[ FF7 ] Some pirates use a cracked steamapi.dll to bypasses detection by FFNx and 7th Heaven

[Reptem]

Hello, dear developers.
I found that some pirates use a cracked steamapi.dll to crack the Steam version FF7, and steal our mods to make money. It bypasses detection by FFNx and 7th Heaven, allowing mod-equipped games to run.

Is there a way to stop this cracked steamapi.dll from launching the game through FFNx and 7th Heaven?

I uploaded this file to Google Drive. Could you please figure out a way to block it?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17V2ZG1Znw_iqEdQjEyu2NhLJDQvCwmDC/view?usp=sharing

[julianxhokaxhiu]

Thanks for reporting the issue. While this could be mitigated on 7th, unfortunately we can't do much on the FFNx side as the drive is indipendent of Steam ( as it can use be used also with the 1998 edition of the game ). I'd invite you to approach us via Discord in order to better analyze this case and what we could do, as the link has already been taken down by Google ( probably because it detects it for what it is ) and there's no way for us to download the file. Thanks again for the heads up, really appreciated.

[Reptem]

Thanks for your reply.
I will go to Discord to contact you later!

[Kaizoku85]

Thanks for reporting the issue. While this could be mitigated on 7th, unfortunately we can't do much on the FFNx side as the drive is indipendent of Steam ( as it can use be used also with the 1998 edition of the game ). I'd invite you to approach us via Discord in order to better analyze this case and what we could do, as the link has already been taken down by Google ( probably because it detects it for what it is ) and there's no way for us to download the file. Thanks again for the heads up, really appreciated.

This also affects legit steam owners as well since I can't even use 7th Heaven on FF7 from my steam account.

[eve-atum]

Kaizoku, you'll need to elaborate on what your problem is... we have tons of people using Steam's official files with 7th Heaven, and one of the first troubleshooting steps we often give people is to use the "Verify my files" tool.

[Kaizoku85]

Kaizoku, you'll need to elaborate on what your problem is... we have tons of people using Steam's official files with 7th Heaven, and one of the first troubleshooting steps we often give people is to use the "Verify my files" tool.

7th Heaven / FFNx doesn't launch FF7 from my steam account. Shows an Invalid steam_api.dll message box. It's literally a fresh FF7 steam installation.

*Did another fresh re-install of FF7 and this time used the stable versions of 7th Heaven (v4.3.1.0) /FFNx (v1.22.0.0). Now it boots.