Descent Freespace 1.06

[sabbey]

Bump...

So, how the heck does one remove CD checks anyway? Nothing is working over here!

[DABhand]

Try using PID to find the protection. Look at the sticky on the forum.

[sabbey]

Already did, there are only CD Checks...

Just wondering, now that we know what it is, how does one remove it?

EDIT: Just ran another scan, it seems there are a few checks, not just on the main game exe. I can post a copy/paste of the scan here if needed! Thanks all!

[sabbey]

Okay, it appears that the game utility Un-CDCheck v1.0, worked in removing the checks in the exes. Haven't looked into seeing how to remove it from the patchw32.dll file though...

Actually, I did use notepad to find it within the file, but don't know whether removing it will effect it, in a problematic way or not though. I had to do a system restore since the only crack I found for the game gave my PC a headache. I will check this out more once I get the game re-installed.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi sabbey,

Errr, I don't understand what you wanna do with patchw32.dll... It is the core of the .RTPatch binary file patching system, see http://www.rtpatch.com for more infos. Just thought I'd mention...

Joe

[DABhand]

What my learned friend forgot is, the dll file could possibly be the real game executable and the exe is a loader.

[sabbey]

I don't know, this is the first time I have done anything to a DLL file. All I know is, it has a CD check...

According to PID:

Scanning -> C:\Games\FreeSpace\patchw32.dll
File Type : Dll, Size : 142336 (022C00h) Bytes
[!] Possible CD/DVD-Check String -> Insert Disk
- Scan Took : 0.969 Seconds

I made a back-up of the file, guess I can just remove the text within notepad and see what happens...