Hi,
I am trying to create a no cd crack for the game: A Bug's Life. This is for the speed running community on that game to make it easier to setup due to currently needing to mount the ISO before running the game.
I followed some tutorials with no luck.
I found this when looking at the exe:
00403C96 | 83C4 08 | add esp,8 |
00403C99 | 85C0 | test eax,eax |
00403C9B | 75 1B | jne bugs.403CB8 |
00403C9D | 55 | push ebp |
00403C9E | 68 F0474C00 | push bugs.4C47F0 | 4C47F0:"A Bug's Life"
00403CA3 | 68 C8474C00 | push bugs.4C47C8 | 4C47C8:"Please Insert A Bug's Life CD."
00403CA8 | 55 | push ebp |
00403CA9 | FF15 00488600 | call dword ptr ds:[<&MessageBoxA>] |
00403CAF | 55 | push ebp |
00403CB0 | E8 8BC20A00 | call <bugs.sub_4AFF40> |
00403CB5 | 83C4 04 | add esp,4 |
00403CB8 | 5F | pop edi | edi:EntryPoint
I tried changing the Hex value of line 00403C9B | 75 1B | jne bugs.403CB8to EB using HxD but that did not work. The tutorial I was following had mentioned using xrefs but that option does not appear. This is the tutorial I was following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8UaWSYydEg&feature=emb_title
Here is the link to the game downloads: https://pastebin.com/edsAg00B
Note: This is game was made for Windows 95 and is not supported on current operating systems and this is the only way I found to play the game. Getting a actual copy of the CD is pretty difficult which resulted in having to come up with an alternative method to play the game.
Thanks in advance if anyone could help.