Perhaps the strangest issue resolved by a crackfix involved the game's DLC and a mysterious 20-second black screen. Following a crackfix update, some users reported that the game would now sit on a black screen for approximately 20 seconds before loading. This turned out to be an intentional, albeit irritating, DRM countermeasure added by the cracker (often speculated to be EMPRESS or a similar group) to their custom protection.
The final chapter of this saga came nearly two years later. In , Capcom officially removed the Denuvo anti-tamper protection from Resident Evil Village via a Steam update. The SteamDB changelog noted: "Removed 3rd-Party DRM – Denuvo Anti-tamper, 5 different PC within a day machine activation limit". The executable file size dropped from 622 MB to 209 MB, a physical manifestation of the bloat being removed. Resident Evil Village Crackfix-RUNE
For users who obtain this specific release, the package is typically comprehensive. As seen on major game repacking forums, the "RUNE" release is a complete, ready-to-play package: Perhaps the strangest issue resolved by a crackfix
The crackfix sometimes clashed with the DLC files. One user explained: "After restoring, an additional prompt box appears, saying that the downloaded content cannot be found and needs to be re-downloaded. Then you just delete the 11 DLC files". The crackfix was necessary to correctly marry the cracked executable with the DLC activation to avoid these intrusive black screens. The final chapter of this saga came nearly two years later