Spiderman - Web of Shadows (workaround!!!!)

[|WickeD|]

Ok all I am not sure how much this helps but it does work I can verify I am playing v1.1 with the old no cd crack.

1) Before you install 1.1patch copy your Spider-Man Launcher.exe & cracked Spider-Man Web of Shadows.exe to a backup folder
2) Install patch and use the new Launcher to set your settings.
3) Copy the old Spider-Man Launcher.exe back and r Spider-Man Web of Shadows.exe 1.0 cracked back into the game\images\PC\ folder and wala

I hope this helps people to play. I will try to upload the old Launcher for people to download soon.

I do notice after playing for awhile it lags up (memory leak maybe) but for the most part I played a few hours before it got lagg happy again.

Res: 1280/1024
vsync: no
Shodows: yes
other thing: no
last thing: yes
*sorry I forgot the other settings lol its kinda lame really only thing I wanted was to control the buildings and npcs fade point yet they just give us lame options.

[nando2002]

I do notice after playing for awhile it lags up (memory leak maybe) but for the most part I played a few hours before it got lagg happy again.
Improvements made to general game performance.
Well, I think there's no need to update the game if you're using the old crack.

[|WickeD|]

Well, I think there's no need to update the game if you're using the old crack.

I take it you have not played this game yet? (edit I guess you have since you posted about it)

It runs like crap all the time without the patch on my system. Not saying all the updates are taking place or not but its def better than v1.0 even with the old crack.

[nando2002]

You right, I don't own the game but my workmate has it and we're playing it last weekend.
We installed the game in both : XP & Vista.
In XP doesn't run (don't know why). Tried with the patch, then with the crack but was worthless.
In Vista, we run it after install without any problem so we didn't patch it. We apply the crack after a playing a couple of hours.

System: AMD X2 (don't know what speed) - 2GB RAM - GeForce 8600 GT.

[|WickeD|]

System:
XP-essentials
amd 3.0x2
evga 8800gt
2gig ram
(realtek sound) I hear this is where a lot of my issue can be.

[DABhand]

The problem is, you have basically removed any fixes to the executables by using the old cracked version. So all thats really patched is some data files.

[skiec]

Hi everyone ;) I got big broblem with Launcher.exe :( when I try "open" old or 1.1ver launcher i got windows error.. :( "send error report" or "don't send" :( I dont know why I got it :( Please upload a old launcher who is working for me :( or send it to my mail - [email protected] please.. :(

Sry for my english.

[nando2002]

Uninstall & re-install the game.
Check if you have .NET Framework updated to 3.5 (included in DVD) as well as DirectX and other similar stuff.

[|WickeD|]

The problem is, you have basically removed any fixes to the executables by using the old cracked version. So all thats really patched is some data files.

Yes I realize this. I tired to edit my post above, When you replace the 1.1launcher with the old one it wont let you play till you run the 1.0 launcher which overrides your graphical changes.........

Well it was worth a try. The game does play a bit better after the patch though.

[JackGreggory]

Well man...there has to be some way to work around Safedisc 4.9. The exe was cracked the same day as the release. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to manage any combination of Daemon Tools + YASU or Alcohol to work even when disabling all drives and setting up a vIDE.

The 1.1 patch doesn't really do much anyways. Disabling shadows doesn't seem to impact performance unlike other games and, when you disable the particles, you get funny glitches. Better to just run the cracked 1.0 version so you don't have to hunt everywhere for a DVD. CoH is one of my favorite games since my DVD is in the closet somewhere and Relic autologs me in so I don't need it. I wish more companies would go this route. I do get pissed when the internet goes down once in a blue moon though.

[totalz]

WickeD, thanks for the info...

I'm having trouble with this game for weeks now, with Vista x64 sp1. When I first install the game, the installation didn't finish and ended with no errors, nothing. Only thing I found is a folder "image" (7.53GB) in the destination folder. The installion did take a really long time, so I re-install it again which also took about an hour, nuts!! I'm using raid0 with all SATAII hdds.

The 2nd install seems ok, but there are just 2 folders, "image" & "Docs", that's it. I found no exe, so I don't even know where to place the no-cd patch!!

Is there a way to do a full install?

[DABhand]

You cant install from your original?

[totalz]

You cant install from your original?


I'm not so sure what's the problem, I mean an hour to install 7.xxGB is BS... may be sth is wrong with the drive!?

[Joe Forster/STA]

Just an idea: maybe your S-ATA controller is set in the BIOS setup to native IDE mode and your DVD driver fell back from UDMA mode to PIO mode? Google "udma fallback pio" for possible solutions. (Mostly recommended: remove the IDE channel in the Device Manager and reboot.)

[DABhand]

Or the media is not 100%, you can always return in it within 14 days depending on the country you live in of course.

[The_Wolf88]

Using old crack version will not fix the issues that the patch fix.

You have to use a new version crack!

[newone111]

Although, I do not have this game and cannot really tell you about its protection mechanism, I can give you a very brief advice on how to recognize whether a crack for an older executable works with a patched version or not.
Take a look at the size of the cracked executable. If it's something smaller than 100kb, then it's very likely that it might work with newer versions, because such a small file size indicates that the original exe-file does not contain any useful information for the ingame-functions. In contrast, it only points to some other file, that hosts all the important ingame-information. One example: Far Cry (the first one), where the cracked exe-file has a file size of roughly 40kb but can be used almost universally with all versions of the game.

[DABhand]

Wrong and Wrong.

Just because the executable is smaller doesnt mean if patched an older cracked executable would work 100%, things may have changed, when an executable is less than 100kb in size it is usually a loader.

But not all the time, even small executables can contain the necessary game coding and it just uses dll files for the rest.

[Conqueror]

GCW points to the following link for discussion on conversion of DVD9 to DVD5 for the Spiderman game:

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows DVD9-2-2xDVD5 Conversion (http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=84850)


However, that link is dead. And doing a search only gives three threads. Could someone give me correct link. Thanks.

[nicocruz8]

hey I did what you told and when I click play, with the new or old launcher it says "cannot find dvd rom. select ok and restart the application". The same with the cracked Spiderman web of shadows.exe