GTA Vice City EXE

[sarah071]

Ok, I am not a professional cracker. I am more of an occasional cracker. I know hoe to make game cracks and program cracks, but I do not do it unless I have to. IE: if there are no cracks for a particular game. I am trying to teach a friend how to become a cracker. I am trying to show him on VICE CITY. I am teaching him my method of
1. Open file in W32Dasm
2. Refs -> string data references
3. Look for game error
4. Use offset number for the game line at bottom of screen
5. Open file in HIEW
6. Enter Offset #
7. At offset number line, edit and enter 9090909090

On the Vice city exe, I don't see the error message in string data references. I looked at the other dll files but I don't see it there either. Is my method outdated, or is there another way to crack the exe?

[TippeX]

vice city was securom protected, so chances are you wont see any 'insert cd messages' etc that you are looking for, you picked a bad target.. also it has triggers, so i'd definately pick a different target if i were you, also there are cracks for vice city already which work fine and i'd learn some more about the protections before you teach your friend some more ;) and not all cracks can be patched with simple 90's either

[Joe Forster/STA]

And, if you're really a girl then _especially_ good luck with your future cracking sessions! :) (Talk about emancipation!)

Joe