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

[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.

[BloodShed]

Well, I managed to get the crack working it seems. I simply extracted the "init.pak" from the German crack and now the Reloaded, SecuROM crack works without crashing.

Originally Posted by DABhand

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

I think you're assuming too much. That would be the right thing to do, but where did you read that Valve, Sierra, or Vivendi Universal made this "obligation"? It isn't mentioned anywhere in the license agreement.

Obligations like the one you mentioned are typical of business software contracts, not end-user software. There is less liability.

[Serendipity]

I also have the Limited edition version (english version, though it has norwegian on it 2 - not sure if that's linked w the nodvd patches).

I replaced the dreamfall.exe(if I just run that it crashes straght away) file, I got the "missing" innit.pak file into bin/res, got the patchit.exe & the runme.bat files too. Still whenever I try runing runme.bat I get "The system does not find the file specified" & then in a window headed VPatch "unable to open source file". I tried running the patchit. exe file & I get the same "unable to open source file" message.

So what's wrong???? It's driving me crazy!

Has anyone been able to run any of the patches on the limited edition?

[DABhand]

Originally Posted by BloodShed

Well, I managed to get the crack working it seems. I simply extracted the "init.pak" from the German crack and now the Reloaded, SecuROM crack works without crashing.



I think you're assuming too much. That would be the right thing to do, but where did you read that Valve, Sierra, or Vivendi Universal made this "obligation"? It isn't mentioned anywhere in the license agreement.

Obligations like the one you mentioned are typical of business software contracts, not end-user software. There is less liability.

Comes under a Software Act that prohibits companies from selling non-working software, and to rectify any non-working problems.

Since HL2 does not require a monthly fee and if Valve went bankrupt, then they are under obligation from that Act to make sure all users can use their HL2 without steam. Or else they would be hit heavily with a fine on top of the bankruptcy. As does if Valve sold their company and the new owners got rid of steam they have to provide a means to play HL2.

[Joe Forster/STA]

In what country is this Software Act a current law? If it isn't present in the country where Valve is situated then we've got a problem.