How To Protect A Map?

[Kingmuri]

How To Protect A Map?

 

[Spoontoobig]

Hey,
For simple and effective protection use this:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tools-560/extprotect-v0-1-2-0b-93038/

Also don't for get to backup your map!

 

[Kingmuri]

Hey,
For simple and effective protection use this:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tools-560/extprotect-v0-1-2-0b-93038/

Also don't for get to backup your map!

Thank You I Am Going To Try It

 

[Adiktuz]

or use Vexorian's optimizer and check the remove WE only data checkbox... using the opti will also cause your map's size to shrink assuming you set the correct settings...

 

[CivSavage]

I use Vexorian, works best imo. And very simple to use

 

[Dr Super Good]

You place it in a secure location so no one can access it. Technologies like encryption, secure sockets and firewalls can be used to achieve this. If anything (including WarCraft III) can read it then it is no longer protected.

 

[Anvil]

I don't know why people care in protect a map, if someone want open the map, can be opened without too much problems.

 

[Spoontoobig]

I don't know why people care in protect a map, if someone want open the map, can be opened without too much problems.

Well, I think many people like (including me) are downloading map to check for example triggers(I downloaded many maps to learn triggering). People who protecting map, I think they want to protect their own system or models they made, they want to keep map unique.

sorry for my bad english, i'm not from english-speaking country

 

[CivSavage]

Also noobs won't know how to deprotect it

Stops 9999999 stupid versions of your work being made.

 

[Spoontoobig]

Exactly!

 

[Tr!KzZ]

Yupp, although it's possible to deprotect maps, as far as i know you're mostly allowed to add stuff, but not all triggers, etc. are viewable/visible? So you could editing maps, but not steal/copy triggers from it? (And those few who are able to deprotect them correctly with all triggers, etc. are not many)

And as most said, this might be the best option for protecting:
http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=79326

As minimum you should check the "editor only parts" to be removed, with this the map will give erros, when somebody tries to open it. Beside of that it will create a "new" version of your map, means you can keep the old/original version that is unprotected.

If you keep the .j file (or whatever it was, that will be created, too) I believe you also can deprotect the protected map. But I'm not sure about that (you could erase this file, if you have your unprotected map, I guess it stores the removed editor parts)

 

[gorillabull]

remember that "protecting" violates the EULA also if your map is shitty you dont need to protect it in fact leaving it unprotected can make it more popular