iAmErmac

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There is only 3 usage per key, so anyone can take it whenever its free. I've checked this DRM stuff as well and now stucked at not getting a valid license key back from the server response. With a valid license key I can probably bypass the online activation and just activate this locally. If anyone has a spare key feel free to message me so I can try making the bypass.
 

Prick

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So the thing about the $295 post. Was that for real, or just a mess-up? I assumed it was the latter, because who in their right mind would make a post only accessible for such a high tier.
It's a real tier, not that anybody is actually subbed for it.
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Heffy

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Does anyone know what the "Paralogue 0.1" update is? Seems like it is only present in the description of the $8 onlooker tier...
 

byran47

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It's a real tier, not that anybody is actually subbed for it.
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But people are subbed to it. Otherwise there wouldn't be any comments on those $295 only posts, but there was and before he removed it there was around 21 comments. So give or take probably at least 20-35 people.
 

Evans15

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Does anyone know what the "Paralogue 0.1" update is? Seems like it is only present in the description of the $8 onlooker tier...
It is the build dedicated to Alet the new girl, short pink-colored hair, cute voice.
 

drpavelcia

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Why can't you get it from google link? if its beucase exceed download quota you can create a copy on your google drive and download it or just use my copy.
Hang in there, uploading to mega... ETA 5 hours so hang tight in there :p
Thanks guys, but I was hoping to crack the VR version actually. I don't want to make a Google copy because I don't want Google knowing my porn habits, and I can't make a new account without a phone number.

I spent a few minutes yesterday looking at it, the drm's not obfuscated in any way, part of it is in c# and part of it is c++. it sends a http request to *some ip*:5534/service.asmx (which I redirected to localhost by adding a loopback adapter), and it wants a response similar to
C:
            Response.ContentType = "text/xml";
            Response.StatusCode = 200;
         
            string errorCode = "0";
            string errorMessage = "";
            string activated = "true";
            string destroyed = "false";
            string maxActivations = "1337";
            string activationCount = "1";
            string licUpgradeId = "1";
            string licKey = "1337133713371337";
            string res = $"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><soap:Body><GetStatusResponse xmlns=\"http://demo.eleckey.net/\"><GetStatusResult><ErrorCode>{errorCode}</ErrorCode><ErrorMessage>{errorMessage}</ErrorMessage><ActivationMode>0</ActivationMode><Activated>{activated}</Activated><Destroyed>{destroyed}</Destroyed><MaxActivation>{maxActivations}</MaxActivation><ActivationCount>{activationCount}</ActivationCount><LicUpgradeID>{licUpgradeId}</LicUpgradeID><LicenseKey>{licKey}</LicenseKey></GetStatusResult></GetStatusResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>";

            return Content(res);
but once that is finished, the c++ portion of the drm complains about the license being invalid (or whatever..) and I was too lazy to tryhard in IDA to find what it exactly checks. all of the exports in the c# portion of the drm (Deactivation.exe and Phsrv.dll) are named functions in the c++ dll (ekc6420.dll or ekc3220.dll)

if I had a valid key I could use to activate it and sniff the packets I'd probably be able to fake a valid response, but oh well.
I used dnspy for exploring the c# part of the drm, and ida for c++ bits

source for the web app in attachments (.net core 3)
Useful! I was looking to use the NSA Ghidra tool, but dnspy looks useful too. I bet there's a way to modify the code to just always return valid in the DRM in that case. As usual this DRM seems to cause legitimate users issues while not really stopping piracy.
 
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iAmErmac

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Useful! I was looking to use the NSA Ghidra tool, but dnspy looks useful too. I bet there's a way to modify the code to just always return valid in the DRM in that case. As usual this DRM seems to cause legitimate users issues while not really stopping piracy.
It's easy to modify the c# part to skip online check, but the game launcher binary which is UE4 (c++) codes always looking for a valid license in your computer. You'll either need to remove that part from the game's bytecodes or generate a license using a valid license key with the DRM itself (c# part).

the game uses this for the activation server (SOAP) btw:
 

redrosid

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I bet there's a way to modify the code to just always return valid in the DRM in that case.
I have tried that as well, yes. but the c++ portion of the drm (the bit that's embedded/loaded by the game itself) still checks if it's a valid license that gets saved to a file *somewhere*
editing code with dnspy is really easy, just navigate to whatever function, right click and 'edit method (c#)' and you can write anything in there
 

drpavelcia

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It's easy to modify the c# part to skip online check, but the game launcher binary which is UE4 (c++) codes always looking for a valid license in your computer. You'll either need to remove that part from the game's bytecodes or generate a license using a valid license key with the DRM itself (c# part).

the game uses this for the activation server (SOAP) btw:
Thanks for the info! I saw you're really close to figuring this out; I hope someone can get you a working key so you can get it running.

Oh.. Dear, well.. That will be few more hours. I have to download it first soo hang in there again.
Though i would also appreciate if you try to crack the non-vr as well, i can't afford a headset atm.
Thanks for the upload! If I can get the VR one cracked, I'll definitely try doing the flat version afterward. This is a chance for me to learn more about cracking/reverse engineering, most of what I've done with this before has been limited to minor things like uncapping FPS in games.
 

TinyTanya

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how to activate this game? 1.31b. I have already downloaded game ,but cannot to activate it.
Well either you subscribe to their Patreon, pay 8$ and activate the game with the key they give you on their website or you wait patiently for someone to crack it which might or might not happen.
 

156_163_146_167

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They should really hire a pr guy
I don't think you need a PR guy to know that that was not a good idea.

there was around 21 comments. So give or take probably at least 20-35 people.
That does not necessarily mean that there are that many backers at that level. A single person can post more than one comment, and the creator themselves also can leave comments when replying for instance. Not saying that there couldn't be that many people that have paid close to 300 bucks, but I would honestly be surprised.
 

Scrichta

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Why can't you get it from google link? if its beucase exceed download quota you can create a copy on your google drive and download it or just use my copy.

hey, thanks for sharing that.

I downloaded it, blocked all applications from connecting to internet and got "A required .DLL file, EKC6420.DLL was not found." and the game won't launch.
(but the file is in the folder)

I read the thread a bit, and though I have no idea what I'm doing cause I'm a total noob, I then tried copying the .dll file to driver, then copying it in drive, then downlaoding it and using that one, but that didn't help (proably wasn't supposed to be for this issue)
 
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