Decoding the account ID in 'name' file

Cannon

This information might be useful for someone else. The ‘name’ file in each players account directory contains an encoded version of the player’s account ID. (The account ID is used in log files generated by a number of programs including flhook, flserver and cheaters death)

The following C# code can be used to decode it:

          string accountIdFilePath="C:\\Documents and Settings\\Us\My Documents\\My Games\\Freelancer\\Accts\\MultiPlayer\\23-0b447705\\name";

          // Read a 'name' file into memory.
          FileStream fs = System.IO.File.OpenRead(accountIdFilePath);
          byte[] buf = new byte[fs.Length];
          fs.Read(buf, 0, (int)fs.Length);
          fs.Close();

          // Decode the account ID
          string accountID = "";
          for (int i = 0; i < buf.Length; i += 2)
          {
            switch (buf[i])
            {
              case 0x43:
                accountID += '-';
                break;
              case 0x0f:
                accountID += 'a';
                break;
              case 0x0c:
                accountID += 'b';
                break;
              case 0x0d:
                accountID += 'c';
                break;
              case 0x0a:
                accountID += 'd';
                break;
              case 0x0b:
                accountID += 'e';
                break;
              case 0x08:
                accountID += 'f';
                break;
              case 0x5e:
                accountID += '0';
                break;
              case 0x5f:
                accountID += '1';
                break;
              case 0x5c:
                accountID += '2';
                break;
              case 0x5d:
                accountID += '3';
                break;
              case 0x5a:
                accountID += '4';
                break;
              case 0x5b:
                accountID += '5';
                break;
              case 0x58:
                accountID += '6';
                break;
              case 0x59:
                accountID += '7';
                break;
              case 0x56:
                accountID += '8';
                break;
              case 0x57:
                accountID += '9';
                break;
              default:
                accountID += '?';
                break;
            }
          }
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jase240

dont mean to be stupid, what do you use to run this?

Stormblast

It’s a source code, you compile it and then you run it with windows explorer.

jase240

i am really not thinking today, please explain a bit more as to compilin it and runnin it

FriendlyFire

That’s C# coding, you need Visual Studio to compile it. Plus, that’s just “utility” code; you need to have a program call the function as all it does is decrypt the name from the file given by accountIdFilePath. You’d need to wrap a function around it and call it from some code to have it do something.

jase240

any chance anyone has a working function for all that?

Cannon

What are you trying to do? If you can tell me what you want I might be able to hack a program to do it.

If you just want to find out account IDs then the easiest way is to install cheaters death and go to the Userlist window.

jase240

link? i been googling but thanks to some video i cant see nothing.

Cannon

Cheater’s Death: http://the-starport.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=19&Itemid=43

HazardFN

For my VB.NET Brothers (a deadly silence) oh well:

Dim strAccountIDFilePath as string = "C:\Documents and Settings\Us\My Documents\My Games\Freelancer\\Accts\MultiPlayer\23-0b447705\name"

Dim fs as Filestream = System.IO.File.OpenRead(strAccountIDFilePath)
Dim buf as Byte() = New Byte(fs.Length)
Dim accountID as string = Nothing

fs.Read(buf,0,fs.Length)
fs.Close()

For i As Integer = 0 To buf.Length - 1 Step 2
  Select Case buf(i)
    Case &H43
      accountID += "-"c
      Exit Select
    Case &Hf
      accountID += "a"c
      Exit Select
    Case &Hc
      accountID += "b"c
      Exit Select
    Case &Hd
      accountID += "c"c
      Exit Select
    Case &Ha
      accountID += "d"c
      Exit Select
    Case &Hb
      accountID += "e"c
      Exit Select
    Case &H8
      accountID += "f"c
      Exit Select
    Case &H5e
      accountID += "0"c
      Exit Select
    Case &H5f
      accountID += "1"c
      Exit Select
    Case &H5c
      accountID += "2"c
      Exit Select
    Case &H5d
      accountID += "3"c
      Exit Select
    Case &H5a
      accountID += "4"c
      Exit Select
    Case &H5b
      accountID += "5"c
      Exit Select
    Case &H58
      accountID += "6"c
      Exit Select
    Case &H59
      accountID += "7"c
      Exit Select
    Case &H56
      accountID += "8"c
      Exit Select
    Case &H57
      accountID += "9"c
      Exit Select
    Case Else
      accountID += "?"c
      Exit Select
  End Select
Next

This has not been tested properly but it should work…:P