The Witcher Enhanced..Relief!!
 

No-DVD released for the Witcher Enhanced....antistarforce:D

After installing Patch 1.4 (EE) you don't need a DVD anymore for playing the game.

@ zellar: Why not sending it in @ http://ul.gamecopyworld.com. This way more people will get it as most do not read russian!

The Enhanced Edition is protected by Tages. Dunno what happens if you update from the normal to EE through the game forum account.
Also I've submitted the crack for EE made by Skid Row. Not tested, so don't ask me if it works. Too busy to check it.

It has been sent in. Also if you Google antistarforce and click on (Translate the Page) All will be seen on the antistarforce site!!! Google is your friend.....:D

I'm not talking about the russian crack. And trust me that i know about antistarforce. i'm talking about the Skid Row's crack. And Google it's my friend since the beginning. Also compared to RuGCW, the antistarforce site looks more like a warez site and not like a site that hosts cracks for legitimate users, that have bought their games and not pirated.

I've downloaded patch 1.4 and you can only apply the patch if you successfully login.

So a crack is not needed if you update the original version to the Enhanced Edition?

correct!

But you can only upgrade if you authenticate online or something, correct? (Don't have the game myself.) In this case, the cracks hosted on GCW are against the current policy (of hosting cracks for media-based copy protections only) and should be removed.

[...] Oh, or 1) the Enhanced Edition (freely downloadable addon, v1.0) itself is still copy protected and 2) there's a patch for it (freely downloadable update, v1.4) that removes the copy protection from it (as well as the original game that is still accessible)?

The patch 1.4 doesn't have protection - checked with PiD.
When you buy the game you must register yourself as a game owner in the official website.
When you patch, it goes online and check if you're an owner - if you're not registered then you must do it or you can't patch.
The protection removed in the patch is like a gift for the owners.

If you buy the new Enhanced Edition, then you have the solidshield protection and you need the crack.

So...
Retail Enhanced Edition has DVD check protection.

But the original retail version updated to EE has no DVD check.
(but update itself needs online verification)

Right?

It seems so. Also, though you get some of the extra content(OST and some of the"Making of" movies), you won't have it all and certainly the movies won't be on a DVD, but will be encoded with wmv. The so called patch, is the upgrade for the people which actually bought The Witcher when was released

There is also a way to apply the upgrade patch without activation check, but I will not speak of it here. I do have an original copy of Witcher, but I'm sick of this depending of internet connection.

Wise decision :)

p.s.: found your post "v84". lol.

I bought the Enhanced Edition thinking (yea, naive when we're talking about Atari I know) that it would be DRM-free so I was furious to find out that it used Tages.

As far as I can tell, there is no patch currently for Witcher EE (it is already at 1.4, the 1.4 patch is for non-EE users to upgrade to EE) so I would suggest/ask/plead that a no-CD/DVD fix be considered within GCW's remit.

There's a crack/noDVD if you search GCW.

Although this game have Tàges and is not a DRM protection since you can install the game whenever you like (5, 10, 100 times) and it doesn't access internet unless you check for updates.
DRM is used for on-line activation or on-line check (after activation every n times you start the game). This game is not that case.

There's no entry for Witcher in GCW's games list and a Google search doesn't turn up anything for the Enhanced Edition (which is version 1.4). Care to supply a direct link?This may be an issue of semantics but DRM (Digital Rights Management) covers anything that limits or affects a consumer's ability to enjoy their purchase. I consider CD/DVD checks to be DRM since they stop you from playing the game if your media gets damaged.

It's in that list. Search carefully.
It's your definition.
Remember when you buy a car to ask the dealer you don't want to refill the gas tank or change tyres because that's DRM (affects the ability to enjoy your purchased car) even if the dealer or the manufacturer doesn't control when you do it.
A CD/DVD Check doesn't limit you to play. Doesn't connect to internet. Doesn't require login/password.
If you are very interested in keep you original DVD unscratched then you can create a image of the media using specific tools like Alcohol 120%.

