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Old 05-01-2006, 05:17
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VW Need For Speed MW Crack and "Japanese" 1.3 crack are identical files!!!
No, it can't be, VW release have about 20mb and "japanese" is about 7mb you say-WRONG!
Files are binary identical except:
1. VW put his name in the header instead "stxt371". That means nothing for the cracked file, it's just advertise.
2. After the end of file VW has 13mb of blank bytes (all zeroes). That also have nothing to do with crack and it's pointless...

And if you need to turn on compatibility mode with "japanese" version, you need to turn it on with VW release also!! If you think that you don't then check it again, maybe it is checked by previous experimenting with "japanese" version.

BTW, both releases work without compatibility mode for me IF I put check in "disable visual themes" AND "turn off advanced text service..." in NFS shortcut! And yes, if I rename file I don't have to do nothing, it works without "tricks"... Go figure...
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Old 05-01-2006, 06:55
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Indeed, infovs is right. VW's release is a ripoff, it's not theirs. I can confirm that the files are identical, and VW has just padded their EXE with zeroes to make it look bigger. The different bytes betweeen the two files are:

japanese vs VW
============
000002C8: 56 73
000002C9: 4F 74
000002CA: 4C 78
000002CB: 4B 74
000002CC: 53 37
000002CD: 57 37
000002CE: 41 34
===============
Those bytes are text:
"stx774" and "VOLKSWA"

000002F0: 47 73
000002F1: 45 74
000002F2: 4E 78
000002F3: 32 74
000002F4: 6F 33
000002F5: 6F 37
000002F6: 36 31
===============
Those bytes are text:
"stxt371 " and "GEN2006"

006E7914: 45 73
006E7915: 4E 74
006E7916: 20 78
006E7917: 20 74
006E7918: 20 33
006E7919: 20 37
=============
Those bytes are text:
"stxt371" and "EN 1"

So, VW's "crack" is just a lame ass ripoff off the Japanese cracked EXE, therefore a FAKE release. It also needs win2000 compatibility mode to work, same as the japanese one. VW have just filled the EXE with junk and put their signatures in it, without changing anything substantial in the file whatsoever.

Please don't upload this to gcw, VW are just lame thieves, who have released their "cracked" exe to spread their name around

Also, it's true that you don't need to set win2000 compatibility mode to get the game to work. You only need to check the "Turn off advanced text services for this program" to get it working, which makes sense, as advanced text services are used for the Japanese language. The "Disable visual themes" checkbox didn't make a difference for me, I only needed to disable advanced text services to play the game

Plus, the VW "crack" has a file modification date of yesterday (4/1/06), exactly 8 minutes before Nightmare85 made his post with the link to it *cough*. Now, I wonder who the people in this VW group really are *cough*ban?*cough*

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Old 05-01-2006, 07:16
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VW also stole cracks of MotoGP3 and Codename Panzers 2 and packed them with exe crypter/packer, that is why you do not see cracked securom protection and the files are smaller. It is not true that they cracked them and completely removed the securom/starforce Protection - they/he just packed it to earn unearned respect
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Old 05-01-2006, 08:29
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Don't use compatibility mode, just disable text sevices (it's a bit further down on the same tab as compatibility mode).

If the game doesn't work when you name the file speed.exe, open the japanese speed.exe with a hex editor (e.g HexWorkShop), find the string "speed.exe" and change it to something else, e.g. xpeed.exe or just make all characters spaces
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Old 05-01-2006, 09:33
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Hmm ok VW is rip of and bigger than it needs be, but i for one dont need set win 2000 mode, hmm where is the smaller Jap.exe ?

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Old 05-01-2006, 09:39
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http://m0003.gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_nfs_most_wanted.shtml#NFS: Most Wanted v1.3 [MULTI] No-CD/Fixed EXE

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Old 05-01-2006, 10:04
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Hmm thats the same one i grabbed on day 1 of release here, it unpack to say VW in .NFO, unless its been changed since then.

EDIT: Thanks, it seem the VW has been pulled cause thats the same desciption i grabbed other day as there is only 2 and i got the cd not dvd one, thanks now i have good Jap one with none the VW crap thats i read about above.

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I've applied the new crack by VOLKSWAGEN and it's not a 100% ok, but it works. After I set the compatibility mode to Windows 2000 and deactivated "Visual Designs" (same tab as compatibility mode) the NO-DVD crack now works!
But I will test it a bit more, to see if it crashes after some time or at a specific point of the game!

By the way I have the GERMAN DVD-VERSION of the game.

Anyone else here, who has made good/bad experiences with the VW crack???
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Old 05-01-2006, 13:29
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Quote:
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Anyone else here, who has made good/bad experiences with the VW crack???
Read a couple of posts above yours, the VW crack is the same as the Japan version fixed exe

@dede: glad to hear it's working You need to install patch 1.3 as well, otherwise the game will be slower with the fixed exe (the fixed exe is ver 1.3). Don't forget to keep a copy of your changed Japan EXE file

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Old 05-01-2006, 19:36
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If this crack is the same as the Japanese one then that means that no trainer will work with this exe. Has anyone had any luck getting a trainer to work with the volkswagon exe?
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Awakening of the Reloded after release japanes crack http://www.nforce.nl/index.php?switc...wnfo&id=101306

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