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Future Tactics: The Uprising (c) JoWooD

Release Date  :  12-16-2004               Protection   :  SecuROM / XPROT

File Count    :  CD=53x15mb               Game Genre   :  RPG

Release Notes:

The reality you know is under threat.

The reality you know has been infected with a retroactive virus capable of

rewriting history in its own image. The reality you know must end in order

to save it.

At an indeterminable point in mankind's future, ordered society has

reverted to a feudal state, scattered groups of survivors huddling

together in small villages and nomadic enclaves. Mankind is running scared

of the greatest to it's existence since reality first sputtered into

existence.

Decades ago, the face of the planet changed, entire cities disappeared

overnight, whole countries vanished. Left in their place were creatures,

hideous shambling monstrosities, technologically advance, and yet

intellectually retarded. And as mankind would soon discover, this was an

enemy that could not be stopped and killed. Strike one down, and it would

be reborn without so much as a scratch.

In the dark years ahead, when our enemies are but warped reflections of

ourselves, and where our allies may be more than they seem, a boy, his

sister, and a rag-tag assembly of unlikely warriors are the planets last

hope. But as they soon discover, immortality comes at a price. Twisting

perceptions, time and emotions.

Future Tactics is a tale of love, loss, hope...and some mean green ugly

muthas.

Some Scene Notes:

A loader is a small program/piece of code designed to alter parts of one

or more programs to suit the user. A loader is not limited to being

EXTERNAL like some may think. Inline patching methods are not good enough

to be used in the ISO scene. Yes, inline patching IS considered a loader

for very obvious reasons (take a look at n2c inline patching tutorials).

A loader defeats the cdcheck in safedisc very well but it leaves the game

in the exact same state as it was WITH the protection, very useless to the

iso scene. In fact a loader is exactly the same as a clonecd release only

instead of using alcohol or daemon tools to play the game the LOADER tells

the protection the cd is already in the drive. So then the 'crack' is

NOT A CRACK AT ALL, it is a work-around.

Having said that, the ISO scene is about cracks. Cracks require removal of

the protection, not emulation. Almost all commercial protections can be

"made to load without the cd" but where is the honor in that? Might as

well create some clonecd group and save the trouble of creating such a

loader.

Cracking is an art and removal of commercial protections is now something

very few crackers are capable of doing. Crackers that spend a long time

working on truly cracking protections get very annoyed when others take

obvious shortcuts to get a release out before everyone else.

These LOADER cracks do not work well with some virus scanners, debuggers,

and severely slow down the game on low-end machines.  Removing a cd

protection from a game, or using a legitimate crack could mean the

difference between night and day for some people.

A valid ISO release is as follows:

If you release a securom game, you release it with SECUROM REMOVED!

THUS CRACKED.

If you release a safedisc game, you release it with SAFEDISC REMOVED!

THUS CRACKED.

If you release a starforce game you release it with STARFORCE REMOVED!

THUS CRACKED.

If you release a tages game you release it with TAGES REMOVED!

THUS CRACKED.

If the cd protection is activated when you play a game, it is not

cracked.  As long one can play without the protection being active,

then it is a crack.  The protection must in no way be active!  These

loaders invoke the protection directly, and thus are not valid.

Working around a protection simply DOES NOT cut it. One must remove it.

Install Notes (Please follow these instructions IN ORDER)

1. Unpack the release with WinRAR or equivalent

2. Burn using Nero, CDRWIN or equivalent.

3. Install.

4. From the /Crack/ directory on the CD, copy the cracked files to your

installation directory.

5. Play!

Contacting Vengeance:

We are always looking for talented people to help fill our ranks. If you:

Work at an Electronics Boutique, Babbage's, Virgin or any similar store

Work for a games magazine as a reviewer, and have early access to games

Are able to crack most commercial protection schemes such as StarForce,

SecuROM and Safedisc

Vengeance salutes the competition:

GAME COMPANIES DESERVE YOUR

SUPPORT!! IF YOU ENJOY THIS   ▐█▐█      To anybody who still cares.

GAME, BUY IT NOW!!

ASCii by Edge of Superior Art Creations