attaching ollydbg to starcraft

[xsDaniel]

idk what subforum to post this in but what are the chances anyone checks here anyways

attaching ollydbg to starcraft but the game crashes as soon as I enter battlenet or start a singleplayer map
using the hide plugin for ollydbg but still getting crashes


any ideas?

[dt]

Have you tried attaching it after entering battle.net?

[Dyndrilliac]

And for the record StarCraft has a new anti cheat and protection, it's likely going to be a little while if anybody bothers.

[xsDaniel]

Have you tried attaching it after entering battle.net?

yup

@dyndrill
so lets figure it out

[Dyndrilliac]

@dyndrill
so lets figure it out

If I were going to devote my time to such a task, and let me be clear that I have absolutely no plans to do so (I prefer and have always preferred Age of Empires 2 over StarCraft so I don't have quite a deep affection for the game as most others here), then I wouldn't be able to guarantee support for Olly because I wouldn't be using it - I'd be using WinDbg instead.

The first thing I would look for if it were me is the crash dump. What was the error code? In what process / memory space (the executable or one of its DLLs?) did the error occur?

Hint/Speculation: the problem is probably located in Battle.snp, assuming that library still contains the code for the game's interface to Battle.net.

[disco]

If I were going to devote my time to such a task, and let me be clear that I have absolutely no plans to do so (I prefer and have always preferred Age of Empires 2 over StarCraft so I don't have quite a deep affection for the game as most others here), then I wouldn't be able to guarantee support for Olly because I wouldn't be using it - I'd be using WinDbg instead.

The first thing I would look for if it were me is the crash dump. What was the error code? In what process / memory space (the executable or one of its DLLs?) did the error occur?

Hint/Speculation: the problem is probably located in Battle.snp, assuming that library still contains the code for the game's interface to Battle.net.

Hook me up with those AoE2 hax bro. You play HD right?

[DSG]

Hint/Speculation: the problem is probably located in Battle.snp, assuming that library still contains the code for the game's interface to Battle.net.

This speculation would indeed be correct, however there is a bit more to it than that now (they overhauled the game with this patch, and backported stuff like the Launcher).

I spent a little time messing with it and didn't get anywhere. I would also wager that most of us that probably still have the skills to RE the new protection/anti-cheat probably don't have the time (yay adulting). And even if we did, the StarCraft update/remaster probably wouldn't be very high on the totem pole compared to all the other shit we wished we had the time to rip apart.

[Dyndrilliac]

@disco: Yes, I play the HD version on Steam. I'll dig through my files and see if I can find my old arsenal. It's been awhile, and they aren't up to date with the latest builds of the game, but if I can find them I'll pass them along.

@DSG: Yea, it's been so long since I've cared enough to do anything with Starcraft, I figured there would have been changes to make things more complicated. I just figured it might be a good starting place for the OP. Still, I feel relatively confident in saying it probably is not all that challenging. Blizzard prefers to wield the the legal system and the banhammer to deter cheaters as opposed to truly putting in the effort to actually prevent cheating on a systemic level (which is a reasonable approach, since it's an arms race they can never hope to win).

[StarteR2]

This speculation would indeed be correct, however there is a bit more to it than that now (they overhauled the game with this patch, and backported stuff like the Launcher).

I spent a little time messing with it and didn't get anywhere. I would also wager that most of us that probably still have the skills to RE the new protection/anti-cheat probably don't have the time (yay adulting). And even if we did, the StarCraft update/remaster probably wouldn't be very high on the totem pole compared to all the other shit we wished we had the time to rip apart.

You guys are a bunch of pathetic pussies. Can't seem to crack some security measure installed by some idiot who just graduated from Iowa.... shame on you for representing this community.

[K? Pŕo?ćtiόnŹ]

yah, dam rite, u boiz r pussies

[Indefinite]

You guys are a bunch of pathetic pussies. Can't seem to crack some security measure installed by some idiot who just graduated from Iowa.... shame on you for representing this community.

And that's coming from a guy whose entire existence revolves around underhandedly munching on anyone's dick for technical advice, hacks, cracks and warez.

[Dyndrilliac]

I like how the guy who has never released anything is criticising others for not immediately jumping at the chance to do a bunch of work for free to update hacks for a nearly 20 year old game. If it is so simple and easy, why don't you do it? Rhetorical question, by the way. I already know why. No need to reveal to everyone else that you're a talentless loser who can't even troll proficiently.

[Perma]

attaching ollydbg to starcraft but the game crashes as soon as I enter battlenet or start a singleplayer map
using the hide plugin for ollydbg but still getting crashes

Run the game in a virtual machine, and use a kernel debugger.

You may need to spoof things (KD_DEBUGGER_X flags and NtQuerySystemInformation results) but this is trivial with kernel-mode access.

I haven't looked at the changes for legal reasons but I would be shocked if it were even that complicated.