How to protect assests[solved]

[kahmehkahzeh]

So I understand it doesnt really protect it it, but what I want to do is have as few files as possible when distributed, and I am unsure where or how to use the build commands.

could you give me a slight example using basic folders? and where to put it?

[Imperf3kt]

Well...
What I do is this:
Audio goes in a folder called "audio"
I might split that up to include sfx, music and voice.

Images go in images. I don't split this up.

GUI elements go in GUI. I sort this by folders depending on what part of the GUI it is.

As to building, if you want the files archived (bundled together so others cannot freely view them) just select the archive option during build. There's nothing special you really need to do unless you're adding features Ren'Py needs additional dependencies for which need to be packaged with it.

[kahmehkahzeh]

I could not find the archive options anywhere

[Imperf3kt]

IIRC, The bottom of options.rpy

[kahmehkahzeh]

Found it thank you I used game/*/*.* to grab all files in each
worked very well

[willanik]

Hi guys,

I also want to be able to build a version that does not allow recipients to access my images. I tried the suggestion above…in the bottom of options.rpy (lines 182 and 183 for me) I found

# build.classify('game/**.png', 'archive')
# build.classify('game/**.jpg', 'archive')

And I changed it to:

# build.classify('game/*/*.*', 'archive')
# build.classify('game/*/*.*', 'archive')

But when I did a build I found that this change had no effect on hiding my images, which were still freely accessible in the build version.

Very grateful for some help with this.

Thanks,
W

[Divona]

Hi guys,

I also want to be able to build a version that does not allow recipients to access my images. I tried the suggestion above…in the bottom of options.rpy (lines 182 and 183 for me) I found

# build.classify('game/**.png', 'archive')
# build.classify('game/**.jpg', 'archive')

And I changed it to:

# build.classify('game/*/*.*', 'archive')
# build.classify('game/*/*.*', 'archive')

But when I did a build I found that this change had no effect on hiding my images, which were still freely accessible in the build version.

Very grateful for some help with this.

Thanks,
W

Remove the comment tag (#) from the front of the lines.

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build.classify('game/**.png', 'archive')
build.classify('game/**.jpg', 'archive')

[willanik]

Thanks Divona, real simple answer and it worked perfectly!

W