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DorkNet/launcher/Backend/SteamDrmStripper.cs
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Alexa 26786527cd launcher: auto-strip SteamStub DRM before patching
Steam-purchased Rec Room ships with SteamStub Variant 3.1 wrapping
Recroom_Release.exe so it refuses to launch without Steam loaded.
DorkNet spawns the exe directly, so for Steam installs we have to
unwrap it first or the user gets a silent crash on Launch.

- SteamDrmStripper.StripIfNeededAsync: PE-walks the exe's section
  table looking for the .bind section SteamStub adds, and only
  invokes Steamless when that section is present. Re-runs detect
  the already-unwrapped exe and short-circuit. Backs up the
  original next to the exe as Recroom_Release.exe.steamwrapped.
- SteamlessInstaller: resolves a usable Steamless.CLI.exe via
  side-by-side -> %LOCALAPPDATA%\DorkNet\Steamless\ cache ->
  download v3.1.0.5 from atom0s/Steamless GitHub releases. Same
  pattern as CloudflaredInstaller.
- Inserted as a step between "Download client patcher" and "Patch
  your Rec Room install" in both host (5 -> 6 steps) and join
  (2 -> 3 steps). Step detail reports Stripped / AlreadyUnpacked /
  NotApplicable so the user sees what happened.

Oculus / Quest builds and already-unwrapped installs skip the
Steamless download entirely.
2026-05-27 12:10:27 +03:00

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C#

using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
namespace DorkNet.Launcher.Backend;
/// <summary>Removes the SteamStub DRM wrapper from
/// <c>Recroom_Release.exe</c> so the launcher can spawn it without
/// Steam loaded. No-op when the exe isn't packed (Oculus / Quest
/// builds, or installs already unwrapped by a prior run).
///
/// <para>Detection is a PE-section walk: SteamStub Variant 3.1
/// (the variant used for the 2020 Rec Room build) adds a <c>.bind</c>
/// section that contains the encrypted entry-point stub. The presence
/// of <c>.bind</c> + the standard packed-PE signature is a reliable
/// "needs Steamless" indicator without launching Steamless itself.</para>
///
/// <para>When stripping: the original exe is renamed to
/// <c>Recroom_Release.exe.steamwrapped</c> as a backup, and
/// Steamless's <c>.unpacked.exe</c> output is renamed in its place.
/// Re-runs detect the (now-unpacked) exe and skip.</para></summary>
public static class SteamDrmStripper
{
/// <summary>Strip Steam DRM from the Rec Room exe in
/// <paramref name="recRoomDir"/> if needed. Returns a result the
/// caller can use to skip/show progress steps. The Rec Room dir is
/// the same path the user picks (i.e. <c>*_Data</c>'s parent,
/// which contains <c>Recroom_Release.exe</c>).</summary>
public static async Task<StripResult> StripIfNeededAsync(
string recRoomDir,
IProgress<DownloadProgress>? downloadProgress = null,
CancellationToken ct = default)
{
// The user picks the *_Data folder; the .exe lives in its
// parent. RecRoomPicker.Validate ensures this layout exists
// before we ever get here.
var dataFolder = new DirectoryInfo(recRoomDir);
var installRoot = dataFolder.Parent?.FullName ?? recRoomDir;
var exe = Path.Combine(installRoot, "Recroom_Release.exe");
if (!File.Exists(exe)) return StripResult.NotApplicable;
if (!HasSteamStub(exe)) return StripResult.AlreadyUnpacked;
var steamlessCli = await SteamlessInstaller.EnsureAsync(downloadProgress, ct);
var unpacked = exe + ".unpacked.exe";
if (File.Exists(unpacked)) File.Delete(unpacked);
var psi = new ProcessStartInfo
{
FileName = steamlessCli,
UseShellExecute = false,
CreateNoWindow = true,
RedirectStandardOutput = true,
RedirectStandardError = true,
WorkingDirectory = installRoot,
};
psi.ArgumentList.Add("--quiet");
psi.ArgumentList.Add(exe);
using var proc = Process.Start(psi) ??
throw new InvalidOperationException("Failed to spawn Steamless.CLI.exe");
await proc.WaitForExitAsync(ct);
if (!File.Exists(unpacked))
{
// Steamless prints its findings to stdout, so include that
// tail in the error to help users figure out what went wrong.
var stdout = await proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEndAsync(ct);
var stderr = await proc.StandardError.ReadToEndAsync(ct);
throw new InvalidOperationException(
"Steamless ran but produced no .unpacked.exe — install may not be the Steam build, " +
"or the SteamStub variant isn't supported.\n" +
$"stdout: {stdout.TrimEnd()}\nstderr: {stderr.TrimEnd()}");
}
var backup = exe + ".steamwrapped";
if (File.Exists(backup)) File.Delete(backup);
File.Move(exe, backup);
File.Move(unpacked, exe);
return StripResult.Stripped;
}
/// <summary>Walk PE section headers looking for a <c>.bind</c>
/// section, which SteamStub Variant 3.1 adds during packing.
/// Returns false on any read error — the patcher's later steps
/// will catch a malformed exe with a clearer message.</summary>
private static bool HasSteamStub(string exePath)
{
try
{
using var fs = File.OpenRead(exePath);
using var br = new BinaryReader(fs);
// DOS header at offset 0; PE-header offset stored at 0x3C.
fs.Position = 0x3C;
var peOffset = br.ReadInt32();
fs.Position = peOffset;
if (br.ReadUInt32() != 0x00004550) return false; // "PE\0\0"
// Skip COFF header (20 bytes) to get to the optional
// header; we need its size to find the section table.
fs.Position = peOffset + 4 + 2; // skip Machine
var sectionCount = br.ReadUInt16();
fs.Position += 12; // skip TimeStamp, PtrToSymTab, NumSyms
var optHeaderSize = br.ReadUInt16();
fs.Position += 2; // skip Characteristics
// Sections start right after the optional header.
fs.Position = peOffset + 4 + 20 + optHeaderSize;
// Each section header is 40 bytes, name is the first 8.
var nameBytes = new byte[8];
for (var i = 0; i < sectionCount; i++)
{
fs.Read(nameBytes, 0, 8);
var name = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(nameBytes).TrimEnd('\0');
if (name == ".bind") return true;
fs.Position += 32; // rest of section header
}
return false;
}
catch { return false; }
}
}
public enum StripResult
{
/// <summary>No <c>Recroom_Release.exe</c> at the expected path —
/// caller should treat this as a soft skip (Oculus install
/// shouldn't fail just because the exe name is different).</summary>
NotApplicable,
/// <summary>The exe was already unwrapped (no .bind section). No
/// work done. Common on second runs and on non-Steam installs.</summary>
AlreadyUnpacked,
/// <summary>SteamStub was detected and Steamless successfully
/// produced an unwrapped binary. Original backed up to
/// <c>Recroom_Release.exe.steamwrapped</c>.</summary>
Stripped,
}