what part of the rules did you not understand ?

@artois: BUY THE GAME !!! READ THE BOARD RULES !!! (banned)

Fixed the problem
 

Hey everyone!
I managed to fix the problem when guild 2 warns of wanting you to put in the original cd in the drive when you instead want to start with your image (*.MDS) file.

Go in to your contolpanel and click on the administration tools.
Next click on "computer management or systemmanagement (have a swedish windows and its hard to translate to english, but click on the icon with a blue computerscreen)
Next you need to open the discmanagement (just under the defrag icon)
Here you need to manually change your Deamon Tools virtualdisc and your original disc drive letters.

Lets say when you try to start guild 2 and the program says, "put in the orginal disc in drive E:" (E: is your normal cd/dvd reader)
Then you need to first change your normal reader to for example I: and at the same time change the deamon tools virtual disc drive to E:, after this the game will autostart to the normal menu and you need only to click on play or "spielen" to get the game started.

This will not work all the time and the order you need to do this may not be the same as mine, I needed to do it one way with 1.15 and an other way with 1.16 . But IT WORKS...just try and change the driveletters at the same time as you start the game and try also when the warning apeears that says (put in the original disc in "blablabla")

It may also be needed to change the drive when the warning appears and click on "retry" when the driveletter have changed to the one the warning wants you to put the original disc in. And at the same time when the menu autostarts click on "play" or "spielen"...However, try different scenarios and the game will start, it works for me ....

Hope you'll get it to work now :)

//Guild 2 fan :D

I did all u wrote the only problem is that after i reboot my pc it freezes! So i had to remove manually SPTD files because they were conflicting with kernel debugger as told in the installation window of 4.06 Daemon version. Plus i couldn't remove Daemon from my pc. Now it's all fixed but:

If i install 4.06 Daemon i'll till have this issue on the contrary i couldn't play The guild 2.

Any suggestions?

hi evbdy
can u help me what to do with this message

"A required security module cannot be activated.
This program cannot be executed (7000).

Please have a look at http://www.securom.com/message.asp?m=module&c=7000 for further, more detailed information."

i try everything, but it isnt change :(

This message is mentioned in the forum FAQ,

i switch off all emulations
change the letters of Devices
switch off real Devices
and nothing
same message

Try with the original DVD; if it doesn't work either, contact the publisher.

Let me tell you how I did and it's working just fine. I unplugged my DVD-Rom, got that ALC mini img loaded in DT 4.06HE and that is all. I hope this will work for every one.(I got installed the game from the orginal DVD witch is not working like it should don't know why)

P.S: This is for the 1.16 version

Install the game
patch it to 1,1
patch it to 1,5
patch it to 1,6

go to config.ini and change:


// Language for localization
Language = "german" to "english"

and

// Show the splash screen at programm startup (0:no 1:on (default) )
SplashScreen = 1 to = 0

then you need the alcohol 52% mini image wich i found in this thread (thanks alot for that image :D )

now run the image in deamon tools, and press speilen (or something german)

it should work, make sure you have the latest deamon tools installed.

you always have to boot it from the mini image, booting it from the exe wont work.

i run the game with DT 4.06HE with
option: secure mode-on
automount - OFF /when i turn it OFF my game start without problems
inuse check - on
autostart - off
All amulation ON
Update /as it explain upward/
patch it to 1,1
patch it to 1,5
patch it to 1,6


and G2MI_alc52
without procyon :) :) :)

The Guild II
 

Hello everybody!

First of all, I have read the whole thread, every single post twice and tried every idea of yours to run the game! :)
My DT is on the latest version (4.06HE), I tried secuRomloader 7.26 with its procyon.exe and the older versions with the asr.exe!
The only thing that doesn't work is to download the 5x mb big alcohol file because I am not registert at rapidshare and have downloaded a file once (I'm not shure but I think it says, one can only download "one" file if one isn't a premium user)..
I have tried 4 different mini images including the own I created myself..
I also tried all versions of The Guild II (all german versions) but nothing worked...
Can anyone help me? Or can I download the alcohol image anywhere else than on rapidshare or what it was called?
I would thankful for every idea to get the game run!:)

Thanks
Gundor

Hiho,

I tried everything, too. The only way I found to get the game started is:

You need the 5x mb alcohol image
and DT4.06

nothing else!

@gundor: you can download again from rapidshare in a few hours imo.


Just mount the image with DT, start the autostart from the mini-image and go on "Spielen" ("Play"), works every time for me. But I can't start it from the Desktop or the guild2.exe ...
Works with every patch (hope with 1.2 too ;) )


Falls das nicht verständlich war, schreib doch ne PM. Auf Deutsch, gehts besser ;) wenn's auch so nicht funzt: sehr schade :(

Hi,

ok, downloaded the image from rapidshare (I was too stupid to do it the first time ;) )
It works easily :) Every time... Like u said only with Dt 4.06 and the image...
Only problem is, it needs a very long time to load the game, longer than with the original disk!
Haven't tried other versions than 1.0... I'll update it now and if it doesn't work, I'll throw the whole game with its package out of the window! :)
Thanks for answering my request!


