View Full Version : In Dire Need of NOCD and/or Fixed EXE for Arcanum v. 1.0.7.0
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
BTW, I'm not sure what protection scheme (SecureROM, Safedisk2, etc.) is being used for this game. I've heard differing reports on this.
Dr Apocalypse
02-09-2001, 14:19
It's Suck-yer-ROM, lol!
Hexedit Arcanum.exe and you'll see the 'cms_t' and 'cms_d' sections, indicative of SecuROM!
And, no, I don't know where to get a FIXED patch! I would like it as well!!
Yeah, many czech people dire awaits it too...
Thanks, Apocalypse for the neat ID trick! I actually learned something today.
To get a Fixed Exe for a SecuRom protected Game use UnSecuRom http://gamefix.moax.com/securom.htm
- Install Game
- Install update/Patch
- Run UnSecuRom
- Select Start-EXE to get a fixed one...
(You need the Original-CD or an real Raw-Copy to use UnSecuRom)
Have Fun !!!
Thanx for it, I already tried it but my copy isn't 1:1, that ... pirate put crack on both cds :-(
This is not a NOCD nor fixed EXE but it will get your v1.0.7.0 copy to run fine. Get Playbackup. It works with no problems. D/l the program(it is only 200-300 kb) run it then run the Arcanum.exe like normal(make sure your backup cd is in the cd drive). Playbackup tells the sercure rom check that everything is cool and poof, Arcanum will run like normal.
Bronze Head
03-09-2001, 11:37
I still need the noCD exe, because I want to play the full install from HD w/o the CD. Anyone?
I'd like to have a no-CD/fixed exe, just because I cannot reproduce one by myself (running 2000/XP)
Dr Apocalypse
03-09-2001, 16:42
Hmmm...
Maybe it's because the latest patch on Sierra's Website is version 1.0.6.9 not 1.0.7.0 that no ones done a fix for it yet?
So, who's got a fixed EXE for v1.0.6.9!! ;)
DrA.
Ok, have now found patch 1.0.7.0 on fileplanet! A bit pointless having an OFFICIAL website for the game and then not putting the latest patch there first?
That ver. 1.0.6.9 is bugged (mages get no exp.) to hell. It would be useless to crack that. However, the 1.0.7.0 patch is available at most of the fan sites. Sierra hasn't updated their site due to the long holiday.
BTW, I could not get Playbackup to work; will try it again though.
sluggo69
03-09-2001, 18:49
I've tried pretty much all the standard approaches too. Unsecurom locked up 3 different systems (yep, I used a storebought copy and tried going off BOTH discs). Playbackup was pretty much worthless too (yep, I tried using Nero AND CloneCD for this AND was running the prog the whole time).
Last I heard, there are still a million bugs in this sucker and the patches will just keep coming....getting tired of watching the wife play....gonna have to float Sierra another $50 for their damned unfinished game....
rclarke250
03-09-2001, 19:18
To make a backup all you have to do is burn a 1:1 copy with nero.
then install the game and use daemon tools and enable securom emulation. the game will play fine. Don't know anything about fixed exe's because I don't need it.
Bronze Head
04-09-2001, 03:34
All the clever unsecuroms et al don't work with Win XP, which I use. The 1070 patch can be obtained from ign, terra arcanum, fileplanet etc.
Yeah 1070 is a good patch to crack becuase of the nice new features it adds. ;)
Loranok (01-09-2001 18:59):
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
hmmm
Kreso- ?????????
That reminds me, thanks for the tips some have provided here even though they are not working for me.
Bronze Head
05-09-2001, 10:19
Nothing... I wonder where are the dudes who cracked the 1064? Tegne or something.
Anyone know of any progess on this crack?
SoxCatch10
07-09-2001, 12:34
To make a backup all you have to do is burn a 1:1 copy with nero.
then install the game and use daemon tools and enable securom emulation. the game will play fine. Don't know anything about fixed exe's because I don't need it.
I was unable to burn a 1:1 copy with Nero. Any particular settings you used?
SloppyApe
08-09-2001, 02:55
bump
aint gunna happen unless the crackers can see it =)
SloppyApe
09-09-2001, 15:37
yep
GuruChaz
09-09-2001, 17:02
With all the updated cracks available here, one should hopefully appear soon from someone. I wouldn't panic or anything.
