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macromedia players flash : Loading external scripts or swfs?


plancta
2/6/2007 5:51:03 PM
Hello, all

I?m trying to build a highscore system for my game. I?ll give away the game,
so the game can be hosted in several different servers, but they?ll load
highscores from MY server.

The problem is: I know many security changes were made past player versions,
and sometimes things just stop working because we can?t access a file or script
that is hosted in a different server!

I guess I have two choices:

1) Making all games load a separated swf, ?highscores.swf?, that will contain
all highscores access routines; or

2) Putting all highscores inside the game, and then loading an external php
script that will contain highscores data.

I know both solutions ? loading an external swf and loading an external php
file ? were blocked once in Flash Player lifetime, hehe. So what?s the safest
one? Which one should I use to maximize the lifetime of my highscores system?
Does anyone knows if they are planning to block loading external swfs, or
external scripts?

Thanks
--Malu

plancta
2/6/2007 5:52:53 PM
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