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- Fixed an error while testing with products in certain cases (invalid filetime)
- Instead of wiping the key files when Maelstrom loads the keys, they will
instead be wiped before Maelstrom writes back the unused keys before closing
which prevents an issue where Maelstrom encounters a runtime error, closes
and then the CD-Key folder is completely empty
- If an invalid MPQ filename is encountered while testing keys for a certain
product, testing will stop
- Updated the readme

- A custom user agent is once again sent when checking for updates
- Went missing after a previous change to the update check code
- Due to a change in the update check process, Maelstrom has been
updated to handle a new date format when checking for a
new version

- The changelog was missing the changes for version 4.3.0
- The default window position of the main form has been altered for a more suitable location

- Potentially fixed a small issue when getting rejected by SOCKS4 proxies
- Small improvement when loading proxy files
- Added support for 26-digit Diablo II keys
- Implemented SOCKS5 proxy support
- Clicking and moving the main form around is now possible when clicking the
Reload Proxies, Reload CD-Keys and Config labels
- When reloading proxies, existing proxies are removed from the active sockets
- If loading in keys by dumping a series of folders in the CD-Keys folder and
any of the subfolders contains the files W2BN.txt, D2DV.txt or D2XP.txt, none
of those files would be deleted
- Fixed an issue where some proxies won't get the correct Battle.Net IP
from Maelstrom when connecting
- Fixed an issue where the number of hours since testing started would not be
calculated correctly in certain cases
- Slight performance tweak when determining when to clear the text screen
- Removed broken Warcraft III support
- Dropped CheckRevisionMPQ.dll and updated VersionCheck.dll to be used instead for
Diablo II CD-Key testing. This should also get rid of the version out of date
errors encountered when testing Diablo II CD-Keys as this should be more
up to date
- Added support for displaying days in time elapsed
- The updater now uses the Code Speak Distribution System to check for a new
update. When you click the "Yes" button to indicate you want to update, you
will now be taken to the Code Speak website with a special page showing the
changes since your version and the latest
- Updated Binaries/READ THIS.txt including a new URL
- Updated the default BNLS server to jbls.davnit.net
- The libbnet.dll library has been dropped as BNCSUtil.dll has replaced it
- Fixed a run-time error while saving the configuration with invalid values entered
- Fixed an issue where not all invalid configuration values will be highlighted in
the configuration form when the program loads with errors or the configuration is
attempted to be saved
- When attempting to save the configuration with invalid values, a message box will
pop up specifying that there are errors and to correct them before clicking
OK again
- Updated the readme for new changes and some fixes
- Fixed an issue where changing the "sockets per proxy" setting in the configuration
had no immediate effect
- Reversed a change from Maelstrom 4.2.0 that treated the "Hashes for W2BN are too new"
issue as coming from certain Warcraft II keys. This is incorrect, and instead the
socket that produced this error is reconnected
- Update check will be disabled if Maelstrom is loaded by the Code Speak Distribution System

- Fixed update check code
- Instead of using quotes to emphasize certain words after the tester is stopped, the
color white is used instead
- Fixed some casing in a message when the tester is stopped
- Fixed Diablo II/Expansion checkrevision

- Updated Warcraft III version byte to 0x1E
- Adjusted the X button on main form and configuration form to remove any open space on the
right side
- Guide renamed to ReadMe for consistency
- Some text stands out more

- Message box icon changes
- Invalid config message icon changed from information to critical
- Unable to check for update message icon changed from information to exclamation
- The CD-Key Profile message is now shown as the last message when Maelstrom starts up
- Added a configuration option to check for update on startup, defaulting to on
- Checkboxes in the configuration window are more consistent

