GShade Internet Check Removal

readme.md

This removes the internet check from GShade for Final Fantasy XIV

This works for GShade 4.1.1 (latest before removal) and 4.0.4 (the closest older version I had on-hand)

1. Download this gist as a zip (top right)
2. Extract the zip to a convenient folder
3. Get byte-pattern-patcher here and place it in the same folder
4. Right-click patch-gshade.bat and run as administrator
5. Done! Feel free to delete these files.

Technical bits

This just uses a basic patch to skip the internet checks

(Patcher source code)

Enjoy.

GShade64.patch.json

[
  {
      "label": "call home 4.0.4",
      "note": "removes call and following mov",
      "original": "E8 E3 75 05 00 88 47 3B",
      "replaced": "90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90",
      "disabled": false
  },
  {
    "label": "call home v4.1.1",
    "note": "removes call and following mov",
    "original": "E8 7E 89 05 00 88 05 50 8C 3F 00",
    "replaced": "90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90",
    "disabled": false
  }
]

patch-gshade.bat

@echo off
cd /d %~dp0
FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`dir /b *patch*.exe`) DO (SET PATCHEXE=%%F)
%PATCHEXE% -p .\GShade64.patch.json -t "%ProgramFiles%\GShade\GShade64.dll"
pause

I have the 4.0.3 version, but I use g-shade with another game (the Sims 4). Does this patch work with it?

Probably not, but the latest official gshade claims to have the check removed