Inb4 don't use GM.
So I figured out that GM uses null-terminated strings. Unfortunately this gives an incorrect ranslation of the RC4 encryption on the file for profiles.So what I am wondering is:is there a better way to save profiles securely? such as using a different encryption?or is there a way to handle these null characters? like '\0' or possibly writing bin?I already have a checksum to check if any information was changed, but it stores the user's password as well which should not be plain text. (the Key is seeded to prevent easy decryption) I need some way of keeping profiles secure for the API :o And im not going to use the one I use to send information to the server, because I purposefully only have the encoder in the API.If anyone has any ideas let me know!
Null byte character file reading in GM?
Posted by Alert Games on April 16, 2012, 10:46 p.m.
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I like winning two ways.
I've been trying different methods, but they all have problems. Does anyone have a method of saving encrypted files? GM suxxorz.
@Lorik: Right…. only use it for fast game competitions or building quick games….
No, I'm gonna try writing the file in binary using 39dll. If that doesnt do it then i dont know what willThere's no way you can just add a pass that strips out the null byte character when you're loading the data in from wherever? Maybe adding a character to the ends of your lines to flag the exact characters that need to be stripped (then having your cleanup pass look for *N or whatever)?
Not with RC4 as it uses the entire range of the byte including the 0 (null) character. Therefore I will need to write it in binary. Which may not be too bad, but I think it will work 100x better in 39dll than GM's bad functions.