Final Fantasy 8 - NO CD. Where to?

[momthebest]

me tooooooooooo

skyline838**********com

thanks

[GLH]

http://fileforums.com/$rd_gf.php?p=ff8.htm

[yvonne87]

Originally Posted by sylvio

Write your e-mail and I will send the NOCD cracks
for both the original and the v1.2 Updates and HOW TO PLAY
THE GAME from HDD. I PLAYED it from HDD and FINISH this game
in 2001...

yours: Sylvio

Hey Silvio, can please send me the ff8 no-cd crack???

[GLH]

Originally Posted by yvonne87

Hey Silvio, can please send me the ff8 no-cd crack???

The post by Silvio is from 26th March 2002 !!!
Just download the crack from here: http://fileforums.com/$rd_gf.php?p=ff8.htm

[94061270]

I have one strange DVD Pal version, and i have the same truble when it ask for the cd2..

I try the craks of Silvio but it doesn't work... (the 2 craks)

But the worst is that i can't delete the no cd crack files!!!! form my HD!!!

Someone can sayme how can delete that files? Plus if can answer me for my problem for that kind of version that i have....


HELP ME PLEASE!!!

[GLH]

Which files you can not delete?
The archive (zip, rar, ...) or the extracted files?
What error message get you, when you try to delete the files?

[94061270]

It was the "Ff8nocd.exe" and the message it was something like this "You can't delete this file, because is in use for other program. Close that program first." but a friend told me that i need turn off the pc for 5 or more minutes. Then I try to delete again that file and it works.

Still I have that Strange DVD Pal Version , and the game runs fine but when the game ask for the disc number 2, and say something like: "Incorrect disc, please insert the correct disc 2".

Somebody could tell me the correct form of using the silvio's crack?
'cose that crack is for the 4 or 5 CD's version....

Maeby i have in that DVD all the content of the CD's, but it was not me possible to find those files (identity-file).

[Grumpy]

@94061270

Maeby i have in that DVD all the content of the CD's,

What/which DVD?

[94061270]

The DVD that I have is surely a conversion of the version of CD that was passed to DVD, fair as they make it in CD-2-DVD.COM

It is a one DVD which installs the complete game, and you can even play without problems, but only until he (the game) requests you for the disk 2, later in spite of having the DVD inserted in the correct unit, he even tells me that it is an incorrect disk that i must insert the correct disk.

I think that the files "identity-file" that requests the silvio crack, they can be in some place of that DVD, but i don't know what are the correct name or extentions of these files or if they are really in that DVD. perhaps it was a bad conversion or incomplete....

I believe to have identified some files inside that DVD, corresponding to what they would be the disks: disk1, disk2, disk3, disk4 (all without extencion) and disc1.pak, disc2.pak, disc3.pak and disc4spa.pak

Some suggestion, different to get the version in compact disks? Je, je.

[Grumpy]

@94061270

try the craks of Silvio but it doesn't work...

Does it work ok when you use the original discs to play? Without using cracks and without using a converted DVD!

[sametchan]

i used this crack http://www.megagames.com/cgi/downloa...h=FF8CRACK.ZIP
and now only incerd cd1 not wrog disk i copy the cd one the same file where i install it.did i something wrong?

[94061270]

I did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First let me tell to every one, that in the most of the cases DON'T USE A CRACK "NO-CD" ON THE FFVIII. because you don't need it!

In many forums, they say that you only need to change

in te registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARESquare Soft, IncFINAL FANTASY VIII1.00

Change the Data drive (that usually is c: or d to the correct drive that you insert the disc of FFVIII (wathever of number of disc) well i try it in this way but at the first time it doesn't work for me because it is incomplete or it doesn't have some details that are important!!!!.... But then after read in many forums, and search for my old disc's of FFVIII(english version but the disc 3 is damaged ) and I try it in this way:

What you need? well of course the Five Disc of FFVIII or all the files of the 5 Disc (It doesn't care if you have the files in a DVD like me) and the patchs like the 1.2v (this patch fix many bugs).

