Hotline Client

v1.8.5
Name: Jane Doe
Code: C1-XXXX-XXLN-7SL6-KF2N
(see note)
C1-XXXX-HZYW-WENS-7T7A
#
name: Johnny B. Goode
code: C1-XXXX-KWKU-YBHP-U46R
v1.8
banner hack! (2)
v1.5.5
banner hack !
v1.2.3
name: macintosh
code: AQNRSOKYRNSDGC
Name: Me
Code: GMQOLJDDIEBMRA
v1.2.1
name: My Darling
code: VRSXIMBUGALULC
v1.2
name: HackUser
code: SHOUALIPZXMIYB
name: [k]rack Works
code: XKSVPSCATQOSMD
vPC
name: Oren Zvulovny
code: IIOJKJMZSGATPD
name: BillGates
code: QRQSBYGDGSCUFC

That SN# is listed in the
Hotline documentation and works
BUT it reminds you every 5
seconds-minutes (depends)
that the SN is already in use
#
You can disable Hotline 1.55 Client banner by modifying or adding "hosts" file of TCP/IP.

1. Make or add (if already exist) a file named "Hosts" with simple text in System Folder with

banner.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
banner1.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
banner2.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
banner3.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
banner4.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
communitybanner.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1

2. Open TCP/IP control pannel and do Edit --> User Mode. Then click "Advanced"

3. Click "Select Hosts file..." button and select the "Hosts" file.

That's it!

By doing this the Hotline Client can not find the address of banner server.


BTW, if you want to make the banner space of Toolbar small, open Hotline Client 1.55 with Res Edit.
Open "GIF" and change 3C00 to 0100 in second row.

(banner hack 2)

Everything you want to know about hacking HL 1.8.

Sunday, 19 March 2000, at 4:39 a.m.

In Response To: How to hacking HL opening banner. (-)

I did this using Resourcerer but it can be done with ResEdit
just as easily. The opening banner (the Welcome to Hotline
thing) is pretty easy to hack out actually. You want the two
"banner" resources. They are MooV and GIFf. Simply open up a
COPY (always work with a copy and not the original, just in
case) of your HL 1.8 client with your resource editor of
choice. Open one of the two resources mentioned above. Once
opened you need to create a new resource. Save the empty
resource and delete the resource with ID 128. Change the
empty resource's ID # to 128 and save. Do the same to the
other of the two resources. Once done, save completely out
of your resource editor of choice. When you open your copy
of your client it should work perfectly except no more
opening banner. (If not, you did something wrong.) Replace
the original with your new hacked copy and go. NOTE: THIS
DOES NOT GET RID OF THE REGULAR BANNERS. I'm working on that
one, but I think it's a bit out of my league, someone will
probably already have a [k] done by the time I finish mine.
Hope this eases some of your annoyance though.

First you'll want to carry out the instructions above, that
will take care of the opening banner. Then you need to
create an empty text file. Inside the text file you want to
place the following data:

banner.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
thumper.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
banner1.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
banner2.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
216.94.55.128 A 127.0.0.1
banner.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
banner1.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
banner2.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
banner3.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
banner4.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
thumper.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
communitybanner.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1
ak.cache.imgis.com A 127.0.0.1
216.94.193.252 A 127.0.0.1
ads25.focalink.com A 127.0.0.1
adforce.imgis.com A 127.0.0.1
216.94.193.253 A 127.0.0.1
216.94.193.254 A 127.0.0.1
216.94.193.0 A 127.0.0.1
216.94.193.1 A 127.0.0.1
216.94.193.255 A 127.0.0.1
216.94.193.251 A 127.0.0.1
216.94.193.250 A 127.0.0.1
view.avenuea.com A 127.0.0.1
adex3.flycast.com A 127.0.0.1
fishy.hlserver.com A 127.0.0.1

Save the text file as "Hosts", minus quotes and drop it into
your system folder. Open up your TCP/IP control panel. In
the Edit menu, change the user mode to "Advanced" and click
on "Select Hosts File..." button. Find the Hosts file in
your system and select it. Save out of TCP/IP and restart
your internet connection. All banners will be gone. This was
not my hack as I predicted, but it was done the same way I
was trying. I still have a lot to learn, but it's here for
you anyway.

Final thing. To get rid of the cookie file, create and empty
text file and name it "Cookies" no quotes (the same as the
real Cookies file) and save it into the Hotline Data folder
where it usually saves the Cookie file. Then, get info on
the empty text file (command-I) and check on the Locked box,
lower, left-hand corner. This will not allow Hotline to save
a cookie file to your drive any longer. This, plus the
resource thing WERE my hacks so if they don't work, yell at
me. =)

That should be all you need. Enjoy the new version if that's
what you like.

link: http://www.hotlinesw.com

BSNG

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