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[Ruby]

Just updated!!!

Ruby's Product Activation (BETA)
Homepage

Ruby's Product Activation, or RPA, allows you to let your users activate your application online. This extension uses product keys of 25 characters length, divided in five groups: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. Every product key can only be activated once, but there's more. A user can also deactivate his or her product key, for example when buying a new PC or reïnstalling Windows. This way, they don't have to buy a new Product Key!

Before you start, please register your application and it's Game ID at <LINK REMOVED> This allows you, and only you, to see how many activations there already are, and to generate Product Keys. Because there is no function to generate Product Keys, people who have hacked your app will not be able to activate it, even if they know your security code!

Good luck!

Please note: Credit required. Please give credit to Ruby Software.

Download


It is recommend to read our information page at <LINK REMOVED> first.


Known bugs

- NONE!!

Version history

Version 0.8 BETA (November 2nd, 2007)
- Save key (without activation);
- DLL version for and users;
- Made rpa_check_activated work for limited users;
- No more need of restarting the game after activation or deactivation;
- An activation wizard for those who do not want to make something like that themselves;

Version 0.7 BETA (September 8th, 2007)
- First public release;
- Activate function;
- Deactivate function;
- Check key valid function;
- Check activated function;
- Online registration;
- Only available as Extension for Pro;


The Activation Wizard (NEW)


Like it? Or not? Have any suggestions? Please reply!! Thanks.

Edited by Nocturne, 16 July 2012 - 11:14 AM.
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[supreme_boss]

Intersting... I can use this for making sure ONLY people I want to see my projects and stuff with this. Good work.

[Ruby]

Thanks!

[necrotic]

Sounds like another stripped down version of MReg.

[Ruby]

How do you mean?!

MReg is a registration extension, RPA is a Product Activation extension, which uses product keys.

[tsa05]

This looks rather nice in terms of its ease of use. I probably won't use it myself (when will someone make one that processes a paypal donation of a certain amount and automatically unlocks the app?!), but it's a nice system, nonetheless.

Would you use this in conjunction with something like mreg? Or does your system also generate keys, in addition to authenticating online?

[Ruby]

RPA uses product keys in this form: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. A key is only valid in one game, depending on the Game ID.
You can generate such product keys after registering your game id on http://rpa.rubysoftware.nl/. After registering, nobody else can register that game id. So this is absolutely safe.

But, this system does not have an online registration system.

And if you know a way to tell the system that a donation via paypal is received......

[gmkay@]

Well constructed and designed. Genius!

[Ruby]

Hey, why does nobody reply? I personally think this is great, and I've never seen something like this, which is also FREE, before!

If you're NOT interested in this, please at least, tell WHY.

Thanks.

Edited by Ruby, 14 September 2007 - 11:44 AM.

[DMEISTER]

Hey, why does nobody reply? I personally think this is great, and I've never seen something like this, which is also FREE, before!

If you're NOT interested in this, please at least, tell WHY.

Thanks.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Not everybody who downloads a game/program also leaves feedback in the topic.

[Ruby]

Usefull reply...... NOT


What to expect in the next beta release:

- Save product key without activation
- Ban a product key
- Check if product key is banned (for whatever reason)
- Save the date of product key filled in (for, for example, an X days until you need to activate time limit)
- A DLL version for GM5/6 users
- For those using Inno Setup: A way to fill in the product key, and checking it, before installation. (Screenshot: see first post)

Edited by Ruby, 15 September 2007 - 02:19 PM.

[DMEISTER]

Does somebody has any suggestions?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes, be a bit more polite to the people that do bother to reply in your topic

And you wonder why nobody replies !

[Ruby]

And you wonder why nobody replies!

Yes, the last reply was three days ago.

[tdmgames]

i was acctually thinking of a simlar idea. Expect to see it in a few days/weeks

But i didn'r acctualyl download but it looks rather good

[Ruby]

Thanks!

Maybe, you should try out the demo included.

[Ruby]

For those who want to know (even if they don't reply ;-) ):

Updated first post with a screenshot.

[tsa05]

Ooh--I like the integration with inno setup idea.

Unfortunately, I've got no real idea of how to get paypal donations working securely
I suppose you could embed a stripped-down browser that displays the donation page and then looks for the confirmation page from paypal to see if a donation was made. It's spoofable, but definitely not by the average user. Meh.

Pretty neat system, nonetheless.

[Ruby]

Well, at the moment, the Inno Setup integration works, but I can't get the DLL version working with GM. Also, the DLL is becoming a little large: at the moment 1.27 MB.

[Ruby]

I finally got the DLL working in GM. The current DLL size is 1.33 MB, and I am also developing a (currently) 1.14 MB Activation Wizard (see first post).

You can expect the next release within the next few days.

[ditdingiscool]

LOVE it!
already built it in in my game

[cooldude2222]

how do i use this?

[Ruby]

Sorry for the delay, but the next version is coming soon (only need to make the activation wizard).

[Ruby]

(Ignore this)

Edited by Ruby, 01 November 2007 - 06:25 PM.

[King Killa]

Wow, this looks excellent!!

[Ruby]

And I finally got the DLL version working!

Just need to make the Activation Wizard work.

Just updated RPA to version 0.8! See first post.

Edited by Ruby, 05 November 2007 - 05:23 PM.

[Gupocca]

Wow! Looks good!

[Ruby]

Now submitted to GMbase:

[kake_fisk]

looks very good!
but can you show us a tutorial or something?

[Zipo™]

This is incredible!

[kake_fisk]

do you need credit for this?

[madjamonline]

Nice extension!
It's a very weird thing to come up with but it's great.

