Comment by SleepyMyroslav
12 days ago
I've spent some years in gamedev and doing PC versions was a big part of it. I have seen countless attempts at 'code consistency cross-checks' and they all have been defeated. The only thing that came close was Denuvo. You may want to read up on it before dismissing it. It's sad that folks here will downvote and hate anything about it. What it changed is that publishers got their money from people playing on PC and some of it was spent on developers to actually improve future games =)
I wouldn't dismiss Denuvo. It is intended for a particular use case, which is games where a week or more delay between the release of a game and the appearance of a crack would make a meaningful difference. The payoff wouldn't be nearly the same for a lot of other software.
Both fortunately and unfortunately, this situation may change as AI models and workflows tailored around reverse engineering improve.