Do not be alarmed that a good number of accounts have been banned since the middle of the month. For none of these accounts belong to members who stayed for anything longer than twelve seconds. In fact, one account was created in so brief a period of time, the time spend online actually displays None Registered. A very interesting occurrence if one indeed wished to be a member of the community.
But no. None of these accounts belong to anyone wishing to join the community, and more than half either heralding from or associated with a single nation. And all of these, likely computer generated spambots. Oh, I doubt they will return any time soon. But if a human operator accesses these accounts now banned, I hope they will appreciate their new custom membership avatar:
As to the timing of why more bots would wish to access any site, I believe that their rise coincides with the start of the U.S. Election Year. Upon checking the IP addresses of the spam-bots that have entered and those who are constantly viewing the "No Permission Page" having been shut out for spam activity, I have no illusions why spam content would be set to explode.
However, the use of anti-spam software is online, and I strengthened the Security Questions system, removing the two weakest queries and replacing them with questions that comically may actually confuse AI-driven systems. Since added just yesterday, 75 registration attempts with these 'actually simple' questions were made, halting bot access and activity.
So please be at ease. In no way will bot spam be allowed within the forum. And if any case of spam activity within forum posts or PMs (Private Messages) have occurred, feel free to send a report for it to be handled.
It appears that Save-Point must draw a line which other sites have already, the separation between what is generated by machines and that of an individual. I understand that some may try to blur the line between using a simple faceset or characterset generator such as CharasProject, or Dall-E. Or that they spent some time to use an online tool such as Stable Diffusion to create something. However, a line does need to separate these instances.
There has been much talk within the art and music industry whereby many feel their actual identity stolen by A.I. Generators, and there have been incidents where A.I. had done so with actual criminal intent. Actual criminal intent is not forcing a ban upon A.I., for technology itself is neutral. It is the user that may use it for good or ill purposes. However, with the proliferation of A.I. for content development, rules needed to be created.
Do realize that most artwork created by A.I. is derived from some manner of source material, and there have been actual lawsuits over issues of copyright and plagiarism. Save-Point is not placing banishment against A.I. creations. However, guidelines needed to be identify works that are A.I. generated, protect those who may wish their use without realizing any legal status of the works, and consider the artists both within the forum and without.
As of today, 19th of November 2023, all A.I Generated content, whether it be in audible, visual, prose or any other format, must be identified by the content poster as an A.I. generated product. It must be the responsibility of the poster as the A.I. generators would not actively contact us.
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Within the forum'sCreativity Sectionboard, the sub-forums now contain tags to identify threads that are for solely A.I. Generated content, and topics that contain a mixture of contemporary and A.I content. Within those threads that may contain both contemporary and A.I. content, the content itself must be immediately identified as such.
All other primary boards within the forum already contain their own prefix icons, and thus cannot be so-marked. As such, all other posts within the forum must unfortunately now contain notifications of A.I. content made as of today's date.
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Please realize that A.I. Generated content is neither covered nor protected under Copyright Law, it having been ruled that copyright only covers creations of actual human content. The comically famous 'monkey selfie' case of 2015 being the basis.
While accidental incidents of non-compliance may occur, there had to be established penalties if one was negligent. However, repeated intentional offenses by any individual will be treated as if that individual plagiarized content and summarily banned. Please do not consider this heavy-handedness. Content generated by A.I. tools are derived from other sources and could be construed as plagiarized, and willful disregard thus would warrant such discipline.
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Changes have been made to the forum's User Submissions & Member Rights of Ownershipclause. It now includes the following: "Do note that content generated by A.I.(Artificial Intelligence) technologies may not be subject to copyright laws, and are not guaranteed." Likewise, the Save-Point's Rights and Limitationsclause now states "You are required to indicate any A.I. generated content posted as being such.".
For a more exacting read, please refer to theFORUM RULESwhich are also available within the top of the forum display.
Twas not long ago that an announcement was made regarding ColoCrossing and an influx of spammers who arrived using their IP service. The anti-spam service we used had not recognized ColoCrossing when the announcement was made, and checking incoming registrants was done manually. However, the anti-spam service we are using has now added ColoCrossing to the list of IP services to be blocked.
But now, it appears spammers are arriving with a new IP service to be wary about; M247 Ltd.
According to scamalytics.com, ColoCrossing appears to be burdened the source of such mischief, claiming "We consider M247 Ltd to be a potentially high fraud risk ISP, by which we mean that web traffic from this ISP potentially poses a high risk of being fraudulent."
Since the start of the M247 intrusion, we had posts that contained offsite links intending to give mass telephone lists intended for relatively annoying telecommunication advertisements, those of which immediately removed.
