Workaround for the NF block

[Blufire]

Simple...

(I didn't think this one up. It's just a thought...)

1. Eject your Ghost Recon CD.
2. Join a GhR game.
3. When the "Insert your Ghost Recon CD" message appears, launch NetFone.
4. Once NF is set up, insert your Ghost Recon CD again and hit "OK" in GhR to continue launching.
5. You're done!

Has anyone found a way to hide NetFone from GameRanger?

[c| Splinter]

LOL

nj blu

[*DAMN Hazard]

These kind of things should be distributed in private not in a forum that Evill browses occasionally.

[[[EUR]] HoloGram]

LOL Blue - now we can be sure - that Evill blocks this "go arround" with the next update :-) cool Idea to show Evill where the bugs are - Why didnt u tell this to him directly that would have been much easier  and faster for him.

 

[Blufire]

What, you thought I didn't think of that?

What's he going to do? In order for him to make a fix for this, he would have to make GR check every so often to see if NF is on, or have Aspyr put in a fix as well (they wouldn't agree to do that, at any rate).

Evill himself said that he could think of several ways that his detection system could be foiled. Someone's probably already found a different way of going about this fix.

[seth]

Send an email to Haxial Software, et see what they think...

support@haxial.com

I'm also pretty sure several privacy rights are being ignored.

[Blufire]

Very nice idea. Not that Haxial can do anything, but it would be nice to see Haxial go on another rampant, bigoted whine-fest like he usually does.  

[l ! l Ross]

I figured this out but I was keeping it quiet.

Now that everyone knows about it Evill will probably have it scan for netfone every so often. Not a hard job for Evill just some extra code.

[KoS.Rebel]

errr Evill would become gayer then he allready is for doing such a thing. Its a shareware software. There is no part of netfone that tells us we cant use it and that we MUST waste 50 bucks to buy shitty GR premium. Thats like an online game making us pay real money to use grenades. Wth is that guy thinking. Sure evill make GR premium only. See how many people u get to come back. If he made everyone pay or leave, id sure as hell leave cause GR should be free plain and simple, if he wants to get more money he can put more adds onto GR for games and such to bring in the cash. Its not our fault we dont wanna spend 50 bucks a year to change the color and type of our font or talk in game using the laggy and odd voice system of GR. As of now GR allready messes up mine and many others voices making them sound like little children. Id love to see Evill pull this stunt. Bring it Evill.

[BTs_Mysterio]

Quesiton:

Can't Haxial take legal action against this? It isn't Evill place to restrict the use of software that he did not create? I mean he can offer a option (GR Voice Chat) but this is trying to push a monopoly.

[Blufire]

Evill's argument is that nowhere in the GameRanger terms of service does it say that he has to provide support for every voice chat software out there (whether explicitly qutting NetFone is 'not supporting', one might argue..). He says that he doesn't have to be expected to have GR work with all software out there, but it's just something he says when someone asks "isn't that wrong?"

[Blufire]

Oh, and I found another, more simple way to bypass the anti-NF thing. Message me if you want to know.

[.vooDoo.]

Cant you just play in window mode and quit gr then launch netfone? Or better yet for all you panther users, just tab out and quit gr then launch netfone.  

[BTs_Colin]

IT'S NOT GONNA BE A WORKAROUND NOW THAT YOU TOLD EVERYONE


delete the thread!!

[Blufire]

@Voodoo: the latest versions of GhR and GR force fullscreen mode, and alt-tabbing screws up GhR very badly.

@Colin: uh, as I said before, Evill already knows about these. Even before I posted this, he had thought of pretty much every way possible to work around it, and even told me that he could see "several ways to get around it". Besides, I'm told that most people figured out my first method on their own (not including Evill, right?).

[Jeb]

I think its really rotten to sack another application (unless its the adware in kazaa).


http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/fastuserswitching/
a hint to help you all on your quest

[Blufire]

rgr  

[cO.Kuza]

I was looking at who was on the forum down at hte bottom of the main forum page and I just happened to see Scott_kevill down at the bottom, Lets hope that he didn't see this post.

[Typhy]

Guys, Evill was aware of the exploits straight from the start. You open NF as another user. There. It's said. So what you going to do about it, Evill? Nothing. It'd be to much work for him to "correct" this. I don't support Evill's blocking NF, but perhaps this should act as a wake up call for those of you who still haven't paid?

[Brain]

correct me if i'm wrong but didn't evill say he was only going to be shutting down non registered netphone users in game?

i may have just dreamed that up though so i'm not totaly sure