Remove gameguard/nProtect

Hi guys, I was just wondering if anyone knows how to remove nProtect/gameguard from the ancient game exes.

Ones I was wanting to be nProtect disabled are EPT v1660 or EPT v1753

Both exe's are here: http://members.iinet.net.au/~samscal...and%201753.rar

I just really wanna login to the old pt, browse around, and look at the old monsters. Any help is greatly appreciated :)

bro that with hotuk admin mode should be enough :), on v 2.00 is enough
anyway do u have the full installer of those old pt the older i have is v2.00?

I can only really test up to the login screen, but I think I got it patched so it doesn't load and doesn't check for the protection.

I think it's working, because I can start both clients patched but not the original ones you uploaded. The game doesn't auto-close either, which it was when I was testing a different method.

Not sure if it'll help, but it was worth a shot.

Download: Attached (VirusTotal)

Thank you so much pushedx!

Worked perfectly :D

http://imageshack.us/m/28/7673/patch...2011052210.jpg
http://imageshack.us/m/818/7673/patc...2011052210.jpg
http://imageshack.us/m/688/7673/patc...2011052210.jpg
http://imageshack.us/m/269/7673/patc...2011052210.jpg

And telatoro, yes I have installers for v1.75.3 and v1.66b, how ever the 1.66b has a corrupted install, and I have only found a program to extract single files from the .cab install files, painstaking. So I just installed 1.75.3 and grabbed the 1.66b game exe from the archive.

If anyone has a hotuk for ancient EPT, would help a lot :)

Now just have to see if I can get some monsters to load =D

Nostalgia ftw!

Hotuk where always kept "in-house" so you have to reverse engineer one.

Easiest way is in hex (yes, this is a place where hex is quicker and easier than Olly) to start with. Search "SOFTWARE\Triglow Pictures" and the strings that follow that are mostly "hotuk.ini" and other ini, npc, openitem\*.txt items.

Working out the syntax is a job for Olly with a little trial and error.

1.66b Hotuk commands:-

Code:

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아주나쁨
나쁨
보통
좋음
SERVER
WINDOW
FULLSCREEN
**CHEESE_DEBUG
포장단체주문환영
*캐릭터서버포트
*캐릭터서버주소
*데이타서버포트
*데이타서버주소
*관찰자모드
*화면품질
*서버포트
*서버주소
*조명각도
*배경선명도
*배경밝기
*지형물체
*지형모델
*나쁜놈
*PLAYERSKIN
*메뉴화면
*배경화면
*COLORMODE
*SCREENSIZE
*MODE
inx
PureBody
Rogue
Pikeman
Archer
Mechanician
Fighter
기술
먹기
다시시작
작은착지
큰착지
떨어
가끔
막기
데미지
타격
죽는
죽기
공격
*걷는
*정지
*서있기
뛰는
동작
반복
*적용기술
*해당위치
*적용직업
*착용무기
*XX서있기동작
*XX걷는동작
*저질모양
*보통모양
*정밀모양
*보조동작파일
*파일연결
*모양이름
*모양파일
*동작모음
*동작파일
*SERVER_NAME
*서버이름
*ADMIN_LOGIN
*관리자접속암호
*ADMIN_IP
*관리자IP주소
*ADMIN_NAME
*관리자이름
*ADMIN_COMMAND
*관리권한부여
*VERSION
*제한버전
*DISCONNECT_CLSAFE_CODE
*보호코드오류종료
*CLSAFE_CODE
*내부보호코드
*DISCONNECT_CLIENT_BADCODE
*코드접속종료
*CONNECT_CLIENT_CODE
*접속가능코드
*TEST_SERVER
*테스트서버
*MAX_USERS
*접속제한인원
*동료금지
*SERVER_RECORD_MEM
*저장버퍼사용
*SERVER_AUTOPLAY
*자동캐릭터사용
*SERVER_CODE
*서버코드번호
*LOGIN_TESTER
*테스트전용인증
*ODBC_TABLE_PLAY
*테이블허가열
*ODBC_TABLE_PASSWORD
*테이블암호열
*ODBC_TABLE_IDNAME
*테이블계정
*ODBC_TABLE
*테이블이름
*ODBC_PASSWORD
*인증접속암호
*ODBC_ACCOUNT
*인증접속이름
*ODBC_NAME
*인증접속서비스
*GAME_SERVER
*접속서버정보
Server3
Server2
Server1
off
Sound
Network
Graphic
p@rb
*연결파일
*발생제한
**스테미나재생
**생명력재생
**라이프재생
**기력재생
**마나재생
**공격력
**명중력
**생명력추가
**라이프추가
**기력추가
**마나추가
**마법숙련도
**사정거리
**크리티컬
**공격속도
**블럭율
**이동속도
**방어력
**흡수력
**특화랜덤
**특화
*생명력상승
*라이프상승
*기력상승
*마나상승
*근력상승
*스테미너상승
*건강
*민첩성
*재능
*정신력
*힘
*레벨
*근력추가
*스테미나추가
*생명력추가
*라이프추가
*기력추가
*마나추가
*근력재생
*스테미나재생
*생명력재생
*라이프재생
*기력재생
*마나재생
*마법숙련도
*보유공간
*이동속도
*블럭율
*방어력
*흡수력
*크리티컬
*명중력
*공격속도
*사정거리
*공격력
*바람
*물
*독
*번개
*냉기
*불
*대자연
*생체
*가격
*무게
*내구력
*유니크색상
*유니크
*코드
*E_NAME
*이름
€Á
A*모금함
*아이템에이징
*아이템조합
*아이템보관
*스킬수련
*잡화판매
*방어구판매
*무기판매
돈
없음
*아이템
*아이템카운터
*물약보유률
*물약보유수
*경험치
있음
유
*언데드
*특수공격률
*이벤트아이템
*이벤트정보
*이벤트코드
evil
good
*품성
*지능
*조직
밤
낮
*활동시간
*이동범위
*이동타입
*시야
*지동력
*얼음
*라이프
*생명력
*흡수율
*공격범위
*이동력
*효과음
*소리
*크기
적
*속성
*E_CHAT
*대화
*MAX_ACTOR
*출현수
*DELAY
*출현간격
*MAX_ACTOR_POS
*최대동시출현수
*ACTOR
*출연자

