swf file causes (warned by my PC) (DONE)

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swf file causes (warned by my PC) (DONE)

Postby broforce1 » 22 February 2020, 06:29

hello there, today I'm going to talk about something that you might use, the SWF file for the pb2 game, well I have a couple of questions here:

-what is the SWF file

-what is the point from it to use it in the downloaded pb2 game

-how it works

-is it the file saving the campaign progress or it's useful used to change any sprites you want.

-is that SWF file harmful?

- why it appears with a warning that this file is harmful?

- if this file is harmful, it will harm my computer?

-is it legal to use it for modding the game?

-what the EXE file?

-why the EXE file will appear with the game, unlike the SWF file?

-why is the point from the SWF file if you can find it on the EXE file?

-why you have done this xD

-is there a point from downloading the game as a file?

-I have seen that some people are not from staff and they mod the game, like cakespider,
do they use the SWF file or something else?

so you guys hope you add more important questions, and I HOPE too that any staff would answer all these questions.
but the important quiz that is isn't harmful to use it anyways?
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Re: swf file causes (warned by my PC)

Postby Fordex » 22 February 2020, 18:30

-what is the SWF file
Its file wheres flash player game(scripts and etc.)
-what is the point from it to use it in the downloaded pb2 game
Didnt understand what do you said
-how it works
Idk
-is it the file saving the campaign progress or it's useful used to change any sprites you want.
"it's useful used to change any sprites you want." yes,and scripts.
-is that SWF file harmful?
No
- why it appears with a warning that this file is harmful?
I seen that in windows 7,dont worry,its not harmful.
- if this file is harmful, it will harm my computer?
No
-is it legal to use it for modding the game?
Yes
-what the EXE file?
What do you mean?Exe file activating program
-why the EXE file will appear with the game, unlike the SWF file?
All games you need download have exe file (except flash and unity3D games),swf is scripting game,karoch idk.
-why is the point from the SWF file if you can find it on the EXE file?
Its impossible find PB2 or flash player games in exe file.
-why you have done this xD
What done?
-is there a point from downloading the game as a file?
Maybe play campaign when you dont have internet?(Guys off it)

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Re: swf file causes (warned by my PC)

Postby IforgotmypasswordHaHAA » 22 February 2020, 23:52

broforce1 wrote:
-what is the SWF file

-what is the point from it to use it in the downloaded pb2 game


It's the file format Flash Player uses.


broforce1 wrote:-is it the file saving the campaign progress

No, it's the core game basically.
broforce1 wrote:or it's useful used to change any sprites you want.

Can be used for that AFAIK

broforce1 wrote:-is that SWF file harmful?

A SWF file can be harmful, probably the reason why chrome doesn't want to support flash by default in it's browser anymore. The SWF inside the ZIP which is provided by the official plazma burst website is not harmful, however.

broforce1 wrote:- why it appears with a warning that this file is harmful?

False Positive.

broforce1 wrote:- if this file is harmful, it will harm my computer?

It could potentially do so if it actually had a virus, which does not in this case.

broforce1 wrote:-why the EXE file will appear with the game, unlike the SWF file?

Because it probably needs to run additional files besides the SWF in order to run the game.


broforce1 wrote:-I have seen that some people are not from staff and they mod the game, like cakespider,
do they use the SWF file or something else?


AFAIK cakespider uses a swf decompiler so of course they are using the SWF file of the game to work with it.
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Re: swf file causes (warned by my PC)

Postby MLG COOL DOMINIK » 3 March 2020, 23:18

Jpex flash decompiler, thats what cakespiders probs uses, i use it to mod pb2
Nobody actually plays this game now, do they?
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Re: swf file causes (warned by my PC)

Postby Eric Gurt » 5 March 2020, 05:24

-what is the SWF file
Basically a whole game in one file. Flash Player games all come in .swf files.

-what is the point from it to use it in the downloaded pb2 game
Executable file does need .swf file to run game. Executable file is actually just a standalone Flash Player that does not require any plugins installed and should just work once downloaded.

-how it works
This page might be more detailed on any questions related to format itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWF

-is it the file saving the campaign progress or it's useful used to change any sprites you want.
It is basically everything in case with PB2. Game progress though isn't saved in game folder (instead it will be kept at default location for Flash Player's localStorage at user's platform. So it can be different for OS X/Windows users).

-is that SWF file harmful?
.swf file of PB2 isn't harmful. It is actually exactly same file that is used to play game in browser. Generally some of .swf files could be (according to some loud news regarding Flash Player) harmful, but only if they were made in specific software and in specific way. I actually started making games for Flash Player back in the days because Flash games could have enough features to make them feel like proper PC games but would be much more trusted than .exe games from Internet out there. To be fair, there is not much popular software that never had vulnerabilities for some period of time. It is just in case of Flash Player some of them were not patched quickly (this is where from whole "Flash Player is harmful" thing comes from).

- why it appears with a warning that this file is harmful?
I don't know really. What software gives you such warning? I don't recall encountering anything like that on any of my systems where I tested PB2. Usually Windows might always try to warn about .exe files downloaded from Internet, but that is about it. Files of extension .exe are executable files. Basically they can interact with your system in almost any way. They can be fine or they can be harmful, depends on who made specific .exe file. Any application you use for Windows including web browser comes in .exe file.

- if this file is harmful, it will harm my computer?
Depends on intention of whoever makes the file. Files from this website are secure. I believe considering how popular this game is - there would be cases of people proving it wrong in details at this point during all years of its existence.

-is it legal to use it for modding the game?
As long as modification does not tries to have multiplayer mode with unfair advantages - I'm usually fine with it. For extra safety though it is best to disable multiplayer mode completely in any modification (usually it is done automatically).

-what the EXE file?
.exe is executable. Any software comes into these (Windows only).

-why the EXE file will appear with the game, unlike the SWF file?
.exe is standalone Flash Player projector. .swf is game itself (same file used to run game in browser). They both come just so there won't be need to install Flash Player especially when Adobe will stop supporting its' development.

-why is the point from the SWF file if you can find it on the EXE file?
.swf file was useful for redistribution. Since it is same file that would go to Flash games portals. Also, in case if somebody would find .swf file enough considering they have Flash Player installed in their system.

-I have seen that some people are not from staff and they mod the game, like cakespider,
do they use the SWF file or something else?

Yes. As long as modification does not tries to have multiplayer mode with unfair advantages - I'm usually fine with it. For extra safety though it is best to disable multiplayer mode completely in any modification (usually it is done automatically).
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Re: swf file causes (warned by my PC)

Postby broforce1 » 18 March 2020, 20:33

I think most of these questions have been answered so let's lock the topic so I Blocked it then.
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