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davidfor · 01-08-2014, 01:17 AM

Glad to be of help. I hadn't ever thought of blocking them before. I think from the type of games supplied, most people either ignore them or think they are good time wasters.

I did think of another way to do this.

The firmware updates and the hacks are installed using a file called "KoboRoot.tgz". This is a zip file containing a tar file to be unpacked to the boot partition of the device. Putting files into it will add them or replace the existing ones. If you created a "KoboRoot.tgz" with zero length files with the same names as the game executables, it would block the games. To get the names, grab one of the firmware package files and unpack it. That will also give you the structure that is needed.

There are instructions around for creating these files if you need it. A search of the developers subforum should find one (though I can't right now).

01-08-2014, 01:17 AM	#9
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Glad to be of help. I hadn't ever thought of blocking them before. I think from the type of games supplied, most people either ignore them or think they are good time wasters. I did think of another way to do this. The firmware updates and the hacks are installed using a file called "KoboRoot.tgz". This is a zip file containing a tar file to be unpacked to the boot partition of the device. Putting files into it will add them or replace the existing ones. If you created a "KoboRoot.tgz" with zero length files with the same names as the game executables, it would block the games. To get the names, grab one of the firmware package files and unpack it. That will also give you the structure that is needed. There are instructions around for creating these files if you need it. A search of the developers subforum should find one (though I can't right now).