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Originally Posted by snoopdog
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I am definitely not implying p1999 has anything wrong on their end. I am just saying if you are going to compare, compare fairly. p1999 does require the DLL to be running on your machine to be able to connect, the poster is saying p1999 does not have a patcher. They really do not have a patcher, but the file pack from them does have a DLL that as far as I know, we do not know the contents.
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p1999's DLL:
(Cant play without it, you'll get the boot)
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/8...5940/analysis/
Blood and Rank's Patcher:
(Can log in and play just fine without a boot, though strings/spells and such are off if you dont use it and cannot access old Highpass)
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/1...is/1453857601/
Ultimately, it comes down to choice. Though, those passively aggressively stating "it could be a keylogger", etc. or making otherwise open speculation are generating rumors based on ignorance.
I could take it a step further and load up IDA Pro to dissect the DLL (I understand and am well acquainted with ASM), and can use .NET Deflector to dissect and pretty much get the entire source code of the patcher.
There I made it easy on you. Now, I spent the $1200 for a registered version of IDA Pro (programming is what I do so its a tool often used), though I suspect there are -other- versions out there.
I could also sandbox test a "p99 client" and then a Blood and Rank "client" (neither offer the client themselves, rather, I'm using quotes to simply coin the installations), sniffing packets to see and be certain if there is any "call home" going on. I can tell you, in order for the p99 server to detect/boot people not using it, it would have to "call home" with at least a packet to their modified server source. How else would it know to boot someone not running the DLL. Seems common sense. And, no, I dont have a problem with that at all. You want to play on the owners server? You follow the rules... or dont.
p99 has the numbers, I suspect Blood and Rank does not. So aside from population, on the surface, what's the difference? Play or don't play, neither servers will lose sleep over it I suspect.