The Witcher Enhanced..Relief!! [Archive]

wolfsrain

21-09-2008, 07:25

The Enhanced Edition is protected by Tages. Dunno what happens if you update from the normal to EE through the game forum account.
Also I've submitted the crack for EE made by Skid Row. Not tested, so don't ask me if it works. Too busy to check it.

zellar

21-09-2008, 07:45

It has been sent in. Also if you Google antistarforce and click on (Translate the Page) All will be seen on the antistarforce site!!! Google is your friend.....:D

wolfsrain

21-09-2008, 08:30

I'm not talking about the russian crack. And trust me that i know about antistarforce. i'm talking about the Skid Row's crack. And Google it's my friend since the beginning. Also compared to RuGCW, the antistarforce site looks more like a warez site and not like a site that hosts cracks for legitimate users, that have bought their games and not pirated.

nando2002

21-09-2008, 08:46

I've downloaded patch 1.4 and you can only apply the patch if you successfully login.

wolfsrain

21-09-2008, 08:56

So a crack is not needed if you update the original version to the Enhanced Edition?

nando2002

21-09-2008, 10:20

correct!

Joe Forster/STA

21-09-2008, 12:44

But you can only upgrade if you authenticate online or something, correct? (Don't have the game myself.) In this case, the cracks hosted on GCW are against the current policy (of hosting cracks for media-based copy protections only) and should be removed.

[...] Oh, or 1) the Enhanced Edition (freely downloadable addon, v1.0) itself is still copy protected and 2) there's a patch for it (freely downloadable update, v1.4) that removes the copy protection from it (as well as the original game that is still accessible)?

nando2002

21-09-2008, 13:03

The patch 1.4 doesn't have protection - checked with PiD.
When you buy the game you must register yourself as a game owner in the official website.
When you patch, it goes online and check if you're an owner - if you're not registered then you must do it or you can't patch.
The protection removed in the patch is like a gift for the owners.

If you buy the new Enhanced Edition, then you have the solidshield protection and you need the crack.

P22

21-09-2008, 17:24

So...
Retail Enhanced Edition has DVD check protection.

But the original retail version updated to EE has no DVD check.
(but update itself needs online verification)

Right?

wolfsrain

21-09-2008, 21:50

It seems so. Also, though you get some of the extra content(OST and some of the"Making of" movies), you won't have it all and certainly the movies won't be on a DVD, but will be encoded with wmv. The so called patch, is the upgrade for the people which actually bought The Witcher when was released

voodoo_nbgd

23-09-2008, 08:32

There is also a way to apply the upgrade patch without activation check, but I will not speak of it here. I do have an original copy of Witcher, but I'm sick of this depending of internet connection.

nando2002

23-09-2008, 09:06

There is also a way to apply the upgrade patch without activation check, but I will not speak of it here.
Wise decision :)

p.s.: found your post "v84". lol.

AstralWanderer

26-09-2008, 02:57

But you can only upgrade if you authenticate online or something, correct? (Don't have the game myself.) I bought the Enhanced Edition thinking (yea, naive when we're talking about Atari I know) that it would be DRM-free so I was furious to find out that it used Tages.

As far as I can tell, there is no patch currently for Witcher EE (it is already at 1.4, the 1.4 patch is for non-EE users to upgrade to EE) so I would suggest/ask/plead that a no-CD/DVD fix be considered within GCW's remit.

nando2002

26-09-2008, 03:05

There's a crack/noDVD if you search GCW.

Although this game have Tàges and is not a DRM protection since you can install the game whenever you like (5, 10, 100 times) and it doesn't access internet unless you check for updates.
DRM is used for on-line activation or on-line check (after activation every n times you start the game). This game is not that case.

AstralWanderer

26-09-2008, 03:25

There's a crack/noDVD if you search GCW.There's no entry for Witcher in GCW's games list (http://wiretarget.com/games/gcw_index_4.shtml#W) and a Google search (http://www.google.com/search?q=site:gamecopyworld.com+witcher) doesn't turn up anything for the Enhanced Edition (which is version 1.4). Care to supply a direct link?Although this game have Tàges and is not a DRM protection since you can install the game whenever you like (5, 10, 100 times) and it doesn't access internet unless you check for updates.This may be an issue of semantics but DRM (Digital Rights Management) covers anything that limits or affects a consumer's ability to enjoy their purchase. I consider CD/DVD checks to be DRM since they stop you from playing the game if your media gets damaged.

