Most of the members who have their own 3rd party App have already asked for Permission from Totem to do so.
None of these 3rd party Apps, have direct control of any of the Native software.
It is all done, via Pushing a value to the registry. nothing is hacked.

Can you open and Read a BOOK?
is that reverse engineering or hacking the Book?

if a file in digital format can be open and read, that is not hacking or reverse engineering it.
Altering it's content, or creating New content based on it is...

As long as your app is not altering the models.lst file
then reading the content of that file without altering it any way
does not constitute a hack.

Totem has provided 3 features without documentation for authorized 3rd party app developer to use.
models.lst
names.xml
and a registry value
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Totem\vghd\parameters\ForceAnim



Nothing is altered or hacked, but members did have to figure out how to use them.
None of the 3rd party Apps make changes to Totems software.

Totem has also provide for Scene Creators
Does reading one of the official Scenes and using code from that Scene to create your own scene, constitute Reverse engineering or Hacking?

Totem has also provide for Custom card images, custom Full size images
By storing your custom images in the data folder. is that Altering the Product?

Totem has also Provide for Skin creators
Duplicate an Existing Skin folder
Rename it
Create your own graphics
Create your own Palette.txt

None of that is Hacking or violates the T&C

So while Yes, what you point out is written in the T&C, it is also written in the T&C

unless expressly authorized by Totem Entertainment;

I believe all of the 3rd party app developer have requested, and received authorization.

A member doing so for their own behalf, Not sharing it with anyone else...
probably doesn't need pre-Authorization.
They are not Altering , Distributing or sharing anything.

@Birger52 asking for information for his own personal use
does not ***** the terms of the T&C.

If at some point in time @Birger52 wishes to Share his work, then he Must Ask for and receive Authorization to do so.

I don't think it offers enough value for the price, currently. The best way to fix that would be to throw in ~400 credits per year for that price, in addition to the discount.

I have the same idea: the result is that I buy more XXX-cards than I really want.And there is the crux. The new XXX cards are a compromise between regular cards and the old deskbabes style of XXX. If the ratio of XXX cards is growing, then that sounds like the compromise is finding success.Personally, I prefer the XXX cards since they give the best variety within a single card: striptease, poledance and a bit of masturbation? Yes please!

Exactly. The true XXX(deskbabes) of yesteryear only had sitting clips and I ***** that. Really loving theses hybrid cards.

@TheEmu
The fact you are looking into a file to search some information or just to know to what this correspond is usually called Data mining, and this is normally tolerated by any industrial companies. This is not the same as reverse enginering.

Even if a program is under a license (and generally you pay the rights to use it), if you install it on your own computer you have the rights to look how it works or what it does, simply because this is a question of security. My computer is my proprity like my house (that might not be the rights in all country but in mine it's the case).

By the same token I have a right to look at everything on it. I agree this doesn't give me the rights to decompile/reverse enginering any software but infact you can't be puirsuited even if you do do it.

The reason is simple how would you be able to check if a program isn't a virus or a malicous program of any kind, if you can't see or understand what it does? What do you think antivirus software are doing ?
A simple answer is : data mining, reverse enginering and such things and this is legit.

If you do not do it for a purpose or to cause ***** to a person or a company, there is nothing they can do.

Copy, reproduce, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, derive source code from, or disassemble, in whole or in part, the Software or the Product, or create derivative works based on the Product

Yes figuring out the format of a file like models.lst is a form of reverse engineering, but what is the scope of the phrase "the Product."

I'm not a fan of XXX cards and don't buy them. There are enough crude displays of female anatomy on the pornographic internet that we don't need it here. IStripper is a very rare institution where really beautiful models can be seen stripping and dancing for its own sake. I would like to think a girl was dancing to entertain me rather than just sitting down to pleasure herself.
I don't think I'm old fashioned. Its just a question of taste, class, and style. And I do prefer those few clips that start out standing full naked. Then again, that's just me.

👍 That's why I'm here

"Reverse engineering is taking apart an object to see how it works in order to duplicate or enhance the object."

Completely agree with that. It's only what we do with it that might become an infraction. Otherwise learning by studying how something works might also be an infraction.

I'm not a fan of XXX cards and don't buy them. There are enough crude displays of female anatomy on the pornographic internet that we don't need it here. IStripper is a very rare institution where really beautiful models can be seen stripping and dancing for its own sake. I would like to think a girl was dancing to entertain me rather than just sitting down to pleasure herself.
I don't think I'm old fashioned. Its just a question of taste, class, and style. And I do prefer those few clips that start out standing full naked. Then again, that's just me.

