Re: Starforce: why is there no permanent crack?

On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:39:43 +0200, Anssi Saari <as@xxxxxx> wrote:
Well, the Space Rangers 2 crack on gamecopyworld seems to be simple.
Install game, replace original .exe and you're done. However, the
installation instructions seem generic, but the crack doesn't contain
anything other than the executable. Anyway, this would still mean that
all the starforce crap gets installed with all the possible problems
you might get.

It depends upon both the version of SF used and the integration options
chosen. At it's most basic SF is like other CP where it only checks the
disc at startup, but SF offers hooking within the game so that CP checks
can be initiated from any point within the code. Most of the early SF
protected games did not use this enhanced mode so cracking was easier
(relatively).

It's a shame, Space Rangers 2 seems like an interesting game, but I
really don't know if I'm willing to risk it... Maybe taking an image
of my Windows partition would guarantee easy recovery if things go
bad. Seems a little excessive just to install one game, though.

The crack removes the CP checks so install, copy the crack over, and run
SF remover, you end up with a game you can play without the disc in the
drive and no SF on your system.
--
Alfie
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