nando2002

26-09-2008, 03:52

There's no entry for Witcher in GCW's games list (http://wiretarget.com/games/gcw_index_4.shtml#W) and a Google search (http://www.google.com/search?q=site:gamecopyworld.com+witcher) doesn't turn up anything for the Enhanced Edition (which is version 1.4). Care to supply a direct link?
It's in that list. Search carefully.
This may be an issue of semantics but DRM (Digital Rights Management) covers anything that limits or affects a consumer's ability to enjoy their purchase. I consider CD/DVD checks to be DRM since they stop you from playing the game if your media gets damaged.
It's your definition.
Remember when you buy a car to ask the dealer you don't want to refill the gas tank or change tyres because that's DRM (affects the ability to enjoy your purchased car) even if the dealer or the manufacturer doesn't control when you do it.
A CD/DVD Check doesn't limit you to play. Doesn't connect to internet. Doesn't require login/password.
If you are very interested in keep you original DVD unscratched then you can create a image of the media using specific tools like Alcohol 120%.

AstralWanderer

26-09-2008, 04:44

It's in that list. Search carefully.Ah - it's listed under T rather than W. Silly me for not checking the definite article. ;)A CD/DVD Check doesn't limit you to play.Well it does if media is damaged, the CD/DVD drive/OS/software setup isn't "compatible" or if a user is running anything that the CD-check deems to be "subversive (http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11000)".If you are very interested in keep you original DVD unscratched then you can create a image of the media using specific tools like Alcohol 120%.Unfortunately, Alcohol 120% (and Daemon Tools) requires online activation - using it to bypass a CD check is, as far as I'm concerned, a bit like choosing to swallow a knife to cure a sore throat. :( Otherwise I'd have purchased Daemon Tools a long time ago.

djsatane

27-09-2008, 05:47

Can you use witcher executable taken from game that was upated into EE and put it into full installation of EE edition and thus removing the need for dvd in drive to play the game? Are they same version?

nando2002

27-09-2008, 10:02

The Witcher + Patch v1.4 = 1.4.5.1282
The Witcher Enhanced Edition = 1.4.5.1280
You can try.

djsatane

27-09-2008, 20:13

Interesting, what version is the steam executable?

nando2002

28-09-2008, 10:45

the Steam version is 1.4.5.1282

daffyduck

05-10-2008, 01:06

So far the Enhanced Editions Retail DVDs are protected by SolidShield, or StarForce, or TAGES, according to region. Correct? What protection has the European/English version of the Retail/Boxed Enhanced Edition? I'm interested in buying it, but I want to know if there is a crack for the European/English version. I don't want to give 40 or 50 Euros, without knowing this.

voodoo_nbgd

05-10-2008, 01:19

Euro/English is SolidShield, there is a working crack (SKIDROW on GameCopyWorld).

daffyduck

05-10-2008, 01:32

ok thanks for the info. I know about Skidrow cracked exe, but I didn't know if it is suitable for the Euro/English Retail DVD. I think next week I'll go buying it....

Still waiting for PES 2009 :D

Lightwolf

04-11-2008, 00:31

AstralWanderer

04-11-2008, 00:41

You should realise that 95% of people that use GCW havent bought their games. :PPirated copies are already cracked so anyone using them wouldn't need to visit GCW. Only users with a legitimate copy do.

You wouldn't happen to work for Atari, EA or Ubisoft by any chance would you?

Lightwolf

04-11-2008, 07:14

Pirated copies are already cracked so anyone using them wouldn't need to visit GCW. Only users with a legitimate copy do.

You wouldn't happen to work for Atari, EA or Ubisoft by any chance would you?

Ehm no, they dont work just by installing and starting game.
You need crack allways.

You cant really believe that all people visiting gamecopyworld to find crack, have legal version of their games?
Im sure most havent bought the games.

nando2002

04-11-2008, 08:06

You cant really believe that all people visiting gamecopyworld to find crack, have legal version of their games?
Im sure most havent bought the games.
Prove it.

P22

04-11-2008, 08:23

Well, there are lots of guys here that are either banned or warned for admiting the use illegal copies.

nando2002

04-11-2008, 08:30

That's in FileForums not GCW.

AstralWanderer

04-11-2008, 09:23

Ehm no, they dont work just by installing and starting game.
You need crack allways.The copies available from P2P networks will be pre-cracked. No point uploading them otherwise.You cant really believe that all people visiting gamecopyworld to find crack, have legal version of their games?
Im sure most havent bought the games.No I don't believe everyone visiting here is a legitimate purchaser but that is far different from your unfounded statement that 95% are pirates. By the same token, I don't believe that every new poster with poor typing skills and imperfect English is a troll even though there are clearly many examples of such.

