GTA: San Andreas - NoCD Problems

[askocz]

Originally Posted by QckSilverDragon

hopefully im wrong but u didnt just rename the .rar file did u.

u dont just rename the .rar file to .exe u have to extract the gta_sa.exe from within the .rar file

how do i extract the gta_sa.exe from within the .rar file?

[QckSilverDragon]

Originally Posted by askocz

how do i extract the gta_sa.exe from within the .rar file?

down load the trial version of winrar from
http://www.rarlabs.com/rar/wrar342.exe

install winrar.

this will let you open the rar file just as you would a zip file. then just rename the original gta_sa.exe file in the installed folder to gta_sa.exebak. now drag the file out of the rar file and drop it into the installed folder.

no have fun playing.

[askocz]

thanks guys, i just did what you said and it worked. i only went thru the begining credits and checked if my saved game was still there. i hopefuly i wont run into any problems. thanks a lot.

[Tango87]

Ok So I'm simply having the same issues as everyone else... My Original Game is no where to be found, we just moved and it got lost somewhere in the move. Fortunately I had copied all the files. So here is what I've done:

1. Installed the game
2. Mounted Crack image (.mir) from GCW to Virtual Drive using Alcohol 120
3. Replaced .exe file with GCW crack (I have tried all the .exe cracks that GCW has and none of them worked)
4. Did not work, uninstalled tried again
5. Repeat Step 4
6. Repeat Step 4

I did get lucky once when I used the all language .exe crack, I clicked the .exe and it looked like it was going to come up for 1 sec and then it dissappeared... So with the frustration I kept clicking it and for some reason the game came up! I was happy... I went to save the game after the first mission and the game crashed. I have no idea what to do so if you have any advice I would really appreciate it. I know it can work cause it always did with the disc. PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE!!!!

Also I have be reading all the.nfo files and trying to follow there directions to the best of my ability, a few confused me (like the savegame fix), but I'm pretty sure I did everything right.

System Specs:
AMD Athlon 2800+ 64 bit processor
768 MB of RAM
ATI Radeon 2600 Pro 256 MB
Soundblaster Audio Card
160 GB of HDD Space
I have a DVD Burner but it will not burn anything for some reason...

Thanks again