45 replies to this topic

[P5y]

its fixed

[Techcore Studios]

Ok so everything seems to be working again and my game isn't getting messed with anymore. I'm glad that it was fixed, but this problem put me back a day or so on releasing my game ' and hopefully it won't come back.

[VMblast]

Hello,
I have downloaded a free version to try out few days ago, and now I got these skulls all over my sprites. I have managed to fix it after few hours, but now this gets me thinking if this kind of thing is going to pop out often, then I don't see the point in buying a pro version that I already decided to buy.
I had to re-import entire graphics all over again, and luckily this was just a small tryout before I start to do anything more serious( buy pro-version), so not much of graphics.
Then it got me thinking what if I had tons of graphics, I really have second thoughts now. This error is a huge time waste.

[Racroz]

The same thing happens to me, actually, i came right now to find or make a thread about it, i tried updating to 1.1.676 but no luck :l i get those damn skulls that keep giving me work.
Where do we ask for a fix?

EDIT: i tried the fix posted here and i worked wonders, no more skull pirates :] i'm a game maker, not a pirate. Thanks alot to mike.dailly.

Edited by Racroz, 26 November 2012 - 03:20 AM.

[Techcore Studios]

Hello,
I have downloaded a free version to try out few days ago, and now I got these skulls all over my sprites. I have managed to fix it after few hours, but now this gets me thinking if this kind of thing is going to pop out often, then I don't see the point in buying a pro version that I already decided to buy.
I had to re-import entire graphics all over again, and luckily this was just a small tryout before I start to do anything more serious( buy pro-version), so not much of graphics.
Then it got me thinking what if I had tons of graphics, I really have second thoughts now. This error is a huge time waste.

I think you should still buy Studio, even though this error wasted a whole day of development for me and my team, I am not going to give up using it. As long as the staff knows what has been happening to a lot of people recently since the last update and fix it I will continue to use it and buy more exports. But if I where you, I would continue to use the Free version until this is fixed.

[slayer 64]

i wonder if loading the resources externally would go around the problem. eeh. i like gm8.1

[Andy]

There should not be anything, programmed into GM: Studio, which can potentially erase all of a user’s sprites. DRM, especially this kind, hurts ligament consumers.

I assume after reading more that GM does not pertinently delete and replace your sprites?

Edited by Andy, 26 November 2012 - 03:55 AM.

[NakedPaulToast]

There should not be anything, programmed into GM: Studio, which can potentially erase all of a user’s sprites. DRM, especially this kind, hurts ligament consumers.

I assume after reading more that GM does not pertinently delete and replace your sprites?

I'm not so sure.

I'm guessing if you inadvertantly hit OK from the sprite editor and save your project the skulls will get saved.

It certainly appears that GM's anti-piracy code is registering a false positive and then vandalizing people's projects. As much as I've been an advocate for GM and YYGs, this is just wrong.

[Loaf]

Its becoming clear this isn't an issue related to piracy or viruses. I tweeted about this and GM user I know also is experiencing the problem. This seems to be getting more widespread.

It certainly appears that GM's anti-piracy code is registering a false positive and then vandalizing people's projects. As much as I've been an advocate for GM and YYGs, this is just wrong.

Totally agree.

This is a colossal ****up.

[Big J]

DRM is, and always will be, a huge failure. It fails to do the one thing it was designed to do, that is stopping piracy. In addition, it just causes unnecessary trouble for the legitimate users, which is easy to see here.

Even if a program does implement DRM proper, it doesn't sabotage or vandalize projects like Game Maker: Studio does, especially for the ones who are not pirating the software. This is just really bad. I don't even know where to start.

Edited by Big J, 26 November 2012 - 04:58 AM.

[TerraFriedSheep]

If anything, this topic should prompt those that don't already to create some backups of their work.

[greyzebra]

Just updated to 1.1.676 following Mike's instruction, and so far no problem...

[P5y]

I wonder if gamemaker would let me use those skull sprites in my game

[Sulsay]

Has this error been fixed in the current version?

In other words, can I safely open my project when I get home in an hour or two?

[GameGeisha]

When I first updated to 1.1.676 from 1.1.666, 5pice froze before I even had to chance to see any skulls. It forced me to do a full reinstall, and as of today it is still working properly (knock on wood). This is probably caused by a faulty delta that changed the GUI to something that still ran for some of you but appeared to be tampered with.

GameGeisha

[Mike.Dailly]

Focused here: http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=4150203