Vishnu is a FPSC version 1.04 media protection application set. It can work with previous versions, but to make full utilization of the save load features of FPSC, it has been tested with the most up to date version of the TGC software. It consist of 2 parts, the first being the zipping executable, and the second is the loader that is either distributed with the users media, or you can make a download available on your site for your patrons to use on any of your FPSC made games.
This version of a protection utility takes protection a step further. We all know that a persons ability to gain access to a temp folder, for the most part makes packing agents useless in all but a few cases where the 'would-be-thief' has little, or no knowledge of where to look.
Vishnu 1.2 takes your files assets, and runs them from a encrypted password zip. Missing the password would make the file useless and corrupted.
Vishnu 1.2 also stops people from opening up the WINDOWS/temp folder from which your game is run. If Vishnu 1.2 is open, attempting to open this temp directory causes the window to close, and the user is left only getting as far as the C:WINDOWS directory.
Attempts to gain access to the temp folder via the cmd.exe, whether from run, or a windows folder, or via a dos prompt, closes the dos prompt.
Though nothing made can or will ever be 100% crack proof, the protection afforded by Vishnu 1.2 is going to be , hands down, your best solution to protect your hard work at this time. The level of protection supplied, matches, and in some cases, exceeds the protection afforded big companies games where the loss of media far greater hurts you, the indie developer, then companies that can pad the losses a bit easier.
To try out the player that you would make available to your customers, three downloads have been put at the following address-
http://hosted.filefront.com/Locrian
Vishnu_v1.2_Player.zip
FPSC_v1.0.0_game.zip
FPSC_v1.0.4_game.zip
The first is the player utility it self. The other 2 are games packaged with the Vishnu 1.2 protection utility, and they cover FPSC version 1.0.0, and version 1.0.4.
We would love to hear any comments and questions you may have.
Q: Will it work on my operating system?
A: It will work on any system FPSC dose.
Additional information may be obtained at:
http://s4projects.out-lawz.com
Any sensitive comments or security concerns can be sent to S4's or my email.
VISHNU 1.2 Build 7
There's a new version up at the following url for trial. This very well looks to be the direction Vishnu is heading.
http://hosted.filefront.com/Locrian
Please make sure your other game zips and player from the first public test are deleted. All new encryption is used from posted build to build, so none of the old holes can be exploited.
*If you press 'alt' in any form wile Vishnu is open you will loose your loaded data. This means 'alt+tab' as well.
*Known issue-sometimes, when loading a game, the 'browse window' will pop open again. If so press cancel. Game will then load in.
Once your games have been played and saved, press 'alt' to shut Vishnu down.
It is important to note, at this time there is no loading bar to see your progress. This will be done for the final release, but in this version you click the 'Load Media' button, load the game, and wait for it to tell you it's successfully loaded.
Once again we appreciate the time you guys take to download and try this out for us. We believe were very close to having a very secure application for the FPSC games.
S4 will not be back till Saturday at the earliest, so this should give you guys some time to look at this and poke it with a stick a little.