Edit: Hi again,
Ok, some new probs :) Without them It would become boring :)
Like "MetZler" said on page 8 (http://fileforums.com/showthread.php...ighlight=Gilde) there is still a mistake when I start the game...
I can only see the hair and sometimes the eyes of every character, furthermore, some buildings are fully, oder partly invisible or just transparent... I don't know whether or not the game crashes after some minutes, hat it on work 15 minutes, and it looked fine, but seeing only eyes and hair makes me crazy ^^ I didn't find an answer to "MetZler"s request, but I hope someone is able to help me :)

Edit2:
Ok, got the clue out of it... in version 1.0 it works without anything being invisible or transparent, but it crashes all the time, in version 1.1, 1.5 and 1.6 nothing crashes but there are lots of things invisible or transparent! I hate this game! Is there any version withoug having something transparent or crashing all the time?
Tanks
Thanks a lot!



Greets again :)
Gundor


PS: Hatte schon alles verstanden glaube ich :) ABER Antworten in Deutsch sind langweilig :) Englisch schreiben verbessert das Sprachvermögen :))

1.0 and 1.1 sucks, 1.15(1.16) is ok, but another patch is coming soon, between now and Monday.

To solve the flying eyes problem you have to edit the config.ini and set SplashScreen from "1" to "0".
That's it. :)

My game craches
 

My game craches after some minutes playing. I've version 1.1:(

Maby it's the nodvd?:confused:

It takes maby one day, then it craches.:(

Is the 1.5 and 1.6 alivable in english too?
 

Is the 1.5 and 1.6 alivable in english too?

Hi...

I don't know whether there is a english version too..
But I've another problem :)
After the game works now very good without the original CD I'm now searching for a way to reduce the graphic details because I unfortunately found out that my computer is too bad for the game when villages grow larger and larger with more characters and so on...
Is there any way, perhaps to reduce the graphics from 1024*768 to 800*600 or something like that?
There is no way to reduce in the game because 1024 is the lowest one but perhaps there might be another opportunity... Anyone knows how to do it?



Greets
Gundor


PS: All graphic details are set very low or even disabled like shadows and stuff..

Try edit the config.ini.



This is an example (I'm not an expert, but I try).

Make sure you copy the orginal config.ini to a safe place so you can put it back again if anything goes wrong.
___________________________________________

[GFX]
ScreenWidth= 800
ScreenHeight= 600
FullScreen = 1
Contrast = 1.0
Brightness = 1.0
BloomEffect = 0
RangeOfSight = 20000
SaveMovie = 0
ScreenShotType = "BMP"

// Distance of near ground texturing
NearDetailRange = 4000

// Range of the near tree rendering
NearWoodRange = 3000

// Bone LOD Distances
BoneLOD_0 = 500.0
BoneLOD_1 = 2000.0
BoneLOD_2 = 6000.0
BoneLOD_3 = 8000.0

// Render water reflection
WaterReflection = 0

// Frames per second in cloth calculation
ClothFPS = 20

// Skips the first n texture
SkipMipLevel = 1

// Probability for building outdoor lights to occur 0-100
OutdoorLights = 50

// Enable or disable character shadows
CharacterShadows = 0

// Skips the first n LOD for buildings
SkipBuildingLOD = 0

// Triggers n Resource Update Checks for each frame. Dev only
ResourceUpdates = 0

OverallQuality = 1
SkipBuildingLOD = 1
VegetationRange = 0.5f
MipMapLODBias = -0.5

[GAME]
// Use the start menu (0:no 1:on (default) )
UseStartMenu = 1

// Use the character creation (0:no 1:on (default) )
UseCharacterCreation = 1


// Show the splash screen at programm startup (0:no 1:on (default) )
SplashScreen = 0

// Show Loading screen (0:no 1:on (default) )
LoadingScreen = 0

// enables measurement of rending performance - perfconfig.ini will be used instead of userconfig.ini -
// no gameplay will be possible
MeasureRendering = 0

// define the campaign for use at the start screens (menu/splash/charactercreation)
CharacterCreation = "_Startup"

// Language for localization
Language = "english"

// cart size at the beginning of the game (0:small(default) 1:middle 2:large)
CartSize = 1

// CameraIndoorSpeed : Set the movement speed of the indoor camera
// this switch is for indoor scroll-camera-mode only
CameraIndoorSpeed = 800