- The CheckRevision library has been renamed to VersionCheck.dll
- Appropriate icons are now added to each message box
- Default BNLS server is now jbls.codespeak.org
- Fixed an issue where Maelstrom would crash if reading non-text files
- Added a message for how many bad files were skipped
- Changed some text around
- The following text
- Removed 1 duplicate keys
- Removed 1 invalid keys
- Removed 1 skipped lines
- Skipped 1 bad files
- Is now
- Removed 1 duplicate key
- Removed 1 invalid key
- Removed 1 skipped line
- Skipped 1 bad file
- Added new DNS names for Battle.Net:
- connect-use.classic.blizzard.com
- connect-usw.classic.blizzard.com
- connect-eur.classic.blizzard.com
- connect-kor.classic.blizzard.com
- Fixed a bug causing non-expansion keys that were not tested as perfect, muted, voided or
jailed to be used to test expansion keys
- The starcraft hashes are no longer referenced in the checkrevision .ini file
- The configuration window has been redesigned for organization
- Internal changes made to speed up some aspects of Maelstrom
- This is the first version to use semantic versioning!
- On program load, non-expansion and expansion keys loaded are separate messages
- Default setting changes
- Reconnect time set to 13 seconds from 17 seconds
- Max sockets set to 32,767 instead of 5,000
- Re-added the update checker, but activated by clicking "Check for update" on the top-right
of the main form
- Some keys were causing the error "Hashes for W2BN are too new" so these keys will now be
treated as "Other Product"
- Changelog changes
- Spaced version notes to be more consistent and readable
- Changed "Last modified on" to "Released on" to be more accurate
- Updated the readme

- Maelstrom has come out of retirement (previously marked final)
- Removed checksum file, is this really necessary?

- Updated Warcraft III version byte to 0x1D
- Fixed hashing for Warcraft III
- Removed unused images from the Images folder of the source

- Source modified for public release
- Removed update timer / check
- Removed mention to get updated hashes from http://www.codespeak.org/Hashes

- Removed StarCraft / Brood War support
- Updated Warcraft III version byte to 0x1C
- Update check location changed
- The BNLSServer config entry will no longer append :0 to the end
- Updated the readme, partly to fix some issues

- Added config option to save window position
- The new version number was not shown in decimal for versions X.0
- Server realm was not proper attached to the server name/IP at load / config save
(messages such as "Created Account Example @ USWest would show as "Example @ ")
- Readme updated to include new window setting

