CE version 1.07 no-CD launcher.

[Zeph]

Why hasn't anyone made one yet? My laptop drive goes crazy with old CD-ROMs and I'd very much like to not use it. I also dont have the free space to mount an image of the disk.

[DrunkenSamus]

www.Megagames.com They have No cd key patches and stuff like that. I'm certain they have patches for Halo CE. It's not a crack site so don't worry about viruses.

[TVTyrant]

They don'y have one like that on there.

[supersniper]

There is no CD Halo CE v1.7 launcher. Once there is though all the ones from Halo CE without patch will come to CE and we will have more players. Also a plus side is that all aimbots for CE don't work with NO CD hacks. So basically I see no downside. I wish someone would make one.

[Zeph]

Perhaps you should look at the site before you post it. That site has no contribution to the topic.

[itszutak]

Also a plus side is that all aimbots for CE don't work with NO CD hacks.
Is this true? If so, why?

[Omega]

I also dont have the free space to mount an image of the disk.

There is a "mini-image" of around 25 Mb. Most people use that. The advantige is that this mini image works for ANY version of the game. Actually cracking the protection is more annoying. (There is a french tutorial on how to crack safedisc 2.7, it's not that hard just a lot of work -_-").

[Masterz1337]

I have a 1.0 cracked exe if you want it.

[StankBacon]

...

http://www.modacity.net/forums/showpost.php?p=252857&postcount=15

[Zeph]

Mini-images work. What's a good free mounter?

[Terin]

Daemon Tools?

[StankBacon]

i use daemon tools.

[supersniper]

Is this true? If so, why?Something to do with the hacked memory coding to make it a NO CD .exe changes it so the aimbot doesn't work. I don't know if what I said is true but I remember looking at a Hack site saying that all the aimbots out don't work with hacked .exe's

[ultama121]

Mini-images work. What's a good free mounter?
An alternative to Daemon tools is Magic Disc Iso, if you can't use Daemon tools, google that.

[Corndogman]

there's also alcohol, the free version, forget what its called, something %. daemon is probably best to get anyways.

[Terry]

Yeah, I used a mini-image and daemon as well since I lost my CD somehow ~_~

[InnerGoat]

there's also alcohol, the free version, forget what its called, something %. daemon is probably best to get anyways.

alcohol 52% and some mini image here, been using it for 3 years now or so

[Pooky]

...

http://www.modacity.net/forums/showpost.php?p=252857&postcount=15

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9083/repcv5.png

Maybe you should have used the search Zeph? :p

[Kornman00]

(There is a french tutorial on how to crack safedisc 2.7, it's not that hard just a lot of work -_-").
I remember trying to translate that tut about two years ago...

[TVTyrant]

For the sake of being useful, I decided to do the mini image. To keep it short, it works great :)

EDIT:Note that I just did this two hours ago. I haven't had extended usage, but I wanted to see if it can be done.

[Patrickssj6]

The real problem is how to crack SafeDisc 2.7...I think I could do it though.

Some of my team members and me were discussing about making Halo Custom Edition 1.08...with new server list, dedicated server and a bit modification of the haloce.exe.

We managed to enable Devmode on Dedis for example...we would also destroy the Aimbot.

[TVTyrant]

That idea is FTW. Wouldn't that take lots of resources though?

[Omega]

Some of my team members and me were discussing about making Halo Custom Edition 1.08...with new server list, dedicated server and a bit modification of the haloce.exe.

lol I also had that idea at some point, but for the normal "halo pc". Oh and are you also able to actually run/load scripts on the server? I got devmode working on halo pc, but I don't know much about scripts.

About safedisc 2.7, I know some french xD. I remember reading it a few months (or a year) ago. I haven't tried anything myself, but it doesn't look that hard. Just a lot of work it seems. I really should try it sometime (and translate). Maybe we can all work together .. on the server/client tools too.

[Patrickssj6]

Never tried scripts...do you have to create a VM to crack Safedisc? I don't know the procedure but of course at some point finding OEP (which is of course easy once debugger check bypass) then dump and then fix IAT.

