Do not misunderstand, but I need someone to "crack" a game... - Developers

Dear Programmers, I hope I didn't post this in the wrong section. I have a game called Autofrag Sumo. Many of you, if not all of you probably haven't heard of it. It's a very old game, we're talking about 2005/2006 here. I really like this game and I have bought a serial key back then. I have also registered the game on my old computer but that computer has been dead for long. Now the problem is, when I try to register it again, it doesn't connect the the company's server, of course, because the company that made it (Melted Media) has closed. Can someone help me please? I really want to play it because it reminds me of my childhood and I like car combat games. From what I have found, it's been developed in macromedia director. I made this post maybe a programmer could download the trial, which includes the files of the registered game as well, trick the game by "cracking" it, or at least tell me how to do it. Thank you :/

how big is it? and can it run portable or does it need to be installed. You can probably trick it into thinking its registered i'll take a look for you as long as its not too big in size.

[QUOTE=cra0kalo;47624738]how big is it? and can it run portable or does it need to be installed. You can probably trick it into thinking its registered i'll take a look for you as long as its not too big in size.[/QUOTE] Thanks very much for your reply, I installed it but it IS portable, regarding size, it's 31 megs. I'll upload it on mega.co.nz for you. EDIT: After compressing it using WinRAR, it's just 18mb. I don't know if it's a lot for you.

[QUOTE=manwelb6;47624751]Thanks very much for your reply, I installed it but it IS portable, regarding size, it's 31 megs. I'll upload it on mega.co.nz for you.[/QUOTE] Ok go ahead I won't be able to take a look till tomorrow pm me the link :)

[QUOTE=cra0kalo;47624763]Ok go ahead I won't be able to take a look till tomorrow pm me the link :)[/QUOTE] Thanks a lot man, I have sent you the link :) EDIT: Have you received it? It's not appearing on my sent items.

I have little to none experience in cracking but I Did some basic protocol analysis for botting and I like programming in general so do you mind wending me a pm with the link ? If I manage to crack it somehow I will send you the results

[QUOTE=quincy18;47625117]I have little to none experience in cracking but I Did some basic protocol analysis for botting and I like programming in general so do you mind wending me a pm with the link ? If I manage to crack it somehow I will send you the results[/QUOTE] I have sent you the link, I hope you've received because messages are not appearing on my sent list.

[QUOTE=manwelb6;47625204]I have sent you the link, I hope you've received because messages are not appearing on my sent list.[/QUOTE] You have to turn on the feature to save sent messages in your sent folder, it won't do it by default. :)

[QUOTE=Smallheart;47625250]You have to turn on the feature to save sent messages in your sent folder, it won't do it by default. :)[/QUOTE] Oh I see, thanks man!

Feel free to also send me the executable over PM. I can look at it for the next hour, shouldn't be tough to crack.

[QUOTE=Rob Markia;47625513]Feel free to also send me the executable over PM. I can look at it for the next hour, shouldn't be tough to crack.[/QUOTE] So many people are asking for it :D Can I just put it over here? I sent it to you btw.

[QUOTE=Rob Markia;47625513]Feel free to also send me the executable over PM. I can look at it for the next hour, shouldn't be tough to crack.[/QUOTE] Just took a look. The registration checks are done in some MacroMedia file and I don't have any experience with MacroMedia. Just a heads up for anyone who wants to look at it.

Ok so this is the link, don't worry, it's not a virus :) It's a rar file which needs to be extracted. The executable is autofrag shell.exe [URL="https://mega.co.nz/#!8BJSzY6K!9spU5qnnHlYWPBE364HbFd_fvnoNz_xRUUDFwd-xu7c"]https://mega.co.nz/#!8BJSzY6K!9spU5qnnHlYWPBE364HbFd_fvnoNz_xRUUDFwd-xu7c[/URL] This freakin' sucks. They publish the game, they make an online registration check, and then they close the bloody servers and leave someone like me hanging. Plus it's worth mentioning I've wasted, (well, my father wasted) $15. I know that to some of YOU guys this might sound like nothing, but hey, it's still money... Anyways thanks a lot for taking a look into this. I'm surprised people actually offered to help me, not because people here are dicks or something, don't get me wrong, but I thought I was asking a stupid question :) Thanks all, luv you all.

Oh my god guys! You're amazing! I'll check later if there's a crack so i can enjoy this game too

Out of curiosity, what would be a better method of authentication for a program when you accept the fact that your server will eventually close down? I can only think of "if your program can't contact the server, then default to allowing the user to use it", but anyone can easily block the connection.

[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;47627293]Out of curiosity, what would be a better method of authentication for a program when you accept the fact that your server will eventually close down? I can only think of "if your program can't contact the server, then default to allowing the user to use it", but anyone can easily block the connection.[/QUOTE] Probably just release a free version of the game prior to the closure.

"mmmdonuts" and "registerthismofo" seem to be keys for error messages, lol

I would just like to comment that your classification of 2005/2006 as "very old" makes me feel old. That is all.

[QUOTE=utilitron;47627451]I would just like to comment that your classification of 2005/2006 as "very old" makes me feel old. That is all.[/QUOTE] :( same

Wow, this thread is actually getting some attention. I hope this happens :P

[QUOTE=Rocket;47627955]The game contacts this page to check for serial validity: [code] http://www.meltedgames.co.uk/autofrag/checkunlock.php?email=email&serial=serial [/code] I'm not sure what the expected response is though.[/QUOTE] Could always try the Adobe method of just adding the URL to your hosts file, if the system is poorly implemented enough it might just work

[QUOTE=Rocket;47628012]I've done that but I can't figure out what the game wants back when a serial is valid. "true," "valid," and "reg_on" don't seem to work.[/QUOTE] Could you try bruteforcing it?