- The count for CD-Keys tested for all products and result types cut off past 999
- Removed mention of Clan CODE on program load
- Updated the version bytes for the latest product versions
- Replaced static gateway IPs with DNS resolution so that future Battle.Net gateway
IP changes won't interfere with Maelstrom
- Fixed diablo II hashing that was broken by the diablo II update in march 2016
using CheckRevision.dll, a modified version of Warden.dll by Hdx
- Altered the program title a bit
- All message boxes now only show the OK button and have the full program title
- The "Total" section on the GUI now shows the total count of the CD-Keys of that product
that will be tested
- Added a percent section to the GUI to show the current testing percentage of each CD-Key
- Changing the amount of sockets, reconnect time, and check failure time may be done
even after Maelstrom has begun testing and stopped
- Reloading CD-Keys will clear all pending CD-Keys to test, ensuring no doubles are tested
- On loading CD-Keys and proxies, if unable to completely use all sockets due to the
amount of CD-Keys or proxies, Maelstrom will not modify the socket value, but
display how many sockets are usable and ignore the other sockets
- The Dead Sockets label is now known as Available Sockets and shows all the sockets
currently available for testing
- CD-Keys past 32,767 can now actually be tested (fully fixed)
- The loop count feature has now been removed. Instead Maelstrom will connect 1 proxy at
a time, connecting no more sockets to a proxy than the sockets per proxy value and when
a proxy fails, it has to fail as many times as the sockets per proxy setting before
it is removed
- Tweaked the main GUI around a bit
- Removed the connections attempted, current proxies alive, dead sockets, and loop
count and added testing percentage, time elapsed, and CD-Keys per second to the GUI
- Since time elapsed and CD-Keys per second are now on the main GUI, the benchmarking
window and its config value have been removed
- Themed the information on the right side of the text box the same as the information
on the top
- When saving CD-Keys back to the CD-Key files, Maelstrom will now only save the CD-Keys
for products that were actually loaded
- Fixed some elements on the main form from not being able to move the GUI by clicking
and dragging the mouse around
- Added a config GUI, removing the need for several different input boxes, having a
better way of editing the config and a better solution to checking for errors
- Maelstrom cannot start with an invalid config
- Added "Reload Proxies", "Reload CD-Keys" and "Config" to the main form
- Improved several areas of Maelstrom for performance
- When testing, the buttons on the bottom right are disabled instead of displaying a message
stating they are unavailable
- When testing expansion CD-Keys the count of both expansion and the regular CD-Key will
be accurate once the regular CD-Key is no longer used
- Fixed some inconsistencies while testing expansion keys, potentially fixing an
issue where testing expansion keys would put the regular key in the wrong result file
- CD-Keys for "other product" were not saved properly
- Maelstrom will remove multiple IP addresses of the same proxy it finds when loading all
the proxies, regardless of protocol type
- Added option to remove bad proxies when closing Maelstrom
- Maelstrom can now create accounts that don't exist
- The feature to add date to tested was incorrect
- Old: \Tested Keys\StarCraft\2016-7-10
- New: \Tested Keys\2016-7-10\StarCraft
- Dates are now formatted as MMMM D, YYYY (Example: August 1, 2016)
- The main window will load up before any errors are processed
- It is no longer possible to set the server to a non-Battle.Net server
- When "Start" is clicked Maelstrom will check if there are no regular keys to test
and if there are no available sockets when testing
- The main window location is now remembered when closing Maelstrom
- The username wasn't properly shown when password for non-Warcraft III account was invalid
- Changed the messages for Warcraft III and non-Warcraft III account creation messages to
use the correct Battle.Net realm notation (Created the Account @)
- Added missing messages for when an original key is used to test expansion keys
- Color coded the message for when a muted, voided or jailed original key is used
to test expansion keys
- If Maelstrom cannot contact the Battle.Net servers while loading, it will be closed
- Added CD-Key Profiles as an option
- Saves keys tested under \CD-Key Profiles\\
- Option to add the current realm to the profile ( @ USWest for example)
- CD-Key loading changes
- Renamed the folder "CDKeys" to "CD-Keys"
- Invalid keys are no longer reported for specific products, instead how many total
CD-Keys were invalid when loading
- The amount of duplicate CD-Keys removed will now be reported
- Unreadable CD-keys are reported (key is not alphanumeric)
- Warcraft III/TFT CD-Keys will now be validated (previously they were not)
- Any key may be placed into the standard CD-Key files (STAR.txt, W2BN.txt, etc.)
and Maelstrom will load it based on its product
- Maelstrom can now load CD-Keys from any file
- Place the files in the \CD-Keys\ folder (they can be inside folders as well)
- The folders/files in this folder will be wiped after the keys are loaded except the
standard key files (STAR.txt, W2BN.txt, D2DV.txt, D2XP.txt, WAR3.txt, W3XP.txt)
- SOCKS5.txt is no longer generated (broken implementation disabled)
- Most message boxes have been replaced by messages in the rich text box
- Changed color of in-use text
- Hash file location is validated when Maelstrom starts testing and testing will fail if the
required files aren't present
- BNLS is now used for obtaining updated version bytes if the game version is invalid
- When the hashes are invalid or too new Maelstrom will offer to link you to a page with
current hashes
- Configuration changes
- Configuration limits
- Limited sockets to 5000
- Limited sockets per proxy to 8
- Expansion tests per regular key to 32767
- Test Count Per Proxy to 32767
- Reconnect time to 32767
- Check Failure to 32767
- Modified default values
- Changed sockets to 250 from 100
- Changed tests per proxy to 25 from 8
- Existing settings
- The test count per proxy setting can no longer have a value below 0
- Config.ini structure changes
- Renamed the Check_Failure config value to CheckFailure
- Renamed the Reconnect_Time config value to ReconnectTime
- Renamed the EXPTestPerRegularKey value to expansionTestsPerRegularKey
- Removed the LinesTillClear config value
- Removed the TimesToLoopList config value
- Removed the Benchmark config value
- Version bytes are now always stored in the config are are no longer in
the [Override] section, so it has been removed
- Values that were either 1 or 0 are now Y or N
- The Maelstrom 3.42 Migration.vbs file is supplied to convert the existing environment to
Maelstrom 4.0+
- The "Tested Keys" folder has been renamed to "Tested CD-Keys"
- The count of keys tested per proxy did not reset when a proxy failed
- Readme has been re-written as a Rich-Text document including images

- Updated Europe's IP list
- Maelstrom catches any error while attempting to check update

- Updated west's IP list
- I pay my respect to the men and women who lost their lives on this day 11 years ago

- Setting TestsPerProxy to anything less than 1 disables it (even negative values)
- Maelstrom checks to see if valid BNCS packets get received, else it reconnects on a new proxy
- Changed part of load message to Clan CODE, not Clan Byte

- Disconnects from update server after Maelstrom finishes what it's doing

- Fixed a major bug that would give Type Mismatch to some users, preventing them from
using Maelstrom
- Updated changelog format to show newer versions first

- Fixed not showing how many invalid keys were removed if every key of a certain product
was invalid
- On reload of CD-Keys, the amount of keys tested + percent label are reset
- Maelstrom no longer requests the list of default channels when logging into battle.net
- Expansion key testing was broken, and is now fixed
- Added an AddChat on load
- Number of tested keys was duplicated on testing expansion keys, for every original
key tested
- Fixed some logic that would incorrectly show the percent tested if you're testing
expansion keys

- Updated internal WAR3 Version Byte to 0x1A
- Removed the Hash_FileTime module, it has no use anymore
- On invalid checkrevision procedure, testing stops, instead of closing the program
- Added another two config values for Warcraft III/TFT username/password
- On invalid password, tester stops testing
- Will no longer attempt to reconnect to a key already being used by Maelstrom
- Took out the authentication system that was a part of Maelstrom for so long
- Added an update notification to let you know if there is an update to Maelstrom
- Fixed an RTE while saving a voided/muted/jailed key for future expansion key testing
- On invalid hashes, AddChat is displayed instead of a MsgBox
- CheckKeyList() changed to hasExpKey() and returns a boolean
- Removed getRest(), clearOut(), and getOut() from clsPacket.cls, they were never used
- GetCDKeyFromListEx()'s argument is now ByRef, and is modified accordingly
- event_CDKey renamed to handleOtherKeys(), and parameter list changed
- Completely re-designed each key handler for modEvents.bas, enhancing the code
- Maelstrom reports any exausted key lists once they are tested, not before the
next connection
- Proxy deaths are reported correctly
- Maelstrom will remove invalid keys on program load, with the exception of Warcraft III keys
- Maelstrom can now handle over 32,767 connection attempts
- Fixed benchmark window to show fractional numbers, and changed it to white over black
- Changed all instances of "Index #" with "Socket #"
- Changed a few messages
- Account creation functionality has been removed, as it never really worked right
- Fixed issue where if you stopped testing keys, then started again, if there are no surplus
keys, you weren't able to test what you currently have to test
- Added a new feature to track the date on which keys were tested. New config value:
AddDateToTested
- Modified how tested keys are counted
- Using loops now correctly shows how many connections have been attempted, as well as total
- Updated the readme
- Removed unused API calls
- Removed code that isn't used anymore
- Clicking the X on the key benchmark window performs the same thing as clicking the
Close label

- Removed some possible overhead from the perfect key routine PerfectKeyEvaluation()
- Removed possible bloating from Maelstrom
- Removed all variables no longer being used
- Changed the routine of how regular keys are held while testing expansion keys
- Upon a config loading error, the Auth key, and the username to the key are recovered as
well if they were entered in the config
- You can no longer change the socket value while Maelstrom is open, and the "Start" button
has been pressed at least once, when the "Reload" button is clicked
- Changed the color of the divider bar from brown to dark grey
- Using integer in place of boolean for a certain MsgBox call when hitting the
"Reload" button
- Loading the config has been re-done, centralizing calls, and fixing a nasty loop by
providing a blank auth key each time
- Connection timeout, and Reconnect time, are modified correctly if they are changed when
"Reload" is clicked
- Updated internal Version Byte for WAR3 to 0x19
- Changed the default config values around
- Added config overrides
- You may change the version bytes (if you need to) by adding an
[Override] section in your config and using VerByte=
- For example: STARVerByte=0E (If the byte were to change to 0x0E)
- Using the Config type to store the Version Bytes
- Using a dictionary to hold the state of each voided/muted/jailed key while testing perfect
keys, so its state is remembered when removing the key
- Minimize to tray is now implemented, and modified a label name (pbQuit for the
quit button)
- Upon failure to decode keys, they will be removed, and next key tested
- The version byte is now inserted into C>S 0x50 based on the product
and not from a stored version byte for that index
- On invalid password, you are asked if you'd like to continue trying to connect
(this is because the server possibly failed to validate the password)
- If testing expansion keys, original keys are reported in the GUI, but they are not saved
until they are swapped out
- Internal variable for counting tested regular keys has been implemented for all cases
- Re-arranged a few pieces of code
- Re-wrote part of S>C 0x50
- Not using temp variable for NLS pointer
- Prevented an RTE on an invalid checkrevision procedure
- Took out GetComputerName(), had no need