// CameraDefaultRotate : Set the default outdoor behavior of the camera
// 0 : rotate and act about the viewport (viewport-camera mode)
// 1 : rotate and act about the camera position (fixed-camera mode)
CameraDefaultRotate = 0

// CameraMinPitch / CameraMaxPitch : define the min and max pitch for the camera
// this switch is for fixed and viewport-camera mode
CameraMinPitch = 25
CameraMaxPitch = 65

// CameraMinHeight / CameraMaxHeight : define the min and max height for the camera
// this switch is for fixed and viewport-camera mode
CameraMinHeight = 800
CameraMaxHeight = 4500

// CameraStartHeight : define the start height for the camera
// this switch is for fixed and viewport-camera mode
CameraStartHeight = 2000

// CameraFixedMinDistance / CameraFixedMaxDistance: distance to viewport at minimal/maximal height
// this switch is for fixed-mode only
CameraFixedMinDistance = 500
CameraFixedMaxDistance = 2500

// CameraCurveFactor : modify the way the camera change the high between CameraMinHeight and CameraMaxHeight.
// A factor of 1 is a linear interpolation between the point, a value lower than 1 increases the curve
// this switch is for fixed-mode only
CameraCurveFactor = 0.25

// CameraFixedHeight : Enables or disable fixed camera height over the terrain
// this switch is for viewport-mode only
CameraFixedHeight = 0

// Offset (over ground) to which the camera looks
// this switch is for viewport-mode only
CameraViewHeight = 180

// CameraViewOffset : set's a distance offset to the viewport-object
// this switch is for viewport-mode only
CameraViewOffset = 100

CameraSteps = 12
CameraMinSpeed = 2
CameraMaxSpeed = 10
CameraMouseZoomY = 10

Campaign = "_Endless"

[OPTIONS]

// sets the playersim should always run (default 0: no(1: on))
AlwaysRun = 1

//sets the camera scrolling speed
ScrollSpeed = 0.5

//sets the game simulation speed
GameSpeed = 0.0

//sets the mouse movement speed
MouseSpeed = 1.0

//sets camera path length
CameraPath = 1.0

//enables mouse help
MouseHelp = 1

//enables tipps and tricks
TipsTricks = 1

//enables auto save
AutoSave = 0

// distance of objects near camera to begin fade out
CameraObjectFade = 500

MissionDifficulty = 2.000000
OpponentDifficulty = 2.000000
PlayerCount = 6.000000

[UserConfig]
m_Gender = 1.000000

[SFX]
NoSound = 0
master_volume=1.0
athmo_music_volume=0.4
athmo_sfx_volume=0.6
speech_volume=1.0
music_prob=1.0

[GUI]
// dialog speed in seconds per char (0.05 (default))
DialogSpeed = 0.05
// minimal dialog time, a dialog will at least display for this timespan
MinDialogTime = 2.0
// dialog speed modifier for interactions, will be multiplicated with the dialog speed and the min dialog time(4 (default))
InteractiveDialogSpeedModifier = 4
BorderScrolling = 1
ScrollSpeed = 0.5

// enables/disables dynamic measure group button behavior (0: disabled (default), 1: enabled)
DynamicMeasures = 0


[INIT-PLAYER-0]
HasResidence = 1
Workshops = 0
Money = 10000
Married = 0

[INIT-AI-0]
InitDelay = 0
WaitForPlayer = 1
HasResidence = 1
Workshops = 1
Money = 3000
Married = 0

[INIT-PLAYER-1]
HasResidence = 1
Workshops = 0
Money = 6000
Married = 0

[INIT-AI-1]
InitDelay = 0
WaitForPlayer = 1
HasResidence = 1
Workshops = 1
Money = 4000
Married = 0

[INIT-PLAYER-2]
HasResidence = 1
Workshops = 0
Money = 4000
Married = 0

[INIT-AI-2]
InitDelay = 0
HasResidence = 1
Workshops = 1
Money = 5000
Married = 0

[INIT-PLAYER-3]
HasResidence = 1
Workshops = 0
Money = 3000
Married = 0

[INIT-AI-3]
InitDelay = 0
HasResidence = 1
Workshops = 2
Money = 5000
Married = 1


[INIT-PLAYER-4]
HasResidence = 1
Workshops = 0
Money = 2500
Married = 0

[INIT-AI-4]
InitDelay = 0
HasResidence = 1
Workshops = 2
Money = 6000
Married = 1
Childs = 2


[NETWORK]
// ATTENTION: this settings are only valid, if you have selected "_Network" as campaign
World="nottinghamshire.wld"
//Specifies whether the synclogger is used when playing a multiplayer game
UseSyncLogger = 1
//specifies whether sync errors are fatal
AsyncFatal = 1

Hi,

I had the same idea but after editing the config.ini and saving it nothing changed.... details are the same as before but in the ini-file settings stay changed... Tried several times but nothing changed...


greets
gundor

Hello from Russia people!

