Stronghold 2 Mini image

[crossmr]

Not to mention the 1.1 crack from hoodlum crashes when you try to start the war campaign. Sorry, but I'd just prefer mini-images. Rarely are they bigger than the fixed exe's, and you can update like you can a clone.
Much easier, and less messy. I don't have to continually wait around for someone to crack it to update the game. I wished I'd learned about them so much sooner.

@Mickey Padge:I'm the one who made it so you'll have to get ahold of me if you want it before GCW posts it.

or I can attach it.. its about 6400K rar'd. Will this forum take attachments that big?

[Mickey Padge]

Oops! Rookie mistake

PM sent crossmr!

and thanks

[Boerek]

no problem

[Kakarott]

is patch 1.2 released?

I dont find him ...

@ Boerek


I dont know this advantage of a mini image, thx for information

[Mickey Padge]

Crossmr I get a message "original disc could not be found or authenticated"

Suffice to day that the image does not work for me at least.

I can use Heroes of world war II and Medieval Lords games with this method and a good image file, but not Stronghold 2 or trackmania for that matter.

All optical drives were off and reg tweaks done to hide D-Tools.

Any ideas?

Cheers

[Mickey Padge]

OK I got trackmania working now with the image file at GCW, but still the same error with stronghold 2

Can anyone else confirm if the image works? GCW have added it to Stronghold 2 downloads section now so its easy to get

Cheers

[crossmr]

Originally Posted by Mickey Padge

Crossmr I get a message "original disc could not be found or authenticated"

Suffice to day that the image does not work for me at least.

I can use Heroes of world war II and Medieval Lords games with this method and a good image file, but not Stronghold 2 or trackmania for that matter.

All optical drives were off and reg tweaks done to hide D-Tools.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Did you follow ALL the instructions Mickey?
This includes:
Using starforce nightmare to disable your optical drives
making the registry change that is required.
(you have to make a second registry change if you have the absolute latest alcohol 120% installed)
mounting it with daemon tools, NOT alcohol 120%?

Just a note guys: For anyone who wants this, it is now up on GCW so feel free to check their latest updates. Follow the instructions and it SHOULD work. These steps have been used for other games that use the same protection, and I've verified it at least working on my machine. I can't see any reason it shouldn't work on yours unless starforce nightmare isn't disabling your drives properly. If this is the case you might want to grab anti-blaxxx and try that (a similar program)

[Mickey Padge]

Yep I followed the instructions to the letter. I unplugged my CD-Rom drive and tried SFNightmare, did the reg tweak.

It just gives the same message "original disc could not be found or authenticated"

It does try to authenticate the disc because a large cd-rom icon appears on the mouse cursor for a few seconds before the message appears.

I have clean re-installed my OS and get the same results.

[mojo8850]

Originally Posted by crossmr

Not to mention the 1.1 crack from hoodlum crashes when you try to start the war campaign. Sorry, but I'd just prefer mini-images. Rarely are they bigger than the fixed exe's, and you can update like you can a clone.
Much easier, and less messy. I don't have to continually wait around for someone to crack it to update the game. I wished I'd learned about them so much sooner.

@Mickey Padge:I'm the one who made it so you'll have to get ahold of me if you want it before GCW posts it.

or I can attach it.. its about 6400K rar'd. Will this forum take attachments that big?

Hi..

I'm Using The Hoodlum Crack On A 1.1 Patch Working Fine In War Campaign Mode.

Im In Chapter 4,

[crossmr]

Originally Posted by mojo8850

Hi..

I'm Using The Hoodlum Crack On A 1.1 Patch Working Fine In War Campaign Mode.

Im In Chapter 4,

Thats interesting because everyone I talked to had the game crash as soon as they started the first mission of the war campaign. After they watched the cinematic, and went to select the 2 units, the game would crash.

[mojo8850]

Hmmm..

That Is Strange, Something Is Wierd.

[Destabilizator]

I've got the same problem, mini image doesnt work - Disc could not be authentificated...
Running WinXP Pro SP2, done the reg tweak (also the one for Alcohol120%, because I've got it), StarNm disabled my drives but still...
Using the Hoodlum crack now (yea, it crashed at the beginning of war campaign, but I started the game v1.0, finished first war mission and then updated), but after finishing chapter and seeing cut-scene the game crashes and corrupts my last saved game (cant be loaded, it crashes again, previous saves works)... I'm quite pissed off

[crossmr]

Could you give us a rundown on your system specs, any other CD software you might have installed (clone CD, nero, etc) Its possible there is another black list on this as well, I only have alcohol 120% and Daemon tools (you are running latest daemon tools correct?) and I run no others.
I know The Sims 2 black listed various programs and it was a pain to track down what was causing it.

[Game-Hacker]

No problem with crack from hoodlum eaither for patch 1.1

[Destabilizator]

Originally Posted by crossmr

Could you give us a rundown on your system specs, any other CD software you might have installed (clone CD, nero, etc) Its possible there is another black list on this as well, I only have alcohol 120% and Daemon tools (you are running latest daemon tools correct?) and I run no others.
I know The Sims 2 black listed various programs and it was a pain to track down what was causing it.

My system is:
AMD 64 3500+
X800XTPE (original)
2GB RAM (2x dual channel)
250GB HDD Hitachi
Abit AV8 uGuru mainboard
Running:
WinXP Pro SP2 (totally up to date)
Nero Burning Rom+Alcohol 120%+Daemon+CloneDVD2+AnyDVD(starting only when it's needed, normally not running), everything the latest full versions
p.s.: when I'm doing the reg tweak, i have SCSI Port 0,1,2,3,4... I have to disable 2+3+4 or the game says "Emulation detected", am using SN to disable my optical drives, I also changed manufacturer and revision of my daemon drive
I'm really pissed of, cuz now when the game crashes, all my saved games are corrupted (cannot be loaded again, the game crashes after loading)..
if u wanna know some more details, u can catch me on ICQ