I had 4 years of French in school...Google translator and me should do it. :P

[supersniper]

Ah Omega glad to see you're still here thought you died after your website did. Also Pat you and your members should make a 1.08. It would be pretty cool.

[Limited]

The real problem is how to crack SafeDisc 2.7...I think I could do it though.

Some of my team members and me were discussing about making Halo Custom Edition 1.08...with new server list, dedicated server and a bit modification of the haloce.exe.

We managed to enable Devmode on Dedis for example...we would also destroy the Aimbot.
:O Good luck with that pat :) Can I watch? ;)

Yah aimbot wont work with a new client, whether it be v1, v2..v6 or a cracked one, addresses are different.

Anyways more talk about this 1.08 is needed..

[Patrickssj6]

Problem is...there is no way can pull this off completely without some help of Korny.

Only problem right now would be to emulate the gamepsy servers.

[Zeph]

Maybe you should have used the search Zeph?
Look in that thread. I remember it very well. That thread does address the issue of launching the game with no CD, but doesn't do much for differentiating between patches. The reason behind a 1.07 launcher would be to get all the kiddies from 1.0 and 1.04 into 1.07. It wouldn't be much, but at least there'd be a few full servers then.

[supersniper]

actually around 300 or so people play Halo CE 1.0

[Kornman00]

Problem is...there is no way can pull this off completely without some help of Korny.

Only problem right now would be to emulate the gamepsy servers.
Actually, we were able to modify the server\clients in yelo to use a yelo-only listing, and still use the gamespy servers. It's actually a really easy process. We didn't set the yelo-only listing up using new filters, but we could easily allow someone to switch back to regular 1.07 listings (ie, by a key combo, script function, etc)

Only time will tell

[Patrickssj6]

Well...we want total control also like global MOTD moderated by Modacity mb. Right now it always says "Don't forget to patch blah" or whatever on the global server list at the bottom.

We could add custom messages etc.

[Kornman00]

You'd be better off keeping with the gamespy servers, and just adding a new string resource inside the haloce exe and modifying the code that pulls that URL from the Strings.DLL's specific string resource for getting the motd poop.

[itszutak]

actually around 300 or so people play Halo CE 1.0I've seen one of them use it at school.

It's a favorite because you don't actually need to buy halo to play HCE with this patch. Same as the trial version crowd. :/

[Termy]

Right now it always says "Don't forget to patch blah" or whatever on the global server list at the bottom.

We could add custom messages etc.

It is possible to have your own motd if you don't like orginal one.


Add '127.0.0.1 motd.gamespy.com' to hosts file:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Then you must run www server on your localhost and put halopc-motd.txt with your custom message in your www root.

This file can be placed anywhere on the internet as well, but virtual host motd.gamespy.com must be created on your server to host halopc-motd.txt.

[Pooky]

Look in that thread. I remember it very well. That thread does address the issue of launching the game with no CD, but doesn't do much for differentiating between patches. The reason behind a 1.07 launcher would be to get all the kiddies from 1.0 and 1.04 into 1.07. It wouldn't be much, but at least there'd be a few full servers then.

Why did you take the emote out of my post when you quoted it? :S

[Zeph]

I started at the question mark and moved the mouse left to copy?

[Patrickssj6]

It is possible to have your own motd if you don't like orginal one.


Add '127.0.0.1 motd.gamespy.com' to hosts file:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Then you must run www server on your localhost and put halopc-motd.txt with your custom message in your www root.

This file can be placed anywhere on the internet as well, but virtual host motd.gamespy.com must be created on your server to host halopc-motd.txt.

You can also just modify the URL inside the exe/dll.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Poweriso is good too :D
Also, With the idea of having a cracked/edited exe, lets talk other possibilities
Permenant NVIDIA Fix, More triggers and proper AA That would be coolio. oh and maybe better netcode.

[Kornman00]

Uh, more triggers?

You're not going to get proper AA, bitterbanana learned that the hard way.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Oh Well, May I ask why?

[Patrickssj6]

Uh, more triggers?

You're not going to get proper AA, bitterbanana learned that the hard way.
Yes I always wondered if it is possible to get proper AA...I mean if you inject the dll before directdraw gets init you can modify the Supersampling can't you?

