[September 3, 2023]Abyss Patcher

[Shou]

Heya.
Instead of whining that "oh t3h noze, abyss r brokt!", I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your hard work you've done for this community.
And even if crackshield can never be fixed for the public, I really appreciate what you (*and pals*) have done for us.
To code a new patcher must have been a nightmare, and. well just.

Thank you.

[╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯]

Or you could've just hit the green thumbs up button. Either or.

[Pleasure]

Or you could've just hit the green thumbs up button. Either or.

I don't see whats wrong with giving a thanks. =P  Im pretty sure i speak for all of us when for what im typeing, Thanks a crap ton for this it was more than useful. It helped with alot of problems that i already had with the current client and etc. But yea thanks again i hope this gets up again, and if not oh well.

[WOOTWOOT]

So...it doesn't work with version 140 anymore? >.>; anyone got clean .DLL until they make a new version?

[Blade3575]

You don't need any clean dll's. Check the first post for a link for instructions on how to get rid of this mod, or check dsound.ini

[mabinogiplayers]

You plan on updating soon?

[Blade3575]

Abyss is up to date. CrackShield is not. I don't have control of CrackShield. I'll upload as soon as I have it.

[mabinogiplayers]

Oh okay, thank you for telling me, i tough it was all togheter,

[camculver]

Just a quick question, sorry for my noobness.

What would you have to do, to go about making an updated crackshield?

I might just try and make this my new project.

[Plonecakes]

If you can't figure that out yourself, you won't be able to update CrackShield.

Security circumvention is very difficult.

[Ayamin]

Just a quick question, sorry for my noobness.

What would you have to do, to go about making an updated crackshield?

I might just try and make this my new project.

It's pretty tough... and Yiting removed the upload of his source as well.

[「★Ｓ２９★シ」]

It's pretty tough... and Yiting removed the upload of his source as well.

...Aww crap...
I did not slip this by accident...Ayamin made me slip :c
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[Blade3575]

Problem: HSLaunch.exe
dinput8.dll source is useless for a HSLaunch.exe error.

[camculver]

Ahh, well I just wanted to get in to this field. I kind of wanted to know where I would start off, and perhaps somewhere down the long road finally be able to help the community. I've been learning C# in a class, but I just want to expand my knowledge.

[keko]

I believe i got the updated Crackshield
this site doesn't support HSLaunch.ExE
So i cant upload it

[Plonecakes]

Ahh, well I just wanted to get in to this field. I kind of wanted to know where I would start off, and perhaps somewhere down the long road finally be able to help the community. I've been learning C# in a class, but I just want to expand my knowledge.

C# is sadly no where near what's needed for RE. Though it can be applicable knowledge if you intend to reverse engineer a .net application.

Nonetheless, updating CrackShield would be an immensely difficult introductory lesson. I would seriously suggest starting with cracking old trial applications before moving on to games. You can find various CrackMes to scale the challenge progressively before diving into games. Of course, you must study x86 ASM. Most importantly, you must learn the tools. They are complex, and even I still don't know all of what OllyDbg can do.

I believe i got the updated Crackshield
this site doesn't support HSLaunch.ExE
So i cant upload it

So, after testing it to make sure it works, zip it and upload the zip...

[keko]

How i zip it xD

[Plonecakes]

Do you have WinZip, WinRAR, or 7-Zip? Just right-click the file(s) and select "Create archive" or "Add to archive" or something like that.

[keko]

Here.

[Plonecakes]

This is the same file as current.

[keko]

I just messaged Yiting, Im sure he will update soon

[「★Ｓ２９★シ」]

Apologize for that. I thought the src would have the .exe

Well, anyways, When HSLaunch.exe is excuteted it touches Client.exe, EhSvc.dll, and HSUpdate.env, I believe beside Client.exe, one of those files got updated and messed up Crackshield's main tasks. Looking at the .exe it might be easy to update, but where would it be to update it? Does the code 6F5F530FCDD4E32B4C83F987 mean something?

Also, remember that the 206 error means "Another Hackshield Service is already running" The 206 error was a common error for attempting to muiliclient. Altho I highly doubt that the .exe has to do with the muiliclient feature. But if there is, another option is to remove that old coded MC function as well.

The .exe also has a IP address, localhost (127.0.0.1). That's all I know about the .exe, I hope you might find something useful about this

btw...blade, if you get abyss up and running again...Fix the log in screen change :u One of my most favorite mods and it never worked for me qq

[Blade3575]

I just messaged Yiting, Im sure he will update soon

Yiting doesn't update CrackShield publicly anymore.


@step29
6F5F530FCDD4E32B4C83F987 hasn't changed as far as I know.

HSUpdate.env and hshield.log are read/written to, so I'm hoping the problem is nothing to do with their modified AES/XOR encryption.

[camculver]

Thanks for taking the time out to answer my questions.

I know C# has nothing to do with it, sadly I was just stating that is something else I'm working on.

(I'm helping with the Aura source.)

I know I can't instantly jump in to making an updated Crackshield right away,
 I just want to get my foot started on the right path to eventually work my way up there.

Any suggestions on what old trial applications I could use to start off with?

[Ayamin]

...Aww crap...
I did not slip this by accident...Ayamin made me slip :c
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Daww, how sweet <3


But yeah, hopefully the server region of the person who actively updates crackshield gets hit with our same HS Update, thus prompting him to make a fix /o/ until then, let's play the waiting game