Saving something to computer

[i514]

Hello all,

My question today is, how can I set a value in registry or in any other way, and then block it so it would be read-only and could not be modified, the only way to delete it would be by reinstalling Windows.

Any ideas?

[LB]

No.

[i514]

what "NO" ?

[LB]

Just don't do it.

_{And I have no ideas.}

[Albatross]

That sort of knowledge has a huge potential for misuse, and we try to be responsible. We're not a forum of black-hats or script-kiddies.

Sorry. :D

-Albatross

[i514]

Hmm I dont know what u think im trying to do, but I just want to generate a serial for a client out of unix time and random letters, and want to store it somehow so the user wont be able to change it. As simple as that ;)

[LB]

You're not finding an answer here. Why would you want them to not change it anyway? If they do it's their own problem...

[i514]

Coz I want to make a multiplayer game, and if they get banned, they get banned on serial too. And please dont criticize me on making of the game and that it will be shit. Just please give me some clues.

[LB]

Unless they're a dedicated ******** like whoever has hacked Framework's account, then a standard IP/Username ban should be more than enough.

[i514]

But there are nabs who change the IP and username just to spam the server, can't you give me some clues? There is nothing wrong with what I wanna do since the players will know about the serial and that it exists.

[LB]

Basic spam protection isn't hard ;)

And by the way, there is no way we can know that what you want to do is ok. And others who find a public answer here can misuse it.

[Albatross]

Um, now that really sounds like it would be an abuse of that knowledge. There are a lot of solutions that would be more than enough for keeping the vast majority of rule-breakers out that aren't as extreme or involved as that one.

EDIT: Anti-spam is even easier.

-Albatross

[i514]

"There are a lot of solutions that would be more than enough" like?

[Albatross]

Like setting a variable in a well-hidden folder created by your game client containing valuable RSA-encrypted metadata that would be sent to the server to log in. If the folder was deleted, then the client would not load as it would be lacking that metadata.

EDIT: As for spam protection... count the number of statistically similar queries in a minute?

-Albatross

[i514]

Yeah I asked for the first part, but ok I will think of something.