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1753 hotuk commands:-

Code:

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아주나쁨
나쁨
보통
좋음
SERVER
WINDOW
FULLSCREEN
*MONSTER_KEY
MFC40.DLL
Copyright-2002
*캐릭터서버포트
*캐릭터서버주소
*데이타서버포트
*데이타서버주소
*관찰자모드
*화면품질
*서버포트
*서버주소
*조명각도
*배경선명도
*배경밝기
*지형물체
*지형모델
*나쁜놈
*PLAYERSKIN
*메뉴화면
*배경화면
*COLORMODE
*SCREENSIZE
*MODE
inx
PureBody
Rogue
Pikeman
Archer
Mechanician
Fighter
기술
먹기
다시시작
작은착지
큰착지
떨어
가끔
워프
울기
막기
데미지
타격
죽는
죽기
공격
*걷는
*정지
*서있기
뛰는
동작
반복
*적용기술
*해당위치
*적용직업
*착용무기
*XX서있기동작
*XX걷는동작
*저질모양
*보통모양
*정밀모양
*보조동작파일
*파일연결
*모양이름
*모양파일
*동작모음
*동작파일
ÀJ
¼J
¸J
´J
°J
¤J
˜J
J
*BLOCK_USER_PATH
*블럭유저경로
*CHECK_POTION_COUNT
*물약갯수확인
*CLIENT_PROCESS_TIME_OUT
*프로세스시간종료
*CLIENT_CHECK_PROCESS_TIME
*프로세스시간감시
*PERMIT_MONEY
*돈오차범위
*PERMIT_EXP
*경험치오차범위
*ENABLE_BLOCK_FOREVER
*영구블럭허가
*RECORD_JOBCHANGER
*전업자기록
*EVENT_HARDCORE
*하드코어이벤트
*EVENT_MANDOO
*송편이벤트
*CLIENT_CHECK_FUNC
*펑션검사
*DISCONNECT_ITEM_ERROR
*아이템오류종료
*BLOCK_LEVEL
*블럭단계
*DEBUG_ID
*디버그ID
*DEBUG_IP
*디버그IP
*CL_PROTECT
*보안검사
*ENABLE_PK
*PK허가
*SERVER_NAME
*서버이름
*ADMIN_LOGIN
*관리자접속암호
*ADMIN_IP
*관리자IP주소
*ADMIN_NAME
*관리자이름
*ADMIN_COMMAND
*관리권한부여
*VERSION
*제한버전
*DISCONNECT_CLSAFE_CODE
*보호코드오류종료
*CLSAFE_CODE
*내부보호코드
*DISCONNECT_CLIENT_BADCODE
*코드접속종료
*CONNECT_CLIENT_CODE
*접속가능코드
*TEST_SERVER
*테스트서버
*MAX_USERS
*접속제한인원
*동료금지
*SERVER_RECORD_MEM
*저장버퍼사용
*SERVER_AUTOPLAY
*자동캐릭터사용
*SERVER_CODE
*서버코드번호
*LOGIN_TESTER
*테스트전용인증
*ODBC_TABLE_PLAY
*테이블허가열
*ODBC_TABLE_PASSWORD
*테이블암호열
*ODBC_TABLE_IDNAME
*테이블계정
*ODBC_TABLE
*테이블이름
*ODBC_PASSWORD
*인증접속암호
*ODBC_ACCOUNT
*인증접속이름
*ODBC_NAME
*인증접속서비스
*GAME_SERVER
*접속서버정보
Server3
Server2
Server1
off
Sound
Network
Graphic

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Can you share the server you are using? Screenshots look awesome. :D:

Sure bobsobol, it's the old vb version http://members.iinet.net.au/~samscal...%20SandBox.rar

However, it only works when I choose subserver with same port as login server (10007) If I try to use the game server on a diff port, when I get into game, I get DC.

Ahh... I think you have to set client hotuk.ini commands to make that work. :wink:

*캐릭터서버포트 = Character Server Port
*데이타서버포트 = Data Server Port

@telatoro I could not find where I got my old PT installs from.
So Ive uploaded em for ya here

V166b: http://members.iinet.net.au/~samscal...onTale166b.exe

V1753: http://members.iinet.net.au/~samscal...onTale1753.exe

Reckon you could give me a link to v2? =D

Edit:
I should include the registry file as well, as that's the way to change what ip pt connects to :)

Code:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Triglow Pictures\PristonTale]
"Server1"="127.0.0.1"
"Server2"="127.0.0.1"
"Server3"="127.0.0.1"

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tyvm, well i need some time to upload (slow up channel here) but i found a working link with that version

Gamefront

by the way... i found that on emus is just enough change the path of the npcs & mob models to let it work on older versions but also so i havent time to test it on the exe servers with older maps/mobs to modify the .dat, .npc and .spc files to see if works fine (wich should)

his talk is interesting, pre aor is pretty cool, if someone can create the server post here.

There are several already posted. Just look around. :wink: