Sniper Elite <I got it!>

[The-S-Owl]

@GLH: Where have you seen that derte245 has downloaded the game ?

And to answer your question: get a Hex Editor, open the EXE, find RestoreLastError and change it to SetLastError. This should allow you to run the game on Windows 2000.
Of course, if Win9x is not supported, changing this does not mean the game will work on these Windows versions all of a sudden

[derte245]

I use Windows 2000.

[Jumbomaster]

win2k error...
Error:
The procedure entry point restorelasterror could not be located in the dynamic library kernel32.dll

used hex and changed restore to set but no good..

there are about 15 people i know confused on this issue..

some say the game wont run under win 2k others say it will..

here is a copy of the ....Minimum and Recommended requirements.

This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to
supplement the Sniper Elite (TM) manual.

Copyright (C) 2005 Rebellion. All rights reserved.


************************************************** *********************

Contents
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1. Minimum and Recommended System requirements
2. Installation
3. Troubleshooting and Known Issues
4. Technical support


************************************************** *********************

1. Minimum and Recommended System requirements:
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DirectX 9.0c required (included on the disk)

Minimum System Requirements:

Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
1 GHz Pentium CPU or equivalent
GeForce 2 32Mb
256 Mb RAM
DirectX 8 compatible sound card
4 Gb free hard disk space
DVD-ROM drive


Recommended System Requirements:

Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
1.4 GHz Pentium CPU or equivalent
GeForce 4 Ti or better
512 Mb RAM
DirectX 8 compatible sound card
4 Gb free hard disk space
DVD-ROM drive

so I ask.. does the fixed exe work or not...? or does it just work for some systems and not others..?

Thnx
Jumbo

[Joe Forster/STA]

In this case, it's possible that the crackers released a no-CD patch that would work under Windows XP only. (They didn't test it with Windows 98/ME/2000 or didn't even care about those OS'es... ) But, with the original, uncracked executable, the game does run under Windows 98/ME/2000, right?!

[xImmortalx]

Originally Posted by The-S-Owl

@GLH: Where have you seen that derte245 has downloaded the game ?

It's an easy conclusion coming from the fact that the only known crack for the game is part of the RELOADED release which came out recently. As is the case with Brothers In Arms. Kind of a coincidence that the only known SF cracker group releases two cracked SF games within a week and our friend here uploads the no-CDs for them in about the same order and time frame, isn't it?

[Jumbomaster]

I play this game with my new drive and it spins all the time somebody "please fix the backup nocd" before my new rom wears out..lol

I see that atari is going with starforce as well..

the good days are gone forever....

Jumbo

[michi90]

I' m not a programmer.
I play Sniper Elite on a Windows ME System.
The GWC fixed exe doesn't work (yes, it's only for XP).

As The-S-Owl already wrote you must change 'RestoreLastError'
to 'SetLastError' with a hex editor.
I've done it and it works on my ME system.
I can play without the DVD.

I use code-genie (use google).

It's important that the end of the line looks like this:

....SetLastError........In (this is working)

....SetLastError....Initia (not working)

....RestoreLastError....In (original from GCW)

I don't know if this works also for 2k (but probably).

I am not sure about, but maybe it's necessary to install
Microsoft.NET Framework 1.1 to make it run.

[Jumbomaster]

I have tried but might have got it wrong...

i have framework installed and updated..

will try again ..per your instructions..if it works on me..it should work on 2k

thanx..

Jumbo

[Jumbomaster]

Thanks guys that was the problem..I just did it wrong the first time..

could not find code geni.. so i used

Hex-editor XVI32 freeware http://www.chmaas.handshake.de

great fix

Thanks

Jumbo

[namcito]

Hi

I have this problem too, SniperElite.exe code changed, and Microsoft.NET Framework 1.1 installed but, this not run, how do u do?

Look my edited code:



what's wrong?

thx

[TippeX]

2007 now m8, 2005 was the last post, you're posting in a dead thread
also theres tools on gcw i believe that do the setlasterror thing
you simply change the RestoreLastError in the cracked exe to SetLastError, making it non win xp dependant... making sure to pay attention to padding, termination and so on
your highlight is SetLastError which is right, so whats the problem?