it is all about luck...

i do the following. i have two PCs, one laptop one normal. Since one day by the normal pc anno is still runing in the backgorund i never shut it down. And all the othter stuff which i have to do, i do it on the laptop. So if you have 2 pcs just let one run all the time. Simple trick o_0

If you dont have 2 PCs your luck must be very hight.. i tried it often but somtimes it works.

I know that luck is the dominating thing but so it worked 2 ! times.
-start pc
-disable all virtual-drives
-mount image in the GCW-Image in the physical-drive
-now check that you CPU-Temperature is low (if my CPU-Temperatur was high it never worked )
-now i have started it from the CD 3 times and presst after the autoran-screen each time "Beenden" (=Exit) and at the 4th time i presst "Start" (=Play) and than it works, by me.

i know it sounds very stupid, and i think too that it was just luck but probably it help somebody.

Yay! Alright I finally got in again. I simply loaded it into virtual drive (for the millionth time), told vc to execute autorun and started the game. I have done this sooooo many times... and this is now the second time it worked, so really folks until a proper exe for nocd is released to remove the protection completely it will be a hit or miss science, no stupid little gimmicks and tricks will work like. ... to get it to work mount image into physical drive, stand up from your chair blow one kiss north, spin around 4 times, click your mouse 4 times wait 10 seconds and then run the game... no none of this shit will work you must just keep restarting your computer on freeze and try and try and try again. ONCE ITS OPEN DO NOT CLOSE IT OR YOU WILL HAVE TO DO THIS WHOLE PROCESS OVER AGAIN!

Edit: If you are keeping it open but you have a semi-public computer where other family members or in my case my girlfriend uses the computer. You can download a very small program called WinMizer its freeware and easily found on a google search. This program just lets you hide open windows, so you can hide your anno 1701, people can use the computer without accidently closing it so you don't have to go through the hassle. Hope this has been some help to others, this game is a bunch of fun. If anyone expresses interest, ill post pictures with translated names by now I have figured out what almost every german term in the game means haha... anyways good luck guys

Yes, that's the way it works, everytimes!

It doesn't work everytime but often :)

Today it worked with a CPU Temp of 25°C :D

So guys: Just try :)

Hi Manni :D

Why don't you take a look at this tutorial?
KLICK

EDIT: Sry, I didn't want 2 this post :/
Maybe a Mod could edit it?

Thanks a lot that works well!

Can'T get it started
 

Hi guys,
Well done so far but there's a small thing in the way u mount the vc4 that i don't understand:
The Point is that i don't know how to disable the last virtual Drive with Virtual CD ... I think there is a limit so that u need to leave one virtual drive aktivated...
... So I mounted the "new" image file (which I renamed to .vc4 in the right path of the new image folder) with my physikal drive, after I did the same with the Virtual one.
After that I could see only a black Window with the "Loading" mouse sign of Anno1701... I waited for around 35min but the window won't dissappear and the game aint started thou.
I think this is because I didnt disable the last virtual drive... and I also didnt know that u can mount a virtual CD in a physical drive :confused:

Advice for me ? ;)
Thanks

PS: Could we (admins & users) make a compromise that there can be german language in this threat as long as there is a english translation for the others ? Many guys can't speak English that good so it would be a big help to get this problem solved faster ! ThxX

EDIT: I just mountet the image in my virtual, then the physical (one virtual drive still aktivated but un-mounted) and then the black screen with the loading sign appeared again. I controled my processes with the tast manager and i saw that the "anno1701.exe" was on "no response" status ... i got quite a lot of CPU capacity so it didnt freeze my computer so i just canceled the process structure.
Is it possible that u just have to wait some hours until the game gets started ? .. well, but more probably its just the fact that I didn't deactivate my last virtual drive, coz it don't know how to. :cool:

The same problem here.

I've done exactly as said in the picture tutorial. In the last step after
mounting the .vc4 -image I see the sandclock and a black screen... and then it freezes

I hope somebody can deliver a crack or something that works as soon as possible. :)

New way to get it to work?
 

Hi :)

I think I've got another way to get it to work and you don't have to disable the last Virtual drive :)

It work's reproducable on my computer. The other way's don't work (my computer freezes).

I'll try to explain it as good as I'm able to but my english isn't the best :(

1. Reboot so you get a "clean" Windows
2. Mount the Image in the physical drive
3. Start game --> Please insert correct disc
4. Unmount image
5. Mount image in the virtual drive
6. Start game --> Please insert correct disc
7. Unmount image
8. Mount it again in the physical drive
9. Start it
10. Should work :)

And please mount it in a special way. You have to use another option but I installed VirtualCD in german, so I don't know how the option is named in english but I've made an screenshot:
http://www.directupload.net/images/0...p/IXhXu3Yr.jpg
This shows up (maybe in another language ^^) when you're right clicking on the small icon in the taskbar.

I hope you all understand it :)
If you have questions, just ask them.

Nope, it wont work at all. Tried a hell lot of ways but it either freezes or it just says the i have to insert the od.

I guess it is the best to whait for an crack.

Ok that last set of instructions didnt work for me as soon as I mount to physical drive it freezes. But guys seriously if you really want to play you have to pick one method and keep trying, the method that has worked for me the most (about 30% of the time overall) is simple:

Im assuming you've done all the steps in preparing your image as I've explained as well as others how to do.
- Load windows
- Open VCD, mount image into virtual drive let it autorun, start and then it will say insert cd.
- Close ANNO, and goback to vcd and remount the image into your physical drive. Let it autorun and start the game. DONT DO ANYTHING ELSE just stick to this simple thing and be persistant. If you do this and it freezes 10 times in a row, go hang yourself cause life sucks, I think for most people doing this should get them into the game in less than 5 tries, it ussually takes me 3 times.

I cant mount the image with VCD 8.04, because theres an error with the file

Need Help !!!

hi all

tried everything - and it keeps freezing...i also tried with an uninstall of alc and daemon instead only using an hiding tool - no way...so i have to wait for an exe - cause buying for each compi the game will be too expensive.:(

@Do Not Shoot At Me
Unfortunately for you the EULA states you can only install the game on one machine at a time, if you install it on another machine then you are meant to uninstall it from the other machines first.
Sorry but that is law and you wont get help here for problems like that.

I wont shoot at you but I will poke you in the eye if you ask about it again! :D

It worked :D - til yesterday!!! :(
Suddenly I can't start the game anymore! Before yesterday never ever an error occured, no freezing or anything else. But since yesterday evening there is no chance to start the game! I tried aprox. 40 times - no chance!

Is it possible, that "they" sent something to disable this image???

Anybody out there with the same problem?

Regards