Reloaded have Cracked Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

The day of independence for many people.

[LordHalbert2]

Took over 1 year, but it was worth it !!

I love the game !!

This has to be a record for the longest delayed crack (as measured from release date).


Those Ruskies are trixy !!

[Joe Forster/STA]

Perhaps the longest delay, perhaps not. We've waited a very long time for TOCA Race Driver 2 (1.2), too.

[Muji-FightR]

Still waiting for ToCa 3, LOL
maybe they really know how to crack SF3 (in some kind of 'general' way)...

BTW: What would have happened if they released a loader? Would this mean that the crack would have required Sf drivers and stuff ? So does the loader correspond to fooling the copy prot instead of properly unpacking it ?

[noscript]

yes

[cdkiller]

a loader requires the protection driver(s) to work as it executes the game (i.e. safedisc exe wrapper sets up the temp files (anti-dbg, disc check)) and alters some opcodes with own code.

[WardoggOne]

now for the US version

[LoedD]

I don't really know what you're so happy about. The real Independence Day was in oct 05 when SFCure was released. This was the first time we were able to play SCCT and TM Sunrise (first games with Starforce 3 Pro) without original disc or USB device. It became even easier when Daemon Tools 4 appeared. Today you don't even need to unplugg your DVD-ROM if you own a n-Force4, VIA or SiS mainboard. That's why I think this crack is no breakpoint in Starforce killing history.

[cdkiller]

That's why I think this crack is no breakpoint in Starforce killing history

i think reloaded just wanted to show "hey there´s no unbreakable protection". but did u ever tried to fully crack a game like SCCT or Bet On Soldier with all the options enabled (VM, VFS, SFFS...) and all the anti-debug, crc, obsfuscating...

cloning/playing with mini img isn´t a problem and won´t be as long as tools are available like daemon / blindwrite / alcohol or custom coded ones like Tetris for Tages v5.2.

performance wise for a star-force game, a cracked runs always faster. when u start the game there is no:
- driver extraction
- switching to ring0 for driver usage
- anti-debug tricks
- check for emulators
- disc check
- vm usage can really slow down the game

just notice the slowdown when executaing a sf wrapped file.