Theory on ATTRIBUTES.rez

Here is my theory on the encryption in the ATTRIBUTES file:

Brute decryption is beyond me, but working backwards, wouldn't the game have to decrypt these files every time it runs? So the game would have the decryption process in it. The file that must decrypt this is Engine.exe, So couldn't you just decompile Engine.exe and find the code for the decryption process?

lol
that might be possible OMG!
yea but that would take the fun out of modding if u mod the damage
u would have choobs modding damage!
if they do release the decryption they should make it 200 post up limit

I have been working on the decompiling, but Engine.exe doesn't decompile well. It won't just spit out the code that was put in, it spits out machine code or whatever. I have found some interesting strings in the Engine, but nothing that makes much sense, and I don't know how to read the code to find out how it's done...

And you obviously wouldn't release a instant kill mod to the noobs, lol, but we don't even know what ATTRIBUTES control, maybe a infinite ammo mod?

Old theory is old.

I figured it wasn't a original idea, I just wanted some feedback. If this is an old theory, has anyone tested it?

It's there. The theory is correct, and has been for some time. There is a Rez manager class inside the Engine.exe or one of it's modules, ofcourse it will take a little more practice to figure it out. As Im still a noob at Reverse Engineering, but I haven't forgotten and am working on it. Ofcourse if someone else knows a lot about reversing and can get it to work then by all means do it.

Yah well, i'm not exactly a expert on reverse engineering.

Cracking the encryption on some Attributes.rez sounds a LOT easier than unpacking Engine.exe. I don't know what it's packed with because I haven't looked at it, but it's probably Themida just like MapleStory. Which is very difficult to unpack.

maybe we should ask the russians for help. theyre really good at reverse engineering

well, I'm really over my head with this
themidia popped up when I ran it once, but no other problems
it's just finding the right needle in a haystack made of needles

Considering its not packed anymore Im gonna have to disagree with you on that one, and even if it wasn't they are too different ball games (im not sure how you hear difficulty, but I can assure if you were they would sound the same), luckily our job is made easier since we are given the lithtech engine.

@danice123: not really. Its right out in the open. I did a search for referenced text strings and found it in olly, just a matter of understanding what to do with the information. Once I get the pointer to the Rez Mgr just need to figure out how the console works is all...

um.... so it turns out, damage isnt as server sided as we supposed?

no it doesnt say anything about damage inside the actual file, so ill assume we could

A) steal NX
B) Get whatever weapon we want forever
C) screw up a lot of things

but doing it is not as easy as saying it. Decompiling the Engine.exe is just as meh as decrypting ATTRIBUTES.rez

noone needs to fuck with the att files i hope anyone that does crack it keeps the secret to themselfs it will be so over used in a days time.. would you like being shot from a m16 and it does 1000000000 damage? i'd be pissed