# Internals of Hyperscape: UPlay R1

UPlay R1 is Ubisoft's own legacy license checker and interface for Ubisoft's friend, party and chat services.

The game loads a library called `uplay_r1_loader.dll`, which finds `uplay_r1.dll` in the user's local installation of Ubisoft Connect (formerly UPlay). If this DLL cannot be found, the game exits and suggests for the user to ensure that UPlay is installed.

> [!IMPORTANT] For `64-bit` devices, `uplay_r164_loader.dll` is loaded instead, and searches for `uplay_r164.dll`!

## Bypassing UPlay R1
- [Spring](../05_scapegoat/04_using_scapegoat.md) - Scapegoat's own UPlay R1 launcher and plugin loader, specifically for Hyperscape.
- [LumaPlay](https://cs.rin.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=67197)