I can ultimately only speak for myself and I have purchased every game I hold since the mid-80's (Bard's Tale III and Ultima V being the first ones). I rely on sites like GCW to let me play the games I purchase (see here (http://www.fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=73906#Cracks_WhyUseNoCDsAtAll) on why CD-checks are a problem for legitimate users) and, since the advent of Starforce and similarly aggressive DRM, I now check GCW before purchasing any new game. No crack = no purchase - unless the game is already check/DRM-free.

Lightwolf

05-11-2008, 07:17

The copies available from P2P networks will be pre-cracked. No point uploading them otherwise.No I don't believe everyone visiting here is a legitimate purchaser but that is far different from your unfounded statement that 95% are pirates. By the same token, I don't believe that every new poster with poor typing skills and imperfect English is a troll even though there are clearly many examples of such.

I can ultimately only speak for myself and I have purchased every game I hold since the mid-80's (Bard's Tale III and Ultima V being the first ones). I rely on sites like GCW to let me play the games I purchase (see here (http://www.fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=73906#Cracks_WhyUseNoCDsAtAll) on why CD-checks are a problem for legitimate users) and, since the advent of Starforce and similarly aggressive DRM, I now check GCW before purchasing any new game. No crack = no purchase - unless the game is already check/DRM-free.

Poor typing skills? Imperfect english? What the hell do you mean?

What i wrote badly?

nando2002

05-11-2008, 07:25

Poor typing skills? Imperfect english? What the hell do you mean?

What i wrote badly?
AstralWanderer is talking generally not strictly about you.
read again and you'll see ;)

Lightwolf

07-11-2008, 03:52

AstralWanderer is talking generally not strictly about you.
read again and you'll see ;)

Oh, my bad. :p

AuliX

15-12-2008, 08:29

Hello.

Did anyone get The Witcher: Enchanced Edition to work in Vista (32bit)? I mean the retail one, buold 1280, not 1282. It worked for some time, but I've installed Daemon Tools, now it doesn't work, it gets crashed everytime I try to start it :S It worked on XP and after I uninstalled Daemon Tools [on vista], however only for some time, after I restarted computer it didn't work anymore :/

Now I must learn DVD-tossing, I have no time for it as I'm recording a lot...

Anyone?

AstralWanderer

15-12-2008, 08:40

...It worked for some time, but I've installed Daemon Tools, now it doesn't work, it gets crashed everytime I try to start it :S It worked on XP and after I uninstalled Daemon Tools [on vista]...Have you installed the No-CD fix from GameCopyWorld? If not, then you definitely should try it since a crash with Daemon tools would suggest that TAGES (the CD-check used by the Witcher) may be the cause.

AuliX

15-12-2008, 12:12

Well, that's what I'm doing. For 1280 the only crack is by Skidrow (from GCW) and one another. These are the only ones. As I told you, since installation of Daemon Tools it doesn't work, I've tried uninstalling it, still doesn't work (crash) and I need Daemon Tools anyway.

However, on XP it was working... But I've got a new comp and it's not worth to use XP anymore (and make even more partitions)

wolfsrain

15-12-2008, 12:15

How I see it: you try to install the game from a image mounted in Daemon Tools. What's wrong with installing the game the original DVDs??? If you have the DVD's you wouldn't need DT...Just my two cents...

AuliX

15-12-2008, 12:26

Woot, no. I'm trying to run it with a crack. No any information needed what I'm doing with Daemon Tools (making images actually), the problem is that it crashes when I'm using crack, and actually it doesn't even work with the image (it says Emulation software detected), but it was working on XP, tho...

nando2002

15-12-2008, 15:42

and without the crack and without the image just your pc & the game?

DABhand

15-12-2008, 17:09

Now I must learn DVD-tossing, I have no time for it as I'm recording a lot...

What do you mean by this?

And its possible that if say your using Nero the image drive is also considered emulation also.

AstralWanderer

15-12-2008, 22:17

Try removing the Tages drivers manually then (right-click on My Computer, select Properties/Hardware/Device Manager, then View/Show hidden devices, expand the "Non-Plug and Play Drivers" section that this reveals, right-click the atksgt.sys and lirsgt.sys entries and select Uninstall for each).

These drivers don't need to be present (you can delete the related files in Windows\System32\Drivers also) if you are using the no-CD fix and they could potentially cause conflict.

AuliX

16-12-2008, 14:07

Nah, still doesn't work. It still crashes. The language I had activated before it stopped working was Polish, it doesn't change anything...

wrinklykiller

01-02-2009, 20:32

i wonder if anyone can help me... im trying to play the witcher EE and it seems like it wants to work and then right after the intro video and the title screen, the screen goes black and i cant do anything. i have to alt+tab out and kill it.
i tried all 4 cracks on GCW and all but one do the same thing. (the other crashes as soon as the atari logo pops up)
i used the online patch to make my standard witcher into EE, also.