[RESOLVED] Removing Update Modules(TH ProjectG584.03)

[G0dzilla2000]

I was searching around the forums looking how to improve My server and I came across the Quickpatch thread which has discussion about removing the update modules.

Chreadie posted this in it explaining how to bypass the update check

Use ollydbg, step until you see some http action and set noop instead.

Or delete all references to httpstuff

But I have come across 3 issues.

Issue One​

I'm new to ollydbg and could not find any http actions in the exe's data. So if i can get more guidance on where to find said actions that would be fantastic!

Issue Two​

Whenever I remove all reference to http in the exe i receive this error

Issue Three​

Whenever i try a virtual server using the updatelist in patch_S4 provided by Tsukasa I get a file error shown here

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The Main reason I posted was to hope to get a little more Info on how to just remove them using Ollydbg, but Assistance on any three of these issues would be greatly appreciated thanks in advanced!

~Godzilla​

 

[fasa2008]

Re: Removing Update Modules(TH ProjectG584.03)

You must not remove, but all point to your local PC.

 

[G0dzilla2000]

Re: Removing Update Modules(TH ProjectG584.03)

You must not remove, but all point to your local PC.

I tried using IIS and pointed the .exe over to

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and it shows it connecting to it in the IIS command box, but it gives an error 404, and the exe gives the File error shown above. Or do you mean a different method?

 

[fasa2008]

Re: Removing Update Modules(TH ProjectG584.03)

I use Zend Server, I can not tell you how to proceed with IIS try using this or Wamp Server .... there are several here that the Tsukasa also recommended.

Then ProjectG edit and change all the paths and point to the IP 127.0.0.1, including updatelist, which by default is going to look for Official Server.

 

[Tsukasa]

Re: Removing Update Modules(TH ProjectG584.03)

If I were you, the first thing I'd do is to use an translated thailand.dat to get the error message in English - so you have a few more informations what could be wrong. There's too much room for speculation: Erroneous IFF files, missing system files/fonts, wrong updatelist paths...

If it's indeed updatelist-related (easy enough to test), you need to make sure the path in ProjectG.exe doesn't give a 404 error, as fasa2008 already pointed out.

Zend Server is essentially the same as a normal Apache + PHP + MySQL stack, only with a few configuration tweaks by Zend, so the configuration for XAMPP and Zend Server is virtually identical - making it another attractive choice (especially if you like to debug PHP scripts as well).

 

[G0dzilla2000]

Re: Removing Update Modules(TH ProjectG584.03)

KK, thanks for the information and Im gonna try using Zend, because so far my computer hasnt liked Wamp or Xamp (it never starts the services). And ill also get an english.dat file to zone in on the error im getting. Thanks for the replies BTW!

UPDATE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

After using the english .dat the error reads "File Error. There was an error reading the file list"

and also, which "paths" do I change? because I noticed there are several Urls all going to different sites

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Ok turns out sql server reporting services was using port 80 which was not allowing Wamp to work. Is this an important service? anywho I pointed it and it works thanks alot guys!

 

[Tsukasa]

Re: Removing Update Modules(TH ProjectG584.03)

After using the english .dat the error reads "File Error. There was an error reading the file list"

and also, which "paths" do I change? because I noticed there are several Urls all going to different sites

Simply put, you search for the string "updatelist", you'll see a path like /patch_S4/updatelist and shortly after a url starting with

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.. The first portion (with /patch_S4/updatelist) is the path on the server, the second portion with the http-prefix is the server address itself.

So if you want to use your local updatelist, you set the http address to

You must be registered to see links

, create a new subdirectory in your htdocs called patch_S4 and put your updatelist file into that directory.

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No, the SQL server reporting services aren't important.

You can also use a different port than 80 for the web-server, just make sure your url reflects this change (i.e.

You must be registered to see links

if it runs on port 81). If you're using Zend/XAMPP (or anything else based on Apache) you can easily edit the port through your httpd.conf, restart the service and everything's peachy.