Why, why, why?????

[_corn_]

In CShell.dll, if you search for all referenced text strings with olly debug, you find text strings such as "ReloadAnimRatio". Why are these strings there? Why does CF need those strings? Why doesn't the creator of CF remove them to make it harder to find addys? What purpose do they serve?

Thanks.

[rabir007]

If i understand right, Cf use them as:

WeaponList.GetAttribute("ReloadAnimRatio");

So it contains the "ReloadAnimRatio" string, and olly finds it...
But other coders would give you a better answer...

[I2espect]

That Q. was asked before but i don't remember the answer , but they need it like us ..

[_corn_]

If i understand right, Cf use them as:

WeaponList.GetAttribute("ReloadAnimRatio");

So it contains the "ReloadAnimRatio" string, and olly finds it...
But other coders would give you a better answer...

That makes sense. A much better way to achieve such a thing is like this:

#define RELOAD_ANIM_RATIO 0xA4F //Or whatever

WeaponList.GetAttribute(RELOAD_ANIM_RATIO);

This way, hackers wouldn't be able to search for all referenced text strings to find classes.

[rabir007]

That makes sense. A much better way to achieve such a thing is like this:

#define RELOAD_ANIM_RATIO 0xA4F //Or whatever

WeaponList.GetAttribute(RELOAD_ANIM_RATIO);

This way, hackers wouldn't be able to search for all referenced text strings to find classes.

Cf is just a corean game, they don't even update the engine itself, so it will never get better...

[giniyat101]

thats how they find a certain value from the weapon bute file (aka bf005.ltc)
further information here:
https://www.mpgh.net/forum/242-crossf...d-strings.html

[_corn_]

Cf is just a corean game, they don't even update the engine itself, so it will never get better...

How come CShell.dll gets patched then?

[rabir007]

How come CShell.dll gets patched then?

Publisher can do it... Since CShell getting packed to a "Self-Extraction package"
When crossfire loads it, CShell will restore itself to its original state...

Also new contents are just like "mods" for the game...