Why is a games source code being leaked a bad thing? Doesn’t all that code exist in the games files?

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I do know that that code obviously then inst available, since that’s why the recent leaks are significant…but why is it significant? Obviously cheaters will use that to more easily make hacks, but why is that code not part of the game? How does that code not exist in the game files? Is it hidden in some way or is some of that engine code or what exactly is it?

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No, none of that code exists in the game files. The machine code that is in the compiled executables contains very little of the programming methodology behind the game itself. The game code that compiles into all that machine code will allow people to rebuild the game to their own liking, without the security controls and many other features of the compiled software. It also contains many of the programmers’ notes and instructions, which will allow even more changes to be made to the original game, cutting out other sources of income for the original game developers.

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