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FFXV gets cracked 4 days before release because developers didn't encrypt Origin version

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Congratulations to Final Fantasy for being cracked 4 days BEFORE release, a very fun day for them I bet.

 

Crackers in China called 3DM did find an encrypted executable in the Origin version of the pre release, but in the steam version the executable was fully encrypted. 

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Chinese group 3DM has used Final Fantasy XV’s demo executable file, a file that does not contain the Denuvo anti-tamper tech, in order to crack the game. This, however, would not be possible if it wasn’t for Origin. Unlike Steam, Origin made available for pre-load an unencrypted version of the whole game. 3DM got that unencrypted version and cracked the game via the demo file.

 

According to early reports, the first three Chapters work fine (and some players have been able to reach even the ninth Chapter without any issues). The size is also around 150GB with the HD 4K Resolution Textures, suggesting that this is the real deal. So yeah, this is undoubtedly bad news for Square Enix.

 

On the other hand, the good news is that – solely for performance purposes – we will be able to test and see whether the Denuvo-free version of Final Fantasy XV runs better than the launch version. In short, we’ll finally have an open-world game, a game that does indeed stress modern-day CPUs, and see whether Denuvo brings any additional performance hit.

 

So a huge congratulations for Square Enix and of course to Denuvo for being massive idiots and overlooking such a major issue. Can we have a huge round of applause for them.

Source is DoS gaming - https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-xv-has-been-cracked-four-days-prior-to-its-official-release/

Crackwatch also posted a little bit of information:

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About 3DM release (infos updated): 3DM notes (original): 重要的说明写在最后:

本次打包的文件为正式版的完整文件 使用的未加密补丁是基于试玩版而来 已有玩家测试可以顺利打到第2章第3章 能否全程通关还待继续测试

正式版已确认D加密，非正版玩家可以用这个版本玩到正式版内容。预购DLC暂时无法启用。等基于正式版的未加密版发布后，我们也会第一时间提取分享基于正式版的未加密补丁。

3DM notes (google translate): Important note is written at the end:

The packaged files for the official version of the full file using the unencrypted patch is based on the demo version of the existing players can test successfully hit the second chapter Chapter 3 whether the entire customs clearance yet to continue testing

The official version has confirmed D encryption, non-genuine players can use this version to play the official version of the content. Pre-order DLC temporarily unable to enable. After the official version based on the unencrypted version of the release, we will also extract the first time based on the official version of the unencrypted patch.

 

 

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1 minute ago, SC2Mitch said:

Congratulations to Final Fantasy for being cracked 4 days after release, a very fun day for them I bet.

It's not even release yet for PC.

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Denuvo needs to put down the crack pipe. Most of their games with "uncrackable" DRM have been cracked, and the ones that haven't seem to be mostly smaller games that get less attention, so probably just not much effort being put into cracking. 

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What's worse than crackable DRM? Someone on your team dropped the key.

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2 minutes ago, violentnumeric said:

Denuvo needs to put down the crack pipe. Most of their games with "uncrackable" DRM have been cracked, and the ones that haven't seem to be mostly smaller games that get less attention, so probably just not much effort being put into cracking.

But, our denuvo 5.0 is the STRONGEST level of encryption possible! Just pay us a unreasonable amount of money, m'kay? - denuvo

3 minutes ago, TAHIRMIA said:

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA! How do you F*** up something like that? Someone is getting fired for sure.xDxD

I'm guessing that they underestimated the speed of the crackers lmao. 

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thats... amazing. how do you even manage to fuck up this bad? thats astounding amounts of retard right there

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One thing that's also interesting me, what kind of Denuvo version was in this game, SquareEnix didn't say in their EULA :Thinking: 

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How much effort is put in these denuvo protections?

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This is huge. I was not expecting this, especially since it's a really important release. 

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1 minute ago, Paddi01 said:

How much effort is put in these denuvo protections?

A lot I'm guessing, since this is a FF game. 

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35 minutes ago, SC2Mitch said:

But, our denuvo 5.0 is the STRONGEST level of encryption possible! Just pay us a unreasonable amount of money, m'kay? - denuvo

Denuvo doesn't version their stuff like that. The version numbers are given by the hacking community. Denuvo also makes no claims about it being uncrackable or anything. They do the exact opposite and acknowledge that it will eventually be cracked and that nothing is uncrackable.

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Lol rip xD

 

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i'm curious about the performance difference between cracked vs. normal 

 

in other news, i've heard that some beat the game with the cracked version 

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Just now, Technicolors said:

i'm curious about the performance difference between cracked vs. normal 

 

in other news, i've heard that some beat the game with the cracked version 

Oh definitely, it's already been beaten. 

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Just now, Technicolors said:

i'm curious about the performance difference between cracked vs. normal 

 

in other news, i've heard that some beat the game with the cracked version 

Since the pirated version doesn't contain any of the DLC, Royal Edition content, or the likely day one patch (because all games have to have day one patches these days) any comparison between the two is going to be pretty worthless out of the gate. And who knows how old the build used for the demo is, so using the demo exe itself could be introducing other variables that would make a comparison pointless.

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2 minutes ago, Derangel said:

Since the pirated version doesn't contain any of the DLC, Royal Edition content, or the likely day one patch (because all games have to have day one patches these days) any comparison between the two is going to be pretty worthless out of the gate. And who knows how old the build used for the demo is, so using the demo exe itself could be introducing other variables that would make a comparison pointless.

there are with all the DLC, but i think no day one patch. i still think it'll be an interesting comparison

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1 minute ago, Technicolors said:

there are with all the DLC, but i think no day one patch. i still think it'll be an interesting comparison

I've seen people with that version saying that the paid DLC is not present, same with the Royal Edition content.

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Wow, just wow, why pay for something that isn't even there?

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Now they should just make it DRM free, I would gain a lot of respect for them if they did.

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Not encrypting your game is like getting out of your car, except you leave it unlocked with the keys in it.  Total lack of common sense here. xD So stupid, much wow...

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3 minutes ago, techstorm970 said:

Not encrypting your game is like getting out of your car, except you leave it unlocked with the keys in it.  Total lack of common sense here. xD So stupid, much wow...

More like "My car is in the drive, it's unlocked and ready to go, can you wait in the car" > Proceeds to drive off with the car. 

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