would this work for protection ?

Unity Engine
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i just found this : http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/EditorApplication.Exit.html
where it says this :[quote]
// Simple script that lets you create a new
// scene, create a cube and an empty game object in the scene
// Save the scene and close the editor

import UnityEditor;

@MenuItem (“Example/Chain Actions and close”)
static function Chain() {
EditorApplication.NewScene();

EditorApplication.ExecuteMenuItem(“GameObject/Create Other/Cube”);
EditorApplication.ExecuteMenuItem(“GameObject/Create Empty”);

EditorApplication.SaveScene(“Assets/MyNewScene.unity”);
EditorApplication.Exit(0);
}
[/quote]

would this work if you wanted to protect your game from being stolen or picked apart and reused ?
any other ideas on how to protect your game/project ?

2

I’m sorry, I don’t see how this would protect your game from being copies/stolen?

3

use it with function start so that when they try to open it up with the editor, then it will just exit >>something like this :

4

or use deleteasset(path); found here :http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/AssetDatabase.DeleteAsset.html

5

in that case he wont be able access project too…

6

What are you exactly trying to do??

When you are distributing games, you don’t distribute the entire project folder. :confused:

7

just like the title says protect …as in protect your game or project from being stolen or reused

8

You propose using stuff like DeleteAsset and EditorApplication.Exit() which are NOT available to published copies of the game. They are only available in Editor mode… you don’t want to distribute your game as an editor project.

There is something you are doing that is fundamentally wrong. Look under File → Build to build your game into a binary.

9

right you are … im just trying to find for myself and others a way to protect our games from being reused or stolen in this thread … got any ideas on how to do this ? ive already tried obfuscators and none of them work so that is why im looking for code now

10

Make something good enough that people will actually want to buy it. Everything else is futile.

–Eric

11

excuse me, but your comment sounds like you’re saying i make sh*t … if that is not the case , then please dissregard and forget that last statement …and i have heard there are ways to make code that make it harder to steal others code …ie.scramble ,encrypt …i guess noone wants add their secret code to this thread yet. It would have helped more if you would have gave some code or where to look for that kind of code in the scripting reference or somewheres

12

He’s not saying you make … Bad anything. Hes saying if someone wants to reuse your stuff bad enough… They will. Anything created can be disassembled. Also… If you go around claiming your stuff is impossible to crack or steal, you’ll attract some people who will prove you wrong in minutes…

Key is making some protection that makes it so someone can’t just copy/paste code and assess, but don’t dwell on making it perfect. A small amount of protection helps a bit… Most people are lazy and won’t look too much into it.

Resistance is futile…

13

That’s not what I said.

Don’t bother, there’s nothing about this in the scripting reference and you can’t do anything to prevent people hacking your game if they want. It’s trivial to take assets from $100 million AAA games–if they can’t prevent it, you certainly can’t. You’re worrying about the wrong things; as I said, concentrate on making a good game.

–Eric