Vernam7 cracking the SC2 retail installer diss

Started by 2g4u, July 20, 2010, 02:23:35 AM

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steve30x

Quote from: 2g4u on July 21, 2010, 01:28:03 AM
I hope that you do realize that after 27.07.2010 EVERYBODY will be able to install and PLAY OFFLINE SC2(ofc the offline play is crap - you can't save your progress, you don't earn achievements, etc.).


So you are saying that the people who bought the game wont earn achievements or wont be able to save their game lol.

steve30x

Also anybody could claim they "have 8 years of experience in C mask and psuedo code, not to mention a doctorate in computer science. I am currently taking classes in electric engineering". How do you expect us to believe you without proof?

2g4u

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Quote from: steve30x on July 21, 2010, 04:21:06 AM
Quote from: 2g4u on July 21, 2010, 01:28:03 AM
I hope that you do realize that after 27.07.2010 EVERYBODY will be able to install and PLAY OFFLINE SC2(ofc the offline play is crap - you can't save your progress, you don't earn achievements, etc.).


So you are saying that the people who bought the game wont earn achievements or wont be able to save their game lol.

Read it again - the thing that I am saying is that everybody will be able to install the game and play offline. Ofc the ppl who bought the game(including me) will be able to save their progress, achivements, etc as long as the client is connected to internet.

Quote from: steve30x link=topic=2035.msg19297#msg19297   date=1279705008
Also anybody could claim they "have 8 years of   experience in C mask and psuedo code, not to mention a doctorate in   computer science. I am currently taking classes in electric   engineering". How do you expect us to believe you without proof?

Its not me claiming, its the guy who wrote the post. Ask him(user name was Oblivion or something, the post itself is at page 9 of the "Blizzard is allowing the full client to be downloaded before release!" topic.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former!" Albert Einstein

sopen55

Quote from: Myst on July 20, 2010, 12:56:05 PM
The question is why would Vernam do something like fake it.  I mean he has already reached popularity with his SC2Allin1, thanks to DarkBlizz.org, so why would he bother faking a crack...to further his popularity?  I dunno, I'll wait to see how this all pans out.
maybe he doesnt want to let blizz know how he cracked the game. remember this site is open for public so if he spread out the steps in cracking the game, blizzard might pull off their digital installers. remember, blizzard posted in the net the installer at least a week before the final release. maybe they have 2 or more formats of the installer which they would change anytime someone cracks the installer. im not a programmer but i dont think you can open safe using only the combination of the lock. there are other ways. dont know if that applies in programs as well. what matters is, if it really is true, someone cracked the game. therefore blizzard cannot stop piracy.

Flexserve

Quote from: 2g4u on July 21, 2010, 01:28:03 AM
I hope that you do realize that after 27.07.2010 EVERYBODY will be able to install and PLAY OFFLINE SC2(ofc the offline play is crap - you can't save your progress, you don't earn achievements, etc.). So the whole "I AM GONNA RELEASE MY CRACK AFTER 27.07.2010" is another one of V7's tries to fool the community. And let me quote this post once more:

Ok, to the people who are trying to crack Blizzard's SC2 - read the following.

MPQ - MoPaQ file archive format in which the files are compressed to decrease space and enhance ease of use.
MPQE - MoPaQ files first used by Blizzard. These files are encrypted.

After playing around with PeID and several plugins I found MPQE files to be encrypted in two ways. One - is a simple crc & header corruption which is easily reversible.

The other, however is a Salsa20 or ChaCha encryption, BOTH of which are as hard to decrypt as Themida 2.x. This encryption requires a 256-bit key which Blizzard DID NOT RELEASE. It is possible to try to crack the key if you have enough knowledge on the subject, but cracking the key could take months or more.

The Sc2 installer WILL DEPROTECT the files WHEN it has the key. So basically, even if you do modify the program so that it will accept any authorization key, the decryption will still require the 256-bit key that BLIZZARD HAS.

Vernam claims he cracked the program in a maximum of 3 days. He also said that he used an emulator server to help him with the cracking.