However, an easier way that I recommend is just to get something like Setup Factory to install your game and you can protect that with a serial.

Like I say, WELL DONE!

[tsangk]

Hey! The website dosn't work

When I login, this message appears:

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/vhosts/rubysoftware.nl/subdomains/rpa/httpdocs/projects.php on line 8

[Caniac]

BAD DOMAIN NAME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

it starts a download when i visit the site???!!!???!!!
(IE7)

then if i put in http://rubysoftware.nl/

it has a 404 (page not found) eror

talk about "PAY YOUR WEB HOST AND HE WILL HOST YOUR WEBSITE"


get 404 errors

other than that, it is nice. oh that download, those are some nice icons!
don't destroy that link. they are Nice
do you want credit for the icons?
can i use them in a professional game?


i put them on media fire incase they are accidently deleted.
link:
toolbar_icons.zip

(edit because of spelling errors)

Edited by Caniac, 25 February 2008 - 10:32 PM.

[BigB0ss]

His website is hacked probably...

[Caniac]

His website is hacked probably...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Maybe.

[kake_fisk]

maybe he also are hacked, cause he haven't been in this topic for a while...

[jflecool2]

Your website just dont work...

[kearel]

So... If I wanted to, lets say, unactivate my Vistas activation code thing, I could use this to do that?

There were some bugs for me...
on the GM6, an 'Unexpected error' happened
on the GM7, it said it couldnt find the extension, and when I tryed to put it in, it says 'an error occured'
Crappy vista....

[Foxx]

sweet v.8 i used .7 and i really liked it even tho i changed some of the reg code so it didnt close after registing and went to the first room

[AngelPL98]

Error: Opening the page the page says:

Niet meer beschikbaar

No longer available

[Zezuken]

Error: Opening the page the page says:

Niet meer beschikbaar

No longer available

Maybe because its actually not available, and hasn't been in forever?

[Agamer]

This is like MReg System...What's the difference?

[YellowAfterlife]

This is like MReg System...What's the difference?

It was posted two years before that.

[Agamer]

This is like MReg System...What's the difference?

It was posted two years before that.

Ahhh, that's very explainable.

The website is messed up. Good work if it works . But I personally like MReg better. It's safer ...

[joninator_7]

hey ruby software, great program but i cant register
thanks joinator_7

[KevinBlazeCoolerz]

I can make it without *.dll, or something else
I just use a GML (but it can't online registering,, but it's not imposible if I'm update it)

you can test it if you don't believe

http://www.4shared.c.../Hack_this.html (the name is Hack This )

And it's can't be hacked... I made it without save file that you can delete it and you can't hack it

[The Legend]

ya umm, where do i go on the site to register da game?

[HD Blood]

I can make it without *.dll, or something else
I just use a GML (but it can't online registering,, but it's not imposible if I'm update it)

you can test it if you don't believe

http://www.4shared.c.../Hack_this.html (the name is Hack This )

And it's can't be hacked... I made it without save file that you can delete it and you can't hack it

It took me 2 minutes...
Hmmm.. where have I seen this before?:

.....
if !registry_exists('191994')
 {
  show_message('Are you try to hack this?')
  registry_write_string('191994','1')
  registry_write_string('GameMaker80','1')
  registry_write_string('Background001','1')
 }
if !registry_exists('GameMaker80')
 {
  show_message('Are you try to hack this?')
  registry_write_string('191994','1')
  registry_write_string('GameMaker80','1')
  registry_write_string('Background001','1')
 }
.....

The registry value's (If you guys want to delete the mess)

HKEY_USERS\...\Software\Game Maker\362630358
 - key:191994           value:1
 - key:GameMaker80      value:1
 - key:Background001    value:1

You can delete the whole: 362630358. I can't find this key in my backups, so I think it's save to delete.

 
I hope you don't use this methode in your real games, it's not very save. If it was easy to protect games , there was no TPB..
Oh yeah... maybe it's a good idea to obfuscate your source ^^? So it's much harder to understand? Here is a link: GM Obfuscator

HD Blood

[Yvar]

I can make it without *.dll, or something else
I just use a GML (but it can't online registering,, but it's not imposible if I'm update it)

you can test it if you don't believe

http://www.4shared.c.../Hack_this.html (the name is Hack This )

And it's can't be hacked... I made it without save file that you can delete it and you can't hack it

It took me 2 minutes...
Hmmm.. where have I seen this before?:

.....
if !registry_exists('191994')
 {
  show_message('Are you try to hack this?')
  registry_write_string('191994','1')
  registry_write_string('GameMaker80','1')
  registry_write_string('Background001','1')
 }
if !registry_exists('GameMaker80')
 {
  show_message('Are you try to hack this?')
  registry_write_string('191994','1')
  registry_write_string('GameMaker80','1')
  registry_write_string('Background001','1')
 }
.....

The registry value's (If you guys want to delete the mess)

HKEY_USERS\...\Software\Game Maker\362630358
 - key:191994           value:1
 - key:GameMaker80      value:1
 - key:Background001    value:1

You can delete the whole: 362630358. I can't find this key in my backups, so I think it's save to delete.

 
I hope you don't use this methode in your real games, it's not very save. If it was easy to protect games , there was no TPB..
Oh yeah... maybe it's a good idea to obfuscate your source ^^? So it's much harder to understand? Here is a link: GM Obfuscator

HD Blood

Yes, there goes your product. :trollface:

Seeing from the code it is easy to make a Anti Hack hacker in C# Sharp.

Edited by Yvar, 12 February 2012 - 11:11 AM.

[artmeiercomputing]

The link to the activation just leads me to where I didn't expect. So I never got my activation.