Hi,
this is a tutorial, how you can make you maestia client to a No Updater Client.
I will explain everything as clear as possible.
if some question remain dont hessitate to ask.
First of all you will need a Debugger.
I will use Ollydbg 1.1

and of course you will need the maestia.exe.
Start Olly and load the maestia.exe. (F3)
Now search for all referenced text strings
Rightclick -> Search for text -> search for "RUN_GAME"
"RUN_GAME" is the CMDLine with which maestia gets started by the updater.
Click on UNICODE "RUN_GAME"
Now you are back in your CPU window.
This is the function, where maestia checkst wether it it was started by the updater or was started by you.
so we have to search for a code like this:
if CMDLine Not "RUN_GAME" then
Exit and start Updater.
so we dont want this jump ever to be taken.
so simply NOP (No Opperation) it out.
Rightclick -> Assemble (Space)
And replace the Jump with a NOP
to save the settings
Rightclick -> Copy to executable -> All modifications
Now you can start Maestia without the updater.