Now you have an encrypted project with unencrypted data files. Create a Data folder in the published game folder.Move your data files into a temporary folder outside of the Data folder.For example, let’s say you didn’t want to encrypt the data files. Remember that any files inside the Data or Graphics folders will be encrypted. The solution to this is to control what gets encrypted based on how the encryption process works. This can become an issue because if the purpose of the project was meant to demonstrate how something works and others should be able to open the project in their own editor and look at it, fully encrypting your project would prevent others from doing so.

Some resources have terms of use that requires you to encrypt them before you can distribute them with your game. The issue is whether or not your game will be able to read the file from the encrypted archive. You can add text files, sound files, video files, fonts, and so on. If it is inside one of the “to-be-encrypted” folders, it will be included in the encrypted archive. RPG Maker does not check the file format that you are trying to encrypt. So if you want something encrypted, simply drop it in those folders.

Now the question is, what actually gets encrypted?īasically, any files or folders inside the following folders will be encryptedĪny files or folders outside of these two folders will not be encrypted. They will also be unable to simply grab resources from your project for their own use or for distribution. What Happens if I Encrypt my Project?Įnd-users will not be able to load the project in the RPG Maker editor. NOTE: Encryption is unavailable in the Lite version. However, you will see a “Game.rgss3a” file: this is the encrypted archive where all of the data and graphics are stored. You should find that all of your data and graphics are not there. When the extraction is complete, go into the folder. Select OK, and your game will be extracted. Double-click it to open a dialog that will prompt you to extract the game. When the process is complete, go to the output folder and you should see a file with an icon of a blue box.

Press OK to begin the publishing process.

Check the “Create Encrypted Archive” box to encrypt it.

Choose the output folder where your game will be created.

Go to the File Menu, then select “Compress Game Data”.

The steps are straightforward as shown in this diagram: Encryption BasicsĮncryption is available as an option when you are ready to publish your game. This tutorial shows you how to encrypt your resources. RPG Maker comes with a built-in encryption system that you can use to protect your resources from distribution to some degree.

How To Decrypt Rgss Encrypted Archive