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kimble
27-01-2005, 22:53
Can someone send a cd fix for this so that Game Copy World and Game Burn World can post it?
thanx
Sidney
28-01-2005, 02:19
Well what is stopping you from sending one kimble?
Joe Forster/STA
28-01-2005, 04:18
Hey kimble, ever cared to read the forum rules, especially, rule #6?

Joe
BarryB
28-01-2005, 15:15
Just change byte at offset 0x33A1 to EB in Painkiller.exe and it's sorted!
Psykomanius
28-01-2005, 18:38
Just change byte at offset 0x33A1 to EB in Painkiller.exe and it's sorted!

???
If i just have a HexEditor :confused:
BarryB
29-01-2005, 06:28
Yup! Load the painkiller.exe into a hex editor, find offset 0x33A1 (byte should be 75) then change it to EB and save. Play without the CD :)
Eagle
29-01-2005, 07:17
I've created a small patch doing the hex edit. Extract to your painkiller\bin directory and execute. It will create a backup called savefile.ero . you may want to keep that file in case a future update may require it.

http://igelei.gmxhome.de/painkiller%201.61%20nocd%20patch.zip
Bebu
29-01-2005, 12:44
I've created a small patch doing the hex edit. Extract to your painkiller\bin directory and execute. It will create a backup called savefile.ero . you may want to keep that file in case a future update may require it.

http://igelei.gmxhome.de/painkiller%201.61%20nocd%20patch.zip
i have made it but it dont work :confused:
can you send the fixed exe
Sidney
29-01-2005, 14:29
Yep, I agree.
Patch doesn't work.
Eagle
29-01-2005, 14:53
works 100% with the english 1.61 version of painkiller.
Bebu
29-01-2005, 14:57
works 100% with the english 1.61 version of painkiller.
i have the english one but it didnt works :confused:
send the fixed exe to gcw thx
Eagle
29-01-2005, 16:28
do you all have BOOH installed? I don't...
Bebu
29-01-2005, 16:38
do you all have BOOH installed? I don't...


Yes i have thats the answer :mad:
Psykomanius
29-01-2005, 16:58
do you all have BOOH installed? I don't...

I have, and i can sent you the files, if you need them ;)
BarryB
30-01-2005, 06:04
Eagle, there is a problem with your patch :eek:

In a DOS box I get this error:

The file is not at the good size (1474560 octets). ;(

The files size is correct @ 1,474,560 bytes but your patch doesn't like it :( I can't find eropatch, all links are too old and the first one doesn't download anything :rolleyes:

Thnx for the credit though :)
EMPiRE
30-01-2005, 08:35
Better use PatchFX as it is windows based and works quite fast and is easy to understand:

http://m0001.gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_patchfx.shtml
Trismogestos
30-01-2005, 09:12
Someone should upload the fixed main-exe to gcw!
BarryB
30-01-2005, 10:57
PatchFX is a good patcher, I use it often.

I'll send the EXE to GCW :)
Eagle
30-01-2005, 10:58
Barry what is your filesize of the uncracked painkiller.exe? and do you have BOOH installed?
BarryB
30-01-2005, 15:32
Both the BOOH and v1.61 EXE are 1,474,560 bytes *BUT* they are not the same file contents! Your patch doesn't seem to work with either file?

Maybe it's because it's a DOS program and not a Win32 console app?

The 1.61 patch updates both games to v1.61 so a new EXE is installed no matter if you have BOOH installed or not.
EMPiRE
31-01-2005, 02:34
Why not make a generic patch which works on all current & future updates as I want to bet that the CD-Check has been the same since v1.2, when SD was removed from the main exe
Eagle
31-01-2005, 03:54
this one beats me. i now re-installed painkiller (without BOOH) 3 times to different directories/harddrives. then applied the 1.61 patch and used the patcher. guess what... it worked everytime.

strange :confused:
Nykolla
31-01-2005, 04:33
It's not working for me :(
AfterDeath
31-01-2005, 05:02
Not working for me also. Here is something interesting though...

When I tried to delete the patch from the directory, it got the message that it could not be deleted because it was being used by another program. The only way I could get rid of it was to boot into safe mode with console and remove it via command line.
Eagle
31-01-2005, 05:21
afterdeath: i had this once, too. but logging out and logging in again (no restart) resolved it for me.

http://igelei.gmxhome.de/pk161.zip
this one is a patchfx patch. mayby you're lucky with that one.
AfterDeath
31-01-2005, 05:37
I will try it now. And, thanks for working on this man. It is cool that there are people with the ability to make things like this out there.

Hey, the patchfix worked like a charm! Thanks again.
BarryB
31-01-2005, 05:56
I've just sent a 'Generic' patch for all versions of Painkiller from v1.2 upto v1.61 to GCW made with PatchFX.

Tested it on BOOH and v1.61 plus a few NoCD's I have, I just changed the EB byte back to 75 and ran the patch, it patched it back to EB so looks like the 'Search and Destroy' is working :)

@ Eagle: Very strange, I also got a message saying your patch couldn't find the file even when both were in the same folder? Stick to PatchFX, it's more reliable :)

Regarding Windows not letting you delete files, usually I pop a Command Prompt in the folder where the file is, kill EXPLORER.EXE in Taskmanager and then delete the file via the Command Prompt. I then use the File > New Task (RUN) command in Taskmanager and run EXPLORER.EXE again to get the desktop back :)
Eagle
31-01-2005, 06:21
hmmm, ok and thanks barry.

anyway, Empire feel free to remove my patch.
but i still dont get it why it only works for me :confused: