rugburn 🔥

This project is not endorsed by or related to Ntreev Soft Corporation. See Trademark Notice for more information.

rugburn is an unobtrusive and small shim for ijl15.dll that allows you to run unmodified PangYa™ without GameGuard.

This also allows you to run PangYa under Wine :)

To get started, grab a binary from the Releases page and follow the installation instructions.

Features:

Redirects network traffic to localhost. (You can modify this to redirect wherever you want; see src/hooks/ws2_32/redir.c and src/hooks/wininet/netredir.c.)
Patches GameGuard's check routines to allow it to run indefinitely without GameGuard.
Prevents PangYa from creating annoying topmost windows.
Sets PANGYA_ARG when possible to avoid the updater check.
Implements the IJL15 API and forwards it to ijl15_real.dll, no need for tricky patching.
This program is not suitable for cheating. It does not support the only active region of PangYa and does not offer GameGuard emulation that would be needed to stay connected to an official server. This program is designed for personal and educational use.

Compiling

rugburn is compiled with OpenWatcom, a simple compiler with few dependencies. It was chosen because it offered an easy path to cross-compilation while also allowing for tiny binaries that did not depend on libc.

You need to install OpenWatcom first. You can find binaries at: https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-v2/releases

Then, simply install GNU Make on your platform:

# Windows + Powershell
choco install make

# Debian/Ubuntu
apt install make

And all you have to do is run make.

make

And you should find an ijl15.dll in your out/ directory.

By default, the makefile will assume OpenWatcom is installed into C:\WATCOM on Windows and /opt/watcom on other platforms. You can override this by passing in the WATCOM variable:

make WATCOM=$HOME/Programs/watcom

Installation

Move the original ijl15.dll binary in the PangYa folder to ijl15_real.dll. The exact name is important.
Copy the rugburn ijl15.dll into the PangYa folder.

Do not use update.exe anymore. Just run ProjectG directly. (The update servers are still active in US, so if you run the updater you may accidentally patch over your files.)

Usage

Once installed, you can run ProjectG directly. Enjoy!

Troubleshooting

If you have any issues, I can not guarantee that I can help you. However, please feel free to create a GitHub issue. Please describe your problem and if applicable, attach a copy of the ijllog.txt file.

Contributing

I would be overjoyed if anyone wanted to contribute to this project! However, the project is considered nearly feature complete and therefore new features may not always be accepted. Well-tested, well-written improvements to the patching routines would definitely be welcome.

Please note that I may take a while to get to your pull request. This project is not my fulltime job. Sorry!

Why the name?

"Rugburn" was chosen arbitrarily, inspired by an anagram of GameGuard. Before release it was known as ijlshim or ggtfo, and you may see occasional references to this in the code or Git history.

License

Most of the code of rugburn is licensed under the ISC license. Some portions are licensed differently. See LICENSE.md for complete licensing information.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to the PangyaTools community for motivation and advice.

Trademark Notice

PangYa is a registered trademark of Ntreev Soft Co., Ltd. Corporation. Pangbox is not endorsed or related to Ntreev Soft Co., Ltd. Corporation in any way. "PangYa" and related trademarks are used strictly for purposes of identification.

CCasusensa / rugburn