to extract the source code. But since anyone who wanted to could basically take screenshots of your game and "steal" your graphics in that way, worrying about someone extracting your graphics from the rsc file is a waste of time. At least, that's what I've heard. :P Oh, and to my knowledge, no resource file "extractors" are available to the public, so don't bother asking. If someone has one, they probably programmed it themselves. | |
My mistake. BYOND hasn't been working for me all summer(and I'm too lazy to reformat)so my memory is slipping.
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