Drakensang NoDVD Fixed EXE

[EvilDead]

Hello!

The Drakensang v1.0 [GERMAN] Fixed EXE doesn´t work. After staring the game with this exe, the screen is black and back to desktop!

[Pollenca]

Hello
I have the same Problem

[Blazkowicz]

Does the original exe with original dvd works fine?

[Pollenca]

Yes will fine

[EvilDead]

Does the original exe with original dvd works fine?

With the original exe the game works fine.

[Blazkowicz]

OK, then either you have to wait for a proper crack or create an image with latest DT Pro and mount into vIDE with changed device parameters to prevent damage to original disc.

[munsterbuster]

Just tested the crack from the site, thought it could be corrupted when I uploaded it. Works fine for me. Try using the latest beta from www.7-zip.org.

[Pollenca]

Hallo Munsterbuster
Kannst du mir das bitte mal auf deutsch schreiben,kann leider kein englisch

[munsterbuster]

Hallo Munsterbuster
Kannst du mir das bitte mal auf deutsch schreiben,kann leider kein englisch

English please. There are reports, that the crack does not always work on 32 bit machines. Greatest probs are on Xp service pack 3. So not my fault. :D Works fine on my vista x64.


Hier ist englisch Pflicht. Lade dir von www.7-zip.org die 7-Zip 4.58 beta (2008-05-05) runter. Aber es gibt Probleme mit XP und Service pack 3 und Vista 32. Der Crack funktioniert bisher nur auf x64 Versionen einwandfrei.

[schlaufer]

Just tested the crack from the site, thought it could be corrupted when I uploaded it. Works fine for me. Try using the latest beta from www.7-zip.org.

It's not due to decompression corruption, the crack itself is broken. :(

As I have the same problem - crashing to desktop w/o error message - I've tried the 7zip-ß and compared the extracted file with the one I've extracted previously w. WinRar - no difference.

[Pollenca]

Danke für die Information,habe leider nur XP mit Service Pack 2 und kein Vista.
Vielleicht kommt ja noch ein Crack für XP!!

Sorry,daß ich kein englisch kann

[DABhand]

Dont have to say sorry to me :P

But im guessing that wasnt the case anyway :)

Could be that whoever did the crack used a weird wrapper to protect the file which works only on a few machines, seen it happen before.

[cybermcm]

I had same problem with the exe file, didn't work (WinXP SP3).
The miniimage also didn't work until I deleted the following key:
HKCU\Software\SecuROM
Don't forget to reboot!
btw: Original Disc always worked.

[Zulu]

... or create an image with latest DT Pro and mount into vIDE with changed device parametersAlso works in vSCSI of DT lite ;)
btw. for me it runs in vIDE without changed device parameters; are they randomly labeled ?

The miniimage also didn't work until I deleted the following key:
HKCU\Software\SecuROM
Don't forget to reboot!
Don't delete that key if you have Mass Effect, Alone in the dark 5 or any other title with SecuROM online activation installed !

[Blazkowicz]

They are randomly labeled, but it doesn't work for everyone without changing device parameters.

[cybermcm]

Don't delete that key if you have Mass Effect, Alone in the dark 5 or any other title with SecuROM online activation installed !

Thx for this vital input! I forgot to mention that for now there is only one game on my PC...

[munsterbuster]

The crackfix is out. As soon I get hand on it, I will up it.

[Wmaci]

hi guys, i have vista x64 and i cant start the game with this crack! what should i do i extract the crcak with winrar and with 7-Zip no different same problem! the game works with original dvd...

@musnterbuster what should i do you sad you have x64 and it works!? how?

[munsterbuster]

Wait for the main site update. I have submitted the new crack. Try the new one.

Edit 18:30 CET:

The new crack seems to be crap. It is nuked from the group itself.

[Wmaci]

;( hm and when i start the game with image? i had downloaded the drakensang image but daemon tools cant open it! "No files in this archive"

[Blazkowicz]

Downloaded which image?

[Wmaci]

here!

http://dl.gamecopyworld.com/?d=2008&f=DRAKENSANG_bended!rar

[Zulu]

@Wmaci
Are you using latest DT lite version 4.30.1 ?

[Blazkowicz]

You have to extract the file with WinRar and then mounting the mds file with DT.

[Wmaci]

i have an another version of DM. Daemon Tool 4.12.4! I dowload now the new version and than need i some anti securom tools?

[Wmaci]

Thank you guys now i habe the lates DM version and the image works! i can play. thats nice whank your for your wonderful tips !

[munsterbuster]

I have just submitted Das.Schwarze.Auge.4.Drakensang.Crackfix.REPACK.GER MAN-0x0007. My last submission for this fucking game.

[EMPiRE]

the repack is up now!

[EvilDead]

I have just submitted Das.Schwarze.Auge.4.Drakensang.Crackfix.REPACK.GER MAN-0x0007. My last submission for this fucking game.

This crack works with my Drakensang under WinXP SP3!!!

