understood
 

I used the mini image I sent to GCW.

If you run Scrapland.exe, be aware that it runs another EXE BIN\Scrap.exe, so if you setup a link to run the game and you use Scrapland.exe, it won't work! You have to use BIN\Scrap.exe in the Links Generator screen!

As to why it won't work, first try running Starf*ck, click Preferences and set the channel your CD/DVD drives are on and the mode to Aggressive, then save that setting. Run starf*ck again, click on StarForce 3.4.63.002 and click the 'Disable CDROMS' button then check your cdroms are actually disabled in your 'My Computer' screen!

If not, try using the 'Super Aggressive' mode and try again, if you still can't get it to disable your drives try 'Normal' mode, but this locked up my PC when I tried it! Also try to put your CD/DVD drives are on the secondary IDE channel if possible.

If you still have trouble, use your original disc!

Theory AND Practice
 

Indeed, that was the tip ! Now it works in theory and in practice. :)

Thank you !

Ma Pomme

Hi

I've done everything according to what you have said here, but the game still isn't working. It starts checking the mini image, but I get the following error message at the end of the check:
Failed to identify the disc in the drive. Insert a licensed disc.
I haven't installed any Scrapland patches. Is is possible, that it's not working because I'm using the Hungarian version of Windows XP Professional? :confused:

Hungarian...
 

Try to make a file with notepad containing the following :

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MercurySteam Entertainment\Scrapland]
"LANGUAGE"="English"
"COUNTRY"="US"

Close the file with 2 carriage returns, save it under the name "Scrap.reg". Now double-click on the file, and say yes to regedit, which put it in the registry.

Then launch the game and tell us.

Bonjour chez vous,

Ma Pomme

I didn't need to edit the registry, because that was the default setting. I found the solution however. I had to use StarForce 3.4.49.xxxx instead. Now it works like a charm. Unfortunatelly the Link Generated doesn't work on every occasion, so I have to press the buttons manually, but I don't mind, since this is a very cool game ;) BTW, does is work for you in StarForce 3.4.49.xxxx mode?

Cheers :)

It works, and that's enough...
 

Curious. I use Starfock 0.82 with Starfarce 3.4.63 and it works ! :eek:

But : who cares ? :)

Bonjour chez vous,

Ma Pomme

Minor correction
 

I'd also like to add a minor correction. You have to use patch StarForce63 and StarForce49 afterwards as well. So here are the steps I do to run the game (at least what I did, because I already completed the game ;) ) :

01/ Launch StarFock
02/ Choose the protection Starforce63
03/ Patch Black List
04/ Choose the protection Starforce49
05/ Patch Black List
06/ Disable your CD Roms
07/ Mount the mini-image with Daemon Tools
08/ Launch the game - Play the game - Quit the game
09/ Choose the protection Starforce49
10/ Enable your CD Roms
11/ UnPatch Black List
12/ Close StarFock

So this means, that you should try two methods to run the game in case the first method fails. Have fun.

BTW, does the game ever play HumanGD.ogg? That was the soundtrack for the Gambler's Joint in the demo verison. Do you like this soundtrack :)?

I Just dont get it to work :/
 

I need a totally bulletproff dummy-howto to get this thing to run, non of you guys advices had made it possible for me to get the game to run.

I have tried burning the images to cds (like i prefer it) and install from there, i have mounted them with clonecd and D-tools and installede from there, i have mounted and dismountede the miniimage 100 of times, run star**** and over and over again, and it just wont run, I must be freaking stupid.

Im using a danish version of win2000 if that has anything to say, and my dvd drive is slave on the primary channel, and my cd writer is master on my secondary channel, if that has anything to do with it.

Would somebody carve it out in HUGE letters for me what to do, from start to end

YES your with stupid ----->

That's Starfarce...
 

Put your DVD drive on the secondary channel. :)

Bonjour chez vous,

Ma Pomme

Yeah, you also need to configure Star**** once and only once. Having a HDD and a CD or DVD drive on the same cable also slows down your HDD and Star**** doesn't work properly then. When both your cd writer and your dvd drive is on the same cable (I suggest secondary), you can configure Star**** to disable the drives on secondary channel. You might also need to use Agressive or SuperAgressive patching.

w00t
 

Well i did that but in adition i tried to disconnect the drives completly, I then mounted the minimage with deamon tools, and started scrapland up, it looked promesing for a while, it actually started checking the disk, but then after it finished doing that, BAM it shut down the computer, no freezing just a regular shutdown. What the HECK happened there, has anybody encountered that before !?!?

I have just bought a new cpu, and it gets plenty hot, it runs at around 70 celcius right now i think, and it shut down at 85, can the cpu have gotten that hot in those few sec it tried to start up scrapland !?

one more thing
 

Should i still run star***** even when i have manually disconnected my optic drives, and should i enable emulation in d-tools, and which one ?

I think patching your virtual drives are still required. I myself tried unplugging my drives, but it was no use. You can only use the mini image to start the game (or the original cd, but I suppose you want to play without the cd). Try using different combinations of StarForce to start the game. When the checking starts and it takes too long then you shouldn't bother waiting for it to finish because when it detects the correct disk, it will start almost instantly (so you'll save plenty of time while you're testing). You might also try getting the latest StarFock. The latest version is 0.83, and they are going to release 0.9 soon. It might be possible, that StarFock isn't fully compatible with your hardware configuration, so might need to wait. Just make sure you're using the lastest D-Tools (3.47) or Alcohol 120% (1.9.2.1705) and StarFock (0.83). Don't use any of the emulations, it works fine without them.
About your computer crashing, well try running other games and if they don't crash, the source of the problem might be, that you are using one of the agressive patching methods.

Good Luck :)

mkay
 

well i didnt use any patching when i disconnected the drives. Besided i tried to run another game and nothing happened, so i dint know if it was the protection that stepped in and shut it down, that would be a little to agressive for my taste. Ill try the latest version of star**** if im able to finde it. Lets see how it goes.