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I. Introduction o What is patchLib?
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patchLibv3 is a static library built using Visual Studio 2010 that is used
to create a dynamic Gdi Gui driven application that can be both templated
using Xml or fully created during runtime. The purpose behind patchLib is
to mimic a program known as uPPP which creates patch files used for crack
or keygen style applications.
uPPP is created by ufo-pu55y from Seek'n Destroy (SnD).
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I. Introduction o Credits
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patchLib Lead Developer
atom0s
patchLib External Libraries
Boost Template Library [Boost]
alphaBlend.lib [bitRAKE, ufo-Pu55y, HVC, atom0s]
pngLib (c) 2002 Thomas Bleeker - http://www.MadWizard.org
tinyXML (c) 2000-2006 Lee Thomason - http://www.grinninglizard.com
uFMOD (c) 2005-2008 Asterix and Quantum - http://ufmod.sourceforge.net/
Lua (c) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio [Lua.org]
Luabind (c) 2003 Daniel Wallin and Arvid Norberg [Luabind.com]
patchLib External Code Usage
Wine Emulation Project [Winehq.org]
PremultipledAlpha() function snippet. (imghelper.h)
bobbysing
Framework design based on his DirectX Gui Library design.
ufo-pu55y
alphaBlend.lib - Majority of the code in this library is from him.
Parts of drawing code is based on some of his MASM source.
Graphics for the Patcher example are from his uPPP project.
HVC
Fixed up alphaBlend.lib to properly compile into a lib.
bitRAKE
Parts of alphaBlend.lib code (mainly MMX code) is by him.
Renkokuken / Sakuri
Window message override was developed for a project him and I worked on.
D.K. Wang
Article on CodeProject explaining how to use WM_PRINT to draw controls on layered windows.
Usage of Gdiplus for drawing the overall project.
Joe Woodbury
CodeProject article covering how to load images from resources into Gdiplus objects. (imghelper.h)
patchLib Suggestions, Bugfixes, Etc
stephenteh {RES} - Various suggestions for patchLib v2.
patchLib Support, Testing, Etc
Absolution [GameDeception]
Hosted the previous patchLib site free of charge.
Team {RES} [Team {RES}]
Cracking team; home of a lot of talented people.
Team SnD [Team SnD]
Cracking team; home of a lot of talented people.
Home of ufo-pu55y; uPPP creator.
Many thanks to all of those whom have contributed to this project.
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II. Installation and Usage o Compiling Requirements
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o Visual Studio 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/
patchLibv3 is built using VS2010. It may compile under different, previous,
versions, but I will not support anything under 2010. patchLibv3 is only
officially tested using VS2010.
o Boost - http://www.boost.org
patchLibv3 has been rewritten using a few new resources. The main new
resource being Boost. Boost is required in order to compile and use
patchLibv3, and future versions of patchLib.
You do not need to compile any parts of Boost though, you simply need
the headers. patchLib only uses header based parts of Boost.
o alphaBlend, pngLib, tinyXML, uFMOD
All three of these are required to compile and use patchLib as well.
These are included with the patchLib package for your convinence and
are already compiled and ready to be used. You should not need to alter
any settings for these to be used properly.
o Lua 5.1 - http://www.lua.org [Optional]
o Luabind - http://www.rasterbar.com/products/luabind.html [Optional]
Lua and Luabind are optional depending on if you compile patchLib to use
the Lua script engine. If Lua is enabled, Luabind is required as well.
Because the default test package uses some customizations, a custom Lua
package can be obtained from the patchLib site which contains all the
alterations done to the Lua package.
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II. Installation and Usage o Runtime Requirements
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o Windows XP, Vista, 7
Because patchLib makes use of Gdi and layered windows, versions of
Windows below Windows 2000 are not able to use patchLib. Also, due
to Microsoft dropping support for Win2k a few years back, the only
valid and support versions of Windows are:
o Windows XP w/SP3
o Windows Vista
o Windows 7
patchLibv3 was developed and fully tested on Windows 7 Ultimate.
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II. Installation and Usage o Project Requirements
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patchLib has been reworked to help ensure outside projects do not need
any of the .lib files to be compiled into them in order to work properly.
The only lib file that is required to be added is patchLibv3.lib
Other then this, you are only required to include the header files that
are used by your project.
For a very slim project, you should only need patchLib.h
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III. Legal Information o Copyright
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patchLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
patchLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with patchLib. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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III. Legal Information o Misc. Information
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I, atom0s, am not responsible for what you make with patchLib. Any
illegal software is not permitted. You are fully responsible for
anything you use patchLib with.
If you do not agree to this, you are not welcome to use patchLib.