- Another major overhaul (Now using modBNLS for packet handling, and Types for BNCS data)
(This may reduce bloating on a grand scale)
- Muted keys are no longer reported as perfect keys (which would report a blank muted key
sometimes, thanks Anti-Liberal)
- Now using SID_NEWS for reporting Perfect, Voided, Muted, and Jailed keys (It's much more
accurate) (Maelstrom still allows accounts to join BNET channels, but this isn't used
to check for perfect keys)
- Fixed an issue where a connection to the auth server remained active, and an interruption
would return "Unable to check for auth! This program will now close." in the middle
of testing
- All keys are now read in as uppercase, to prevent any duplicate keys from being reported
- Minor GUI edits, showing connection attempts as well as proxy deaths
- Changed the routine of how proxy deaths are reported
- Removed two config entries: "Keep_Online" and "ReportNonEXPKeys"
- clanmage.phost.ws expired, so i had to change the location of the auth server
- Upon testing all CD-Keys, the program will immediately notify you instead of delaying
- The failure timer is now disabled once a key has been tested
- Modified the key loading function a bit
- Added some more notifications via AddChat messages
- Added frmBenchMark, a form to show how many keys a second are being tested
- Modified how keys are saved using Opal's style of key saving
- Uses this format: Tested Keys\\.txt
- Key state falls under the following values:
- Perfect, In User, Jailed, Muted, Voided, Banned, Other and Invalid
- Took out the loading of the SortKeys config entry, it had no use
- Expansion key testing is now possible, although buggy
- "Good" keys has been renamed to "Perfect" keys, updating the GUI as well (thanks
Anti-Liberal)
- Changed the procedure to hand out proxies to sockets, getting rid of a method that used
loops to hand them out
- Loop feature now works
- Will modify the socket count if you're testing less keys than you have sockets for
this applies to proxies too
- Improved the speed of the status of connecting initial sockets
- Perfect keys add to total keys tested per proxy. Made a mistake, and didn't account for
that before
- Removed the config variable "LoopTillDead"
- If the TimesToLoopList variable is 0 or below, it is automatically corrected to 1
- Two GUI edits:
- Swapped the position of "other product" and "invalid" keys (thanks Anti-Liberal)
- Modified the result color of each tested key to match the color on the labels for
each key state (thanks Anti-Liberal)
- Will reload CD-Keys if you change the socket value in the config, then hit "Reload."
- Removed some overhead in S>C 0x50 handler
- Renamed some constants to reflect "Perfect" instead of "Good" keys
- Modified the way in which keys are withheld until expansion testing is done

- Alt+F4 handling has been implemented (not available natively without a default toolbar)
- Added HTTP proxy functionality
- Major, major overhaul (I stripped the user controls out, and replaced them with classes)
- Used SID_NEWS along with the EID_CHANNELJOIN event to report keys able to log onto
battle.net with
- Used a Long to handle every index associated with keys (This allows you to test more
than 32,767 keys)
- Sprnkled FreeMemory calls all around the application to prevent bloating

- This allows you to move the forum by grabbing any part of the GUI and moving it around
with the mouse
- This tester is built off of PunK's BNHash connection library using user controls
for sockets
- This used the default menubar used in VB6 (later removed in 1.0)
- Could test CD-Keys, but not a very good job at it
- Later revisions didn't use the standard toolbar, and adopted a look
suitable for the GUI
- What's funny is this version got leaked on d3scene, but I got the link removed
(The topic is still up though)