It's a first day i finally have my internet works, so I'm registred and first of all want to thank you guys, without you I would still trying to play v1.1

BareJag it's not nodvd, it's a bagged as hell game. It will crash till it's not v.1.15\1.16

I have red all thread and for the moment tryed all possible things to make this game starts normally. No F. way.

What makes me crazy is the fact I can't find ANY logics in the process. Does anyone have any idea how the protection works and why it works randomly?

P.S. As for me procyon.exe works a little better then asr.exe

There is another file, not config.ini, responsible for game settings. I've checked it: none changes in the game (i.g. in resolution from 1280x1024 to 1024x768) reflect in config.ini.

I'll try to find the file again...

Hello,

yeah, the userconfig.ini or something like this... tried it too and changed it to 800*600 like in the config.ini... It works, but you can't play because buttons disappear in the game, because they don't fit in the "toolbar" any more :)
Furthermore the language changed to English... No problem for me but thats really strange :) The game is unplayable with 800*600 so I'll stay with 1024*768 if noboby has a better idea!?


thanks
Gundor

the config wasn't my problem
 

the config wasn't my problem. the wriing of config.ini whas my try to help (I don't mind who).

My problem whas that the game's craching. Let's consentrate on that.

Can you, Squi please explain more? I didn't really understood what you meaned.:confused:

So as I understood you have v1.1 crashes around 1404. Your problem is in guild2.exe. It WILL crash all the time in 1404 till it's v1.1.

Only by patching it to v1.15 (at least, I'm using 1.16) you'll have the possibility to play at least :)

If u need smth like guide to patch, I'll write it :)


If you've mentinoed, functionality of the buttons reduses with lower resolution (1280 to 1024). I suppose the only way to fix the problem with 800x600 is to remake the buttons. But this haldly can be made easely...

Maybe you've changed the language in config.ini or in ...\Resource\loca.txt

The game will slow down anyway. It is baggy. With memory use too.

Is any nodvd required?
 

Is any nodvd required?:confused:

After the patch, you'll need all the stuff discussed in the thread :) you'll get all headache trying to start it too. :) But it will not crash anymore :)

Can anyone send me or give me the link to the G2MI_alc.rar? It's that the old llink aint working... please guys I cant wait anyomore to play the game... im counting on anyone... :)

Cheers
Simple

Link to Warez Site Removed!

Here you'll find whole the game whit the file you need. This i all i know... sorry, the whole file is 1,46 GB and all is made into a .rar file, but this is all i know...

today guild 2 v 1.2 uk paych released.but lots of ppl cant play cause in loading screen about %95 it stuck.is there v 1.2 crack exe?

@vpsycho
Then contact the publisher for support.

Read the Forum Rules about the time you need to wait before requesting a crack for any game or any update!

got my uk version of Guild 2 to work using patch 1.2

- full installation
- applied patch 1.2
- grabbed the G2MI_alc52.rar and mounted on Daemon Tools 4.06HE (no emulation options on)
- wait for autostart menu to pop up and clicked 'Spielen' (seems you have to start it up using the autostart menu of the mini image)

hope this helps others with the new patch and yes the stability has improved quite a bit, although I had to turn some settings down cause of lag.

If the MiniImage in this thread works, why not upload it to GCW good 'n proper? At least that would save me the torture of downloading from RapidShare (the most retarded cash-hungry online service eva', IMO). The alternate upload location give a 404 and it should as it has been there for quite a while... I was late. To cut to the chase, I need to DL that MiniImage too... That will be my last attempt to play this game... I sick of continuously changing my DVDs... I always have a movie in the drive and this is just too frustrating... I'm afraid I might get it scratched and then my retailer won't refund it. Just had enough of JoWood.... just check out the official forum... everyone hate this crappy game... I had hope before visiting the forum... now all is lost...

Anyways, that my though/problem... just an alternate to the MiniImage for now, plz?

if your version is UK,how come the menu is in german?

i tried making a mini-image but I think my dvd drive is old and not reading the sectors correctly. so i used that mini-image someone else made and its created from a german version apparently yet it works well with the UK version.

-rant begin-
yes I can play game from original dvd but most of us dont just install one game on their PC. I can prolly go and swap out the cd for every game I play but I dont cause im lazy and my siblings are retarded in that they throw my disks around. So its alot easier being to start up any of the games without a disc in the drive.
-rant end-

so, is not possible for u to upload the file? is there any way to get that mini-image?

Did anyone test the demo .exe?

Nope, it doesn't work :'(

yup, ask me, i got 3 :D

OK, OK....
I really tried every option mentioned in this thread... I get upset. So I say: I donate $15 for the guy who creates a NOCD/DVD thing for the game. Hopefully I dont violate the forum rules etc. if its so: sorry. :(