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How do I patch an android game I paid for, but now doesn't work because the devs shut a server off? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by surfrock66@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I paid for Puzzle Quest 2 on android like a decade+ ago. It is a local single-player game. It has a validation check when you open the app. That check fails because this game is ancient and the servers are offline.

I want to replay the game I paid for. I have the APK from an APK site. It's even been pulled from steam to push their crappy p2w pq3. Anyone have tricks to crank an APK and bypass a server check? I've decompiled the APK but am in a bit over my head.

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[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 75 points 9 months ago (6 children)

with sonic runners, they had to reverse engineer the whole server infrastructure. i'd say the chances of you patching out server checks without decompiling the entire game are low.

but i'm not any kind of programmer, so i'd love to be proven wrong.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 5 points 9 months ago

I mean decompiling it isn't really an issue. Adding changes and recompiling without breaking things is more of a challenge but still doable.

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