Gamecrack tutorials (how to make own cracks)

Useful links those M8 .. thanks

and that works? We will see i try it

Helps if you know ASM.

That is my advise for any budding cracker.

Knowing VB/C++ doesnt hurt either

Can it be that this doesn't work at stronghold crusader? Because it doesn't work!!

very good and handy page
thanks for the info and sharing

Gamecrack tutorials

Seems to be very useful for me!

A lot and very good info.

Tx mate!

Thanx alot STRIDER that helps alot i will use the sites thanx

thanxxx that reals help me m8

[GLOW=red]What does ASM mean?[/GLOW] [GLOW=limegreen]What does VB/C++ mean?[/GLOW]

cheers

finally!
i found something that is useful for once thanks alot m8

[GLOW=indigo]Thanks for your great links!!![/GLOW]

very interesting and great links!!!

thx

thanks for the links

How do you Learn Such A language?

ASM= Assembly

Its a programming language....by which programs,games are made.

VB = Visual Basic
C++

These are also programming languages.

@cKy
How do you Learn Such A language?

u mean cracking....its not a language!!

To learn cracking surf those links....

Hey Molle!!

Nice to see some links about makeing cracks, only thing i could use right now is a guide about copying CD's....games,programs etc.
For me it's ok to use cracks but my HD is nearly full with all kinds of stuff so It would be nice with some working cd's instead...to install the game when i wanna use it and delete it after im finished using it

Hope some got a hint or two


Cheers
BSUPPORTER

Nice websites m8

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Cracking CD Checks [01/19/03]
Tutorial by
$LaY3!2

-There Are TONS of Ways to Crack Normal "CD Checks". Some Easy, Some more Diffacult then Others
Im Going To Show you Acouple, Easy Ways to Reverse Normal CD Checks.

What you will need:
-Game that Needs Cracking (Spiderman the Movie, Tony hawk 3, Motocross Mania ect..
-Hackers View (HIEW) Get It Here: http:\\www.geocities.com\cosa_nostra_axe\Hiew8.6.zip
-Win32Asm Decoder Get It Here: http:\\www.geocities.com\cosa_nostra_axe\Win32Asm8.9.zip
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(CRACKING KNOWLEGDE)
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Some ASM stuff thats needed to know:
-2 Numbers = 1byte, 4numbers=2bytes and so on..
-NOP (90)= Stop Command
75 (jne) to 74 (je), a
74 (je) to 75 (or EB) (jne) or a
85 (jne) to 84 (je), a
84 (je) to 85 (jne).
HIEW:
Modes are Text, Hex or Decode. When you First open Hiew, you will be in TEXT Mode, press Enter one time to be in HEX MODE
F5 = Goto Exact Point | F3 = Edit
F9 = Save | F10 = Exit
Up/Down Arrow Keys = One Line movement
Page UP/Down = one Page movement
(Make Sure to Make BACKUPs of the Files you are Editing in HIEW!)
==============================================
(CRACKING CD CHECKS)
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Greetings,
Im Glad that you are Reading my Tutorial, i Hope it helps you on your Journey to learn more About Cracking
So Lets Get Started!

Get Any Game CD you Have with Normal CD Checks, install the Game, and Try Playing it Without the CD.
You Get a Nasty, Error Message that Usually Says:
PLEASE INSERT Game CD (or something Simular)
What we Need to do is Stop the CD CHECK Routine from the CALL, JMP or JE Commands.

-Open Win32asm, Dissassemble the File you need cracked (Dissassembling Might Take Acouple Minutes!)
and Goto the Top Under REFS and Click String Data References.
Look for The Error Message you got such as: Please insert CD1
Double Click on the Error Message, and it will bring you to the CD CHECK Routine.
(This is Right Where we Need to Be!)
-IF you Find a JE or JNE command ABOVE or BELOW the CD Check Routine in Win32Asm, when you goto the Offset
in Hiew, Change it from 74 or 75 to EB. it Will Most Likly Bypass CD Checks. If not Use the Codes Below:
75 (jne) to 74 (je), a
85 (jne) to 84 (je), a
74 (je) to 75 (jne) or a
84 (je) to 85 (jne).
If This Doesnt Work, Try Below.