"Reverse engineering is taking apart an object to see how it works in order to duplicate or enhance the object."
Not what I'm doing.
And I haven't asked for any guarantee...
😉

@Birger52 - if you are interpreting an undocumented file then you are reverse engineering. OK, only in a very ***** way but strictly speaking it is an infraction of the licence. More importantly you can have no guarentee that things will not change in a way to make your interpretation obsolete.

I'm simply making a way to view data I have bought, in another way that is not ossible by the original software, pertly to be able to add my own data.
I am actually not "Copy, reproduce, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, derive source code from, or disassemble, in whole or in part, the Software or the Product, or create derivative works based on the Product".

Heres why i think this is a bad idea.

So... If i get the premium membership i can buy all the new shows at release (release window) with a 20% discount.

That means if you already have most of the shows (eg. tripple diamond members) and buy the new shows at release, that there is no point in waiting for ANY event/special offers since you only get to buy shows, which you didnt care about buying in the first place!

(Also there are events where you get every 4th card for free - basically 25% off!)


I dont think the other benefits (crystal clear.... ) make up for the price of 60$!!

Help. I think this topic's gone off subject! It would be good if fatal lady, something we wouldn't say in English, would be correctly translated into English as femme fatale.

@Elfine

By the way, I suppose it count the new installation as a 2nd install right ?

Yes, thanks for mentioning it.

on Windows OS, every Install counts towards the 2 Install limit.
on Special request, with good explanation of why, we will sometimes grant a 3rd install.

Some members make the Mistake to Clone the HDD of one system, and use it in a New system.

In that case, two Installs have the Exact same Identity. but different hardware signature.
Each time that member switches PC's they will need to Register Again.
Every time they use the other PC, they Must Register again..
as the Same License is now detected on a different Hardware.

the Solution is to delete the InstallID from the registry of ONE pc.
then register again, so it gets a Different installID.
Now Each PC has it's own InstallID and License.

@Birger52 - the contents of the various files such as models.lst, staticProperties.cds and the many .xml files should be regarded being implementation details (as should such things as registry entries), they are most definitely NOT public interfaces. As such their format, meaning, or even their existence, can vary from release to release for no apparent reason. By all means use them for your own private tools, but do not expect Totem to maintain backward compatibility.

Strictly speaking to decode these files is a ***** of the following clause in the Licence we all agreed to

You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:

...

Copy, reproduce, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, derive source code from, or disassemble, in whole or in part, the Software or the Product, or create derivative works based on the Product

But Totem seem not to mind mild violations of this clause.

@Wyldanimal
By the way, I suppose it count the new installation as a 2nd install right ?
So he may have to ask for a reset as well, I'm not sure about that but sound logic to me.

@Wyldanimal is right the .cds are almost the same as their .xml version.
I don't think we should use them even for personnal purpose since it would be agaisnt the TOC.

If you want informations about cards on your collection rely on model.lst.
If you need individual information about models/card you have to rely on the .xml for each card (time consuming).

The alternative is to get the staticProperties.xml which is easier to use since it contains almost the same data as it's .cds version. It's a general file you can also get the upcoming cards from it.
You don't need to install any specific version of iStripper to get it, it's not a secret but I will not provide a direct link on the forum (you can ask @Wyldanimal or me).

I'm using only staticProperties.xml and model.lst

on external HDD, please Change Ownership of the Folders.
When switching PC
the access to the folders could be restricted as the New member on the different PC does not have rights to the folders.

see the Owner is the Specific user profile on a specific PC, so that could affect when you move the drive to a different PC.

on my external drives, where I will use the same folders on different PC's
I change the Ownership to Everyone
then I set permission so the Everyone has full control of the folder and it's subfolders.

I've run into this a few times, where iStripper could not write new files to the external HDD.

After Ownership and Permission changes, never had this issue again when moving HDD to a different PC.

if anyone has a better solution, please share it.

That should now have Unlocked that folder and all of it's subfolders, so that no matter which PC it is connected to,
Everyone will have full control of it.

Maybe @Wyldanimal knows the format of the .cds

I have never tried to decode the .cds format.
So no, I don't have that information.

Also, most of the .cds files, have an XML file which contains the same data.
So there is not a need to decode them.

staticProperties.xml

that file is not the standard file used by istripper
iStripper uses an encrypted version of staticProperties.xml called staticProperties.cds

to Get an updated staticProperties.xml, you have to manually download it yourself.
i'm pretty sure I've sent you a PM with the details, go look back at your PM's

Names of the models and the cards are stored in the Names.xml file
But the Order of the data in that file is Based on your own My Collection Sort order.
So for to build a complete collection Data you need to parse the names.xml and pair that with parsing the models.lst file.


Models.lst is the repository of the Rebuild Collection Inventory.
it is a database of every clip that is in your Models Folder.

