New GB version coming... feature requests, anyone?

[K.C.]

... UAC disabled because they rely on 3rd party software (Comodo Firewall, Symantec Endpoint Protection)...

UAC <> Firewall <> Antivirus software

• Firewall:
  Monitors network traffic, that is all data that is sent from and to the local computer. Firewall rules can be created to block or permit certain types of data (incoming or outgoing, traffic with a certain port number, traffic generated by a certain process)
• Antivirus/Antispyware/Antimalware:
  Software that can detect programs on the local computer that may be harmful to your local computer or systems of other persons.
• User Account Control:
  A Microsoft solution for Windows based computers for the problem that the user needs administrative privileges to run a large amount of software.
  Administrative rights to the local computer increase the risk of infection with virusses and you cannot block any feature for the user (like installing software, access to control panel, change desktop settings).
  UAC temporary switches to administrative mode when needed and after the changes that needed administrative rights, it switches back to restricted mode.
  So UAC decreases the risk of virus infections, but it does not detect or block any virus.
  It also does not check any network traffic.

So UAC does not replace a virus/malware scanner or firewall software.
To work safe, you need them all.

[hrmes]

Comodo Firewall can replace UAC as it also provides the "Defence+" feature that manages process access rights, very effectively in my opinion.

[K.C.]

For the sake of security, the programs you use seem to give enough protection.
What I've read about it, is that Defence+ is software that monitors running processes and prevents unwanted/unknown processes/applications to start. Am I right about that?

UAC has a somewhat different approach. I think when using Defence+, you still need a Windows user account with administrative rights to run a lot of software (including Gamebase 1.2). With UAC enabled, you can run these programs also when logged on with a restricted account. When something starts that need administrative rights, a popup is displayed and Windows temporary changes to admin rights mode.
So Defence+ doesn't replace UAC IMO, keeping them both active will give the highest level of security.

Could it be that there are known problems when running them both on the same system? Is so, you have to choose which one you like most. I can understand that many people would choose for Comodo. It seems to be pretty good software.

I'm not trying to be the smart guy, I've just seen to many times that people uninstalled all security software, because they were thinking their anti-spam program gave all protection they needed...

[hrmes]

Defence+ basically does what you said but can be configured to manage process access rights like protected registry keys, protected files/folders, run an executable, device driver installation and more.

You may be right about the differences between UAC and Defence+ but I only log in as Administrator and I am the only one who uses my PC, so there are no restricted accounts present here and so I don't think I will have to worry about how GameBase and other software behave on such accounts.

As for the security level that Defence+ provides, it can be even more annoying at times than UAC but it catches pretty much everything that wants elevated access rights and I haven't had a serious infection yet.

[joe21121]

Im using gbv13b20100305a my reviewratings image won't show up,
only 98.gif and 100.gif shows up help please

[Jimbo]

Your own custom images, yes?

Anyone else getting report this problem?

[hrmes]

I am not familiar with this feature, can you be more specific ?
In what folder are those images located and how should they be named ?

[Jimbo]

http://www.bu22.com/wiki/creating_new_g ... ngs_folder

[hrmes]

Thanks. I did a test using the gif images from the web page (0,2,4,98,100) and they all show up.

EDIT:
Actually I was mistaken. I modifed the gif images to be sure that they are used and only 98 and 100 show up...

[Jimbo]

ok seems like a problem then! I'll investigate!

many thanks

[hrmes]

After you're done with that I think I have another bug of the latest beta:
The 'Repack unpacked games after playing' option doesn't seem to work. I was playing a cracked version of Ghosts n' Goblins in Gamebase64 that supports hiscore saving, and it doesn't seem to be doing any repacking even though the extracted d64 file is modified.

And a simple request that doesn't seem difficult to do. Pressing 'Enter' should also be used to start a game. It seems strange that you are able to navigate the game list with the cursor keys but can't use Enter to start a game.

[Jimbo]

Hmm... nobody has reported this before. Have you tried other games? I assume you have double checked your repack options, to make sure it's switched on, etc.

Anybody else find a problem with the repack?

[hrmes]

I also tried a crack of Delta with hiscore saving with the same results. I made sure that the repack option was activated for the C64 gamebase.

[Jimbo]

Ok I fixed the review ratings gfx bug.

Repacking those files on my system seems to work though. Is this failing for anyone else?

Thanks

[joe21121]

if i use my review ratings image that i made it wont show up,
only 98 and 100 will show up,

I tried your images that i downloaded from the wiki and edit the 20.gif image and rated a game with a 20% rating and didn't show up only the default image showed up