SloppyApe
10-09-2001, 19:51
im panicing....it's been weeks since the patch has been out and no crack....usually the cracks are out for patches within a few hours of release.....
Dr Apocalypse
10-09-2001, 20:23
.....and whinging and whining about it ain't gonna make one appear any quicker either!
This is exactly what p*sses crackers off, people constantly screaming for cracks like they have some right to them! Probably why it's taking so long to release one!
Just WAIT!!
DrA.
GuruChaz
11-09-2001, 12:08
I think everyone is just anxious to play this game without the CD. I certainly don't feel like having a right to it but it would be nice to see one materialize like with all the other games.
Like you said, it's just odd that this game would be overlooked.
SloppyApe
11-09-2001, 15:56
Dr Apocalypse, suck a ####. I've talked to the cracker of ofp 1.2 nocd/serial check and he couldnt crack THIS PATCH. He said it was some kind of custom check.
and ???
they can do anything so CRACK IT NOW !! PLEASE !
Dr Apocalypse
12-09-2001, 16:01
SuckyApe (11-09-2001 23:56):
Dr Apocalypse, suck a ####. I've talked to the cracker of ofp 1.2 nocd/serial check and he couldnt crack THIS PATCH. He said it was some kind of custom check.
Find a REAL cracker then boy! I'm sure the guys on Fravia's Messageboard would LOVE to know about this so called 'UNCRACKABLE' patch, and when they stop pissing themselves laughing at it, they'll go back to reversing more 'challenging' programs! Even ArthaXerXes got bored with Safedisc, so it is with SecuROM, it's not a challenge to 'real' reversers anymore!
When you take into account unsafedisc & unsecurom, anyone can release a *FIXED* exe nowadays! So is there any incentive left for the crackers to even try? Perhaps they should never have gone 'public'!
DrA.
I've heard that Sierra is using some type of "hybrid" version of Securom with this ver/release of Arcanum. It may simply not be possible to crack at this point in time due to this "trick" Sierra is using. Can anyone confirm? IMHO, I wouldn't count on a crack anytime soon.
dammit move your ass i want this patch !! you know a another patch is out in around one week so HURRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
B Hubris
16-09-2001, 17:25
bump eh
:crickets chirp as tumbleweeds roll by:
SloppyApe
19-09-2001, 00:19
Well I don't see any crack from your godly crackers there tuff guy. And I bet you feel like a royal ass after somebody saying something about a new version of rom being used by sierra *cough* "aka custom check".
I tire of people's ignorance.
Dar (03-09-2001 18:58):
This is not a NOCD nor fixed EXE but it will get your v1.0.7.0 copy to run fine. Get Playbackup. It works with no problems. D/l the program(it is only 200-300 kb) run it then run the Arcanum.exe like normal(make sure your backup cd is in the cd drive). Playbackup tells the sercure rom check that everything is cool and poof, Arcanum will run like normal.
Where to get it (I mean Playbackup)?
DevTech2000
19-09-2001, 20:40
bump..
Dr Apocalypse
20-09-2001, 04:38
StickyTape (19-09-2001 08:19):
Well I don't see any crack from your godly crackers there tuff guy. And I bet you feel like a royal ass after somebody saying something about a new version of rom being used by sierra *cough* "aka custom check".
I tire of people's ignorance.
'tuff'? I remember them, shoes that float on water, right? Oh, and who said the 'godly' crackers would do anything for us peasants?
So, 'custom check' means something you say BEFORE you know what it is?
Well, I don't know about the next Arcanum patch, but it will have some sort of 'custom check' again, right!
Hey, I don't tire of your ignorance, I think it's kinda cute!!
DrA.
Yeah, cute there isn't an updated NOCD for this game.
SloppyApe
24-09-2001, 23:14
And we STILL dont know what it is.....
dumbass......
Litebrite
25-09-2001, 01:57
rather ironic that sierra botched the release so badly that many people had the game months before it hit the shelves, but copy-protected the final so well that even some people that bought the game can't play it.
Imagine, that now somebody from Sierra read these mesages and starting panick: "What a check?! We have nothing changed or added! We must controll this patch! It is damned bugs again! We must repair it!"
PS. If seriously, I am waiting too...
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