Does this game run on Adobe Flash Player?

[CementStairs]

Isn't it unsupported now?

[Charis]

Hello! If you have the Steam version of the game, you will still be able to play. More information here: https://www.reddit.com/r/NeoScavenger/comments/jqqdiy/im_interested_in_this_game_but_will_it_work_after/

[CementStairs]

Alright. How well is the Flash player sandboxed/isolated? I've heard a fair share of exploits it used to have.

[CementStairs]

My point is, how safe is the game really?

[Geothermal1159]

It doesn't have any viruses if that is what you are asking about.
Considering that it is a single player game that doesn't use an internet connection other than what might be needed of steam makes it pretty safe unless you introduce a virus yourself through an unsafe mod.

[CementStairs]

Originally posted by BFTPaul1159:

It doesn't have any viruses if that is what you are asking about.
Considering that it is a single player game that doesn't use an internet connection other than what might be needed of steam makes it pretty safe unless you introduce a virus yourself through an unsafe mod.

And could the flash player that this game runs on be exploited?

[dj_indio]

First you need to consider the difference between the O.S. based Flash verses the standalone Flash used in this game.

The O.S. based Flash was usually used for streaming media, or as a web-based portal for situations where the data-set used (flash game or streaming media) was stored on the web, and was a temporary download on the users computer. The sort of injection attacks used to exploit the O.S. based Flash worked because of the separation of the interface (on the local computer) and the data-set (downloaded over the internet). Such attacks work because of the fact that the O.S. based Flash was setup to receive such data streams from over the internet, which is what leaves it open to such exploits.

The Standalone Flash used for this game is not part of a browser / web-based streaming platform. It is instead used as an encapsulated game-engine, so is not vulnerable to the type of data injection attacks that plagued the O.S. based Flash, because it does not offer the same potential entry point found in the O.S. based Flash.

[Daniel@BlueBottleGames]

That about sums it up, dj_indio. Thanks!

I don't have a lot to add here, except an official "what he said" in case anyone needed to hear it straight from the dev :)

[Elegant Caveman]

Originally posted by dj_indio:

[explanation]

Thanks!

Originally posted by Daniel@BlueBottleGames:

an official "what he said"

Always welcome/appreciated.

[Case]

Originally posted by Charis:

Hello! If you have the Steam version of the game, you will still be able to play. More information here: https://www.reddit.com/r/NeoScavenger/comments/jqqdiy/im_interested_in_this_game_but_will_it_work_after/

Does it mean other versions, like GOG's, will not work in the future?

[dj_indio]

Originally posted by Case:

Originally posted by Charis:

Hello! If you have the Steam version of the game, you will still be able to play. More information here: https://www.reddit.com/r/NeoScavenger/comments/jqqdiy/im_interested_in_this_game_but_will_it_work_after/

Does it mean other versions, like GOG's, will not work in the future?

Well if you are talking about in the future when solar storms coincide with the Earths magnetic poles shifting and swapping positive and negative positions, resulting in massive solar radiation scorching the planet surface, then at that time most electronic devices will no longer be working... But if you are talking about some time before that, then please see my previous post for a better understanding of the games' standalone, encapsulated nature.

[Khorne Flakes]

Originally posted by dj_indio:

Originally posted by Case:

Does it mean other versions, like GOG's, will not work in the future?

:gman: Well if you are talking about in the future when solar storms coincide with the Earths magnetic poles shifting and swapping positive and negative positions

Smh just flip the earth and we good

[Geothermal1159]

Originally posted by Khorne Flakes:

Originally posted by dj_indio:

:gman: Well if you are talking about in the future when solar storms coincide with the Earths magnetic poles shifting and swapping positive and negative positions

Smh just flip the earth and we good

The problem with flipping the earth is that we then need to flip maps around & really who has the time to go into Photoshop then, click on the horizontal/vertical flip buttons on a bunch of maps?

Better to just wait another few centuries when solar storms coincide with the Earths magnetic poles which then swaps the positive and negative poles back to normal.