The App keeps this data in Memory, and only Updates Models.lst when you Quit the App.

why is it not more user friendly?

The app was not designed with the intent of having 3rd party programs access it's information.

Back in 2008
I watched card after card and discovered that each card, made a change to the registry.
so I wrote a little app the watched the registry.
I watched card after card, and made notes of the file name and what was in the card.
I decoded the file name scheme.
from that I was able to determine what each clip name described.
I also discovered I could push a clip name in the correct syntax on to the registry
and the App would then play that as the next clip.

I wanted a CLIP player.
There was no way to select a specific clip and play it back in 2008.
I wrote to both Rex and Herve to get permission to write one.
I sent them a sample of my work.
and they gave me the OK to do it.

Many times an update would come out, that broke the Registry Push.
using the registry push, was a way to interface with the App that wasn't Hacking.
Countless time I wrote to the Developer asking to have the function restored.
We had many conversations, as to what could be done, and what couldn't be done.
That developer moved on, and I've had similar dialog with the current developer.

We are now at the point where, these are the Two Shared Files that 3rd party apps can use.
models.lst, names.xml. and the Registry Push.

I've asked to have the Screen save function restored, but it's not a priority.
I don't know if it will.
It used to be, you could push a value to the registry, and it would trigger the screen saver to start.

I used that almost exclusively with my player to watch playlists.

that function no longer exists.
I wish it did. as I prefer to watch using Scenes rather than desktop mode.

Updates cause changes, we have to adapt to them, and when needed, ask to have a function restored.
but as of now, the three things have been provided to us..
models.lst
names.xml
registry Push

as long as we have these three things, we can continue to create our own 3rd party apps.

@Birger52 It would make sense. Version 1.2.216 most probably just extracts a .xml from the .cds data. All .cds files are kept updated.

Your welcome.
Don't know exactly, but I think so. Maybe @Wyldanimal knows the format of the .cds

OK.
Thx for explanation.

Seems a lot of work to do to have updated data on a daily basis ...

Does the staticProperties.cds file contain the same (but updated) info in binary format?

staticProperties.xml was generated by mistake with the client software ver 1.2.216
If I need a 'fresh' version of that file I simply install the .216 software, which generates an aktual .xml, then I go back to the current software version. Done.😇

Project staticProperties.xml has been abandoned?

Was thinking... why is it called models.lst, when it actually contains data for all the cards - models data are scattered throughout the cards xml-files
😲
Was looking forward to a simpified representation in staticProperties - but the xml file has not been updated since february.
Simplified, in the sense that each show has a desciption, and each model has a description - kind of where evolution is going - rather than the description for the model is repeated for every card she is performing on, and these are stored (only once) seperately or with the data they belong to, rather than spread out over numerous files.
Seems it would be both more informative, possibly save some space as well.

Just my 2 cents... 😊

I'm not sure to understand. If you use the same account the encryption is the same so the files you downloaded will work whether they are on an external or internal drive. If you tell the app to look for cards where they are, you should not need to re-download them unless some have been updated.

On your new computer, you will need to install iStripper, log in with your account then go to Settings, check the little case Advanced Settings (top left). At this point you have to go down on the page and look for the Data section, click on the button Change folder to add any location you want for the stored cards files (for ie: your mobile drive).

If you meant the data for the cards (xml files and card pictures) which is about 2.45Gb for a full collection they are located by defaut in C:\users\[your_user_name]\AppData\Local\vghd\data. So, you need to make a backup of all the subfolders that correspond to the istripper cards. Their names start with axxx, bxxx, cxxx, dxxx, exxx, fxxx and there is a folder called: "cache5" you can ignore it.

If you had some custom musics, playlists, scenes or skins you can as well backup these subfolders : musics, playlists, scenes, skins. Best way is to use an archiver like zip/rar/7zip this would save a lot of space and preserve the timestamp of the files.

If you want to go further and save some personnal settings, well it's a bit more complicated but not that much I could explain how to do it.

If I remember @LukaszR has made some command tools you may have to check this thead : https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/39324/1

Everyone likes different things.
I just would like everyone to respect tastes of others - and not to see such ***** after every week in which more XXX cards are released than ordinary ones. By the way, after weeks in which the opposite situation happened (as in week 9/30 - 10/4) and more "plain" cards than XXX ones were released, I did not see ***** from XXX lovers.

This. Enough said.👍

Who is whining? We’re expressing our opinion. I still buy the cards I want Whether XXX or not. I’m allowed to critique the cards if I choose. Easy brother. Variety is the spice of life.

The XXX card lovers find the reg cards "boring" because they are fluff; and the reg card lovers find the XXX cards "boring" because they are repetitve. What I find "boring" is all this unnecessary whining. God help me, I sound like my mother.