With Your Keyboard Arrow keys Move The Highlighed Line untill you see JMP or CALL,
(The Line Will Now Be Green if You are on a JMP or CALL command)
When you Find a CALL, or JMP UNDER the CD Check Routine, Write down the Offset you got (without the h)
(offset is the number all the way to the Left of the Highlighted Line)
EXAMPLE:
Offset command
:0067D44 A36EF19A00 mov dword ptr
So Write Down The offset, Exit Win32Asm, and Open HIEW.
-Once HIEW is Open, Press Enter once to get into HEX mode. Press F5 to Goto and Type the Offset
you got in Win32Asm. Press F3 to Edit and NOP it! (90)
(or Type b801000000 (only if you need to Change 5 Bytes) (NOTE: two Numbers = 1byte))
press F9 to Save and F10 to Exit! Your Game May Work without a CD Now!

ALTERNATIVE CD CHECKS:

-Open Win32Asm, Dissassemble your File.. Goto Search/Find Text At the Top and Search for GetDriveTypeA.
And Look Down, You See a CALL and a CMP 0005?
EXAMPLE:
CMP, eax 000000005 [000005 means CD ROM DRIVE]
[000003 means HARD DRIVE]
Write down the Offset of the CMP 000005
Open HIEW press enter one time to goto into HEX mode.
Press F5 to goto, Type the Offset you Got, goto the nearest CMP,eax 00005 and change it to and 03.
This will Tell it to Check for Hard Drive instead of a CD rom drive
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(AB0UT)
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I Hope this Has Helped you Learn alittle About Cracking, And hope it Will Make you Want to Learn More About the Art.
Have Fun Cracking!
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MEPHiSTO(c) 2003

[GLOW=blue]Thanks for your great links m8[/GLOW]

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[GLOW=royalblue]beware of solid snake 2003[/GLOW]

gonna try it asap !

really nice links...thanks alot

make a Enter The Matrix 1.52 crack ffs D

hey, thanks a lot for that info, m8. It was very helpful.

Looks very interesting.Showed it to my friend who is a programer (C++/Vb)and he is going to make a few cracks and see if it works.

Yes please, where can i find a crack for Enter The Matrix?

I dont think it is out yet....try the company who made the matrix

tutorials in spanish???????

Anyone know where i can download Hiew and Soft ice?

Christ! You guys are gods!!!

I could never believe I actually came this close to cracking stuff! A tutorial I finally understand and actually went somewhere with it, and links hat actually have some info, I owe you guys one!!!

I am stuck at one position though I hope you braniacs will be able to help me

Following -$LaY3!2-'s [cut n paste - your name's hard to remember ]tutorial -

Trying to crack Jagged alliance 2 1.06

I got w32dasm - Looked for the string you mentioned no luck, tried the next method ie getdrivetypeA and "bingo" I got it with a call cmp 00005 or something, have to change it to 03 using a hex editor if I am right...

I open my hex editor, and go to the offset but it excedded it I mean the offset number was 00412513 and the max in ja2.exe was 00004xxxxx something....also it mentioned kernel32.dll at the start of the call cmp 000005 code, has this got anything to do with it I am stuck in here right now...

Thanx a bunch fellas n hoping for some help

|Cain|

Cain, I don't know if I really have undrstood your pb
and don't have JA2 but just in case :

004xxxxx in your example seems to be the CODE DATA.
in win32dasm, look at the OFFSET in the status bar at the bottom.
then use an hex editor and the command 'go to'
(Hew workshop www.bpsoft.com for example)
then fill space for the offset with the one you have noticed in w32dasm
tick 'from the beginning' and 'hexadecimal' options
then go on with making your changes.

dA.mike

Allright after trying to crack Final fantasy 7 for almost 3 hours without any succes I finally give up.
I tried all those methods that you wrote above and none worked.
I have tried the cracks from Megagames and they did not work.
Help?!

