awhile ago someone did actually post a NoCd version of runaway 2 1.3 on newsgroups and it did work but only with the US version and it was also pointed out it didnt work on any of the warez versions (so for anyone who had copies of the game from reloaded or vitality your out of luck since it didnt work)
i still have the EXE and i uploaded it here
http://www.uploadjoc********/download...s_1.3_nocd.rar
Also in the first post you said 1.4. only french has 1.4. english have 1.3