thanks for replying.
already did what you suggested tho (copied the binks from the 2nd cd into the cd/video folder.)
deviance cracked exe is 920k approx (exact same size as the original) correct??
(tecnic nocd is a smaller exe but just crashes with a missing dll message)
deviance, keeps asking for disk 2..... bah!!
EDITED - wtf?? lol now it works. didnt do anything and it suddenly started working. lmao stoopid programmers!