[supersniper]

We need this launcher done fast. http://i29.tinypic.com/5ocnwo.jpg

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

is that 1.0?

[itszutak]

What exactly did the update fix, anyway?

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

um, appereantly nothing from what ive seen.

[supersniper]

is that 1.0?Yes that's 1.0

[Kornman00]

What exactly did the update fix, anyway?
just a buffer overflow IIRC

[Patrickssj6]

just a buffer overflow created by a guy that gave me the Halo TEA package decrypt/encrypt library yesterday :3

[Masterz1337]

I pressume you saw Luigi's other halo apps?

[Patrickssj6]

some, why?

[TVTyrant]

I use 1.07, and there are always a handful of full servers. Just sort by players and you'll find them ;)

[Termy]

Yeah, but at the time of writing this post there are about 300 players on 1.0 and only 60 on 1.07.Each version has its advantages and disadvantages so I play both.:D

[Patrickssj6]

1.00 has only the crack and Aimbot advantage...1.08 could combine both but that would be illegal. :/

or would it...

[Patrickssj6]

OK...it took me 5 mins to bypass the debugger protection and land at OEP.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6506/61912206ko0.jpg

[p0lar_bear]

v1 has the NoCD crack for people too lazy to use the mini image and the aimbot doesn't work on it.

v1.07 Has protection against haloboom.

You decide.

On a cynical note, I would love to see all of those 1.0 servers get boomed. :haw:

[Termy]

1.00 has protection against haloboom as well, but you must patch your exe.
The patch is made by Luigi - it fixes all vulnerable versions.
You can find it on his website.

[Patrickssj6]

I'm pretty sure you should remove that link (contains NoCD patchers). We have a patcher to protect 1.00 dedis from halo loop and halo boom, I could ask BrandiniMP to post it here if you desperately want it.

[Omega]

OK...it took me 5 mins to bypass the debugger protection and land at OEP.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6506/61912206ko0.jpg

And of what program being debugged might that screenshot and explanation be? Can't really be of haloCE AFAIK .. >_>

[Kornman00]

It's from one of the two dlls that get exploded into memory that belong to the safedisk porition of halo.

[supersniper]

Pat that would be nice. Because I want to host my server also on 1.00 because many people at halomaps can't play 1.07 right now...

[Patrickssj6]

SafeDisc http://www.thefinalfantasy.com/forums/images/smilies/shakefist.gif

Korn, did you ever successfully unpack 1.07?

[Kornman00]

Unpack it to the point where I can run it? Nein

[Patrickssj6]

After bypassing I can run it (and then it crashes but that's something else I think) but it never returns back to the main exe...even later versions of SafeDisc do return to the main exe. I think I'm skipping the OPE...

You know how to break on the JMP to OEP? I think you can HWBP the EIP register but I'm not sure...

[DarkHalo003]

Why hasn't anyone made one yet? My laptop drive goes crazy with old CD-ROMs and I'd very much like to not use it. I also dont have the free space to mount an image of the disk.

Yeah, my CD drive broke. All the people in 1.0 play CMT_snowgrove or hugeass, even extinction. I would really like to get in some good servers with good maps. Someone should get on this!

[StankBacon]

Yeah, my CD drive broke. All the people in 1.0 play CMT_snowgrove or hugeass, even extinction. I would really like to get in some good servers with good maps. Someone should get on this!

guess you missed the thing about mounting the mini-image.

[Zeph]

And of what program being debugged might that screenshot and explanation be? Can't really be of haloCE AFAIK .. >_>

switching between debug and normal mode?

[DarkHalo003]

guess you missed the thing about mounting the mini-image.
In all honesty, I am too lazy to do that. I rather just wait for a crack to come out. I have definitely heard of doing that though, but never really cared too much to do it.

[Pooky]

In all honesty, I am too lazy to do that.

You're too lazy to do something that would take 10 seconds so instead you play an inferior game version?

Yeah right, pirate.

[Patrickssj6]

switching between debug and normal mode?

?


