A little help to those who wants to play PoPWW

[Eisenhart]

As many others i have bought Prince of Persia Warrior Within, but i wanted to play it without CD's due to less scratches on the CD and swapping CD's between games is something i hate.

I've read the boards and seen how many that has problems with the boat movie and the game crashes (only no-cd crack does this). as far i havent seen anyone come up with a solution to this, but this thread contain the solution to this. if the content of this is against the board rules im sorry and feel welcome to delete this post but i would have missed that rule or misunderstood a rule then.

To avoid crash you go to the PoPWW folder (custom: c:\program files\ubisoft\prince of persia warrior within\video)
in that folder you find another folder named "cine" its short for cinematics.
change the name of that folder (example: cine1) and launch the game. since you changed the folders name the game cannot find the cinematics and skips them and you can play the game. after saving the game once you close the game and change the name of the folder back to "cine". you wont damage or replace any files you just need to change the name of that 1 folder and get past the cinematic with the ship and youre good to go.

Disclaimer: this help is only meant for people who actually bought the game and wants to play without having to swap CD's or damage their CD's. it is in no way any intension of helping people who wants to play the cracked game.
this is a good game and i think people should pay for it so that ubisoft and others can continue making us more great games.

[JoyBoy]

Good stuff. But do you know if this is an issue with both the CD and DVD version of the game? I have not bothered to read other POP2 Threads on here, but this seems like a good thread to ask. Would be good to tell people that they will only get issues with the various cracks if they are using the CD Version of the game.

[Eisenhart]

i dont have a DVD-rom in my computer so i bought the CD version of the game which had this problem. I should get a DVD-rom then i would also be able to play HL2 and some other games. seems like DVD is the new hit for computergames and most likely something i will invest in soon.

[Grumpy]

@Eisenhart
HL2 is also available on 5 CD's. It is in Australia anyway. And yes well done on the fix, not that I have the game myself but will gladly direct others to it.

[MaPomme]

Originally Posted by Eisenhart

I've read the boards and seen how many that has problems with the boat movie and the game crashes (only no-cd crack does this).

Ma Pomme

In fact, there is absolutely no problem with the NoCD, but in some configurations the installer makes a bad copy of one file, the file \Video\Cine\CINE0100.BIK.

Your trick is good and useful (you made a Prince of Persia no Videos, Game Only!), but I think I have a better one :

Get the No Intro Fix I've made for this game at GCW. Make a copy of the UBISOFT.BIK file and rename it CINE0100.BIK. Rename the file \Video\Cine\CINE0100.BIK as you like it, and copy my file in \Video\Cine\ as CINE0100.BIK.

You will never run the bad file, and you can see the other cinematics.

But the best solution is : find a friend wich have the good CINE0100.BIK file and get a copy of this file !

Bonjour chez vous,
Ma Pomme

[Eisenhart]

no, you change the folders name back after passing through the intro. you have a no video game for 1 min until you make your first save inside the game. then you quit the game and changes the folders name back to cine the original name of the folder and you have videos on again.
my way wont require backup of any files or corrupt any files. it just "hides" the problematic file from the game until you have a way to pass the problem.
i have almost completed the game now and i have had films during this time so its not a "no video" game. it has it all.

[tbaher]

I believe the general message was that some group called ... something like "WEETAM" or whatever made a warez release of the game on CLONECD, this release made a bad copy of this file, but then they released a fix.. which was esentially a repacement for this exact file. I ran across this replacement file (which I thought was a NOCD Crack) and deleted it.

Since this came up multiple times, I made me do some research
I discovered that there were 2 warez releases, one by WEETAM or whatever, didnt include the crack and was labeled "CloneCD".
Then reloaded came out with another release (which has the fixed exe that exists in GCW) and it didn't have that issue, so no fix was necessary.

The message is and i'm being judgemental about this: If this file is corrupt, then you have the warez CloneCD version by WEETAN (or whatever)

This is almost identical to the issue of "AI DISABLED" in half life 2..

I have said this before and I say it again.

See, if Ubisoft somehow released a bad batch of CDs enough that an issue exists for actual users, there's be a patch by the developer, not a fix by a warez group.

