Problem With Protecting my map

[Reflexar]

When i try to protect my map using vexorian's map optimizer it always makes my map unable to be hosted, even tho I disable every option :S

This is really weird, I need to Protect my map please help me

 

[emilemil1]

Wierd, I have used the optimizer for over 50 different games and i have not seen any problem that changing settings would not fix.

Lately however, i have noticed that protecting is worth very little against people that really wants to edit the map. There are methods against the optimizers encryption.

A easy way to avoid the "I edit for fun!" players would be to use the widgetizer. And you could do like many other games. Make a website that the original game tells people to ALWAYS download the latest version from. This would help against most cases of people adding tiny cheats and changing the version. However not against people stealing the map and making a new game of it.

If you insist on using the optimizer i recommend googling your problem using many different keywords. If you don't get a solution from anyone you could mail the problem to [email protected] with the original map script as it is stated in the optimizer Readme.

 

[Romek]

> i have noticed that protecting is worth very little against people that really wants to edit the map. There are methods against the optimizers encryption.
There are methods against every encryption. I could easily edit any map out there. Protected or not.
I don't though.

What exactly happens which makes your map "unable to be hosted"?

 

[emilemil1]

If you go to the Word Editor Help section , a few posts down from this one is another guy that also could not host. If you have the same problem you could perhaps ask him what he did.

 

[Reflexar]

Okay I've had this problem with other map protecting tools.

but Now when I made a new copy of my map and optimized and protected it, then it suddenly worked