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Starfiles

Additionally, I'd like to give a shoutout to StarFiles for implementing Flash game functionality on their website.

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One of the things I put up with as an archivist (and still do) is something called a sitelock. Sitelocks are mechanics built into a .swf file to enforce running the Flash at certain websites. Typically, it's something minor like nudging the player to go to the developer's website, typically for exclusive rewards. Some on the other hand deny you from playing the game unless it is at the developer's website or something. This is commonly done to prevent people from adding the game to their website and injecting their own ads to make profit. This does come with the downside of affecting archival projects that have it in the code. They typically aren't particularly difficult to bypass. There usually is code that checks to see where it's running from, and it blocks it if the website is not in the approved list. There's no universal way of bypassing it, as there are a variety of ways that it is implemented. Generally though, you can go through the code and search for terms like lock, domain, sitelock, etc. I usually circumvent this by removing or editing any code that handles this. For example, if a website says something like "If website == example.com, allow game to run, else, do not allow the game to run", I would modify the code so it instead becomes something more like "If website != example.com, allow game to run, else, do not allow the game to run". This would reprogram it to make it so it runs on websites that are NOT example.com, since it changes equal to not equal. It does vary on a case by case basis between websites though. As said previously, I cannot make a guide that encompasses all of them, you kind of just have to get creative and explore.

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