[MaPomme]

Originally Posted by Eisenhart

my way wont require backup of any files or corrupt any files. it just "hides" the problematic file from the game until you have a way to pass the problem. i have almost completed the game now and i have had films during this time so its not a "no video" game. it has it all.

Ma Pomme :
I said your trick is good, and it is ! But it is also useful : if someone wants to play without any video, now he knows how and must say thanks to you.
The problem is that you leave on your disk a bad file, I don't like that.

Can we agree to say "get the good file" as the best solution ?

Bonjour chez vous,
Ma Pomme

[MaPomme]

Originally Posted by tbaher

See, if Ubisoft somehow released a bad batch of CDs enough that an issue exists for actual users, there's be a patch by the developer, not a fix by a warez group.

Ma Pomme
You are perhaps a bit too optimistic. See the case of Vampire bloodlines: without the first "unofficial patches" made by leopold and oma, you can't seriously play.
I don't think there is some bad Ubisoft disks, but I'm sure there is a very buggy application used by Ubisoft and the others : the Installer. It took me 3 attempts to install the game -and I'm happy because this time it was not needed to restore my system partition! When the installer mysteriously goes to sleep, and you must reboot, what happens if it was in the middle of a file ?
Even if you are right, I think the pirate does not have intentionnaly made a bad copy of this file. Well, why was this file bad ?
Look at what Ubisoft and the others says to the users which have some problems: uninstall and reinstall the game. They knows that the installer is a lottery - better luck next time, we hope...

Bonjour chez vous,
Ma Pomme

[Eisenhart]

MaPomme i agree that replacing the corrupted BIK file with one which is working is the best solution. i didnt say that solution since i didnt locate the exact file. all i did was find the folder with videos and knew the corrupted file was in there.

what i was trying to say and what you still, dont seem to understand is that the game will NOT be without movies. ill explain simply with step by step.

1. change the folder "cine" to "cine1"
2. open the game and no intro movies will be there and game starts
3. save the game on the boat.
4. quit the game
5. change the folders name back to "cine"
6. load the save game
7. play the game WITH movies

what you do is that you hide the file temporarily until the movie isnt needed anymore. now you have a savegame on the other side of the corrupted bik file and you can play the game with movies.

well, with all the new releases on GCW etc. this thread wont be needed anymore so have fun playing and ill talk to you all later when another game has a bug

[MaPomme]

Originally Posted by Eisenhart

what i was trying to say and what you still, dont seem to understand is that the game will NOT be without movies.

Ma Pomme

I understand and say one more time that your tip is GOOD. But I say also this tip is MORE USEFUL: I can now play WITH OR WITHOUT movies. I don't like to watch some videos 3 or 4 times, and I've already used your tip to play the game one hour without movies. And I say thank you.

Don't be too modest, you gave more freedom to all gamers.

OK ?

Bonjour chez vous,
Ma Pomme

[mojo8850]

Hi Guy's..

As Far As It Goes I See Every One Has Problems With The Game Crashing On
Movie At The Begining Well.. I Also Have The Game But Dont Crash On Mine..

How Ever I Do Get One Problem, The In Game Sound Effect And Dialog Are All Chipmonks Voices..

Help Please Any One Having The Same Problem...

[tbaher]

Is this turning into one of those "my tips is better than your tip" kinda things?
If so, my tip is the bestest, and someone close the thread
If not, ignore this post

[Eisenhart]

no i was just misunderstanding what he was saying. i thought he said that you could "only" play without vids with the method i suggested, but what he was trying to say was that you "can" play without vids. Which is sometimes a good thing so that you wont have to see the movies over and over at bosses etc.
i 100% agree that getting the working file is the best solution which i think i stated in a previous post in here, well dont want to beat a dead horse so lets move on unless another bug is on the menu

did you try updating your soundcard with the newest drivers? usually that can mess up sounds in a game.

[klp2332]

umm well i used your way of replacing the cine0100.bik with the empty cine0100.bik. But a new problem occurs in the middle of the game. I read many tutorials and experimented with this problem. and my guess is that one of the CINE is missing thus "Dahaka",Charecter in game, does not blow a hole in the wall so i cant go through the wall and caused me to become stuck in the game.This Occurs before on the last save of "Fates Dark Hand". Could anyone help me with this problem.

Thanks in Advance