Ah - it's listed under T rather than W. Silly me for not checking the definite article. ;)Well it does if media is damaged, the CD/DVD drive/OS/software setup isn't "compatible" or if a user is running anything that the CD-check deems to be "subversive".Unfortunately, Alcohol 120% (and Daemon Tools) requires online activation - using it to bypass a CD check is, as far as I'm concerned, a bit like choosing to swallow a knife to cure a sore throat. :( Otherwise I'd have purchased Daemon Tools a long time ago.

Can you use witcher executable taken from game that was upated into EE and put it into full installation of EE edition and thus removing the need for dvd in drive to play the game? Are they same version?

The Witcher + Patch v1.4 = 1.4.5.1282
The Witcher Enhanced Edition = 1.4.5.1280
You can try.

Interesting, what version is the steam executable?

the Steam version is 1.4.5.1282

So far the Enhanced Editions Retail DVDs are protected by SolidShield, or StarForce, or TAGES, according to region. Correct? What protection has the European/English version of the Retail/Boxed Enhanced Edition? I'm interested in buying it, but I want to know if there is a crack for the European/English version. I don't want to give 40 or 50 Euros, without knowing this.

Euro/English is SolidShield, there is a working crack (SKIDROW on GameCopyWorld).

ok thanks for the info. I know about Skidrow cracked exe, but I didn't know if it is suitable for the Euro/English Retail DVD. I think next week I'll go buying it....

Still waiting for PES 2009 :D

You should realise that 95% of people that use GCW havent bought their games. :P

Pirated copies are already cracked so anyone using them wouldn't need to visit GCW. Only users with a legitimate copy do.

You wouldn't happen to work for Atari, EA or Ubisoft by any chance would you?

Ehm no, they dont work just by installing and starting game.
You need crack allways.

You cant really believe that all people visiting gamecopyworld to find crack, have legal version of their games?
Im sure most havent bought the games.

Prove it.

Well, there are lots of guys here that are either banned or warned for admiting the use illegal copies.

That's in FileForums not GCW.

The copies available from P2P networks will be pre-cracked. No point uploading them otherwise.No I don't believe everyone visiting here is a legitimate purchaser but that is far different from your unfounded statement that 95% are pirates. By the same token, I don't believe that every new poster with poor typing skills and imperfect English is a troll even though there are clearly many examples of such.

I can ultimately only speak for myself and I have purchased every game I hold since the mid-80's (Bard's Tale III and Ultima V being the first ones). I rely on sites like GCW to let me play the games I purchase (see here on why CD-checks are a problem for legitimate users) and, since the advent of Starforce and similarly aggressive DRM, I now check GCW before purchasing any new game. No crack = no purchase - unless the game is already check/DRM-free.

Poor typing skills? Imperfect english? What the hell do you mean?

What i wrote badly?

AstralWanderer is talking generally not strictly about you.
read again and you'll see ;)

Oh, my bad. :p

Hello.

Did anyone get The Witcher: Enchanced Edition to work in Vista (32bit)? I mean the retail one, buold 1280, not 1282. It worked for some time, but I've installed Daemon Tools, now it doesn't work, it gets crashed everytime I try to start it :S It worked on XP and after I uninstalled Daemon Tools [on vista], however only for some time, after I restarted computer it didn't work anymore :/

Now I must learn DVD-tossing, I have no time for it as I'm recording a lot...

Anyone?

Have you installed the No-CD fix from GameCopyWorld? If not, then you definitely should try it since a crash with Daemon tools would suggest that TAGES (the CD-check used by the Witcher) may be the cause.

Well, that's what I'm doing. For 1280 the only crack is by Skidrow (from GCW) and one another. These are the only ones. As I told you, since installation of Daemon Tools it doesn't work, I've tried uninstalling it, still doesn't work (crash) and I need Daemon Tools anyway.

However, on XP it was working... But I've got a new comp and it's not worth to use XP anymore (and make even more partitions)