Mini images request

[TippeX]

you can't make them yourself? its a relatively simple process

[Myrmiand]

Originally Posted by TippeX

you can't make them yourself? its a relatively simple process

when it is so simply, why dont you explain it?

[haggar]

Hmm.... I not interested in playing games. I'm "interested" in game protections, currently SafeDisc and SecuROM. I cannot make images and I hope that somebody who can make them will help me.

Thanks.

[Joe Forster/STA]

You might wanna first read the backup guides that the forum FAQ links to - and then see around those other great forums for more infos...

[TippeX]

Originally Posted by Myrmiand

when it is so simply, why dont you explain it?

erm because its in the faq, which is something every new member should read, along with the rules.. and theres plenty of info on it in google...

hmm, you're not interested in games, just in the protection... ok, so i guess you're going to try and crack safedisc or securom and want to use mini images to 'assist' in your work.. personally yeh the idea is sound, but you truly are better off buying a game with the prots on them, then starting the reversing process.. this allows you to 1. work from a 'good source', so you won't be hit with blacklists etc.. in the future, 2. really analyse the cdcheck.. 3. not be hit with blacklisting etc and other issues from patch updates...its what i did when i started... after then i found no-cd 'tricks' for the protections and never needed mini images (except for starforce, where i could only do it no-cd get it to work without the cd in about 1 out of 10 tries~)

[haggar]

Yep, that is mine intention. Well , games are not realy cheap and this is just some kind of hobby for me. So, anybody, if you have above mentioned images , please PM me. Btw, I was playing with SecuROM 4.41, but I didn't go in details about CD checks. Mostely restoring APIs. I have these games and I would like to see how it is in 5 versions.

Thanks.

[TippeX]

cant really see the point in playing with obsolete versions of the protections...
safediscs in v4 now, securoms in v7... and theres been quite a few changes in them, so working from v5 mighn't really benefit you, and just result in a waste of time.. as for the games not being cheap.. you're looking for old games, and even now theres newish games out there with v4 or v7 of the protections (respectively) which should be in the bargain bucket in most stores, so really the 'games too expensive' excuse doesn't work... then you also have the fact that the exe's are not on the mini images (mini images just contain the protection info typically).. so you'll have to find the exe's (and dlls) etc.. without going the warez route...

[haggar]

I tought that it was obvious - I have these games , full with cracked and original exe files. But I need original CDs, which I don't have, or mini images, so I can see how protection works. I do not have original CDs, and I do not have mini images. But I see that on this site mini images are shared just like that. Ofcourse, most of folks who exchanges images just want to play games. I want to play with protections.

Protections are maybe obsolete, but earlier version of protection can be easier and give you some clues how newer versions work. For example, I was just removing SafeDisc from Need For Sped Undergound 2 (not sure is it 4.00 or 3.xx version of SafeDisc). I can see that it is very similar to earlier versions in some parts (anti-debug tricks). Except nanomites, it looks just like SafeCast. I was also removing SecuROM 4.41 from one original CD (yeah, I even got one original) , but it looks like v5.00 is not really different. I know that current version is 7, I will get it soner or later.

regards

[TippeX]

hang on.. you dont have the originals? and yep safedisc is more or less safecast with teeth..