ChV. Things are coming to an end (as always:)

VM> Logros reared up. He says that despite the uncopyability of the ZX
VM> Format, there are craftsmen who copy it.

No, they will copy almost everything, but not everything, and if they don’t copy it, they will break it, but such
protection is not copied among the masses, which is what is needed. But there cannot be perfect protection.

VM> Th#1\ I finished drawing these damn levels :) I tried not to repeat too
VM> WC1. I mean, not all levels are in the “kill them all” style, at 40-50%
VM> you still have to figure out how to do it. Some levels, IMHO, are too
VM> complicated, but I won’t redo them - practice shows that a
VM> person _will always_ find a way out in the fight against the computer. Yes, it’s cool that all 32
VM> levels with data, compressed by ZIP, barely reach 50k :)

I mean, think about it, the level in WC1 is especially good, where you first need to liberate your peasants
and then fight. Will this happen?

VM> s#2\ somehow I forget to mention that, due to the presence of AY support,
VM> there will be no GS support :(((( It didn’t work in UFO-2, it didn’t work in
VM> ChV-1, maybe it will work in ChV-2...

But this is in vain, GS are already starting to appear in 5020. Yes, and as I understand it she
may just be playing mods, and if so, then why not add these mods, some
similar intopics.

Sincerely, Alex from FFC COMPUTERS.

AL> No, they will copy almost everything, but not everything, and if they don’t copy it, they will break it, but
AL> such protection is not copied among the masses, which is what is needed.

Logros says that it is copied among some “masses” :) He has his own benefit,
because he is engaged in mailing and he needs “100% protection from lammers” ;)

However, indeed, the very approach to protecting ZX-Formats at the hardware
level has some gaps, which is associated with the need for mass
copying. And because they, like SPF, do not modify the principle of protection
from somewhere around the 3rd, then the especially cunning people have already adapted.

AL> In the sense of thinking, the WC1 level is especially good, where you first need to liberate your peasants
AL>, and then fight. Will this happen?

Yes, but I simplified it a little. Those. after the liberation of the peasants, half of the Kung army will not move against you.

AL>> If the track length protection method is used, then software copying
AL>> to
AL>> speckies is not possible.

VM> I'm not talking about ami, I'm not talking about software copying. I just want
VM> to say that protection by the “track length method”, in the form in which it
VM> is implemented in the Format, can still be copied, although for this you need
VM> to use your brains :)

Chem with iron? If you combine scratching and this, nothing will help except breaking. Although this may encourage hacking. :-)))) A double-edged sword:
if someone managed to make a copy for himself, then he will be too lazy
to drive it into the tr-dos format, but if copying somehow didn’t work out, then hacking with translation into tr-dos, and then a copy for a friend, of which
two more (it is not necessary to have any skill since the format already
tr-dos, etc.