It's suppose to have the words "RIP OFF" in hot pink!

I like that & in pink yet!!

lol

Careful now. Some crybaby whose crown is on too tight might get irritated

lol

I have the same idea: the result is that I buy more XXX-cards than I really want.

I instead buy way more plain cards than I really want: since, in my opinion, all cards should have at least one XXX clip. But I don't use to ***** about that, since I know that Totem has to try pleasing all tastes.
I hope that "plain card" lovers too will eventually stand the existence of XXX cards...

I have the same idea: the result is that I buy more XXX-cards than I really want.

And there is the crux. The new XXX cards are a compromise between regular cards and the old deskbabes style of XXX. If the ratio of XXX cards is growing, then that sounds like the compromise is finding success.

Personally, I prefer the XXX cards since they give the best variety within a single card: striptease, poledance and a bit of masturbation? Yes please!

Thx.
Seems like it stops my private rating system from functioning - and THAT is definately significant!
😉 😎
And the problem with comparing is that new versions overwrite old ones. I believe there is a new file just about every day (every new card).
Guess I could (should) progam a backup of the file, once it is read sucessfully.

我很确定XXX卡的比例增加是由销售推动的，就像我同样确定这些卡中XXX内容数量减少的原因相同， 我的意见也。 似乎更有趣的服装是XXX系列 我的想法是一样的：结果是我购买的XXX卡超出了我的实际需求。

i feel the same way too

I am pretty sure that the increase in the proportion of XXX cards is driven by sales, just as I am equally sure that the same reason applies for the decrease in the amount of XXX content in those cards,

Mine opinion also.

Seems the more interesting outfits are the XXX variety

I have the same idea: the result is that I buy more XXX-cards than I really want.

Yes. My XXX clips don't play very often.

I bought them because there are other hot dance clips.

Everyone likes different things.
I just would like everyone to respect tastes of others - and not to see such ***** after every week in which more XXX cards are released than ordinary ones. By the way, after weeks in which the opposite situation happened (as in week 9/30 - 10/4) and more "plain" cards than XXX ones were released, I did not see ***** from XXX lovers.

Some other people, instead, likes the XXX clips very much.

And, just to make it clear, some do not like the XXX clips at all.

I am pretty sure that the increase in the proportion of XXX cards is driven by sales, just as I am equally sure that the same reason applies for the decrease in the amount of XXX content in those cards,

Monotonous lying card I won't buy! Instead, I will be very interested!

Some other people, instead, likes the XXX clips very much.

When a XXX card comes out I buy it if 1. I like the girl and 2. I like the outfit. Always delete the dildo clips, to me they are boring. If I want to see girls using a dildo on themselves I look elsewhere. Seems the more interesting outfits are the XXX variety

Most of my model data is stored on my mobile hard drive.

If I change my computer or upgrade my hardware, I need to re-authenticate the model data, but usually I can't authenticate a lot of model data after the interruption, so I need to download it again! This is my most ***** moment! More than a thousand model data needs to be re-downloaded! Really *****!

Is there a good solution?

I will replace my computer in a month or two, think about the huge downloads! It’s *****!

So there has been a significant, though not large, swing towards XXX this year

And, in my opinion, no one should ***** about it, since the slightly increase of XXX cards number is more than compensated by the huge reduction in XXX clips number in each XXX card which we had to see in last two years - so, the recent XXX content yearly made overall available on the program still is much less than the one we had in 2017.

Lately we have many XXX Cards again...😐

I understand that reading may be very difficult in the first quarter of the twenty-first century, but seven out of the last ten cards released being of the triple X variety does add validity to the 'Lately' part of the statement..

Using the Release Date and Collections filters on my collection (which is complete) I find the following

2019 - 296 cards, 168 iStripper 56.8%, 128 iStripperXXX 43.2%
2018 - 358 cards, 214 iStripper 59.8%, 144 iStripperXXX 40.2%
2017 - 359 cards, 266 iStripper 74.1%, 93 iStripper XXX 25.9%

So there has been a significant, though not large, swing towards XXX this year when compared to last year (which may even out in the next two months) but a large swing when compared to 2017 when only 1 card in four was a XXX card.

Lately we have many XXX Cards again...😐

So far in 2019 - it still remains about 60 / 40 which is about the overall average since the XXX product was introduced.
I don't see a significant change in the overall non-XXX vs XXX ratio.

2019 - 296 cards
168 iStripper = 56.8%
128 iStripperXXX = 43.2 %

Lately we have many XXX Cards again...😐

Im guessing also its for affiliate clicks also. Gotta make that money....

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SHAED: Trampoline
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Queens of the Stone Age - Keep Your Eyes Peeled
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Puscifer - The Mission
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