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How Mpq mods work?
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 2:56 am
by TheMadman
Hi,
I had a problem with Custom MPQ exes for sometime with Win7. MPQ always asks me for SC CD every time i start them.
I download everything for exe (mpq, maps etc.) but still asks me for CD. How fix/skip this problem?
Re: How Mpq mods work?
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:43 am
by IskatuMesk
They are memory patchers. The digital download of SC effectively has a no-CD crack in it, and maybe 1.16.1, iirc. The mods, especially those that are based on older versions, patch the memory of the exe and don't have the no-CD crack. As far as I understand it, anyways. There may have been a way around this but I never looked into it when I worked with the game, since I always had my CD on hand. Maybe someone else might know.
Re: How Mpq mods work?
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:57 am
by Revolta
Digital download of SCBW starts at 1.15.2 I believe, definitely not 1.16.1.
Re: How Mpq mods work?
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:47 am
by TheMadman
I did got vision3a.exe working on SC, but on the start it tries to find hex number in storm.dll (428) but unable to find. What does this mean?
Re: How Mpq mods work?
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:07 am
by TheMadman
ok, just i now i was thinking, why author wouldnt update MPQDraft at least, so it would recognize BroodWar.mpq in starcraft folder? isn't that logical?
also, i thought about making an ''custom'' CD of BroodWar. Idea is simple: Revert BroodWar.mpq back to his INSTALL.EXE and then using a program (alcohol120% or other) to place INSTALL.EXE into blank CD with autorun + ico in it. If i am correct, MPQDraft check every CD for an INSTALL.EXE.