Help needed to copy cd 1 of Emperor of Dune

[aussietoo]

When I go to install the game using a copy of the first cd it keeps asking for the cd anybody have a crack of the setup file as I can play the game with copied cd's if I install it first using the original no.1 cd and then apply the game & emperor exe's from this site after this I can play the game using copied cd's 2-4 for the 3 houses.

[psyclone]

Yes i need to know how to do the same.

Can anyone help in this matter, we all need a install fixed exe to install the first disc 1.


Please help anyone.....

[psyclone]

I have just tried something and it works with me.
Can someone else try the following to test it works also please.

1) make a 'full install' of the game onto harddrive.

2) copy the 'game.exe & emperor.exe' files ONLY from this site to the installed game directory.

3) Then burn the game directory from harddrive back to a blank cdrom (its about 550/600mb).

UNINSTALL the complete game from your harddrive then COPY the game folder from the cdrom you have just made to your harddrive.
The game should run as normal then as the house discs can be copied with clone cd.
REMEMBER to copy the game/emperor exe files only and not the recourse.cfg/desypher files as you won't beable to play the house discs if you do.

SORRY this is a cowboy way of doing this but it will have to do untill a fixed install.exe file is released.

Please try it and if you have any probs please let me know ASAP...

Psyclone................

[aussietoo]

Yep worked for me even copied to a different dir. not sure havnt tested on a system that has never seen the game before though.

But if that works its just fine for me smart thinking psyclone

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[psyclone]

The system you try it on MUST have dx8 installed remember !!!

Or this method will not work as you are copying a already installed game onto your harddrive.

Cheers
Psyclone
Still looking for the fixed install.exe file though...

[aussietoo]

So if I put it on a fresh puter that has not seen the game and i have Dx8 all should be fine?

Thanks

[KytSoon]

Westwood did the same thing with Red Alert 2.
They put copy protection into the Setup.exe.
I expect it`ll end up being just like Red Alert 2.
copy the whole of Disc 1 onto your hard-drive, replace the setup.exe with the cracked version, then burn the disc. install and then apply the cracked version of emperor.exe.
just a shame no-ones finished cracking the setup.exe yet.
oh well, soon hopefully.

[aussietoo]

Bummer now i have another problem when i do the copy of the install directry back to the hard drive I can't change the keyboard settings and i don't have the original no more.

Oops

[GermanFlag]

You have to remove the "read-only" attribute.

[aussietoo]

Gee thanks for that, me stupid. For those with the same problem it's the key.map file in the install dir.

[Putch]

The trick with cd-1 worked for me, but I have a problem with burning the house cd's. When using clone-cd, the burning stops at 8% everytime.

Can someone please help me?

[KytSoon]

House Discs : Copy disc to HDD. Burn with original CD name using Easy CD-Creator.
When I treied to do it with Clone CD, my system would re-boot when I tried to ####t the burn

[EasyFusion]

Just wanted to tell you guys that I was successfully able to use Clone CD ver 2.8.5.2 and a Plextor 12/10/32 to clone all 4 CDs. Even the install CD worked. Just used Clone CD to make an image file on my HD. Selected to read subchannel data from data and audio tracks and also selected fast error skip. Then burned the image using the default Clone CD settings.

Good Luck for everyone else.
Plextor Rules
Later

[Lameth]

Yeah, Plextor rules I´ve been able to backup, Black and White, Desperados, #### Trek: Elite Force. Without any problems.
Took about 30 min to read the laserlock protection in Desperados though, with my reader. While the others where done in about 18minutes, safedisk 1&2 I assume.. What other protections are out there? I might go out and buy a game with a weirdo protection just to see if I´m able to make a backup of it. =)

[Freakezoid]

I tryed to do like easy fusion with clone cd 2.8.4.3!But when i want to install the game the pc hangs up all the time!can anyone help me?