Rayman M - nocd patch not working

[Myloch]

I have an old pc game called rayman M. There is a nocd patch out there made by Scream but it says "wrong filesize" when I execute it (different game ver?)

note: in the attachment, the game executable and that patch by scream.
No protection found using ProtID (simple cd check?).

[Joe Forster/STA]

Compared to the main executable from the original release, this seems to have a fix for an erroneous error message: if DirectX 8 isn't initialized (?), the original suggests running the installer of Rayman M, while this fixed version says DX8 instead. There are some other small changes - a few strings missing - but I have no idea about the reason for those.

I'm attaching a no-CD patch that does the very same changes (only at different actual offsets) in the fixed executable as the original no-CD patch did on the original executable. Please, report your results back.

[...] Weird... I just noticed that this executable is dated 2001-11-15 while that in the original release is dated 2001-11-20. This means your executable is not a fix, rather a pre-release or something?!

[Myloch]

it doesn't work. it keeps asking for cdrom. I tried to copy all the files from the cdroms to the installation directory too. A window pops up with 2 buttons: retry and abort (and nothing else).

note: I included "RaymanMwithFIX.rar" (the fixed exe using the fixed patch, and 2 dlls from game directory. If you execute it, it should reproduce the problem).
In a pc where the game is not installed, it says Dx8 not initialized, please run the dx8 setup, and an OK button. If you push it, it quits.

[RaymanFoever2007]

Originally Posted by Myloch

I have an old pc game called rayman M. There is a nocd patch out there made by Scream but it says "wrong filesize" when I execute it (different game ver?)

note: in the attachment, the game executable and that patch by scream.
No protection found using ProtID (simple cd check?).

This No-CD exe is REALLY NEVER DETECTING CD EVEN INSERTED TO THE DRIVE, so it says "No CD", ha!.
For bypassing the CD check for CD2, need other devise.

Here's Mini-CD image for mounting with Alcohol120% or other virtual drive soft, so that you don't really need GAME CD2 if you mount this image.

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Add on 6 Feb. 2015
As I tried patched exe in Windows 7 SP1 64bit OS, it WORKED !!
So, I dare to say the patch WILL WORK in Windows XP "SP1" but not in SP2 nor SP3 32bit.

[RaymanFoever2007]

Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA

Compared to the main executable from the original release, this seems to have a fix for an erroneous error message: if DirectX 8 isn't initialized (?), the original suggests running the installer of Rayman M, while this fixed version says DX8 instead. There are some other small changes - a few strings missing - but I have no idea about the reason for those.

I'm attaching a no-CD patch that does the very same changes (only at different actual offsets) in the fixed executable as the original no-CD patch did on the original executable. Please, report your results back.

[...] Weird... I just noticed that this executable is dated 2001-11-15 while that in the original release is dated 2001-11-20. This means your executable is not a fix, rather a pre-release or something?!

This DX8 issue that "DX8 not initialized" Please run DX8 setup is warned happens when the game is run in Windows 7 64bit.
RaymanM.exe　file shall be set to "Run this program as Administrator" with its property.