[QUOTE=Rocket;47629806]Because adobe director is butts and do you want to reverse engineer the entire format? The check is done from LingoScript which is like ActionScript so it's interpreted on the go. There's no documentation on the VM. [editline]30th April 2015[/editline] The game freezes up if it gets an unexpected response back with a 200 status code. It would take forever. [editline]30th April 2015[/editline] The response it's looking for is "golgafrincham" I'll see if I can come up with a better way of doing it than running your own activation server. [editline]30th April 2015[/editline] Save this as a .reg file ("autofrag.reg") and run it: [code] Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Melted Media\AutofragSumo] "DigitalKey"="JCjE6LUPzvgfn6PtcmX-_L-t6M0o9ZAJ3IIRRYsn2UVYJUJ-A9629Nwr2JAHl8I2_9mjIroTgGk." [/code] Or you can just set the key "DigitalKey" on HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Melted Media\AutofragSumo to "JCjE6LUPzvgfn6PtcmX-_L-t6M0o9ZAJ3IIRRYsn2UVYJUJ-A9629Nwr2JAHl8I2_9mjIroTgGk." yourself. Let me know if it works.[/QUOTE] I didn't find "melted media" where you specified but after doing a search I found it in: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Melted Media\Autofrag Sumo] In this registry key, there is no "DigitalKey" Thanks for your reply.

[QUOTE=Rocket;47630130]If that doesn't work, open up Notepad as administrator (if you're on Windows 7, type "notepad" in the search bar on the start menu, right click on Notepad, and click "Run as administrator," if you're on Windows 8, right click on the start menu button, go to "Command Prompt (Admin)," type "notepad") and open up the file C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts. At the end of this file, add the line: [code] 96.47.236.73 www.meltedgames.co.uk [/code] Save the file, open up the game, click on register, enter in an email and a serial number (real or fake, just 1111-1111-1111-1111 works), and click on register. It should work. You can then remove the last line from your hosts file if you want. [editline]30th April 2015[/editline] You need to create the key. Right click -> new -> string value. Name it "DigitalKey" and set the value to the one in the previous post. [editline]30th April 2015[/editline] So try creating the key, and if that doesn't work, try what I wrote in the start of this post.[/QUOTE] JESUS CHRIST SUPER STAR. IT ACTUALLY WORKED!! Thanks a lot man. If somebody else wants to play it, just do what he said in his last reply. Edit: So instead of paying $15 I could have just done this when I decided to buy it? :D ANOTHER EDIT: The hosts method worked. Thanks a lot!

[QUOTE=manwelb6;47630145][...] Edit: So instead of paying $15 I could have just done this when I decided to buy it? :D [...][/QUOTE] The registry method yes, but I assume Rocket just set up the page for you on the server. Interesting name for a game review site. I bookmarked it for now though I don't use reviews much anymore.

[QUOTE=Tamschi;47630967]The registry method yes, but I assume Rocket just set up the page for you on the server. Interesting name for a game review site. I bookmarked it for now though I don't use reviews much anymore.[/QUOTE] But how?? Did he buy the website or something?

[QUOTE=manwelb6;47631169]But how?? Did he buy the website or something?[/QUOTE] The hosts file is used to look up domain names, like DNS. By adding that line to yours, meltedgames.co.uk points to 96.47.236.73 (probably Rocket's website) instead of 72.52.4.91 (meltedgames' website). Rocket's website responds to that with 'golgafrincham' and the registration passes.

[QUOTE=manwelb6;47631169]But how?? Did he buy the website or something?[/QUOTE] I don't know if [I]he[/I] bought it but yes, it's a website and there's quite a lot of FP involvement: [url]96.47.236.73/staff[/url] He most definitely didn't get [URL="https://archive.is/I9UMo"]www.meltedgames.co.uk[/URL] ([URL="https://archive.is/FO5Xq"]which now appears to intermittently promote malware[/URL]) though, or you wouldn't have to edit your hosts file at all.

[QUOTE=Rocket;47630130]If that doesn't work, open up Notepad as administrator (if you're on Windows 7, type "notepad" in the search bar on the start menu, right click on Notepad, and click "Run as administrator," if you're on Windows 8, right click on the start menu button, go to "Command Prompt (Admin)," type "notepad") and open up the file C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts. At the end of this file, add the line: [code] 96.47.236.73 www.meltedgames.co.uk [/code] Save the file, open up the game, click on register, enter in an email and a serial number (real or fake, just 1111-1111-1111-1111 works), and click on register. It should work. You can then remove the last line from your hosts file if you want. [editline]30th April 2015[/editline] You need to create the key. Right click -> new -> string value. Name it "DigitalKey" and set the value to the one in the previous post. [editline]30th April 2015[/editline] So try creating the key, and if that doesn't work, try what I wrote in the start of this post.[/QUOTE] Man, you are quite genius.

Jesus, the people on here are literally geniuses. Thanks a lot for helping me, I'll keep the registry trick in mind. I love you all, keep that in mind. I wish I could have some luv with you all, but I can't... :(