Check if processes are running

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System4 Studios (Posted 2011) [#1]

Is there a way for Blitz3D to check if certain processes are running on your computer? For example.. If I want to code something in my game to detect hacking programs like CheatEngine.. Is there a way for Blitz to detect the CheatEngine process .exe running?

Serpent (Posted 2011) [#2]

You'll need to use user declared commands for this. These seem to be something like what you want: EnumProcesses QueryFullProcessImageName Last edited 2011

Rroff (Posted 2011) [#3]

There are ways to do it, but you'd be wasting your time, they will just keep changing the process name if your program detects it or generate a random name every time its run, etc.

Serpent (Posted 2011) [#4]

Yes actually. It's probably better to obscure your variables a bit if you want cheat protection.

Rroff (Posted 2011) [#5]

Yeah obfuscation to make it harder for them to hook into your program is more effective.

System4 Studios (Posted 2011) [#6]

Ok thanks for the tips guys.. I will try to make my values harder to decipher and look at those links Serpent gave me..