How to Packet Media

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KuRiX

(Posted 2005) [#1]

Hello again my friends. Is there any way to compress or encrypt media (.b3d, .x, .wav, etc) so that i can distribute my game and no one can rip my media files?.

Thanks in Advance.

Cheers, KuRi

WolRon

(Posted 2005) [#2]

http://www.blitzbasic.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?cat=10

Mustang

(Posted 2005) [#3]

http://www.molebox.com/

http://www.molebox.com/for-game-developers.shtml

MoleBox is compatible with the following development tools used preferably for games and presentations development: Blitz Basic, Blitz3D

Kuron

(Posted 2005) [#4]

I vouch for MoleBox. I have used it with Borland C++ Builder 6.0, Blitz 3D & Blitz Plus, PureBasic, IBasic Pro.

GfK	(Posted 2005) [#5]

I use molebox as well. I have molebox pro, though. Not sure what the 'lite' version is like...

KuRiX

(Posted 2005) [#6]

Wow, thanks!
Any Free Software Like Molebox?

GfK	(Posted 2005) [#7]

You can use terabit's packer but it isn't secure (or fast). It uses temporary files to extract media so anyone with half a clue can still rob your media.

KuRiX

(Posted 2005) [#8]

I have looking PakMaker. Can Encrypt data, and can delete files inmediately after load.

I think it is very very interesting. Has anyone tested yet?

jfk EO-11110

(Posted 2005) [#9]

In the Toolbox are some solutions, ALs Packer (uh, don't remember the apps name), Terabits Packer etc. ALs Packer solution offers to read your sourcecode, automaticly do some modifications to a copy of it, then run the compiler with this copy and add the resulting EXE and your specified Media Files together to one huge EXE File.

Molebox is the only solution that allows to pack a finished Exe with Mediafiles (Sourcefile won't be touched). THere are some other solutions, like PEBuilder or Thinstall, but they all cost more and may not be as easy and efficient as molebox. Molebox has recently fixed a lot of bugs and the support is great. Molebox Light won't include DLL Files (you still can ship them as seperate Files, of course), but basicly it's ok for Blitz Apps. Molebox Pro has some additional Features like DLL import, Virtual Directories (allows a Filerequest to choose from a number of packed files that are not visible to the Explorer) and more.
Last time when I checked the prices the Lite Version was around 45$.

KuRiX

(Posted 2005) [#10]

Well, when i sais PakMaker i mean TeraPak from the toolbox, it looks like a very good solution. The unpack is made through a .bb so all is very customizable.

Hope is good ^^