this is a very easy tweak to allow xfire to detect when you're playing games you have cracked.

first, open up "xfire_games.ini" in your xfire directory. ctrl+f, and search for whatever game you're tweaking. for this example i'll use diablo 2:lod.

i searched for "diablo" and found this:



the 2 important lines are:



the LauncherExe= line is the executable that xfire uses to launch the game from Tools->Launch (and is the default shortcut when you install the game).
the DetectExe= line is the exe xfire looks for to know when to change your status to playing the game and injects itself into it.

the problem with this is a lot of the time when you install a no-cd crack, the crack either overwrites the launcher so it doesn't point to the original "game.exe" or changes the "game.exe" to something completely different. however, you can fix this in a few easy steps.



-open xfire_games.ini and find the game you're wanting to tweak. again i'll be using d2:lod.
-run the game with the crack like you normally would, then alt-tab out, hit ctrl + alt +del and go to your processes tab.
-look for your game on the list. it'll either be like "game.exe" or "game name.exe" and it will probably be using more ram than anything else.
here's mine for d2:



-so the crack i installed overwrote d2's launcher and directed it at itself instead of the normal "Game.exe"
-go back into xfire_games.ini and look for the line:



-replace whatever is there with the exe you saw in your processes. so my new d2:lod section looks like this:



-save xfire_games.ini and restart xfire. it will now pick up your cracked game.

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