#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #pragma comment(lib, "Ws2_32.lib") #include #include namespace fs = std::filesystem; extern "C" { __declspec(dllexport) DWORD AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance = 0x00000001; __declspec(dllexport) DWORD NvOptimusEnablement = 0x00000001; } HMODULE hLauncherModule; HMODULE hHookModule; HMODULE hTier0Module; wchar_t exePath[4096]; wchar_t buffer[8192]; DWORD GetProcessByName(std::wstring processName) { HANDLE snapshot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0); PROCESSENTRY32 processSnapshotEntry = {0}; processSnapshotEntry.dwSize = sizeof(PROCESSENTRY32); if (snapshot == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) return 0; if (!Process32First(snapshot, &processSnapshotEntry)) return 0; while (Process32Next(snapshot, &processSnapshotEntry)) { if (!wcscmp(processSnapshotEntry.szExeFile, processName.c_str())) { CloseHandle(snapshot); return processSnapshotEntry.th32ProcessID; } } CloseHandle(snapshot); return 0; } bool GetExePathWide(wchar_t* dest, DWORD destSize) { if (!dest) return NULL; if (destSize < MAX_PATH) return NULL; DWORD length = GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, dest, destSize); return length && PathRemoveFileSpecW(dest); } FARPROC GetLauncherMain() { static FARPROC Launcher_LauncherMain; if (!Launcher_LauncherMain) Launcher_LauncherMain = GetProcAddress(hLauncherModule, "LauncherMain"); return Launcher_LauncherMain; } void LibraryLoadError(DWORD dwMessageId, const wchar_t* libName, const wchar_t* location) { char text[8192]; std::string message = std::system_category().message(dwMessageId); sprintf_s( text, "Failed to load the %ls at \"%ls\" (%lu):\n\n%hs\n\nMake sure you followed the Northstar installation instructions carefully " "before reaching out for help.", libName, location, dwMessageId, message.c_str()); if (dwMessageId == 126 && std::filesystem::exists(location)) { sprintf_s( text, "%s\n\nThe file at the specified location DOES exist, so this error indicates that one of its *dependencies* failed to be " "found.\n\nTry the following steps:\n1. Install Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable: " "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe\n2. Repair game files", text); } else if (!fs::exists("Titanfall2.exe") && (fs::exists("..\\Titanfall2.exe") || fs::exists("..\\..\\Titanfall2.exe"))) { auto curDir = std::filesystem::current_path().filename().string(); auto aboveDir = std::filesystem::current_path().parent_path().filename().string(); sprintf_s( text, "%s\n\nWe detected that in your case you have extracted the files into a *subdirectory* of your Titanfall 2 " "installation.\nPlease move all the files and folders from current folder (\"%s\") into the Titanfall 2 installation directory " "just above (\"%s\").\n\nPlease try out the above steps by yourself before reaching out to the community for support.", text, curDir.c_str(), aboveDir.c_str()); } else if (!fs::exists("Titanfall2.exe")) { sprintf_s( text, "%s\n\nRemember: you need to unpack the contents of this archive into your Titanfall 2 game installation directory, not just " "to any random folder.", text); } else if (fs::exists("Titanfall2.exe")) { sprintf_s( text, "%s\n\nTitanfall2.exe has been found in the current directory: is the game installation corrupted or did you not unpack all " "Northstar files here?", text); } MessageBoxA(GetForegroundWindow(), text, "Northstar Launcher Error", 0); } void AwaitOriginStartup() { WSADATA wsaData; WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsaData); SOCKET sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP); if (sock != INVALID_SOCKET) { const int LSX_PORT = 3216; sockaddr_in lsxAddr; lsxAddr.sin_family = AF_INET; inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", &(lsxAddr.sin_addr)); lsxAddr.sin_port = htons(LSX_PORT); std::cout << "LSX: connect()" << std::endl; connect(sock, (struct sockaddr*)&lsxAddr, sizeof(lsxAddr)); char buf[4096]; memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf)); do { recv(sock, buf, 4096, 0); std::cout << buf << std::endl; // honestly really shit, this isn't needed for origin due to being able to check OriginClientService // but for ea desktop we don't have anything like this, so atm we just have to wait to ensure that we start