Same problem here too. Anyone? :(

It was a bad crack, that happens. Maybe a better version will come out. In the meantime, you should be able to use the mini image on GCW in combination with sd4hide.

A bad crack ...
 

And folks should realize that cracking ain't that easy ... I've felt bad for poor Joe, trying to police this forum the last few weeks, with the "I want my 1.61 crack NOW" crowd at it alla time ...

I wanted it, too. But it's done when it's done. I own the game. But I'd like to be able to put the CDs back in the box, never to be used except for emergency reinstallation. I don't own or play enough games anymore to bother with complicated solutions.

I stayed with the 1.5x version until I saw this, and went ahead and made myself a guinea pig ... and I got the 10-turn limit, too. So I deleted the cracked .exe and went back to the 1.61 .exe ... and using the CD, rather than reinstalling and going to 1.5x. again.

It *looks* so far like 1.61, as advertised, makes the game less of a memory hog and is more stable. 1.5x was good, this is better. Now I just want a good NO CD .exe ...

But I can be patient. :-)

-jeff

how will we know that a corrected crack has been made available.
will is say 1.61b or something similar?

yeah for me it just shut down everytime I tried to load a saved game, but I went back to the mini image and it works fine for now

Actually, the 10 turn limit does not apply to scenarios and mods.

I hope these guys post another fix soon...

this updated one doesn't work either...

Still Problems With Civilization 4 1.61
 

In addition to the 10 turns limit, I can’t see trees or any of the special resources (like gold, horses, etc.). I was just wondering if anyone else was having the same problems...

I can only go for ten turns, I can't see any resoures and the game will randomly crash. Anyone have any idea why both no-cd patches don't work right?

Hi,
they don't work because of safedisc-hidden-checks.
Use a maxi-image or your original instead.

I would prefer a fixed EXE...

Maybe it's like it was with The Sims 2 cracks.. if the exe is modified certain features are disabled. Like in the sims 2 you couldn't build homes etc.. the only solution was using the fixed image. As for now I'm using the fixed image for Civ4 along with the latest version of Anti-Blaxx :D

Hi,
i quote from a newer carbon-nfo:

looks like they havent found the second set of tables used in the calculations :D

I guess the sole reason for Carbon not being able to fully crack it is because they wouldn't be able to bypass a simple cd-check if their life depended on it... :p

They stole the crack that PcGame released and "fixed" it. Not that much better actually. Still doesn't work and they ain't able to fix Safedisc 4 from scrath either so I wouldn't really trust them no matter what so...

Never heard of Carbon...
Are there some new group?

Hi,
they used to be a cloning-crew in the scene..

@kosmiq: they even state that in their nfo^^

I know, still not a valid release IMO if you have to steal the crack instead of making your own from scratch. Sure if they had managed to properly crack it I wouldn't mind as much stealing and still failing seems... Well... Dumb.

new one?
 

So does this third crack attempt actually work? Or is it still fucked? I assume it's probably still fucked... :rolleyes:

The 3rd try at a working crack has failed. Same problems as all the other ones for me.

Actually, it was an internal release... not meant for public...

Hi,
updated crack still not works..

@caki: you got it ;)

I can confirm that newest one does not work.
In makes game end in 10 turns.

The reason groups labels "internals" is because they for some reason or another breaks the scenerules. Like in this case, stolen crack that has been modified. Also mostly nothing in the scene has never been meant for public.
Well enough with the scenediscussion now, I just hope there will be a real crack soon.

Hi,
yeah, but you can do this things if you label internal ;)

And PCGAME seems to understand:

But you are right, no need for a discussion here.

I wonder why even the repack still suffers that problems...they should have noticed..

I guess they went lazy and only tested on one PC. If I were able to reverse engineer like that I think I would test it on more than just one pc...

But still, its great to see some effort and I hope someone will figure it out soon... :)

A crack that atleast works for me has been submitted to GCW. Should appear in the next update.

In the meantime you can download the archive from here.
http://rapidshare.de/files/20811691/...d-iND.rar.html

Edit: reason I didn't edit my previous post is because of the fact that noone would notice unless there is a new post made... Just to clear things up... :)

Don't worry about posting too much, kosmiq. At least your posts have some sort of meaning and purpose; they're useful in sharp contrast to 90% of the posts in this thread. :rolleyes:

This seems to work for me as well kosmiq, finally I can put the DVD back in the jewelcase and have it back on my shelf :D Thanks mate...

I love you too man... :p

Well ok that didn't make so much sense...

@UnaX... Don't thank me. I just got hold of it nothing else... :)

nonsense. You deserve at least some credit. Thank you :)

Just make sure JoyBoy doesn't hear it, he tends to get jealous :D

kosmiq,
thanks for the post. works fine.

I don't understand why GameCopyWorld coninues to host a "crack" that doesn't work. And Yes, a ten turn limit on games is as good as it not working... :(

Because the GCW administration has absolutely no time to test cracks and check out if it's working properly. However, you can send a post into the GCW Support forum, to have that bad crack removed...

the new crack dont work either.
game stops playing very often, that dont happen when i use dvd in driver.
there is no turn-limiter and i can see les paysages but it still dont work properly.

sorry for me english, i hope you understand

I haven't experienced that problem, is there anyone else that had:confused:

Hi,
works fine on my computer, but it crashes on my bro's pc - but that could be hardware-depending..

me use windows 2000 could that be the problem?

when i start game i get a error, but it starts.
then i play :eek: and it stops :(

Hi,
yeah, "crashing-systems" are windows2000...

working like a charm on xp^^