Questions tagged [game-hacking]
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Reverse engineering images from an old Japanese videogame
I am trying decode some images from an old Japanese videogame. I am not very good at reverse engineering, nor at programming, and I can't make sense of what file format this is or how to go about ...
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Finding entrypoints (native functions) in games/programs
I'm working on a personal project involving reverse engineering a game executable to hook specific functions. The goal is to create a modding framework similar to ScriptHookV for GTA5 or F4SE for ...
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Need Help Reverse Engineering this "main.pak" Archive from a Nintendo DS Game
I hope I am in the correct place, so to start I have extracted this archive named "main.pak" from the 2008 Nintendo DS game titled, "SpongeBob SquarePants Featuring Nicktoons - Globs of ...
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struggle with Decrypt Byte Array with a key of unity game using il2cpp
So i'm trying to reverse an unity game using il2cpp to get the assets of it. After some reverse stuff i found that the asset's (especially here the png image) byte array get encrypted with a key and i ...
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Figuring a CRC to edit a PS1 save file
So I've set myself the goal of editing Crash Bash saves for the PS1. I'm using RetroArch + PCSX, so I'm editing memory card .srm files binary contents directly. Uploaded a zip with some save games, in ...
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Creating the SkiFree 2 dream... An introduction [closed]
I am no programmer but I like to do it for my own purpose and entertainment. As in earlier posts I said: Excuse me, I am just liking to use the SkiFree source code for my very own purpose. The purpose ...
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How can I extract *.c file hidden in an executable file (SkiFree)
I am a person interested of old games (MS DOS and 16 bit Windows only) and programming. In 2020, I saw an article about hacking SkiFree somewhere on the internet and soon as I followed the ...
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Retrieve functionality to button - game patching
I'm patching an old game, and I want the retrieve the toggle fullscreen functionality it's supposed to have. In the menu, in the display tab, there is a disabled option of fullscreen mode that you can ...
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Process stuck on the entry point
I'm trying to patch an old game (1998-ish) that runs on windows 95 and windows XP to make it compatible with windows 11. The current problem with it is that when running the exe file nothing seems to ...
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Reverse engineering a game server
It was announced recently that the UGC servers for Mirror's Edge Catalyst servers are going to shut down on December 8th, 2023 for all platforms. I want to reverse engineer the game server and build a ...
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x32dbg version causes crash on breakpoint
i'm a newbie to this whole shindig, and have started with https://gamehacking.academy. i'm finding this fun, but am getting stuck here: when i try to apply a breakpoint using x32dbg, as in https://...
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What are the prerequisite knowledge needed to start solving crackmes?
I started by reading a book on C language and then moved on to "Programming From Ground Up," which teaches basic programming in x86. School just ended, I'm working on cracking a game called ...
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Find decryption key of coco2d lua
I am trying to find the encryption key for a lua file from a .so file But I am new in this field. I visit websites and found that key is inside xxteaDecrypt function I found two xxteaDecrypt function. ...
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HELP Decrypting Lua files
i'm trying to mod a game named : DDTank Mobile, which is on both Android & IOS. This game runs on cocos2d engine, the thing is the lua files are encrypted. I read somewhere to look for 'sign' at ...
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Decrypt Keybindings for EVE Online
I've had this idea for a while for a tool I'd like to make to assist people in getting used to keybinds in EVE Online. Not sure how useful it'd actually be, but seems like a fun project nonetheless. I'...
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