Tomb Raider: Legend 1.1 wont run with image

[Tom Keller]

Yes... Filemon is blacklisted - but it seems like if you run both, SecuROM-Loader and Filemon, the game wont give you a error message... it just close itself without any message (dunno why). But in Filemon you can see, that it finds the AntiSecuROM.dll before it closes.

I guess a disassembler is needed if you try to modify CureROM - it seems like thats what someone did, who wrote this in the CureROM forum (or maybe he disassembled the trl.exe - im not sure):

TRL 1.1 checks for CureRom.dll. If it finds it, it just quits without any notice.
I saw this with filemon (from SysInternals), started directly after trl.exe.
I tried renaming the dll so it cannot find it, but damn... it still quits.
Then I replaced all strings from CureRom to LureRom and it does work.
Perhaps CureRom 2 will fix it without going into this much trouble.

This is what i tried - but CureROM needs to be disassembled... to hard for me to do and even (i assume) not quite legal. So i used SecuROM-Loader cause the dll-call seems to be written in plain text - this is the result. I got a few confirmations that it works, but dont know if it works for all people ...

[Nightmare]

Nice posts
I will try this today.

If anybody has still problems, wait a few days or weeks (I hope there will be days),
I have red that CureROM 2.0 will be released soon (on the 08th april they wrote "Excpected to be released next week")
See also the quote of Tom.

Changelist:

Originally Posted by Lance

Yes CureROM 2.0 is near only needs some beta testing and translating. Here is what to expect in this new version. Check out the screen below.

1. Support for multiple languages.
2. Improved Anti-Blacklist Measures.
3. Support for "Game Jackal".
4. Fixed: files containing ASCII characters.
5. No more "false positive" Virus Warnings.
6. Added option for Windows Compatibility Mode.
7. Support for DAEMON-Tools "Secure Mode".
8. Fixed CureROM Blacklist by SecuROM.

And more yet to be coded..

Expected to be released next week

My source.

I haven't work till yet with ANTI-SecuROM-programs.

Do I only need the current version of CureROM and your AlkiSecuROM.rar-files?
I needn't to use Filemon or SecuROM-loader for this method, right?
Maybe only replacing "CureROM" with "LureROM"...

Greets

[Tom Keller]

Originally Posted by Nightmare85

... Do I only need the current version of CureROM and your AlkiSecuROM.rar-files?
I needn't to use Filemon or SecuROM-loader for this method, right?
Maybe only replacing "CureROM" with "LureROM"...

Greets

No... it's even more simple. You don't need CureROM (cause the current version won't work and the future version is not available until yet). The thread from the CureROM forum is only where i've got that idea from...
The only thing you need is the AlkiSecuROM.rar (and DAEMON Tools 4.03 + GCW mini-image of course). Just mount the mini-Image in DT 4.03, extract the RAR and run AlkiSecuROM.exe. It will ask you for the SecuROM-protected game-exe - so choose the trl.exe and... that's it. The Game should start (hopefully )...

[Whos_Ur_Paddy?]

what is alkisecurom and where do i get it if it is anti securom you are talking about i have tried this and it dont work

[TippeX]

so antisecurom.exe doesn't need antisecurom.dll?
i think it does, simply because the antisecurom.dll is the dll it injects into the process...

[juergen]

Guys,

dont get confused and mix up Antisecurom with the modified Alkisecurom.
Read Tom Kellers Post carefully, and you will be done.

You can find Alkisecurom in the previous Tom Keller Post (marked with a hyperlink : "this")

Have fun with TR:L 1.1

Thank you Tom Keller !!

[maylat]

hi i dont find the hyperlink "this" in previous post from tom keller

Originally Posted by juergen

Guys,

dont get confused and mix up Antisecurom with the modified Alkisecurom.
Read Tom Kellers Post carefully, and you will be done.

You can find Alkisecurom in the previous Tom Keller Post (marked with a hyperlink : "this")

Have fun with TR:L 1.1

Thank you Tom Keller !!

[juergen]

There are 2 Posts from Tom Keller on this page.

Look at the first one (from 8:23 o´clock)

I hope now it becomes light .... where it was darkness.

[Blade Uk]

Originally Posted by Tom Keller

No... it's even more simple. You don't need CureROM (cause the current version won't work and the future version is not available until yet). The thread from the CureROM forum is only where i've got that idea from...
The only thing you need is the AlkiSecuROM.rar (and DAEMON Tools 4.03 + GCW mini-image of course). Just mount the mini-Image in DT 4.03, extract the RAR and run AlkiSecuROM.exe. It will ask you for the SecuROM-protected game-exe - so choose the trl.exe and... that's it. The Game should start (hopefully )...

Cheers Tom, works like a charm although i still cant play with the next gen content enabled because i get a fairly sluggish frame rate

[Talus]

Yeah, it seems as if Tomb Raider Legend is automatically set to run at 'High' priority level.

For people running Alkisecurom, there is no way that I know of to set the priority AND launch the game with Alkisecurom at the same time.

If you want to use the original disc in the drive, try the following (and editing in the directory you installed to:
cmd /c start /Normal "D:\Games\Tomb Raider - Legend\trl.exe"

[pollux_master]

Mr. Keller,

Thank you very much! Works fine for me here... Controller issues solved, improved perfomance with my 7800gt and... what a great game!

Seriously, i think i'm in love with Lara... and again, thanks to Mr. Tom Keller!

Excellent work. Keep it ALWAYS up.

[HeDbAnGeR]

I had the lag aswell, so i decided to close my logitech setpoint program and it worked flawlessly after that. will try that again later.

[imamofo]

Thank you everybody!
You all have been such an amazing help with this frustration. Finally I got it to work. Thank god for Tom Kellers post.

[Badspot]

I am unable to run Tomb Raider - Legend v1.1 on 2 out of the 3 computers in my house. Using v1.0 is not an option because 1.1 is what came on the disc. I've tried using the original disc, both mini-images, the maxi-image, an image I made myself, DT 4.03, alkiSecuRom, cureRom 1.3, cureRom2.0, the 1.0 fixed exe and the 1.1 fixed exe. I have even tried disabling my dvd-rom drives. I have not tried physically unplugging them as that does not seem like a viable solution to me.

The 1.1 fixed exe is the only thing that would even get the game to run, but as others have pointed out it crashes when you attempt to use the grappling hook.

What are the chances of a fixed fixed exe being released?

On my main computer, even the fixed exe still crashed. What I had to do was copy hid.dll from the working computer's c:\windows\system32 directory and put it in my tomb raider directory. This particular issue probably has something to do with my unusual game controller configuration.

[xavizzz]

same ... crashes when use the grappling hook.

:-(