Why is Zero Editor accessing the internet?

Post by **RepSharpshooter** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:43 pm

Well for the longest time, every time I ran ZE my firewall would pop up and say "zeroeditor.exe is trying to access the internet" or something like that. It was the DNS some odd 206.something ip, I forget. Why does it do that? Does anybody know? I always blocked it, which makes it load very slow (I'm assuming it waits in a loop to see if it can connect for a while then times out). So one time I got mad and said "allow." Now I'm scared it's like hackers or something

Post by **FragMe!** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:06 am

I get that from time to as well, I think it is calling home.

Post by **Penguin** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:18 am

"ZE phone home. "

Odd, I never got any firewall problems using Zone Alarm.

ryukaji · Post by **ryukaji** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:50 am

Penguin wrote:"ZE phone home. "

lol
I got no problems with it either

MandeRek · Post by **MandeRek** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:51 am

My firewall shows that message as well, with every .exe i run; maybe you've got some sort of same problem.. I can't think of ZE accessing the web!

Post by **RepSharpshooter** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:05 pm

Well if anyone see's it again, can you get the ip address? I've seen battlefront II contact places through xfire in single player mode (where it shouldn't be on the internet!). One IP showed up, 208.72.12.142 and just look at that link!

They be lookin at us!

Aman/Pinguin · Post by **Aman/Pinguin** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:21 pm

o_O

LucasFilm is watching you

Post by **RepSharpshooter** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:34 pm

It points to this building: http://www.lucasfilm.com/inside/letterman/

MandeRek · Post by **MandeRek** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:37 pm

How would they be able to watch you if you play single-player without a computer with internet-connection?

This is VEEERRYYY strange though...

Post by **FragMe!** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:51 pm

No they be stealing all you map and mod ideas to put into the new version of Battlefront

MasterSaitek009 · Post by **MasterSaitek009** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:35 pm

FragMe! wrote:No they be stealing all you map and mod ideas to put into the new version of Battlefront

I have no problems with that.

Go ahead and steal my ideas just make a new Battlefront please!

Aman/Pinguin · Post by **Aman/Pinguin** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:55 pm

hey maybe swbf3 will be a MMORPG with all maps made by modders...lol

trainmaster611 · Post by **trainmaster611** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:44 pm

I was gonna suggest it was a bug (considering the way ZE is) but since you found the ip, I guess thats not the case

Maybe they're not watching us or anything. Maybe just recording data from what we do. Like maybe just keeping tallys of how many times ZE is opened in a given day.

Post by **Teancum** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:49 pm

It's not unheard of for companies to watch for a lot of things. Some generals:

1-Are the mod tools being accessed regularly? *A basic example would be that they recieve [x] number of hits a day and by that they determine whether releasing tools is worth it.
2-Do any of these modders have potential at Lucasarts? *Only semi-likely
3-Do they have ideas that we should follow?

MandalorianJedi · Post by **MandalorianJedi** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:24 pm

I haven't had problems *yet*. I still don't want Lucasarts taking my ideas, especially since I am working on a Republic Commando book series map pack. But, when we find our maps in Battlefront III, we can complain that we are the ones who made them, and make Lucasarts buy rights to use them. That will be awesome!

Still, I want them to stay away from my maps!

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