FF7 crack

i guess there is no 'easy cracking method' for FF7
in fact it seems difficult enough for a start

i've played it a few years ago and i'd already got a crack so sure there's a way to find one .. you can mail me if you really don't find.

i just stopped playing when Aeris .. oups .. i was telling you

Bronc

For softice 4.05, you can look at here :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sadstar/Cracks.html

but know that this does NOT work under XP, it's a win98 version

anyway i think winxp is not dedicated to crackers ...

To all:
SoftIce sucks..!! to much hassle
But if you prefere it, make sure you get SoftIce Driver Suite 2.7..
Consider using or trying Olly Debug and IDA..

To Exdeath:
Try gettin a protection identification tool like.. ProID 3 here.. http://www.cdkiller2002.tk/
The game might have a commercial cd protection which is definatly more diffacult then what i explained in that tutorial..
get a hold of me..: m0rbid_gam3_slay3r@hotmail.com
see if i can crack it..

/me loves FF games ;p

let's agree on this : softice is not easy to go about.
plz can you add links to other softwares mentioned above ? (IDA,..)
for protection tool, try Alcohol 120% (burner + protection overpass )
http://www.alcohol-software.com/download.php

.. come get some ..

Here you go...
IDA is wonderfull
IDA - http://www.datarescue.com/idabase/
Olly Debug - http://home.t-online.de/home/Ollydbg/odbg108b.zip

dont get me wrong tho, softice is sort of a nessecary tool can be most usefull when used properly. i just personally hate when i forget to unset all the BPX... every time i right click i get idiag in SI ;p

Cracking is too hard....... I wish someone could just make a no cd patch for Cold Zero

I've been trying to crack Cold Zero for a whole week now, with no success. there is no offset listed on the status bar. All I get is line 361, Page 8 of 12047

I am stuck in using HIEW. How to navigate and change directories and folders. I mean commands.

i had an old version of HIEW and it lacked for commands.
i've just downloaded version 6.83 in order to help.
when you launch it, you are directly in a directory tree so i suppose you haven't this version yet.
use a search engine and type hiew, if the engine is good enough you should find a recent version to download.

otherwise i advise you to use hex workshop (right click on file then hex edit)
http://www.bpsoft.com/downloads/

it looks like a publicity stunt but in fact i like this soft.

HiEW is a needed tool for crackers..
the Best way to do it is..

1 - Make a Shortcut to HIEW on your Desktop..
2 - Whenever you need to view a file (or HiEW a file heheh) just drag the FILE.EXE into the HIEW shortcut and you wont have to search through any directories

you can drag the FILE.EXE from any folder, anywhere on your PC to the hiew shortcut and it will open it automatically..

that is the ideal way to use Hiew..

can u tell me how i can crack safedisk 2.9 game

uh.. you said to decompile the exe that we want to crack.. so I did that.. then it says to use the Refs>String Data Refrences.. but that isnt lite up . So what do I do to fix this?

very good post...thank you :bump:

im trying to crack simcity 4 deluxe........i identified the cd protection as safe disc............the identifiing prog said it couldn't find version

when i disassemble it using w32 dasm and goto string ref, the error doesn't show up....it shows up stuff like "88%" , "a" , "B" and "BAg" and stuff like that.......

i tryed to search for getdrivediscA or wat it said in slayers faq........nothing came up.......

now im stuck....

anyone know wat i should do????

plz post

Newbie needs Crack

Hi there....
Maybe its not the right thread i reply to but i got a Problem.
I got two Games, one is Deerhunter 2004 and the other is
Pornstar 3D :redrazz: .
I almost searched the whole Net for those Cracks but no one could help me. I hope one of those perfect Crackers can help me here.
Sorry if disturbed you.
Thx McHunter :grayrazz:

can someone tell me how to make a crack for battlefield?!?!?1 i read the tuts i dont seem to find the cd error messege in the dissambler help me!??!?!?!