Silent Hunter 3

[Yummy Sprinkles]

Originally Posted by GLH

Starforce isn't and was never uncrackable.
But it takes some time!

Well, "uncrackable" was probably the wrong word. But so far I've played three games that used Starforce. Two of them I don't believe ever got cracks, and the third did get a crack, but it didn't work for like 70% of everyone that tried it.

So if a typical game takes maybe a week or two for a no-cd to be produced, what would you say is the typical time to create a no-cd for a Starforce game?

Oh, and do you know what it is about Starforce that makes it such a tough nut to crack? It it just because it's a newer form of protection that crackers are still learning to deal with, or is it just really, really good(if not annoying) at what it does?

[GLH]

So far i know, StarForce checks for the original cd not only to start the game. Also later in the game. So the crackers has to play through the complete game to check if all Protection-Checks are removed.

[Warlord711]

Grumpy hit the nail

I am no fileplanet subscriber, so i never downloaded a Direct-2-Drive Game and i dont know how what kind of Image and protection system you get. But it cant be Starforce 3.

After all i know, Starforce is used to check if the CD, or DVD, is a original one, and the Key supplied with the CD is only for THIS CD and dont work even with another CD of same game. So there must be some kind of watermark on the CD which is impossible to clone.

My Version of SH III is the German Release on a DVD-ROM, its using Starforce Protection, thats what ProtectionID told me.

[gav_69]

hey man i didnt start this thread, i was just enquiring about the crack

[GLH]

Originally Posted by gav_69

hey man i didnt start this thread, i was just enquiring about the crack

Before your post the thread wasn't about a crack request, so you're the one who broke the board rules!

[BarryB]

Well, RELOADED managed to crack this game so I guess someone will send the crack to GCW, provided it's not too big!

[GLH]

I got the crack and i will send the crack to GameCopyWorld.
Please wait for the next update!