Neverwinter Nights 2 - DVD drive unhook
 

I noticed that in the instructions for the NWN2 mini image that we have to physically unhook or disable our DVD drives :(

Is it possible to make an image/fix that does not require disabling our optical drives?

I remember Splinter Cell Chaos Theory required this run around untill much later (2 years after the release?) some smart person figured out how to do the fix correctly.

I'm hoping a proper fix wont require 2 years :)

The Poseden Maxi-Image working perfectly! Mount it DaemonTools v4.06
(maybe need DT SPTD updated to v1.35, I tried with 'em!).
Set EMULATION All Options ON. You set ONLY 1 VirtualDrive on your PC (!!).
Start YASU.EXE and make the Mounted drive hidden.
Run new Securom loader (ASR/PROCY/ALKI) and select NWN2LAUNCHER.EXE.
When you exit the game, start again YASU to Unhide (it is important).
I tested my Original Boxed US DVD5 and DVD9 version installed game.
Not needed my Original Media anymore (if an update come out, try again).

DVD5 and DVD9 version???

All DVD's bought from stores are DVD9

He obviously converted his DVD9 to a DVD5.

Read his post in the CD2DVD Forum. ;) (It's post #9) ;)

So what does this YASU tool do?

Is that like SF Nightmare that hides your DVD drives?

What version of Securom loader are you using?
I have CureROM v2.0.3.1 installed currently - i think that's what you mean by "Securom loader".

With Nforce motherboards, it should only be necessary to disable the DVD drive from device manager. Its working perfectly here in conjunction with a randomly renamed proxycon.exe (My own maxi image, not the one from GCW)

-Leezer-

Hehehe yeah, just looked weird when he said he tried both DVD5 and DVD9 as if there was 2 types.

only yasu.exe is needed forget the rest just mount it in newest daemon tools and run yasu , works perfectly here.

Does this method work on the 1.01 version? 1.00 was easy enough to bypass, but 1.01 is giving me problems, and I can't find a no-cd crack for it.

I managed to get by 1.01 using the drive disable method, but then it stopped working, lol. Go figure.

So you're claiming that you only need this yasu and Daemontools?

So I won't need CureROM or some Securom Loader?

Can anybody else verify this claim?

yasu is more or less curerom... same coder. slightly different approach...
try googling :)

How to get things work after 1.02 patch
 

No mechanical actions are required whatsoever.

Mount the image in DT 4.06, sptd.sys 1.35.
Other software with low-lvl drivers on my rig: AnyDVD, Nero, Alcohol *without* virtual drives and the vaxscsi.sys driver.

Disable or if disabling doesn't help - delete (uninstall) your physical optical disk drivers from device manager (will be restored after reboot).

Using regedit.exe, mercilessly delete the HKLM\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi
key in its entirety (will also be restored and rebuilt upon next reboot).

Now you need no emulators/loaders/hiders and so on. Just play the game from the launcher.

Guess it is a temporary solution, but it works fine with full image every time, haven't checked with the mini/maxi ones.

--
Chuck U. Farlie
L'ordre regne a Varsovie...

Just noticed that GCW has a no-DVD fixed exe(s) for the game.

No need for all this nonsense. Just replace exe :)

Isn't it just for 1.00 version?

I have been looking for a while and trying out different thing, but nothing works. I have tryed what the person suggested in a different post, but as soon as I disable my local cd and lunch nwn2main.exe and crashes a second later. If I keep my local cd enabled, the game detects my dt-406 with game loaded it and doesnt let me continue, if I use anty-blah, I get cannot access the module error. Is there anyways to get nwn 2 1.02 to work???

And allso I cannot use v1.0 or 1.01 cause I get 128 meg video card bug, which then crashes my game, allthough my vid is 128 meg and it is on supported list.


**The quote below which I have referred to in my text does not work for me. It is just for the reference.**