Caesar IV - Mini-Image HELP

[zeroxxx]

Hi all

finally it worked perfectly!

Anyway i've tried only on my computer

I have:

1) installed daemon tools 406-x86
2) installed curerom 2033
3) selected curerom profile pointing on caesariv.exe
4) uninstalled alcohol 120 %
5) changed drive letter (assigned D: to daemon tool virtual drive)
6) started prot.stop and selected HIDE
7) mounted the full image of my cd 1 on DT
8) now if you click on the caesariv icon created by curerom it will be an error message, so i started my game with autoplay (clicked on the D: drive) then in the screen i selected "Play Caesar IV"...(the game started)
9) have noted that sometime it is necessary to click "Play Caesar IV" for two times

i hope this will help someone... now for me it's working

Thanks everyone !

[zeroxxx]

ok i forgot

at the last...at the second or the third time i tried to start the game, first i've clicked on "Curerom Reg Key Removal" then i started the game with autoplay (as i said in the previous topic)

anyway i'm not an expert...this procedure is absolutely empyric

bye all

[lord_lobster]

i think the mini is broken i have the full image at it works usng that all the time, thanks to all your advice.

[Endymion]

Hi I have had a lot of problems getting this image to worke. But I finaly found a way, its not pretty nifty or some super leet way. its just pure presistens. I had read a lot of post about this problem all over the net. And I finaly came to the conclusion that I did every thing right and there was literaly nothing left for me to try. So here come my advice "If at first you don't succede, try try again" I know you might think it wont work and im not sure it will for every one, but for me and on this computer it did, if I just keep on trying like 20 or 30 times in a row, it let me in.
Btw her is my setup:
1. Install the game.
2. Use the Latest Version of Daemon Tool's
3. Mount the Image you Installed the game with for me it's "D:\Spil\Caesar IV\CD1\ccd-cr4a.mds" but i guss you can use the mini Image as well.
4. run using Procyon.exe(SecuROM_Loader_v7.26). I use the shortcut on the desktop with a modifide strin so it looks like this ""E:\Games\Sierra\Caesar IV\had.exe" -r CaesarIV.exe". it just makes it easier if you have to try it like 30 times!!!
5. Just keep on hitting that button boy.
I was borred and there was Hollowman in the tv that was why I tried this approch
I hope this can help some one. but I guss you have to be pretty desperate to try this...

[Endymion]

Ohh and btw this leet methode works with version 1.1 as well

[TippeX]

scary how desperate some people can get..

time required to put in original disk vs. launching executable 30+ (sometimes going into the hundreds) times....

crazy... of course the 'im worried about wear and tear on the cddrive' is a reasonable excuse but then what about the wear and tear on the harddisk

'leet' method .. /me giggles and thinks of kitchen sinks again....

[jeebstheman]

I swear I read somewhere that reloaded has a no-cd for this. I'm sure if you wait a bit, you will see it on Gamecopyworld in a short time. Then you wont have to fxxx with all the curerom and antiblaxx and pulling out your cd drives and uninstalling windows and whatnot.. but i could be wrong.

Now, i'm not calling anybody stupid here for doing all that work and using the mini-image, but I'm just really lazy. If I have to do all that suff just so i don't have to use the cd, then maybe the cd is better (for me).

I still think it's funny how companies will put copy protection all over their software to force us to use the discs, which, in turn, forces all the gamers to keep cluttered shelves of games instead of a neat computer space where we can just run games from the hard drive. Yeah, they have to protect their stuff, but annoying their customers isn't the best way to do business. I have the utmost respect for the groups who make no-cd cracks and other ways around that garbage.

[ShinuMirai]

this is taken from ??????????????

What I did was to burn CD1 (ccd-cr4a.mds) using Alcohol 120% with the settings to:
Securom *NEW (in the drop down box)
and TICK the "Burn "RMPS" to recordable Media option

then I burnt it at the slowest speed that Alcohol said (4x)

After which, I inserted the CD into my drive, when the game menu came up I just hit "play"

It works, I have reloaded the game twice, and it loaded and ran both times with no problems at all..

I'm happy, if I stuff the CD I can just burn another, and CD's are cheap to buy..

Hope this helps someone else..

PS: This works with both the 1.0 version AND the Update

Does it work? Yes, it works perfectly. Guaranteed 100%.

[DABhand]

Originally Posted by ShinuMirai

this is taken from ????????????????

What I did was to burn CD1 (ccd-cr4a.mds) using Alcohol 120% with the settings to:
Securom *NEW (in the drop down box)
and TICK the "Burn "RMPS" to recordable Media option

then I burnt it at the slowest speed that Alcohol said (4x)

After which, I inserted the CD into my drive, when the game menu came up I just hit "play"

It works, I have reloaded the game twice, and it loaded and ran both times with no problems at all..

I'm happy, if I stuff the CD I can just burn another, and CD's are cheap to buy..

Hope this helps someone else..

PS: This works with both the 1.0 version AND the Update

Does it work? Yes, it works perfectly. Guaranteed 100%.

Since ?????????? is a warez site the link does not belong here.

[Grumpy]

@Dab

Since ??????? is a warez site the link does not belong here.

Agree

@ShinuMirai
Do not post links to warez sites!

[metelci]

hey friends, I have a problem about this game. Whenever I try to start a new game, it fails to load the game and gives this stow warning:

"error CS0006: Metadata file 'e:\program files\sierra\caesar IV\romescriptinterfaces.dll' could not be found
error CS0006: Metadata file 'e:\program files\sierra\caesar IV\scriptiserver.dll' could not be found"

but those dll files exist in the game folder, and it still gives that message although I run the "RegisterDll.bat" What should I do?

[ShinuMirai]

well i got it from ???????? forums..

i tried everything, using daemon, secuRom loaders = nothing.

but when i burned the image into disc using alcohol = poof! it works!

[MCorleone]

Originally Posted by metelci

hey friends, I have a problem about this game. Whenever I try to start a new game, it fails to load the game and gives this stow warning:

"error CS0006: Metadata file 'e:\program files\sierra\caesar IV\romescriptinterfaces.dll' could not be found
error CS0006: Metadata file 'e:\program files\sierra\caesar IV\scriptiserver.dll' could not be found"

but those dll files exist in the game folder, and it still gives that message although I run the "RegisterDll.bat" What should I do?

its turkish problem and turkish answer

kardeş bizde I nın küçüğü ı olarak geçiyor aöa ingilizcede ı yok o karışıklıktan scriptler çalışmıyor bulunamadığından
http://forum.donanimhaber.com/m_8558094/tm.htm
bu sayfayı incele sorunu çözersin bide oyunu casear 4 / diye kur IV die değil

[Grumpy]

@MCorleone
If you want to talk in Turkish then PM the other Turkey!

Do not post in Turkish here. Fileforums is an English only forum.

[Zulu]

@maciozo
I've borrowed Caesar IV from a friend over the weekend - only for research
Don't know whether there are different versions, but it looks like mine uses a variable ISO check (6 sectors) just like Starforce does, which would mean mini/maxi-images can't be created anymore.

For those having problems when using Securom-AntiBlacklisting tools (in general):
- mount full image in virtual drive of DT 4.06
- Deactivate your optical IDE drives in device manager, or if they share the same IDE channel just deactivate that channel
- Play the game