THX

[rawkus]

This crack works with my Drakensang under WinXP SP3!!!

THX

the crack seems to mess up with the game...

in ferdok - after visiting your friends house - BARLA doesn't appear - that means you cannot continue the quest and the game....

i had to start a new game with the original dvd in dvd-rom and BARLA appears - so i can continue the game...
i play with dvd inside right now !!

[!HaGaR!]

Well, what about using a miniimage then with freeware daemon tools lite v.4.30.1.

Works like a charm, no need of a crack and no need to insert the dvd in any drive.

Cheers,
Hägar

[Digital-fol]

My first posts about it where deleted I have this one without my personal opinion is ok the the mod.:

1. The fixed exe does not work. You can only play until you reach the first city, but then a second ingame copy protection is active that keeps an important NPC from Spawning. Even if you remove the fixed exe saved games won't work. You have to start a new game without the exe to make the game work. Mini image works fine!

2. Users who have problems with Drakensang like a black screen at startup have perhaps codec problems. Try starting it with the option -novideo. (Helped me).

3. If you encounter crashes with explorer at right clicks that's a SecuRom problem, you may have it even without the mini image, but there is a fix out there.

@Mod: In your PM you wrote "don't PM me leave it to the forum" so I write it here: I don't think I did a double post because the other thread was about which copy protection Drakensang has and I added that it does not only have SecuRom but also an ingame check. And here I wrote that the crack (fixed exe) does not work...

[TippeX]

and you started a rant / rave, which is why it was deleted, stay on topic

and the 'dont pm me' is my signature

[Kyren]

Hey ;)
Ive tried the mini images from gamecopyworld.. I mounted it with the newest version of daemon tools (downloadet it half an hour ago ;D), but when i try to start the "cd", i get an error that says its broken.. Is this my mistake or...?


Excuse my bad english, thanks beforehand!

[Joe Forster/STA]

You can't launch the game from a mini image. Read the PC Games forum FAQ!

[juergen]

@ digital-fol

you write, that it may happen that people get right click Explorer errors.
This is what happens to me.
I almost cannot work with windows. It crashes all the time
when I use my right mouse button.
Is it a securom-driver issue, that slowly kills my Windows ?

What is the solution for it ?
You mentioned, that there is a fix out there.
Please post a link to the cure, if possible.

Thank you very much.
Juergen

[Zulu]

Context menu bugfix:
http://www.securom.com/support/repair.zip

[TippeX]

yup, try that zip file, and securom doesn't use drivers

[Joe Forster/STA]

What exactly is this bugfix? Some documentation (or URL of that), please. Thanks!

[Zulu]

What exactly is this bugfix? Some documentation (or URL of that), please. Thanks!When rightclicking any file Explorer.exe crashes due to poorly implemented context menu handler.
Repair.zip fixes that issue.

http://www.anaconda-games.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9404

[Searcher23]

Hi, i am the only one with the crack bugs? ;)
i mean, the crack protection of drakensang, when it detects that the game is cracked. At time I hang in Fedork and NPC Player issent coming.

[DABhand]

Can I get a bowl of chicken noodle soup with that?

I have no clue what you just said at the end there dude. :P

Or you one of those annoying bots that imitates words in a thread?

[guppyblue]

he refer to post #30
the crack seems to work but he believes the game does strange things like in-game npc (none player characters ) are missing or do not response to player ...

[Searcher23]

thank u guppyblue, thats what i mean :)

[Searcher23]

k, with with the dvd image it works fine ;)

[rauerhusten]

Hi, i am the only one with the crack bugs? ;)
i mean, the crack protection of drakensang, when it detects that the game is cracked. At time I hang in Fedork and NPC Player issent coming.

i have got the same problem :eek: - my char is waiting for the npc in ferdok amd nothing happens ....
at first i thought this could be a bug and i downloaded the newest patch but it doesn't fixed the thing :mad:

[rawkus]

i have got the same problem :eek: - my char is waiting for the npc in ferdok amd nothing happens ....
at first i thought this could be a bug and i downloaded the newest patch but it doesn't fixed the thing :mad:

just read the last pages exactly. drakensang detects it, if you are using a crack for the game and at several points you won't be able to go on with the main quest - also all savegames will be affected and messed up and can not be used even using the original exe afterwards.
the publisher mentioned that in official forum. so there are 2 possibilities:

1.) play game with the original disc
or
2.) mount the miniimage via daemon tools and play with original exe !!

[Darklord]

First, thanks for the patches. I still haven't installed my drakensang copy but before I want to make sure that I can run it properly.

I knew about the "feature" of Drakensang that it detects a cracked exe and than turns to be unplayable because of vanishing main characters, unopening doors, etc. Very nasty, I'd like to say, even for players that don't use a crack because such problems can always occur in an RPG.
Anyway...

