
I know The Pinball Arcade don't have an issue with it, and when you reinstall that game for the first time again, it "restores transactions" and will only let you play games (without a score limit demo enforcement) that you have rightfully purchased. Unless Zen's Android Devs use an older method of determining entitlements for IAP, I would assume that allowing us to back up table files should not be an issue for piracy.

Once I determined the upgrade level cap, I uninstalled the APK because the checksum mismatch crippled so much in the game (already purchased the full version, but couldn't easily see how many stars I'd need to use to cap out the weapon tiers). I verified this with a hacked version of Sky Force 2014 that I downloaded purely to check the IAP upgrade levels in the game. Every flipper, bumper, sound effect, and display pixel has been painstakingly emulated in astonishing detail. We talked about Zen Pinball recently a game app by Zen Studios who are mainstays in the pinball genre when they released a Bethesda skin pack for the said game. So even if I was to obtain all the table files from another user, Google Play would still need to bless the menu item in-game for me to be able to play it.Īlso note that for games like Zen that use GPG framework, an extra layer of licence checking is implemented into the game which disables all leaderboard and achievement activity in game (even cloud save) if a checksum mismatch is detected. Play THREE FREE TABLES now This expansive digital arcade features exact recreations of the all-time greatest pinball tables from Stern Pinball, Gottlieb and Alvin G. Zen Pinball HD is a free pinball platform download featuring a mix of Zens original pinball designs and the hugely popular Marvel Pinball, and will feature 15 tables at launch. My guess is that we don't currently offer this feature to prevent pirating, but I could be talking out of my butt.This was my thought as well, but the good thing about Google Play Framework is that it can easily interrogate a users' purchase history and determine whether they are entitled to play a game based on the transaction history. Game Tested : Modded Playstore + Freedom PLAY OFFLINE. They do an automatic "Restore Transactions" check when the app is first reinstalled, then it is up to the user to download each table themselves separately.Thanks - will forward your feedback to the team Zen Pinball HD 1.14.6 APK + Complete Tables Package (742 MB).

The Pinball Arcade allows users to do this without issue. Even when I transfer the files from my device to my PC, and then back into the correct directory structure, the app still demands I download all the tables from the CDN.Īllow rooted users to save bandwidth and restore Zen Pinball HD table files from Titanium Backup or manual transfer into the /sdcard/Android// folder, after verifying they have entitlements through Google Play Services. Sorry I'm only reporting this now officially.įor those rooted Android users, the ability to restore purchased Zen HD tables from a Titanium Backup is currently not possible. This has been an ongoing issue for me ever since I had to install my first custom ROM on a tablet I owned about two years ago.
