Dreamfall The Longest Journey - UK version has Starforce 3 - Help!

[cdkiller]

i think there´s a fix around (SecuROM crack + non sf3 crypted gamefiles), check gamecopyworld

[martianrobot]

Originally Posted by cdkiller

i think there´s a fix around (SecuROM crack + non sf3 crypted gamefiles), check gamecopyworld

I tried the various English fixes from there but none work - the runme.bat trys to patch files that don't exist, and the modified dreamfall.exe just crashes.

Contents of runme.bat:

@cd bin\res\
@ren common.pak common.bak
@ren init.pak init.bak
@patchit.exe common.bak common.pak
@patchit.exe init.bak init.pak
@del /q *.bak
@cd ..\..
@del /q runme.bat

common.pak and init.pak don't exist in my install folder

?

[GLH]

Originally Posted by martianrobot

common.pak and init.pak don't exist in my install folder

Not in the install folder. They are in the bin/res subfolder.

[acare84]

Buy the US version

[martianrobot]

Originally Posted by GLH

Not in the install folder. They are in the bin/res subfolder.

Er... yes, I know, I am not entirely stupid

Those files ain't in there. Honest. Must be certain versions in different countries that have those files.

Can't be bothered trying to deal with Starfarce or source the US version.... I'm gonna give up, take it back to the store and buy the legal digital download from www.funcom.com the developers - works out cheaper and the people who actually made it get all my money, instead of a death-dealing software publishing mega-corp

[Joe Forster/STA]

... and you'll have serious problems with playing your "digital download" version when you run out of activations and the publisher/developer is not available anymore (for purchasing further activations from)!

[BloodShed]

I purchased the Limited Edition DVD of Dreamfall when it first came out. Unfortunately, even though I live in the U.S., all copies of the Limited Edition are published by K.E. Media (European publisher) and my copy also includes Starforce (build signature 3.07.016.001, 12.04.06).

I completely agree with you, martianrobot; I refuse to install it. Not only has Starforce been known to ruin hardware, it causes other legitimate applications to fail and the drivers run *all the time* eating up system performance and generally making the system unstable. I think it's f'n bullshit when the paying customers are the only ones that gets screwed with this type of... malware "security".

Anyway, I don't know what is wrong with your installation, because my European copy has both init.pak and common.pak in my bin\res directory. However, the problem that I have is when trying to run the "patchit.exe" utility, I get an error:

"No suitable patches were found"

So it doesn't matter. I still can't seem to find a Starforce crack for this game.

Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA

... and you'll have serious problems with playing your "digital download" version when you run out of activations and the publisher/developer is not available anymore (for purchasing further activations from)!

THANK YOU! I hate this new download game purchasing system that everyone is trying; especially Steam. I bought a retail copy of Half-Life 2, but because the data on the disc is encrypted, I'm STILL screwed if the service (or my connection) was unavailable. I refuse to support that form of industry.

[DABhand]

Originally Posted by BloodShed

THANK YOU! I hate this new download game purchasing system that everyone is trying; especially Steam. I bought a retail copy of Half-Life 2, but because the data on the disc is encrypted, I'm STILL screwed if the service (or my connection) was unavailable. I refuse to support that form of industry.

If they ever went out of business, they have an obligation to release a patch to make steam games non-steam.