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Guide for Upgrading to the New Crack Rewrite

1. Backing Up Your Saves​

First, copy and paste your save folders from your game directory to a safe location, like your desktop.

Folders to Back Up

You will need to back up the following folders:

  • Peacock\contractSessions
  • Peacock\userdata
  • The steam_saves folder

2. Deleting the Old Crack​

Next, delete every file and folder related to the old crack. Basically, you should delete everything except Launcher.exe and the Retail and Runtime folders.

Your game folder should look like this when you are done:

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3. Installing the New Crack​

Download the new version of the crack. Open the installer and follow the instructions.

4. Restoring Your Saves​

  1. Copy and paste your backed-up steam_saves folder into the Retail folder, like so: image

  2. Next, copy and paste the userdata and contractSessions folders into the Peacock folder: image

You can now continue playing the game as you did before.

What Was Changed and Why?
  • Instead of the crack forcefully DLL injecting a steam emulator, the crack now dynamically modifies the memory of the game so that the game calls functions from our Steam emulator (Goldberg.dll) instead of the actual Steam API file. This significantly helps with reliability and stability in the long run, as antiviruses (including Windows Defender) often interfere with DLL injection.
  • The changes also remove the need to modify Steam-related registry keys, avoiding some instability with Steam that has been reported to me.
  • These changes have paved the way for further improvements, such as being able to launch the game directly from Steam, having an easy-to-use installer/updater and more.
  • Thank you for being patient with me while I work to deliver these changes and improve the experience for everybody ❤️