Export and protection
Export saves the level outside the game as a folder or an archive, together with every file it uses. A password encrypts the level's content on disk, and a forgotten password cannot be recovered
Export level
It lives on the Publication tab of the level settings: destination Archive, the mode in Format, and Password for a protected mode. More - Publishing
An archive carries the level, its metadata and every file it uses. A song that lives outside the level folder is copied in too. Its reference is re-pointed at the copy in the archive
The level's ai folder, where an AI assistant keeps its notes on the level, is packed too, unless Share AI context with this level is cleared in the level metadata. A mode with a password never packs it: readable design notes next to an encrypted level would defeat the password. The report says when the folder was left out. More - AI assistant › The ai folder
Format | What you get | Opened with |
|---|---|---|
Folder | the same folder the level has on disk. Zip it and send it | nothing needed |
Folder (protected level) | the same folder, with the level document encrypted. The metadata, the cover and the media stay readable, so a level browser still shows its card | gpg for the level document |
Archive .zip | one file | a double click in Windows Explorer, nothing to install |
Archive .tar.gz | one file | any archiver |
Archive .zip + password | a zip with its own AES-256 encryption. The usual meaning of a password on an archive | 7-Zip or any other archiver, which asks for the password |
Archive .zip + password (gpg), Archive .tar.gz + password (gpg) | the same archive wrapped in .gpg | gpg |
Windows Explorer opens none of the password options. That is what a password costs
A collection or a single resource from the Library takes the same five archive modes, password ones included. The two folder modes are for a level only. More - Publishing › Archive
Anything that could not travel (a resource behind a URL, a file nothing references) is listed in the report after the export
A password protects the content in transit and from casual copying. It is not DRM: anyone with the file and the password can always open it
Protect level
Encrypts the level's document on disk. Opening the level asks for the password
What is protected is the content: objects, keyframes, themes. The metadata, the cover and the media stay readable. So the level browser still shows the level's card without the password
The password is asked once per session and kept in memory only. It is never written anywhere, so autosave keeps working
To remove the protection, leave the field empty and press Apply
A forgotten password cannot be recovered. No key is kept anywhere, and there is no way into the file without it