In all honesty, I am too lazy to do that. I rather just wait for a crack to come out. I have definitely heard of doing that though, but never really cared too much to do it.

lol


You're too lazy to do something that would take 10 seconds so instead you play an inferior game version?

Yeah right, pirate.

This ^.

This might be the most useless post ever but I really don't get what Zeph is trying to say so I thought, why not ask. :D

[DarkHalo003]

You're too lazy to do something that would take 10 seconds so instead you play an inferior game version?

Yeah right, pirate.

Pirate? So just because my CD-rom drive broke and I have to use a crack instead of the HaloPC disc, I am a pirate? Blame the person who cracked the code, not anyone else. How about this, I'll do the image thing, but you give me a link of instructions to do it. Simply that.

[p0lar_bear]

1. Download Daemon Tools.
2. Download mini-image.
3. Mount the image onto the virtual drive Daemon Tools creates.
4. ????
5. PROFIT!

It's as easy as it sounds. I had no prior experience with CD emulation, and was able to easily figure out how to slap an ISO into Daemon Tools.

[m13120]

I'll do the image thing, but you give me a link of instructions to do it. Simply that.
Again with being lazy? You could just google (http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+mount+images&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1) it yourself. But I'll explain it just so if anyone else that's too lazy to search how to do it will have their question answered.

Instructions with screen shots:
If you could at least read the posts, not through the entire 7 pages, but at least the first page, you'll have seen StankBacon posted a link for the mini-image (http://www.hivclan.net/stuff/HALO-mini-image.rar).

Step 1: Download the mini-image, open it with WinRAR. Once you've opened it, extract the mini-image (HALO.nrg) into any directory of your choice. As you can see in the pic, I extracted it to the My Documents directory.
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9876/step1gl8.jpg

Step 2: Download and install Daemon Tools, you can get their latest version here (http://www.disc-tools.com/download/daemon). Once you have it installed, you should see the little red icon with the lightning bolt (the Daemon Tools logo) in your taskbar. Right click it, go to emulation, and click Safedisc. (Do not ask me why, this is just the way I learned it and it works for me) Once you have done this, the logo should become green.
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/9135/step2na5.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9999/step25wr4.jpg

Step 3: Now by default, your computer will have added another "Device." If you go to my computer you will notice a new virtual drive has been added.
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2086/step3si6.jpg

Right click the now-green logo in your taskbar and go to Virtual CD/DVD-ROM, then Device 0: [a letter depending on how many drives your computer has, for me it's G] Empty, and then Mount Image.
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/6040/step35hg1.jpg

Step 4: Find your directory to where you extracted the mini-image to (HALO.nrg). For me, I extracted it to My Documents. Then open it.
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5904/step4cq3.jpg

After you've opened it, you'll notice the new drive in My Computer now says HALO.

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/7915/step45zs5.jpg

And that's it. You must keep the mini-image saved on your computer and have Daemon Tools running to be able to play. If I'm not mistaken, this works for both HaloPC and CE.

"Simply that."

Feel free to correct me if anyone finds a mistake in this tutorial.
feel free to +rep

Edit: argh p0lar bear you beat me to it http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5734/emotarghgl3.gif

[Love De Lux]

http://dl.free.fr/getfile.pl?file=/RiFr9fOZ

"Télécharger ce fichier"

[Love De Lux]

Thank you darling~

Edit: A bit of a problem; daemon tools doesn't support that format. I think the version I used to have had a ".mds" extension. Does anybody have that one?

Change the extension and it'll load just fine.

[Sabre]

Change the extension and it'll load just fine.

"To what?" WILL be his next question.

[sdavis117]

Probably .iso

[Rosco]

"To what?" WILL be his next question.

Why would it be? Jelly's pretty capable.

[Love De Lux]

"To what?" WILL be his next question.

.msd is fine. Also, by choosing "all files" in the explorer when you want to mount an image and choosing my .img, it will work without any problems. ;)

[jcap]

You don't need a mini-image or ANY crack anymore after you update the game.

http://www.bungie.net/forums/posts.aspx?postID=24577876

Forgot you need the 1.07 exe for the apps to work, not just the version of 1.07.