Hypervisor cracks vs proper Denuvo cracks – What is it?
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Hypervisor cracks for Denuvo games are everywhere – but what are they, how risky are they, and are they “real” Denuvo cracks?

Does this method work on Linux too?

  • BellyPurpledGerbil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    I know people really want to enjoy these games and I wish them luck. But…

    I have thousands of other games I can play that don’t have invasive DRM. Enough I might never need to purchase another game in my lifetime if I felt like it. And I’m happy being away from Windows and their bullshit. It’s hardly even a sacrifice. But good luck to the hacker crackers.

  • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    It does not unfortunately because the Hypervisor used is specific to Windows, and Wind doesn’t allow the kind of Ring 0 access required to make it work. Maybe in theory it could be done with custom software but it would be difficult and it would be better to just use a VM to run it or emulate a console version of the game.

    I think the real promise when it comes to HV bypass is it paves the way for other people to work on new cracks. Which isn’t easy by any means but could be made easier by the use of AI tools meant for decompilation (something many purist crackers would turn their nose up at for some stupid reason).

  • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
    14·
    2 days ago

    Nope. Sometimes they can’t even get it working on all CPUs.
    I’ve heard it’s possible to play them on a Windows virtual machine on Linux but I have no clue how bad the performance hit would be stacking hypervisors like that.

      • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
        12·
        2 days ago

        Oh brother, the post inside is talking about Single-GPU passthrough.
        It’s doable and I’ve done it before but fair warning: it can be a serious pain in the ass, especially if you have a GPU that doesn’t reset right and hangs every other attempt lmaooo 🥲

        • chocrates@piefed.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          Anecdotal, but I have an Nvidia card doing GPU passthrough to a Windows VM, on proxmox. I have had no issues once I got it set up.

          I even found some patches to trick some anti cheat to not know I’m on a hypervisor.

          Doesn’t work for all anti cheat, for instance I don’t try to play AAA multiplayer games, but I can play helldiver’s and single player games no problem.

          Just a guess, but with all the AI bullshit, GPU passthrough to vms should just get better.

    • SpikesOtherDog@ani.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      More to your point, the hypervisor is OS-specific. On my end, it’s more of a skill issue but I have run into issues getting Linux virtual machine tools running outside of VirtualBox. The software was looking for explicit infrastructure I was struggling to provide. I eventually figured out qEMU, but that’s besides the point.

      I’m going to counter and say that it might be possible for these solutions to work on Linux, but you will first need to satisfy the hardware requirements. Once you meet that then it’s possible to try with a Windows compatibility layer, but then you are shooting in the dark.

      Lastly, while the crackers themselves have a reputation to uphold, they and their software can both be compromised. The article is very clear about the risks. Most people running Linux are not using secure boot, and the hypervisor is an unauditabe container.

  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    I mean, ring 0 calls cannot be run on wine at all, hypervisor pretty much works with that level of priviledge, but you should be able to run it under another VM.