[Tipstaff]

Alrighty.. here's both a correction, and an update. From what I can tell the cracked exe might be checking for 00000002.TMP file in some instances (could be OS related), but it doesn't need to be on the US DVD release for it to work. Sorry about the confusion. Me bad..

That said, here's the poop: The crack is looking for the 00000001.TMP file, but it's looking for the smaller 2kb file that is on the CD version (at least the International one). From comparison (thanks to You-Know-Who-You-Are for sending me the file list of the DVD) Money uses a smaller 2kb file on their DVD release. The US release uses a 20MB file, and since it's the wrong size it refuses to work. So why doesn't the US CD release work, you ask? Beats the hell outta me. The US CD release has the same 00000001.TMP 2kb file on it (according to Sidney), so it should work, or should it?

My theroy is that the 00000001.TMP file is different between the 2 CD versions. See, Safedisc uses that file, along with others, for it's copy protection. It specifically looks for that file in it's checking routine. I could be that the *01.TMP file is a different, or has some internal check that is different between the the US and International versions. I still haven't gotten the US CD version to verify this though, so it's purely speculation, and I may never get it as I'm sort of tired trying to get this figured out (especially since I have a working backup for myself).

To the GM: you may want to update the GCW listing to my post with the new info (especially since I stated in it that you need that 00000002.TMP file and you might actually not need it). As well, I can no longer verify that the crack works with the International DVD as I no longer own it (I sold it to a friend in Austrailia), and the idiot I am, I forgot to make a file list before I did so. DOH!

Edited: removed for obvious reasons. hehe, right Bounty?