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diff --git a/content/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/000-weeb-header.jpg b/content/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/000-weeb-header.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c7b8dd --- /dev/null +++ b/content/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/000-weeb-header.jpg diff --git a/content/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/001-scylla.png b/content/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/001-scylla.png Binary files differindex cb11767..a5ded5f 100644 --- a/content/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/001-scylla.png +++ b/content/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/001-scylla.png diff --git a/content/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/002-ghidra.png b/content/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/002-ghidra.png Binary files differindex 581f0ba..706f6ac 100644 --- a/content/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/002-ghidra.png +++ b/content/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/002-ghidra.png diff --git a/content/posts/girlfriend-of-steel-re.md b/content/posts/girlfriend-of-steel-re.md index f02b56d..35db72b 100644 --- a/content/posts/girlfriend-of-steel-re.md +++ b/content/posts/girlfriend-of-steel-re.md @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ date = 2026-04-22T20:30:53-05:00 draft = true +++ + + Last year, I started reverse enginering _Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel_ with the intention of writing a replacement engine that runs on modern computers. I ended up losing interest, but not before cracking a few of the game data formats. I'm going to document them here, that way anyone who takes a similar interest in restoration or modding can have a head start. @@ -36,14 +38,16 @@ MD5: `536adbefc80a84378b65224fddf122e7` SHA-1: `77a03fb1823cb96189ac50b9afece893 ## Getting around DRM -Special edition is secured with SecuROM. It's completely busted, so you'll need to run the game in a Windows XP VM with 3D accleration. I used VMWare. +Special edition is secured with [SafeDisc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SafeDisc). It's completely broken on modern Windows, so you'll need to use a virtual machine to run the game. +I had good success with Windows XP in VMWare with 3D acceleration enabled. -Once the game is running in the VM (lots of fiddling, unfortunately) the executable can be dumped with Scylla x86. +Once the game is running in the VM (lots of fiddling, unfortunately) the executable can be dumped with [Scylla x86](https://x64dbg.com/). To save you the headache, here's the dump: [mana01_dump.tar.gz](/files/girlfriend-of-steel-re/mana01_dump.tar.gz)  -Once dumped, throw it in your favorite reverse engineering tool. Here's a function that does something with script parsing: +Although it doesn't run, the dump is a correct PE file. +Ghidra is able to create proper data and code cross-references. Here's a function that parses script keywords:  @@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ theme = 'hugo-xmin' [markup.highlight] style = "github" - noClasses = false
\ No newline at end of file + noClasses = false + codeFences = true
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} +.highlight { border: 1px solid #555; } diff --git a/themes/hugo-xmin/layouts/partials/header.html b/themes/hugo-xmin/layouts/partials/header.html index 970ccec..c7ab268 100644 --- a/themes/hugo-xmin/layouts/partials/header.html +++ b/themes/hugo-xmin/layouts/partials/header.html @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ <title>{{ .Title }} | {{ .Site.Title }}</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ "css/style.css" | relURL }}" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ "css/fonts.css" | relURL }}" /> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ "css/syntax.css" | relURL }}" /> </head> <body> |
