Neverwinter Nights 2 - DVD drive unhook

[Grumpy]

@Joe
From what I can see Gold Dragon only asked about 2 people going halves, he didnt actually say he did it.

However duffyduck did say he and his friend went halves and he also says he is aware of the rules.

@duffyduck
We have rules here, they are here for a reason, that is to protect this site, regardless of what you or others might think!

You may think I am harsh but you are now banned from these forums for 3 weeks! Long enough for you to find that chicken and purchase your own copy of the game!
Life is hard but our rules are simple and must be obeyed.

[Dark Seraph]

Originally Posted by Cr7pt0r

I've a working NO-DVD version of the NWN2 1.03840 (most recent version) in my notebook.

Here's what I've done:

1. Mounted my [MULTI] DVD ISO (created from the original files ofc) of the game with daemon408-x86.exe (most recent version of DT) and installed.
2. Closed DT with all EMU ON.
3. Updated the game through the "Update Neverwinter Nights 2" program.
4. Mounted the poseden_MAXI_NWN2.mds in DT (poseden image from GCW).
5. Closed DT with all EMU ON.
6. Started the game through the shortcut.

Working like a charm and as you can see I didnt use YASU, Disconnected/Removed my DVD Drive.

Possible reason why its not working for you:

1. You're not mounting an ISO from the original files. Probably its a ripped/cracked version.
2. You've sh*t blacklisted programs in your computer. (Possible from other games, cracks, you name it).

You cant get simpler than this.

Have fun.

Alrightz, I did everything you said, and it's still not working. I'm, getting "Original disc could not be found or authenticated."
I'm not sure what you meant by part 6. What shortcut do are you talking about? Is it perhaps the reason I get the error?
Also I have YASO 1.5 and Magic Disc installed as well, but not running (in case you think they might be causing the error).
Anyways, the game worked before the 1.03 patch, I'm thinking about just reinstalling and updating to the 1.00.7 and calling it good, I just don't want to because of the bugs. I hope you can help...

[Cr7pt0r]

Doesnt matter if you are not running YASO or other emulation software. There're registry entries, dlls, and alot of other things that is enough to fingerprint you're using a blacklisted software.

Since I dont know what you've installed in the past or what software you have the first obvious solutions is a format (not the quick one). I cant help you no more because the simpler solution is there and its working perfectly.

[NoX1911]

- The bended maxi image doesn't work with 1.03 (its ok for 1.00 though).
- Once the error message 'emulator detected' appears something went wrong and you have to restart windows for another attempt. Even valid images don't work without restart then.
- My original mds image works with procyon or yasu v1.05 and alcohol v1.9.6.4719.
- Didn't tested the poseden image yet.

[Slovix]

Originally Posted by NoX1911

- The bended maxi image doesn't work with 1.03 (its ok for 1.00 though).
- Once the error message 'emulator detected' appears something went wrong and you have to restart windows for another attempt. Even valid images don't work without restart then.
- My original mds image works with procyon or yasu v1.05 and alcohol v1.9.6.4719.
- Didn't tested the poseden image yet.

how to get/make own original image? how do you do that?

[Joe Forster/STA]

Read the forum FAQ for links to backup guides.

[noodleguy]

Originally Posted by Cr7pt0r

I've a working NO-DVD version of the NWN2 1.03840 (most recent version) in my notebook.

Here's what I've done:

1. Mounted my [MULTI] DVD ISO (created from the original files ofc) of the game with daemon408-x86.exe (most recent version of DT) and installed.
2. Closed DT with all EMU ON.
3. Updated the game through the "Update Neverwinter Nights 2" program.
4. Mounted the poseden_MAXI_NWN2.mds in DT (poseden image from GCW).
5. Closed DT with all EMU ON.
6. Started the game through the shortcut.

Working like a charm and as you can see I didnt use YASU, Disconnected/Removed my DVD Drive.

Possible reason why its not working for you:

1. You're not mounting an ISO from the original files. Probably its a ripped/cracked version.
2. You've sh*t blacklisted programs in your computer. (Possible from other games, cracks, you name it).

You cant get simpler than this.

Have fun.

Where do you get [MULTI] DVD ISO, and what does [MULTI] and [MULTI4] mean?

