                       MakeCrack v0.65
                      written by Dracon
                     ===================


With MakeCrack you can create Patchers of any kind. The finished version
will support normal patchers, memory-patchers, global replacing of 
byte-sequences, key-generators and much more.

This is only a pre-release version, not all functions are implemented yet.
Please report any bugs or suggestions to: andreas.theDragon@gmx.net

Look at the helpfile for more information and how the program works.


Files
=====
MakeCrack.exe                 77.824    the Program
MakeCrack.hlp                 20.412    the Helpfile
Zip.exe                       55.296    Program to create zip-files
readme.txt                     3.401    the file you are reading
template_patcher.txt             807    template for Patcher nfo-file
template_serial.txt            1.025    template for serial.nfo

The following two files can be used to create a sample Patcher:

a1.txt                         2.832    sample file
a2.txt                         2.832    sample file

Hint: You can try to search for the bytes "69732070726F6772616D" on
the Replacer page. They should be in almost every Win32-Executable. 
Choose any exe or dll and press "Test Patch".


Greetings
=========
* Steinowitz
* Knotty Dread
* X-Calibre
* Douby
* MACER
* Kwazy
* Vitali
* Jam FM, the finest in Black Music, esp. Beate Duballa


Future Plans
============
 - Memory-Patcher: coming soon, I will take the code of Douby

 - Keygenerator-Generator: only on request! Please send me an e-mail
   if you want this feature. It will take some time because I must
   write a simple interpreter for a script language (or I will use
   the Perl library). It's up to you to enforce my engagement...
 

History
=======
2000-01-12 v0.65
 - "normal" patchers are rewritten in ASM:
   * CRC-checking
   * patch file anyway if bytes at given offsets are equal
   * very small :)

1999-12-17 v0.61
 - added first version of ASM-patcher: only 5k
   Please report any bugs!
 - added more options to Patcher page

1999-12-16 v0.6
 - added Replacer: you can create a patcher which will replace all
   found occurences
 - modified the About dialogbox (hope you like it)
 - modified some of the graphics
 - removed some small bugs
 - decided not to pack the program with UPX anymore, you can do it
   on your own or use another packer
 - added new bugs <g>

1999-12-05 v0.51
 - modified Patcher a little bit

1999-12-05 v0.5
 - added Helpfile
 - improved patcher: 
    * more error-checking, was already built-in but not used
      for some reason
    * now try to patch the file even if CRCs do not match (user will be
      asked of course), sometimes it will work. Bytes are checked before
      doing anything.
 - bug: the ZIP.EXE can't be found sometimes, changed
        API function SearchPath() is now used to get the right path

1999-11-19 v0.4
 - small GUI implemented (15.872 bytes)
 - program creates "patch.nfo"
 - patcher shows "patch.nfo"
 - added more macros for the templates
 - removed small bugs

1999-11-16 v0.3
 - Patch Generator works
 - Serial To Zip works
 - program creates a "file_id.diz"
 - added most of these strange menu-functions ;-)

v0.1, v0.2
 - started project
 - versions only for internal use
