Highlander Posted July 14, 2000 Share Posted July 14, 2000 Is there any way to turn off your passwords required for loading a file? Or to change your password during a game? That way you could set the password to nothing, to put a movie file out for people to view without them having to enter a password. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fivetide Posted July 14, 2000 Share Posted July 14, 2000 Yes I'd like to know that as well... (ggod post m8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted July 15, 2000 Share Posted July 15, 2000 You can just enter a blank password at the beginning. Then all you need to do is press ENTER at the password screen from then on. No way to change it after the fact though. I'll keep that in mind for the future. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Posted July 15, 2000 Share Posted July 15, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Big Time Software: You can just enter a blank password at the beginning. Then all you need to do is press ENTER at the password screen from then on. No way to change it after the fact though. I'll keep that in mind for the future. Charles<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> A minor nit pick but it's kind of a standard that entering no password (hitting enter) in most software, tells it not to ask for the (non-exitent) password from then on (for that file/instance). Any way this could be added? ------------------ Simon http://members.tripod.com/~sjuncal/ammodump/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorak Posted July 15, 2000 Share Posted July 15, 2000 I think one thing you guys are overlooking are cheaters. A sad state to be sure.. But they are out there. Not using a password and/or having it not prompt for one is opening all your PBEM turns to the guy you are playing. Now if you only play with one or two people you trust this might be ok. But for the majority of us it isn't. I find it just as easy to use really simple passwords, and I usually use the same on for several on going games. With the time it takes a PBEM game to be played, I don't find typing in a couple more letters a day to be very time consuming. From signing on to the net. opening mail downloading the file playing the turn saving the game zipping the file sending it back of thru the mail waiting another day for it to come back. The time it takes to type in something like "cat". Just doesn't seem like a big deal. Lorak P.S. no, cat isn't being used in any of my games.. ------------------ "someone you trust is one of us"..........the illuminati * http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/combatmissionclub Lorak's FTX for CM <--Proud member of the Combat Mission Webring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Warrior Posted July 15, 2000 Share Posted July 15, 2000 I wonder if it is possible to build a macro that would do all this PBEM typing stuff light zipping, selecting folder, typing password, etc automatically? If so this would be a nifty enhancement for PBEM'ers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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