Portal 2 files Encoded

[bakugov8]

I noticed that i have downloaded LOADS of maps,materials, resources and media files, and most of them i cant open. Tried to open sound files, Fail. Tried to open .cfg files, Fail. Good job encoding Valve!

EDIT: I cant open ANY files, not even .txt files

[zarasash]

Don't think anyone has actually been able to crack VALVE´s preload files in any games yet.

[Doctor Nuriel]

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[bakugov8]

Originally Posted by zarasash

Don't think anyone has actually been able to crack VALVE´s preload files in any games yet.

I dont know if you heard, but HL2 was once leaked. A guy hacked into the system and stole files. But hes long gone now

[domdove]

Originally Posted by bakugov8

I dont know if you heard, but HL2 was once leaked. A guy hacked into the system and stole files. But hes long gone now

Not pre-load?

[bakugov8]

Originally Posted by zarasash

Don't think anyone has actually been able to crack VALVE´s preload files in any games yet.

900th Post for you!

[Doctor Nuriel]

Originally Posted by bakugov8

I dont know if you heard, but HL2 was once leaked. A guy hacked into the system and stole files. But hes long gone now

Had nothing to do with the preload.

[zarasash]

Originally Posted by bakugov8

900th Post for you!

yaay!

[breaddit]

I have a theory on cracking the encryption, if it is a cipher - we know what game_info.txt contains from other source games, all we need to do is replace the path, change the appid (we already know it from the store page) and find the cipher. Then, we can apply it across all files and crack the encryption.

Don't worry, guys. Wheatley can just hack it.

[xcooler777x]

Originally Posted by Nuhgooyen

Don't worry, guys. Wheatley can just hack it.

Use the AAAAAB Password now!

[Simian_]

Originally Posted by bakugov8

I dont know if you heard, but HL2 was once leaked. A guy hacked into the system and stole files. But hes long gone now

That guy was arrested. Also part of his success was due to the fact that Gabe had one of the most r***rded passwords in the history of hacking.

[SteveMac]

Originally Posted by breaddit

I have a theory on cracking the encryption, if it is a cipher - we know what game_info.txt contains from other source games, all we need to do is replace the path, change the appid (we already know it from the store page) and find the cipher. Then, we can apply it across all files and crack the encryption.

That will not work at all.

It's public/private key encryption most likely AES-128 or AES-256 - which the key(s) will be unique to each game.

There is currently no way to crack the encryption and brute force will take you years, lots of years.

There has been no instance (publicly anyway) where the games files from a pre-load have been accessed before release - The HL2 leak was a totally different thing.

[Rumina]

Originally Posted by bakugov8

I dont know if you heard, but HL2 was once leaked. A guy hacked into the system and stole files. But hes long gone now

Those weren't encrypted. That's a very different topic.

[Spaceguy5]

Originally Posted by SteveMac

That will not work at all.

It's public/private key encryption most likely AES-128 or AES-256 - which the key(s) will be unique to each game.

There is currently no way to crack the encryption and brute force will take you years, lots of years.

There has been no instance (publicly anyway) where the games files from a pre-load have been accessed before release - The HL2 leak was a totally different thing.

He's saying that the game_info.txt *IS* almost the same through *ALL* releases. And that it could possibly be used to figure out the encryption since we could compare our encrypted one to one from another game (That is not encrypted).