Aleck79
March 30th, 2006, 05:55
alright guys, I've read and read and read about all I can about cracking and breakpoints but am getting stumped over the WinSock API. *ducks for fear of flames*
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/winsock/winsock_functions.asp ("http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/winsock/winsock_functions.asp")
^the reference I've been using
Anyway, the general idea involves an old online game that is no longer being developed, but still has a good deal of support left (more than 500 people). The idea is to modify the game to add additional functionality to correct for some cheats that have occured over the years. I am not working on modifying the game iself, but the server that the game runs in conjunction with, to give it the ability to detect the cheaters. Alright, I understand the general idea, except when it comes to WinSock and how to use it to set up breakpoints that will give me the correct memory location, or close to it.
I assume that I would be looking for the recv() function, but there are just so many recv()'s that its so complicated, I need to look for the one I need.
Also there is the issue of just making sense of the data that is recv()'ed.
Any tips, hints, or guides with similar projects would be greatly appreciated
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/winsock/winsock_functions.asp ("http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/winsock/winsock_functions.asp")
^the reference I've been using
Anyway, the general idea involves an old online game that is no longer being developed, but still has a good deal of support left (more than 500 people). The idea is to modify the game to add additional functionality to correct for some cheats that have occured over the years. I am not working on modifying the game iself, but the server that the game runs in conjunction with, to give it the ability to detect the cheaters. Alright, I understand the general idea, except when it comes to WinSock and how to use it to set up breakpoints that will give me the correct memory location, or close to it.
I assume that I would be looking for the recv() function, but there are just so many recv()'s that its so complicated, I need to look for the one I need.
Also there is the issue of just making sense of the data that is recv()'ed.
Any tips, hints, or guides with similar projects would be greatly appreciated
