Binkie Posted May 29, 2001 Share Posted May 29, 2001 I want to resume a game I had going a long while back, and forgot my password...is there any way to extract it from the PBEM file? Or override it? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted May 29, 2001 Share Posted May 29, 2001 Dunno, but as a general rule I use the same password for all my games - makes it harder to forget!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarmo Posted May 29, 2001 Share Posted May 29, 2001 No. Even BTS folks need the passwords when they check something up from a PBEM game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binkie Posted May 29, 2001 Author Share Posted May 29, 2001 Aw crap. I would have thought they would have a decoding method for debugging purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pud Posted May 29, 2001 Share Posted May 29, 2001 ....and if anyone does manage to crack the password for the PBEM for god sake keep it to yourself, imagine what damage releasing that info would do to the games we play!!! :mad: [edited] - other than telling BTS about it asap [ 05-29-2001: Message edited by: Pud ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschugaschwili Posted May 29, 2001 Share Posted May 29, 2001 During the beta days of CM I also wondered if the PBEM file encryption method was adequate, so I tried to break into the files once using a few test battles I started, but without success. Although I still can't imagine how you can encrypt data in a way that's decryptable with two different passwords, BTS has done a pretty good job at hiding possible weak points. Perhaps extracting the decryption code from the CM executable could give you a hint about the password thing, but that would most likely be illegal. So I guess you're out of luck. Dschugaschwili Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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