Age of Wonders Shadow Magic 1.3 No CD patch

[WereW0lve]

Have anyone seen the NO-CD version of this patch online? Some people are already using it.

Or maybe someone can give me a link to one very good site with instructions for fixing the exe file for this game with hex editor, I've seen it some time ago, but can't seem to find it now.

Thanks :cool:

[voose]

i hope the german version would also be runnable with a nocd...
can you PM the Hex-Editor-link, if you`ll find it, WereW0lve ??
I heard they kicked the copy-protection in 1.3 so it must be only remove the cd-check...
thx
v.

[KAMiKAZE]

Originally posted by voose
so it must be only remove the cd-check...

do you have any idea how to remove the cd-check??
I don't think that a hex-editor will do the work!
here if you want to read tutorials(the proggys that you'll need should be listed above in every tutorial)
links to tutorials (http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54353)

[WereW0lve]

Thanks a lot, last time I used one of those tutorials and it worked :-)

Of course a "ready" patch would be better, but now I'll have to try to make my own

I am quite inexperienced in this, but it should be not very hard with the right tools and good advice. :cool:

[KAMiKAZE]

yeah let me know if you need some tips!

[zev]

can anyone confirm that they removed the protection on the latest patch?

when applying v1.3 does the game run by just mounting the image with daemontools and turning on securom emulation probably?

let us know, please


TIA, Zev

[KAMiKAZE]

nahh I don't think that securom was removed!
protection ID says: SecuRom Detected - Version 5.02.02
hmm, but iam not sure if its right, programs like safedisk analyser find a safedisk version in a file, which is already fixed! oh ok I tried it with protection ID its the same thing.... so lets think:
the exe is 8.55Mb, not normal for a securom protected exe or?

soo the file is much to disassemble, but i have time!

KAMiKAZE

[zev]

if you have time please crack v1.18 afrika korps. the .exe is about 8mb too :))) would be nice.

[KAMiKAZE]

yeah, but iam not able to remove those commercial protections like safedisk and securom. at the moment iam not sure if age of wonders 1.3 is protected...

[zev]

sheeeesh... :((( no souldrinker guy in this forum? i think they released the german version and cracked it :)

[WereW0lve]

1.3 is protected, but I can't find the protection in the file :-( Looks like it's not so easy, but I'll keep trying, maybe on weekend

[Johin]

Why care, it works with an image mounted on daemon tools. Unless you have a small harddrive, it should be no problem.

[WereW0lve]

For me it's a problem cause I lost my CD somewhere in my room and it's really really hard to find it in heaps of other things :-)

But it's good that it works, then when I find the CD I'll be able to copy it. Still a crack is more convenient and less space-consuming.

[Johin]

And in the worst case, there may be Securom trigger functions...

[Shingro]

Unless I'm wrong, just mounting the image on Daemon tools *doesn't* work with 1.3, same "please insert correct CD" message as 1.2 and 1.0 and such.

A crack for 1.3 would be the best thing, and long overdue for such a great game.

Edit: oh yeah, if anyone gets a crack made, give me an e-mail (with the crack perferably =)

Shingro********com

Edit 2: Terribly sorry, I apologize

[FiiDO]

Yea keep the work up guys!
I can't wait to play 1.3 on LAN with my friends:D

Is there any tutorials in how to make a crack? In case post a link

[ash2dust2]

Originally posted by Shingro
I've tried activating the various options on Daemon but no luck. Perhaps because it's the Flt version, (packaged with crack)

Read the stickies before you're banned.

[Shingro]

Ah, my mistake... Thanks for not banning me outright, I can imagine you get this a lot, may I be allowed to keep the (re-edited) post and e-mail address on there anyway?

[zev]

Originally posted by FiiDO
Yea keep the work up guys!
I can't wait to play 1.3 on LAN with my friends:D

Is there any tutorials in how to make a crack? In case post a link

probably same cd-key on the version's you have installed on your lan. all what the game will do is checking for same key's with other version's.

[FiiDO]

We played 1.2 with same key

[pepe6247]

The developers released by error an 1.3 official patch with no protection (and a minor display bug), 3 days after that they released the same version again, but now with the protection. If someone wants i can upload that patch, its too big to send by email. You can send me a PM if you want this.

[FiiDO]

pepe, cant i just take the .exe from the error patch?
If i can then zip it and send it to: [email protected]

[0bscured]

if anyone can help us out and send that accidently released patch along to me I'd be happy to help spread it around

or if just replacing the exe will do the trick can someone post it to gcw?

[0bscured]

get the fixed exe here:

ftp://tekspy.gotdns.org/AoWSM13fixed.rar

thanks to pepe6247 for helping make this happen

can someone please post to gcw

enjoy


0bscured
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"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

[0bscured]

if you can't download it don't use IE and use command line ftp or www.mozilla.org or something better than IE

the link above will expire soon, get it while it's hot.

[gospel]

gotch, I can't ping tekspy :( I suppose it's already expired

any news for a new server or tekspt IP ?

[FiiDO]

LoL the makers of Shadow Magic made the crack for us:D

[FiiDO]

It has expired i think, tryed IE, NeoPlanet and Download Accelerator Plus... any new server?

[0bscured]

now available on gcw

[Nevaar]

I couldn't find 1.3 patch on GCW (without the software protection), anyone provide the link where to look! :confused: Cheers

[dsk2293]

Could someone please create a REAL no-cd for the NEW 1.3 patch. The one at GCW is just the old patch with a major graphics glitch. You can't use it.

[Johin]

What major graphic glitch are we tialking about? The one on GCW works for me.

[WereW0lve]

It works, but it has minor display bug with the bottom part of the screen.

[dsk2293]

It's not minor. The windows task bar keeps flickering at the bottom, and makes it impossible to scroll downwards. In other words, AoW refuses to stay "on top" of any other tasks running in the background.

Why not create a real no-cd for the patch that works?

[WereW0lve]

The solution for bug is to play in maximized window.

[dsk2293]

No, that doesn't work either. It works for a few people, but not for all. I monitor the forums at AoW Heaven very closely, and I can assure you that maximizing the window does not work for everyone.

I still don't see why we can't have a normal no-cd for the games final patch as all other games have.

[RincewindTheWiz]

Whether a crack ever gets made for v1.3 depends on the few crack groups that can deal with the protection used. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. But 'requests' and begging has never worked. If it ever gets made, it will appear on GCW. Check that once in a while and stop making useless threads about this.