Vampire Bloodlines

[activegamer]

The nocd files from Hoodlum have been available for a while but I can't seem to get the game to work with these files. I get the message that the vampire.exe has caused a runtime error and will be closed.

Did anyone else experience the same. Can somebody help with a solution to this?

[GLH]

Is the game working with original cd/dvd without a crack?

[activegamer]

The originals do not work either but I just found this on the internet about the patch 1.2

Description
Vampire - The Masquerade Bloodlines update patch will fix numerous bugs in the game, including the following:
Fixed C++ Runtime error on launch of the game due to older versions of Python interpreter.

So I guess it is not the crack. Will this crack also work with the 1.2 patch?

[BarryB]

No, the 1.2 patch has a new EXE so you'll have to wait for a 1.2 crack as there isn't one yet!

[GLH]

The crack contains two files, vampire.dll & vampire.exe.
The EXE isn't changed by the V1.2 patch, but the DLL is changed.
The available V1.0 crack is working with the V1.2 game, but not all bug fixes are included and some dialog-boxes have different fonts.

[activegamer]

I will let you know tonight if the v1.0 crack works with the v1.2 patch

[activegamer]

Well didn't work. After the patch I still get the runtime error. The crack also doesn't work.

[BarryB]

Christ! I still seem to be **** faced from New Year, don't drink and type kids!

Yes, it's the vampire.dll as GLH says that got updated not the EXE. The rest of the patch is script updates and updated dll's.

So you still need a cracked vampire.dll for it to work properly!

[activegamer]

Well, I managed to resolve this. I read on a Vampire Bloodlines forum to run a program called regseeker (freeware) which cleans the registry. After this the game runs with the version 1 crack. Apparently it removed links to the python interpreter from the registry, which caused the game not to run.

[Incredible Bulk]

Hi guys!!!
i m a new member.Well i have problem with running vampire masquerade the bloodlines.i have a 2 Ghz,128 mb ram, 80 gb (Hd),i have a geforce 440 mx.It starts fine but during loading the game`s first level it crashes back to desktop with a crash error which is below:- Plzzzzzzzz help me......

* * * Vampire Crash Data Log, Generated From Exe Built On: Oct 6 2004 * * *

vampire caused an Access Violation (0xc0000005)
in module engine.dll at 001b:2000cd60.

Read from location cfde579c caused an access violation.

Context:
EDI: 0x001f4c28 ESI: 0x079763ec EAX: 0xc846f180
EBX: 0x00000000 ECX: 0xc846f328 EDX: 0x07b6b014
EIP: 0x2000cd60 EBP: 0x00000000 SegCs: 0x0000001b
EFlags: 0x00010286 ESP: 0x0012e5bc SegSs: 0x00000023

Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b bc 31 88 00 00 00 8d 8c 31 88 00 00 00 81 cf

-----[ SysInfo ]-----
Error occurred at 2/28/2005 21:56:00.
1 processor(s), type 586.
95% memory in use.
127 MBytes physical memory.
6 MBytes physical memory free.
1516 MBytes paging file.
862 MBytes paging file free.
2048 MBytes user address space.
1404 MBytes user address space free.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi Incredible Bulk,

I don't think Vampires - or any modern game for Windows - would run on an Geforce _MX_ video card... :( Time to upgrade to a member of the Geforce FX5/6000 or ATI Radeon 9800 series...! ;)

Joe

[ancient78]

Hi Incredible Bulk,

I don't think Vampires - or any modern game for Windows - would run on an Geforce _MX_ video card... :( Time to upgrade to a member of the Geforce FX5/6000 or ATI Radeon 9800 series...! ;)

Joe

9800 pro kicks ass to any game released till now but just be sure to update to the latest driver frequently!

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi guys,

A fellow member of the forum dropped me an E-mail with the URL of a no-CD patch for Vampires 1.2: http://crackzplanet.com/get_44321_Vampire.The.Masquerade.Bloodlines.v1.2.N oCD_crack.html . I have no time to test it but you might want to try it. Happy gaming, :)

Joe

[GLH]

I compared (HEX) the V1.0 crack with this so called "V1.2" crack.
Both files (exe & dll) are the same.

So, no V1.2 crack available !!!

[JediKnight]

Hi all,
why don't you use a mini-image for the game ? I use "LinsoN" mini-image and it works great... I never had a problem with it, except normal game bugs :)

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi GLH,

Ohhh, sorry then! :(

Joe

[GLH]

@Joe:
No need to say sorry.

[manveruppd]

EDIT: NM, the crack Joe_Forster linked to seems to work great!:)

If I come across any problems while playing it I'll repost, but since I haven't been able to play the game before due to the "CD Emulation Detected" error, I won't be able to say if they're due to the crack or just normal bugs.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hey manveruppd,

That no-CD patch might be working great but then you'll be using the first release, version 1.0, not the 1.2 update, with fixes! I still haven't had time to play the game yet but, if I remember correctly, there were some problems reported with version 1.0 crashing after the player getting into a boat or something. See older threads!

Joe

[Grumpy]

To read more about the 'Boat' problem, go to this (http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=66051&page=3&pp=15) thread and read post 41 and 42. ;)