Embedding the whole game folder inside another exe

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

EDIT: it seems like it's actually not possible (unless I make the exe extract the contents into the comp during runtime, which defeats the purpose of the whole embed thing)... it just works on my comp since I have the source files... sorry

I guess I'll just need to create the "game launcher" inside the game itself...

 

[Jomarcenter]

Well my "Game Launcher" is just a control central for the game like uploading data to a server, Automated Updates system, online high-score and achievement retrieval system. but there a way for an EXE file to put into another EXE file how the DRM existed without it.

Note: Jomarcenter Games/Studio will not put or support any DRM system into any of our games except from the third-party distributors.

 

[Tsukihime]

Of course it's possible, but I don't know how to do it.


Multimedia Fusion and Game Maker, for example, allow you to create fully embedded executables.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

For embedding resources, it's pretty easy. but for embedding a .exe inside another .exe, it's another thing. I will need to embed the .exe, but during runtime it needs to be extracted first before I can run it...

 

[Tsukihime]

Seems like this might help. It appears to be extracting it as well, but why not


http://geekswithblogs.net/TechTwaddle/archive/2009/10/16/how-to-embed-an-exe-inside-another-exe-as-a.aspx


http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4221/Adding-and-extracting-binary-resources


Maybe those exe's I'm talking about also create a temp file somewhere that is not obvious.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

well, I was thinking of actually not having to do do extraction and such... anyway, I don't really need it that much... so maybe this can could be closed...