Be it known that M247 IP addresses will be watched, and any accounts noted to having spam activity will be summarily given the axe.
As of mid-December 2021, a number of accounts have appeared within our forum. They come in, create their account, and summarily leave. They last no more than a mere few seconds. They use a pre-generated username with matching syntaxes. They utilize disposable eMails for registration. And they all use the same internet providing servers.
The two ISPs are called ColoCrossing and ServerMania.
It was mere months ago that the forum was hacked, and was barraged by a flood of spammers, all utilizing disposable eMails and all having internet-traceable activity of spam activity. It comes as no surprise that another barrage was likely to come. And now, it has arrived.
Not as prolific as the previous flood, less than thirty have shown. But of those, roughly a dozen recently created accounts have been banned when their IP addresses were found to be linked to spam activity, or that they created multiple accounts, clearly by intent.
As to why this announcement calls out the two service providers, the reason is simple.
According to ColoCrossing's own website, they suggest that "Although spam does seem to be this unstoppable force that will continue to flood inboxes until the end of time, communication and the right steps taken, it can be contained. ColoCrossing takes spamming very serious and will take proper action if you experience it."
But according to scamalytics.com, ColoCrossing appears to be burdened the source of such mischief, claiming "We consider ColoCrossing to be a potentially medium fraud risk ISP, by which we mean that web traffic from this ISP potentially poses a medium risk of being fraudulent."
As to ServerMania, one can find reviews at webhostingtalk.com such as this, "Servermania seems to have a serious SPAM problem, they have many 'commercial bulk email marketer' clients, aka spammers, who cross post email addresses across client lists in violation of current SPAM laws. Further, Servermania seems to intentionally disregard abuse reports sent to abuse@servermania, postmaster@servermania, noc@servermania, support@b2netsolutions."
As such, any accounts from either ServerMania and/or ColoCrossing will be considered much more than suspect. ColoCrossing's IP addresses will be instantly blocked.
Such was found by Ksi of RPGMakerWeb in an RM portal discord. And as TWings of RPGMakerWeb pointed out "Once Upon the Woods" was made by StarMage for a One-Map challenge contest.
If you read the original post, an RPGMakerWeb member named Unity noted that reviews for the illegally uploaded game apps didn't function properly, making him feel that these stolen works were laced with malware.
* TheoAllen and StarMage are members of both Save-Point and RPGMakerWeb.
Here, you can find a list of all archived Scripts that are not within the main "Scripts Database" board, but within separate Forum boards dedicated to sites archived.
Not everyone uses the same version of RPGMaker XP (or the like). Some demonstration packages were made with RPGMaker XP version 1.02, some with RPGMaker XP 1.04, or perhaps a Japanese edition instead of your English edition (or visa versa).
If you are finding that the demo you are trying to use is giving you issues, just do a simple bit of an edit.
STEP 1: Look at your own system's game.ini file. It may read like this:
The problem is not the title (which is 'MyStupidProject' in Japanese), but the librarywhich is why I altered the file's color in the quotes. The demo is trying to use a .DLL file which you do not have. And very likely, you need to do a little replacing. That is.... if the demo does 'not' include the so-mentioned .dll file in the project's ROOT directory.
Having the DLL in the same folder as the Game.exe would alleviate the issues. It is also necessary if it is to be playable on PCs without RPGMaker installed.
FIXING IT
It will require a bit of an edit to make the demo work for you if it is using a different VERSION of RPGMaker than what you have installed. This is not hard.
Change/Edit the offending INI file to use the DLL file which is in YOUR system, so it looks like this:
(Some people may be using RGSS105E.dll if a newer one than mine is available.)
And then replace the Game.exe and Game.rxproj files in the offending demo with the ones you use. The Game.exe file is attuned to the .dll file it requires, so just editing the .ini file isn't enough.
So with all that done, the demo will now be set up to use your .dll file and RPGMaker XP system
This should also cover differences in any updated versions of RPGMaker VX and/or VXAce.
After some months, a few incoming members appeared to deliver advertisement posts. At the same time, others who entered the forum posted the merest of greets within other threads solely to gain the benefits. And in one instance, the incoming member opted to merely quote/reply an entire post without entering any content of his own.
Our forum's staff has been dilligent in eradicating any offending spam posts and advertisements, and should be commended for their work.
In an effort to make their work easier and to eliminate spam content from entering, the policy where an incoming member is required to merely make a single post has been altered. No longer may a newly signed member be permitted to author or post content wherever they wish. Instead, new guidelines have been crafted which should eliminate potential spam.
