Quote:
Originally posted by HughBackov
Although I don't have UT 2003, I downloaded the crack just to look at it. However, I am skeptical that this new UT2003.EXE file is valid. There is an awful lot of dead space, i.e. 00 bytes, in it. Don't some of you think it suspicious at how much this file is compressed in the archive? Executable files don't normally compress so well, but this one is compressed at over 10:1.
Has anyone gotten this crack to run?
|
Yes, I was able to get it to run after reapplying the official 2136 patch then copying the cracked .exe to replace the official UT2003.exe.
When I couldn't get it to work yesterday, I downloaded a hex editor to compare the files (cracked and official). I also downloaded the old 1.0 cracked .exe to see if I can find anything in it. The old 1.0 cracked .exe is just under 800K. The new cracked .exe for 2136 is about 816K while the uncracked 2136 .exe is 872K. Launching the game produces a UT2003.log file. When I was checking the log file last night, it said I was running 2107b. After reapplying 2136 along wiith the new crack, the log reveals 2136 as the version number. This is the correct crack for this patch and it works fine. I did notice the 00's in the .exe and there were some major differences between the cracked and official .exe... but it works so all is well. :-)