is Zandronum safe?

[tubular]

I heard theres a back door thing, but is that a rumor? is it safe?

[James]

Zandronum is safe. I spent a bit researching Zandronum and a backdoor and found no evidence of this happening. That being said, it's always a good idea to have a firewall and anti-virus software. :)

[tubular]

Originally posted by James:

Zandronum is safe. I spent a bit researching Zandronum and a backdoor and found no evidence of this happening. That being said, it's always a good idea to have a firewall and anti-virus software. :) :P6:

Thats strange.. the other day i installed it and it was very strange. it kept asking if it wanted to replace files after i started it up, also it dwould never save its settings and always start in 800x600 fullscreen. After i closed out of it i got a random windows 8 message saying "this app doesn't work with this computer" for 5 seconds, so i deleted it. I scanned with malware bytes and nothing picked up. What did i do wrong?

[James]

There are multiple ways that you can fix this. The easiest is fix up Zandronum how you like it in the settings and MAKING SURE you don't ALT+F4 out or otherwise hard close it. You want to press Escape, go to Quit Game, and soft close the program. It should save your settings before it closes.

I don't know if you know this, but just to make sure - make sure Zandronum has its own folder and that you're not running it in an archive like a ZIP file. Zandronum and all the other ZDoom ports can't and will not save if you have the program running from a zip archive.

If neither of those are fruitful for you, you should be able to find a configuration INI file in your username. For instance, since my username on Windows is "James" it'll create the ini file as "james.ini". Zandronum reads this configuration file and everything from the resolution, to openGL settings, to controls is read and rewritten from this file. If worst comes to worse, you can edit this file in Notepad.exe and manually change it yourself. To be on the safe side, keep a backup of the ini file and rename it to something like james.ini.old so Zandronum couldn't possibly mess the file up. Also if you happen to mess the ini file up and you can't fix it, simply delete the ini file, run Zandronum, and it will create another ini file for you with the default settings.

I hope that helps you - keep me posted if you need more help.

[tubular]

Originally posted by James:

There are multiple ways that you can fix this. The easiest is fix up Zandronum how you like it in the settings and MAKING SURE you don't ALT+F4 out or otherwise hard close it. You want to press Escape, go to Quit Game, and soft close the program. It should save your settings before it closes.

I don't know if you know this, but just to make sure - make sure Zandronum has its own folder and that you're not running it in an archive like a ZIP file. Zandronum and all the other ZDoom ports can't and will not save if you have the program running from a zip archive.

If neither of those are fruitful for you, you should be able to find a configuration INI file in your username. For instance, since my username on Windows is "James" it'll create the ini file as "james.ini". Zandronum reads this configuration file and everything from the resolution, to openGL settings, to controls is read and rewritten from this file. If worst comes to worse, you can edit this file in Notepad.exe and manually change it yourself. To be on the safe side, keep a backup of the ini file and rename it to something like james.ini.old so Zandronum couldn't possibly mess the file up. Also if you happen to mess the ini file up and you can't fix it, simply delete the ini file, run Zandronum, and it will create another ini file for you with the default settings.

I hope that helps you - keep me posted if you need more help.

Thank you, putting it in its own folder worked!
But whats weird is sometimes when i start the game when changing settings or just leaving it not opengl that the graphics glitch. and restarting the game works.

[James]

Awesome! You're welcome! glad that problem is solved!

I've had that happen a few times. It's nothing you're doing wrong and you're not alone on that issue, restarting it is definitely the only thing that I know of that fixes it. Since I don't change the settings much because once I have it fine-tuned to my liking, I tend to simply leave it alone.

I do recommend leaving it on OpenGL as often as you can if your system can handle it (I have an old laptop that can only run it on the software renderer). A lot of wads use assets that can only be [properly] displayed in the OpenGL renderer such as fog and particles.

Best advice I can give on those scenarios. :)

[Miner Of Worlds]

Originally posted by Doom Uv-Maxer:

zandronum and gzdoom and brutal doom are viruses that steal your credit card information

And valve will make half life 3.

[JC Denton]

What is back door thing?

[James]

Originally posted by Matthew Mcconaughey in a lincoln:

What is back door thing?

You'll know when you're older. ;)

[JC Denton]

Im going to guess it when hackers find your adress and go to your house?

[JC Denton]

"Im going to guess"

[Phoenix]

A "back door" in software terms is a deliberate vulnerability put there by the programmer so they can hack into your machine.

The kind of "back door" James is referring to is a euphemism for anal sex.

[JC Denton]

Oh, Okay.
Any programmer that does that to me, ima back door them "The kind of "back door" James is referring to is a euphemism for anal sex."
Jk