Incoming members are now requested to create or post an introductory thread within our Occasions forum. They will only be able to post within the Occasions and Feedback forum until the forum's automated system detects their first posting before automatically upgrading their membership to fully registered accounts. It is an automated system, so there should be no difficulty in becoming fully registered.
However, we do have stipulations that their first post not be spam lest it be removed. The posting of spam content to join the forum and gain access to our PM system is still frowned upon. And it is our intention to protect our members from harassment and unwanted avertisement content.
I hope that this gives our members a feeling of comfort as we continue in our efforts to make Save-Point a safe and secure forum.
Hey guys. I've got a new topic here that I think should be helpful for a lot of Makers.
It's also an important one that will be updated as necessary! (I mean, look at the title! Scary, right?!)
Remember to check out the Template for Sumbitted Scripts.
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[size=3]Version: <version number>[/size][/center]
[size=4][b]Introduction[/b][/size]
<Post a short description of your script here, what it does and possibly how.>
[size=4][b]Features[/b][/size]
<Post a bulleted list of features here. This section is optional.>
[list][*]<feature one>[*]<feature two>[*]<feature three>[/list]
[size=4][b]Screenshots[/b][/size]
<Post screenshots of the script in action here. If the purpose of the script is not obvious from a single screenshot, try storyboarding the function of the script with screenshots. If screenshots cannot be taken of the system in action, please say so to prevent people from asking.>
[size=4][b]Demo[/b][/size]
<Post a link to a demo of the script, if one is available. This section is optional if you have the actual script posted, but highly recomended for moderately to highly complex scripts.>
[size=4][b]Script[/b][/size]
<Paste the actual code here, using the CODE tag. This section is optional if you have a demo, but highly recommended for simple to moderately complex scripts.>
<Place detailed instructions for using, setting up, and/or installing the script here. Any database changes, naming conventions, or event command script code should go here. Also include any resources, such as graphics, the script may need. Screenshots are helpful, but not necessary.>
[size=4][b]FAQ[/b][/size]
<This section can be added later, to answer frequently asked questions in the thread and hopefully keep them from being asked again.>
[size=4][b]Compatibility[/b][/size]
<Post any known compatibility issues, such as if this script is SDK compliant, what scripts you know it is compatible or incompatible with, and possibly what methods it alters. This section is optional.>
[size=4][b]Credits and Thanks[/b][/size]
<If you're using graphics made or scripts written by others, or have someone to thank, do it here. This section is optional if you have no one to mention.>
[size=4][b]Author's Notes[/b][/size]
<Anything in general you want to add about the script, the design process, upcoming releases, differences since the last version, etc. should go here. This section is optional.>
[size=4][b]Terms and Conditions[/b][/size]
<Place any required limitations, permissions and/or requirements for the use of this script here. Any conventions such as 'Free for Commercial Use', 'Not intended for Commercial Use', must include scripter's name and/or url, or the script being an exclusive to a forum/forums should go here.>
* The SDK is a rewrite of many of the default classes, a module with scripting tools and a set of scripting standards. The SDK is aimed at the combatable issues of many scripts fighting over the same methods of the default classes. SDK Team Members: Near Fantastica ? Fuso ? Wachunga ? Prexus ? Trickster ? SephirothSpawn
POST ICON DEFINITIONS and INDEX
The index is clickable for immediate access to a given category
If you want to have a new menu design, here's the place to look.
You have a new menu feature or something that changes an existing one?
You want a new battlesystem rather than the default? Come on over.
If you're looking for something to tweak your existing battlesystem, come on in.
If the default message system doesn't appeal to you, try these features.
Systems that change the keyboard system or add new data entry features, try these.
Want a new bargraph? Want a heads-up-display on the map? Come on in.
If you want to be able to keep track of your adventure, a journal may help.
You wanna affect the weather, daylight settings or whatnot? Try these.
These include item shops, custom inns or other niceties
You want a new way to save and/or load your game? Come look here.
Systems that change enemy behavior or stats go in here.
Features that change individual heroes belong here.
Things that affect the party as a whole are in here.
Systems that change the way the map moves or operates are in here.
If you want your heroes to move faster, slower or other ways, come look here.
Systems that change the title screen as a whole are here
Systems that affect your weapons and/or armor belong here
Systems that affect items and how they are used are in here
You want a new way for skills to work? This is the category to look.
Some challenging games to spice up your RPG Adventure.
If you want a new way to tweak the audio in your system or have a new audio feature, look here.
Want some visual spice in your game, look here for new add ons.
Specialized enhancements not covered above for your gaming project.
Mainly demos... These contain multiple systems that work in tandem.
Systems that help in game development, like debugging scripts, are here.
Basically, everything else
Your clickable index page.
Click a 'Heading' to bring up the script category of your choice.
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