1.- Intall the FFVIII with the intall disc or whatever you have.
2.- Now Intall the patch if you want (rememeber that it fix many bugs like the video for nvidia users)
3.- Run FFVIII, but don't start to play... just Go to the screen where it says: "New game" or "Continue". and now in you're keyboard push "CTRL + ALT + SUPR" (the three at the same time). It activates the windows task manager" (yeah i know that many guys just use the ALT + TAB, but for some reason it don't work for me in that way).
4.- Close the manager of windows, go to START button (of windows), then to RUN and type: "regedit" the pres enter.
5.- Then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, Square Soft Inc, FINAL FANTASY VIII, 1.00
6.- Now check the "data drive" reg It should be represent by a leter of you drive, check if that leter is the correct drive where you insert your FF8_CD1 or wathever of number of disc.
--- If the letter is the same of your drive where you insert the disc, just close the manager, return to the FF8 and try play, and if you can play you're lucky and you didn't read this Text.
--- If the letter is diferent of the one that has your unit (Where you insert your disc of FF8), then replace the letter with the correct, just press right click on "Data drive" then left click in the firts option and change that letter for the correct letter of you drive where you insert the disc of FF8. then click ok, close the regedit and return to the Game. Try to play. If you can play, you did it! (For many guys this way works, but not for me, i need it to do more steps yeah the next steps) If not works, well go to the next step.

7.- (THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I MAKE WORK THIS GAME IN MY PC WTHOUT THE ORIGINAL DISC DAMM THAT THIRD DISC...) Well now we need two tools for made runs the game, I hate the words "INCORRECT DISC". We need a Image record like nero burning or other program that makes ISO'S IMAGES, and the other tool is an Image emulation program like daemon tools or alcohol.

++First we are going to made a folder where we are going to copy all the files of the Disc that we want to play (like the disc 1) the files are: disc1.pak , Disk1 , field.fi , field.fl ,and field.fs
++ Then we are going to create an image. I don't know if we need to create a image with the same label of the original disc, I suggest you that you make it with the original label. For Pal version i used this one "FF8_CD2_PC_SPANISH" OR "FF8_CD2_PC_ENGLISH" then Burn that image.
++ Already with the image, Run your daemon tools or alcohol and Mount that image, and check what letter have the drive where you mount the image.
++ Repeat the steps of the number 3 at the 6, But in the 6 step you must to change the letter that apperars for the corretc where the image was mount.
++ Now click ok, close the regedit of windows, return to the game and try to play.

This way works for me, I hope i can hel to all the people that have the same problem than me.

[94061270]

Ok Pals, I'm happy that nobody has the same problem than me.

Ok amigos estoy feliz de que nadie tenga ya los mismos problemas q yo, si alguien también usa mi misma lengua madre y no entiende el inglés, pueden hacedmelo saber e intentaré ayudarles!!!

Gracias a este foro!

Saludos!

[sylvio]

Hi, Folks!
I just read the comments... so GLH wrote the correct/working nocd file
link at GF at http://fileforums.com/$rd_gf.php?p=ff8.htm
1. IF your crackable FF8.EXE file was READ-ONLY the crack DIDN'T WORKS
at all (ofcourse)
2. DOWNLOAD and read the instructions! MORE NOTICE from me that:
WHEN THE GAME ASKS for the CD2 then DELETE DISK1 file and COPY DISK2
file (simple press ALT+TAB in the game and make this changes and GO BACK
to the game again with ALT+TAB). VERY simple to make a PATH like \DISKY
on your HDD's game dir and copy the file DISK1....5 etc. to the \DISKY dir.
WHEN the game ask the disk SIMPLE DELETE DISK1 etc. and COPY the
right one from \DISKY. IF ASKS DISK3 then copy DISK3 file from \DISKY TO
YOUR game dir.
The game watch this DISKx file and YOU DO HAVE ONLY the correct file ON
your game dir. DO NOT PUT all the files, ONLY WHAT ASKS the game.

MAYBE YOU HAVE A PERFECT NOCD/Reroutes crack for this game, BUT I
FIGURED OUT MY METHOD works 100%, simple watch your correct DISKx
file when the game asked.

Anyway.. the 94061270 's method also workable so read/use that helping.

Hope I wrote it clearly for ya all... I CANNOT HELP anything more,so PLEASE
DO NOT EMAIL me thousands of mails. O.K.??

[ultimatium]

hi i have the german version and i need all things to play the game ty
mendi_64**********com

thnx