My suggestions

[dzek (varez)]

- compressing maps when sending them to players at connect..

now my maps are 1.05MB, and with compression it will be around 200KB i think..

- compiling client-side scripts before sending them to players

(im protecting my scripts, and its boring to re-compile them every update, and having another meta.xml for server, and another for local server (so i can easly open script editor, but then i have to copy it, compile, change name, and send to the server)

[this should have something like compile="false" available in meta.xml (and "true" should be default (i think)), so i can send my readme.lua (just comment) to players.]

[Gamesnert]

- compiling client-side scripts before sending them to players

Unfortunately, there are lifeless decompilers for lifeless people.

The only way to actually stop script theft is preventing scripts from being written on the harddisk in the first place. I have an experimental resource lying around somewhere on my hard disk, planning on releasing it soon, although I'd prefer MTA doing this. The resource is not ideal, but it would at least make stealing scripts a bit harder than simply looking in your client resources folder.

[dzek (varez)]

i know they can decompile.. im protecting my scripts in another ways too..

how can i run script without saving it to hdd?

edit: ohh.. eval?

[karlis]

i understand many may steal they, but from watching that folder i actually learned mta scripting

[dzek (varez)]

i understand many may steal they, but from watching that folder i actually learned mta scripting

well,

i learned from wiki examples

and from resources from community.multitheftauto.com ^^

learning from client-side only scripts isnt best idea

[karlis]

yes, i did learn from resources like freeroam, hay, etc too, but many things i also got by watching from clientside scripts