after logging in Sleep(8000); } while (!strstr(buf, "")); // ensure we're actually getting data from lsx } WSACleanup(); // cleanup sockets and such so game can contact lsx itself } void EnsureOriginStarted() { if (GetProcessByName(L"Origin.exe") || GetProcessByName(L"EADesktop.exe")) return; // already started // unpacked exe will crash if origin isn't open on launch, so launch it // get origin path from registry, code here is reversed from OriginSDK.dll HKEY key; if (RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Origin", 0, KEY_READ, &key) != ERROR_SUCCESS) { MessageBoxA(0, "Error: failed reading Origin path!", "Northstar Launcher Error", MB_OK); return; } char originPath[520]; DWORD originPathLength = 520; if (RegQueryValueExA(key, "ClientPath", 0, 0, (LPBYTE)&originPath, &originPathLength) != ERROR_SUCCESS) { MessageBoxA(0, "Error: failed reading Origin path!", "Northstar Launcher Error", MB_OK); return; } std::cout << "[*] Starting Origin..." << std::endl; PROCESS_INFORMATION pi; memset(&pi, 0, sizeof(pi)); STARTUPINFO si; memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si)); si.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO); si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW; si.wShowWindow = SW_MINIMIZE; CreateProcessA( originPath, (char*)"", NULL, NULL, false, CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP, NULL, NULL, (LPSTARTUPINFOA)&si, &pi); std::cout << "[*] Waiting for Origin..." << std::endl; // wait for origin process to boot do { Sleep(500); } while (!GetProcessByName(L"OriginClientService.exe") && !GetProcessByName(L"EADesktop.exe")); // wait for origin to be ready to start AwaitOriginStartup(); CloseHandle(pi.hProcess); CloseHandle(pi.hThread); } void PrependPath() { wchar_t* pPath; size_t len; errno_t err = _wdupenv_s(&pPath, &len, L"PATH"); if (!err) { swprintf_s(buffer, L"PATH=%s\\bin\\x64_retail\\;%s", exePath, pPath); auto result = _wputenv(buffer); if (result == -1) { MessageBoxW( GetForegroundWindow(), L"Warning: could not prepend the current directory to app's PATH environment variable. Something may break because of " L"that.", L"Northstar Launcher Warning", 0); } free(pPath); } else { MessageBoxW( GetForegroundWindow(), L"Warning: could not get current PATH environment variable in order to prepend the current directory to it. Something may " L"break because of that.", L"Northstar Launcher Warning", 0); } } bool ShouldLoadNorthstar(int argc, char* argv[]) { for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nonorthstardll")) return false; auto runNorthstarFile = std::ifstream("run_northstar.txt"); if (runNorthstarFile) { std::stringstream runNorthstarFileBuffer; runNorthstarFileBuffer << runNorthstarFile.rdbuf(); runNorthstarFile.close(); if (runNorthstarFileBuffer.str().starts_with("0")) return false; } return true; } bool LoadNorthstar() { FARPROC Hook_Init = nullptr; { std::string strProfile = "R2Northstar"; char* clachar = strstr(GetCommandLineA(), "-profile="); if (clachar) { std::string cla = std::string(clachar); if (strncmp(cla.substr(9, 1).c_str(), "\"", 1)) { size_t space = cla.find(" "); std::string dirname = cla.substr(9, space - 9); std::cout << "[*] Found profile in command line arguments: " << dirname << std::endl; strProfile = dirname.c_str(); } else { std::string quote = "\""; size_t quote1 = cla.find(quote); size_t quote2 = (cla.substr(quote1 + 1)).find(quote); std::string dirname = cla.substr(quote1 + 1, quote2); std::cout << "[*] Found profile in command line arguments: " << dirname << std::endl; strProfile = dirname; } } else { std::cout << "[*] Profile was not found in command line arguments. Using default: R2Northstar" << std::endl; strProfile = "R2Northstar"; } // Check if "Northstar.dll" exists in profile directory, if it doesnt fall back to root swprintf_s(buffer, L"%s\\%s\\Northstar.dll", exePath, std::wstring(strProfile.begin(), strProfile.end()).c_str()); if (!fs::exists(fs::path(buffer))) swprintf_s(buffer, L"%s\\Northstar.dll", exePath); std::wcout << L"[*] Using: " << buffer << std::endl; hHookModule = LoadLibraryExW(buffer, 0, 8u); if (hHookModule) Hook_Init = GetProcAddress(hHookModule, "InitialiseNorthstar"); if (!hHookModule || Hook_Init == nullptr) { LibraryLoadError(GetLastError(), L"Northstar.dll", buffer); return false; } } ((bool (*)())Hook_Init)(); return true; } HMODULE LoadDediStub(const char* name) { // this works because materialsystem_dx11.dll uses relative imports, and even a DLL loaded with an absolute path will take precedence std::cout << "[*] Loading " << name << std::endl; swprintf_s(buffer, L"%s\\bin\\x64_dedi\\%hs", exePath, name); HMODULE h = LoadLibraryExW(buffer, 0, LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH); if (!h) { wprintf(L"[*] Failed to load stub %hs from \"%ls\": %hs\n", name, buffer, std::system_category().message(GetLastError()).c_str()); } return h; } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { if (strstr(GetCommandLineA(), "-waitfordebugger")) { while (!IsDebuggerPresent()) { // Sleep 100ms to give debugger time to attach. Sleep(100); } } if (!GetExePathWide(exePath, sizeof(exePath))) { MessageBoxA( GetForegroundWindow(), "Failed getting game directory.\nThe game cannot continue and has to exit.", "Northstar Launcher Error", 0); return 1; } SetCurrentDirectoryW(exePath); bool noOriginStartup = false; bool dedicated = false; bool nostubs = false; for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-noOriginStartup")) noOriginStartup = true; else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-dedicated")) // also checked by Northstar.dll dedicated = true; else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nostubs")) nostubs = true; if (!noOriginStartup && !dedicated) { EnsureOriginStarted(); } if (dedicated && !nostubs) { std::cout << "[*] Loading stubs" << std::endl; HMODULE gssao, gtxaa, d3d11; if (!(gssao = GetModuleHandleA("GFSDK_SSAO.win64.dll")) && !(gtxaa = GetModuleHandleA("GFSDK_TXAA.win64.dll")) && !(d3d11 = GetModuleHandleA("d3d11.dll"))) { if (!(gssao = LoadDediStub("GFSDK_SSAO.win64.dll")) || !(gtxaa = LoadDediStub("GFSDK_TXAA.win64.dll")) || !(d3d11 = LoadDediStub("d3d11.dll"))) { if ((!gssao || FreeLibrary(gssao)) && (!gtxaa || FreeLibrary(gtxaa)) && (!d3d11 || FreeLibrary(d3d11))) { std::cout << "[*] WARNING: Failed to load d3d11/gfsdk stubs from bin/x64_dedi. " "The stubs have been unloaded and the original libraries will be used instead" << std::endl; } else { // this is highly unlikely MessageBoxA( GetForegroundWindow(), "Failed to load one or more stubs, but could not unload them either.\n" "The game cannot continue and has to exit.", "Northstar Launcher Error", 0); return 1; } } } else { // this should never happen std::cout << "[*] WARNING: Failed to load stubs because conflicting modules are already loaded, so those will be used instead " "(did Northstar initialize too late?)." << std::endl; } } { PrependPath(); if (!fs::exists("ns_startup_args.txt")) { std::ofstream file("ns_startup_args.txt"); std::string defaultArgs = "-multiple"; file.write(defaultArgs.c_str(), defaultArgs.length()); file.close(); } if (!fs::exists("ns_startup_args_dedi.txt")) { std::ofstream file("ns_startup_args_dedi.txt"); std::string defaultArgs = "+setplaylist private_match"; file.write(defaultArgs.c_str(), defaultArgs.length()); file.close(); } std::cout << "[*] Loading tier0.dll" << std::endl; swprintf_s(buffer, L"%s\\bin\\x64_retail\\tier0.dll", exePath); hTier0Module = LoadLibraryExW(buffer, 0, LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH); if (!hTier0Module) { LibraryLoadError(GetLastError(), L"tier0.dll", buffer); return 1; } bool loadNorthstar = ShouldLoadNorthstar(argc, argv); if (loadNorthstar) { std::cout << "[*] Loading Northstar" << std::endl; if (!LoadNorthstar()) return 1; } else std::cout << "[*] Going to load the vanilla game" << std::endl; std::cout << "[*] Loading launcher.dll" << std::endl; swprintf_s(buffer, L"%s\\bin\\x64_retail\\launcher.dll", exePath); hLauncherModule = LoadLibraryExW(buffer, 0, LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH); if (!hLauncherModule) { LibraryLoadError(GetLastError(), L"launcher.dll", buffer); return 1; } } std::cout << "[*] Launching the game..." << std::endl; auto LauncherMain = GetLauncherMain(); if (!LauncherMain) MessageBoxA( GetForegroundWindow(), "Failed loading launcher.dll.\nThe game cannot continue and has to exit.", "Northstar Launcher Error", 0); std::cout.flush(); return ((int(/*__fastcall*/*)(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int))LauncherMain)( NULL, NULL, NULL, 0); // the parameters aren't really used anyways }