I want to try this and ask if anyone before does.
I think the crack detection is a silent alarm coming from securom. What about removing Securom first using their own tool Securomremoval (http://www.securom.com/support/SecuROM_Uninstaller.zip)
and then applying the crack.
Maybe then the silent alarm doesn't ring :cool:

[TomskHC]

hi!

maybe some1 of the admins can update the page.

the NODVD/ miniimage from BENDER
Drakensang [GERMAN] No-DVD/Fixed Image 31-07-2008

ist still working 4 1.1 Patch.

i tried with the miniimage and the last version of Yasu and DT.

works great.

thx bender

Play Instructions:
Install the game - Full Installation.
Mount the DRAKENSANG.MDS Mini-Image in DAEMON Tools Lite v4.30.3.
With the v1.1 Patch, use Y.A.S.U v1.6.9040 to avoid blacklisting of DAEMON Tools.
Play the Game!

[TippeX]

First, thanks for the patches. I still haven't installed my drakensang copy but before I want to make sure that I can run it properly.

I knew about the "feature" of Drakensang that it detects a cracked exe and than turns to be unplayable because of vanishing main characters, unopening doors, etc. Very nasty, I'd like to say, even for players that don't use a crack because such problems can always occur in an RPG.
Anyway...

I want to try this and ask if anyone before does.
I think the crack detection is a silent alarm coming from securom. What about removing Securom first using their own tool Securomremoval (http://www.securom.com/support/SecuROM_Uninstaller.zip)
and then applying the crack.
Maybe then the silent alarm doesn't ring :cool:

maybe you should research things before talking crap...

[TomskHC]

maybe you should research things before talking crap...

we will see.

[DABhand]

He was talking to someone else, and TippeX knows his stuff ;)

[C|T]

l0lz....i hate FAKER sry...but they destroy Communitys :(
and He has posted that already in other forums too.
this is so fake'd shit...omg
this (http://m0001.gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_drakensang.shtml#Drakensang v1.11 [GERMAN] No-DVD/Fixed Image)

this didn't work with any Virtual CD version...so lame...

[DABhand]

Try with daemon tools instead.

[satanator]

I hate making noob ass noob questions, but here it goes: I tried several cracks, included those of the sites mentioned here, and I tried the miniimage as well, I still get the same error message: http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3192/77317848.jpg (http://img186.imageshack.us/i/77317848.jpg/)
I've never seen that message before, nor the little "nebula2 window" window either. I think that both the crack and the miniimage are actually working, but there's something else going on (something to do with Direct 3d apparently) that's preventing me from playing this game. Any help would be apreciated.
Oh, and hi, I'm new here.

Edit: of course I DO meet the system requirements, updated video drivers... n' stuff.
Also, Cybermcm said: "The miniimage also didn't work until I deleted the following key:HKCU\Software\SecuROM". Later, digital-fol said:"2. Users who have problems with Drakensang like a black screen at startup have perhaps codec problems. Try starting it with the option -novideo. (Helped me)."
Keeping up the noob ass noob spirit, what did those two guys meant? where is the "-novideo" option, and where in the world is "HKCU\Software\SecuROM" suppossed to be? Again, I apologize for my never ending noobness, thanks in advance.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Make sure that your video card meets the minimum requirements. Also, make sure you have the very latest DirectX. See download URL's in the PC games forum FAQ.

[satanator]

I do meet the system requirements and the game installs the directX that it needs to run.

[wolfsrain]

Joe is right! That's how an unsupported video card message looks like. If you are trying to play this game on a laptop, don't. It has zero support for laptops. The only supported cards are Nvidia (from 6800 to higher models, but excluding low-ends luch 7100, 7300, 8400 and so on) and ATI (also excludes the low-end models). Also integrated videocards on desktop PC are not supported.
Just post your video card and the system that you are trying to run the game on it. It will help to properly identify the problem.

[satanator]

I don't remember everything about my pc, so I'll provide more details later, what I do remember is: a) not a laptop (pretty sure about this), b) Nvidia Geforce 8500 512 MB with drivers up to date (minimum acording to pcgameshardware.com is Nvidia Geforce 6600, recomended, Geforece 8600), c) dual core processor, dont remeber how much Gigahertz right now... but it's way above the minimum, d) 2 or 3 (really don't remember) Gibyte ram, e) like 160 Gibyte free hard drive space.
All in all, what I'm traying to get across here is that I think that even tho it's not the Enterprise, my pc should still be enough to play this game, not to mention get to open it at least. And about the directX, the game installs the version it needs, I think it's directX 9, so that shouldn't be an issue either.
I guess you're right tho, the problem clearly is that my video card is not supported, I don't really know what a "low end" video card is, but I'm pretty sure no body mentioned it when I bought it (fuckity fuck fuck fuck em' all fuck). Could there be a solution to this other than getting a new card?
One last thing, I tried it in my laptop, knowing that it wouldn't work, just to see if it gave me the same message on both computers, but it didn't, in the laptop I got the good ol' "shader 2.0 minimum required!" that I'm already used to get because of the laptop not really supporting anything heavier than WoW.