Football Director II dongle support

BarryB · 30 May 2023, 16:07

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Can the dongle be supported please?

Toni Wilen · 30 May 2023, 19:13

This does not seem to use simple check like other two games that can be found in about 2 minutes. After 5.0 is out.

BarryB · 30 May 2023, 19:18

Really, don't know what's so special about this one they would beef up the dongle check?

Will wait for it to be supported, thanks Toni!

Toni Wilen · 04 June 2023, 13:51

Done (winuae.7z). It is again almost identical dongle, only bits swapped.

Check code probably is identical to previous games, main difference is language. Previous games used assembly code, this was some kind of compiled basic which looks extremely ugly, very long and is almost impossible to follow quickly.

I decided to assume dongle is almost same as used in previous games and simply brute forced all possible combinations (16+16).

Strangely this dongle check code simply loops until it gets correct answer. This made brute forcing too simple and was very quickly done.

Previous games reset the system if test failed too many times. (EDIT: maybe used basic didn't have any way to crash/reset the system..)

BarryB · 04 June 2023, 14:29

Awesome

The game is written in HiSoft Basic so probably why it's ugly!

Thanks for supporting this

30 May 2023, 16:07	#1
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,711	Football Director II dongle support In The Zone: FootballDirectorII(Dongle)[Amiga].adf Can the dongle be supported please?

30 May 2023, 19:18	#3
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,711	Really, don't know what's so special about this one they would beef up the dongle check? Will wait for it to be supported, thanks Toni! Last edited by BarryB; 30 May 2023 at 19:51.

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30 May 2023, 19:13	#2
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,523	This does not seem to use simple check like other two games that can be found in about 2 minutes. After 5.0 is out.

04 June 2023, 13:51	#4
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,523	Done (winuae.7z). It is again almost identical dongle, only bits swapped. Check code probably is identical to previous games, main difference is language. Previous games used assembly code, this was some kind of compiled basic which looks extremely ugly, very long and is almost impossible to follow quickly. I decided to assume dongle is almost same as used in previous games and simply brute forced all possible combinations (16+16). Strangely this dongle check code simply loops until it gets correct answer. This made brute forcing too simple and was very quickly done. Previous games reset the system if test failed too many times. (EDIT: maybe used basic didn't have any way to crash/reset the system..)

04 June 2023, 14:29	#5
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,711	Awesome The game is written in HiSoft Basic so probably why it's ugly! Thanks for supporting this

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