I created an image(with alcohol. I don't know what to do to make it a full image though. I just let the options stand at default) NWN2 from my original nwn2 DVD, and did everything you describe. I downloaded poseden_MAXI_NWN2.mds (is it supposed to take up only 49 kb?) from GCW. I have daemon408-x86 so I mounted poseden_MAXI_NWN2.mds with it and tried to run the game. (After updating of course).

The game still tells me that the DVD is not authenthicated, although it is the original. (I've tried with the DVD in the station at the same time and without)

Please help me. I am new to this stuff. I would also be greatful if anyone could help me to clear up whats wrong with my DVD drive. It's an AOPEN DVD RW ISU8424E, and it has given me problems before with games like nwn, hitman: contracts and deus ex 1 and 2. All those games were original with working cd-keys. I have the latest firmware on the DVD-station and it doesn't seem to be any BIOS upgrades availiable.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I deleted alcohol120% after making the image, and I don't have any other programs except for NERO burning utilities that came with the laptop when I bought it.

EDIT2: I made it worked. I had just mounted the .rar file. How stupid of me...

Anyway. I still want to know whats wrong with my DVD-station.

And THANKS A LOT for the guide. Prizeless!

[Joe Forster/STA]

Dunno what AOpen is but it doesn't seem a good brand to me; use Pioneer or LG instead. If it doesn't read your original discs, contact the publisher - although, I'm sure they will tell you exactly what I wrote: buy a new DVD-ROM drive.

As for creating an ISO (from your original disc, as the poster you've quoted wrote), read the forum FAQ for backup guides. "[MULTI]" means that the game can be played in multiple languages; "[MULTI4]" means 4 languages (my guess: English, German, French and Spanish). Yes, an MDS file is that small as it contains only structural information from the original disc. Create the accompanying MDF file yourself, with Alcohol 120%, from your original disc and put the two files together; NOW you have a working image that you can burn or mount. Nope, Nero is not good for any step of backing up copy protected stuff.

I suggest you read the forum FAQ; most of this is already explained there!

[wolfsrain]

NEC also has some good DVD writters. The posedon mini-maxi image works perfect in tandem with DT 4.08. I didn't need YASU, either. So update the game at v1.03 through the NWNupdater, mount posedon mini-maxi image and enjoy. Most of the posedon images worked perfect for me in tandem with DT 4.08

[Grumpy]

Create the accompanying MDF file yourself, with Alcohol 120%, from your original disc and put the two files together;

And remember both files need the same name, except the extension (MDF & MDS) of course.
So once you have created your own MDF file, rename one of the files so they both have the same name.

[P22]

Btw 1.03.840 crack was released and uploaded at GWC today.

Of course, since 1.04 should probably arrive in a few weeks, I guess mini-images will be again useful very quickly.

[wolfsrain]

Originally Posted by P22

Btw 1.03.840 crack was released and uploaded at GWC today.

Of course, since 1.04 should probably arrive in a few weeks, I guess mini-images will be again useful very quickly.

You are right. But I don't hope for a crack but for a better way to patch the game. Having 7.2 gb free for a patch is absurd. I know that the patchn practically backing-up every single file, but this is ridiculous. the critical rebuild updates for the original NWN were doing excatly the same, but they didn't need the same amount of space as the game for doing the patching. i've seen a few of the bugfixes supposedly corrected in v1.04. Most of them are MP fixes or gamebalancing. Other bugs still lurking around seems that won't getting fixed in version 1.04 either. Oh well....

[targetlocked]

the no cd crack is up for version 1.03 so no need to do all the unplugging of the drives.

[stonga]

If i use the cracked 1.03 exe file with the 1.04 beta, will the beta additions still be there or will the game just run as it would be version 1.03?

I'm wondering cause i can't get the cd autorization check to start at all before i get that damn message "a security module can not start." bla bla bla

Yes, i bought the game.

- Stonga.

[wolfsrain]

If use the crack for v1.03 on the patch v1.04 beta, you get the features of patch v1.03. NWN's patches always are doing an exe update, so your only chance would be the posedon mini-maxi image available on gamecopyworld cracks section. Mount the image in the last DT(4.08), you might need also YASU 1.05.