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Starcraft
(c) Blizzard

Supplied By : Toast                      Release Date : 01 April 1998
Cracked By : Beowulf                 Protection Type : CD Check + MPQ

Game Type : AMAZING                    System Type : Win 95/NT
Packed By : Beowulf                3D Acceleration : N/A

Requirements: P90, 16 Megs Ram, DirectX 5, 95MB HD

Game Notes & Crack Information

BATTLE.NET IS NOT SUPPORTED IN OUR RELEASE...PLEASE READ BELOW FOR
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING WHY, AND IMPORTANT INSTALL NOTES!!

Yes folks, the game you've all been waiting for is now here. Starcraft
is definately worth the wait, and if your reading this now, your wasting
precious time. This is no April Fool's joke...it is all real.

(back of the box hype)

* THREE UNIQUE ALIEN SPECIES

- Whether you command the nomadic Terran, mysterious Protoss, or
voracious Zerg, you must devise totally unique strategies to master
the specilized units, abilities, and technologies of each.

* MULTIPLE THEATRES OF BATTLE

- Engage in a deadly mix of space combat, planetary assault, and covert
base infiltration. Command Ghost Espionage Agents, Wraith Stealth
Fighters, Protoss High Templars, and Zerg Defilers as you seek to
conquer the galaxy.

* REVOLUTIONARY SPECIAL EFFECTS

- Real time light sourcing, true line of sight, and an advanced
translucency engine combine for incredible visual effects and
unparalelled tactical realism.

* INTENSE INTERNET COMPETITION

- Challenge people worldwide for FREE using your modem, or LAN
and over the internet using KALI or a suitable IPX emulator.
(NOTE THAT THIS RELEASE DOES NOT SUPPORT BATTLE.NET!!!)

* UNEQUALED CAMPAIGN EDITOR

- Construct individual missions or entire campaigns with unrivaled
ease!  Set victory conditions, customize speech and sound, and
create unique heroes while building enormous speech and multiplayer
worlds, compete with your own story lines.

Enough hype. Enjoy this title, and only expect the BEST from the LONGEST
running group EVER - RAZOR NINETEEN ELEVEN! (1985 - 1998 AND BEYOND)

Toast - RAZOR 1911

Installation & Rip Information

Ripped: Over 400M of movies, music and speech. For Christ's sake people,
if you like this game BUY IT! Blizzard deserves it...

To install the game, simply unzip all the files into a temporary
directory, make a directory to hold the game in (e.g. C:\STAR), then
un-RAR the game into that directory:

unrar x -v -y starcrft.001 c:\star

After the game is decompressed, run SETUP.EXE in that directory to
configure your registry settings, then run SC.EXE to play!

***SPECIAL NOTE***

To run the game using a special "virtual patch" crack that leaves all
of the executables untouched (and therefore less likely to cause CRC
problems) run the game using SC.EXE. Do NOT just run Starcraft.exe, as
it has not been patched. I have used this loader mechanism in the hopes
that a battle.net key generator can be coded in the future, as a
"virgin" copy of the executables is essential to battle.net play.

If you have a weird setup, or something that just causes my loader to
not work, then I have included a workaround. Run SC-PATCH.EXE to
hard patch the game, after which you can use Starcraft.exe to play.
The down-side to this is that battle.net play will be impossible,
even with a future key-generator. Use SC.EXE if at all possible.

DO NOT RUN SC-PATCH.EXE UNLESS SC.EXE DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU!!!!

Cracking Notes/Comments

Well, what can I say. This has got to be one of the hardest titles I
have ever ripped. The crack was trivial, but ripping this game involved
understanding and coding utilities for Blizzard's MoPaQ file packer. MPQ
(as it is better known as) is a complex file packaging/indexing system
that combines one-way hash tables for file lookup, encryption on files
and indexes, custom tuned compression code...a veritable nightmare.

The game originally came shipped with a 600M INSTALL.EXE file (really
an installer stub + giant MPQ file), and this was the file that had to
be ripped apart. Needless to say, I think I have done it...it was a LOT
of work, and I tested this as much as humanly possible, so I hope you
all enjoy it. If you have any problems with this crack, please let me
know via IRC in #razor...I'm never claim to be perfect. =)

As for BATTLE.NET support, I have decided after much analysis and talk
with other respected crackers, that it cannot be done without some MAJOR
coding. All Starcraft CD's came bundled with a unique CD-Key that is
embedded in the STARDAT.MPQ file on install. Each user on BATTLE.NET
must meet two important requirements: (a) they have a unique CD-Key and
(b) their executables (and DLLs) are untouched. It is theoretically
possible to create a generator for these CD-Keys after collecting a
bunch of codes, but that is only half the battle...you then have to
generate a random valid code, and insert it into the STARDAT.MPQ. Much
easier said than done. I did code the crack for this game in a loader
format to allow for a future generator to be "plugged in".

Once again, I *MAY* code a generator for this depending on how feasible
I think it is, but it will take time. Do not harrass me...I will do what
I can. Just use KALI or a similar IPX emulator to play via Internet for
now, and if you REALLY have to play battle.net, buy the game.

- Beowulf [RAZOR 1911]

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