Descent Freespace 1.06

[sabbey]

Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA

Hi sabbey,

Look at the Properties sheet of patchw32.dll. Mine says:

File Version: 8.0.0.0
Description: RTPatch Executable
Copyright: (C) Copyright Pocket Soft, Inc., 2003. All Rights Reserved.

What does yours say?

By the way, "hiding" the main software as a patching system DLL could be a good idea but I don't think it is so as, after having a look at it, a cracker could find that out in around 10 seconds anyway...

Joe

Well, the one that is in the Freespace folder says:

File Version: 4.11.0.0
Description: .RTPatch Executable
Copyright: (C) Copyright Pocket Soft, Inc., 1998. All Rights Reserved.

Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA

Hey sabbey,

Can you, please, zip up that patchw32.dll and send it to me in an attachment (see my E-mail address below)? Thanks in advance,

Joe

Sure!

Sean

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi guys,

Yup, this is just the usual .RTPatch binary file patching system, in the form of a DLL. This one has the user interface built into it, that's why it contains lots of strings, including the one that ProtectionID thought to be a potential CD check.

sabbey, never mind, this DLL is not an integral part of the game, no need to patch it at all!

Joe

[sabbey]

That's good to know! Thanks for the help in determining that...

I will try using Un-CDCheck v1.0 again (Is there a newer version BTW?) and will let you all know if it works or not. BTW, while the game doesn't let you install the movies to the HDD within the installer, I found them on the 2 CDs and put them in the correct location on the HDD. Will check to see if they play correctly as well...

Crossing fingers!

[sabbey]

Bummer! It seems that Un-CDCheck v1.0 didn't work after all. It says it patched the files successfully, but it still won't work. Anyone know of another way around the CD checks or should I just burn the damn CDs...

Thanks all!