Why the hell would you need an emulation server if everything except the encryption-key can be accessed locally?

Finally, Blizzard wouldn't release a game before the actual release date with such weak protection that it can be cracked in less then a week!

Also, Vernam, I have 8 years of experience in C mask and psuedo code, not to mention a doctorate in computer science. I am currently taking classes in electric engineering, so denying my argument by calling me a script kiddie (Which is what you say to all logical arguments) will just make you an idiot.

IN SHORT - SC2 CANNOT BE CRACKED BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!


Well I am the ruler of the free world and an uber class SC2 player, so doubting me will make you just look like an idiot!

I have a BS in BS with a doctorate in BS...go away SCRIPT KIDDIE.
Starcraft II Beta Testor. (Offline Version)

Soulou

Quote from: sYk0 on July 21, 2010, 02:45:16 AM
It's likely (I'm not 100% sure) that the retail (boxed) version will not contain encrypted files, so it's likely that come early next week that a retail version may surface online.


I have a retail version, there are exactly the same files as in the digital version we  can download. MPQE etc. The issue is similar for all versions.

Jizmak

        Hello, I have been looking at a particular file, an .exe in the downloadable package. I notice that the screen shot is of installerpage.XML , However Address 00614720 is the reference for 0043A31Ch <MediaKeyNotOnSale2%s> I mean seriously, how difficult is it to point that to Installerpage.xml instead of NotReleased.xml, if you change the conditions parameters the page responds by procedure correct?

Im not by any means a guru, save the real coding for the true cowboys. This is just fun to me, Collectors Edition sits in a box with my name on it at the local game stop...
1) decompile the .exe
2) change the condition to respond to the alternate xml. recompile .exe .. run.

steve30x

Now that Vernam7 has the crack available what do you nay sayers have to say?

Doix

Quote from: steve30x on July 27, 2010, 02:15:47 AM
Now that Vernam7 has the crack available what do you nay sayers have to say?

Simple. His crack is 100% identical to Sheppards (go compare them if you want). It was released after blizzard released the encryption keys. He messed around with the MPQ's to make it easier to launch maps, I'll give him that.

I don't see any proof that he managed to get the game to install before blizzard released the encryption keys. As a matter of fact, he might of even had to wait for Sheppard to release his crack first.

Anyway, these topics are pointless now. Proving either side is impossible now...

sYk0

We so called "nay sayers" don't have to say anything and we don't have to say anything... but I will just for argument sake...

The whole argument over the past days/weeks was that Vernam7 wasn't able to install the game b4 the 27th (today)...

1.) The screenshot he posted about installing the game (which I'm sure has subsequently been removed) was a fake, he modified the .xml files in the installer archive.
2.) Why did no one, abso-bloody-lutely no one get any confirmation of Vernam7's supposed crack? He could have just shown someone (credible, perhaps from this site or even Nibbits) what he had done and all of this would have been avoided.
3.) If he did "crack" the game prior to the 27th, please tell me why the file time/date stamps on his "now released crack" dated at 3am on the 27th of July 2010? he could have at least changed that.

Vernam7

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Quote from: sYk0 on July 27, 2010, 06:12:36 AM
3.) If he did "crack" the game prior to the 27th, please tell me why the file time/date stamps on his "now released crack" dated at 3am on the 27th of July 2010? he could have at least changed that.



syko i thought you were from the smart ones trully! ::) 


the final crk WAS made 3 am 27-jul because blizzard patched the game 27 at 11:00 so a new crk had to be made (by someone)  and try load the campaign again! no older crks would have work!


this is for the latest patch retail version that was available just after the release and NONE had that patch! never said i did! :whistle:


with love v7. :cheers:

/ignore mode:on

steve30x

Same ol rubbish from the nay sayers. Its pathetic really.

rolle3k

Vernam7 never cracked Starcraft 2. He never got past the restriction screen which would block him from playing campaign so he waited for my SC2.exe crack release and then released it with no credit at all. Lame aye?