I think it must be added becouse
Everyone can edit your map change credits ETC

Snow can be easily turned off so there is no any protection from fakers...

I think something like password must be added

I thing this idea is stupid. If every lock his maps.
Maybe you can see the map, but you cant edit it.

But if you can read there is a maintopic from the next version of CS2D *Klick*

Yeah Bowlinghead You can see it but u dont avle to edit it
I think that u cant see entities too

DC already said, that if you don't want people to edit your maps, don't make them.

I think its kinda... stupid?

Yes, so? It's his game.

DC said no. He updates CS2D, of he says no, IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!

To paraphrase: LOL NO WAY.

I've asked for it to come back (cause there was a password locking in the very old versions) and I would love to have this come back... But I received the same responses that you have gotten so far. So that's why I'm not posting up too many of my maps. n00bs will just ruin them. Cause I know I've came across a few games where they took my Zm_Monastery_666 map, and added a lazer and super armor to it. That is just pathetic.

I never played that version, but I assume the password was stored in the map file. If it isn't encrypted in some way it would very easy to get it.

It would not be so hard to get even if it would be encrypted.

lol @ yates

Personally in my own opinion I think people who map protect their map is just insecure.

Even if it does happen they could easily be decrypted/cracked in a mtter of seconds.

Well yeah, cs2d still need to be able to read it.

So what if a map is edited? Tiles were probably not made by yourself, it's a 2d game, and your map probably sucks anyway. Get over it. (To people who actually want this function in cs2d)

Ok I want to know if I get it

For you it's ok if I, for example:
Take any file I want, something like this Transcript Lua Experiment 1.07 [TLex] (66)
Edit everything I want, for example, I can add a msg saying something like "..Script name here.. by ..Someone's name here (i.e. me)", and I can delete any trace of ..insert original creator's name here..
Use it on any server adding a download link of the file as ..Someone's name here.. creation (not uploaded in Unreal software).
And those are the steps to get a file's credits without any big effort (ok, the step 3 isn't really necessary).

of course this is just an hypothetical case, but if I get it, for you it's ok since you aren't insecure.

Well I'm not insecure. Someone did edit my TLex and removed me out of the credits.

File does not exist (7684)

Also if you compile your lua scripts you're insecure.

What's really the purpose of password protecting the maps? I just never get that. I'm quite sure no one really minds having their map improved by someone if they add just proper credits for it.

I doubt it has come to the point that there needs password protection just yet. Just think about it.

Yeah a credit attached would be nice. So you know the original owner.

Well it does sort of remind me of that thread about revenge ratings and stolen uploads, so yeah. It wouldn't look right if the guy who improved the map removed credits of the original author, true story.

It would feel rather lame actually, it has happened alot that some guys want to improve my map, and they forget to add credits to original author of the map but still I think map protection is like adding too much locks on your door (metaphorically speaking), so there's no point in doing that. Really I doubt that it would even protect your maps unless you're encrypting the maps with AES and doing more than just apply password protection to the maps.

The best solution I could think of if it has not been mentioned yet is that if you don't want your maps to be edited, simply do not upload it. Someone in this thread mentioned super armor and lasers which were added to his map. So why would you really care? People (most likely kids, in case with lasers and super armor) are just having fun with your map, then it means that they like it, isn't that what you have always wanted?

Ask Jsn he know how to protect a cs:2d map