Star Wars: Empire At War running with image

[Nemesisx2r]

Originally Posted by Eladijaz

I have seen "AntiSecurom" mentioned several times, but I am not sure what it is. Doesn't seem to be available at GameCopyWorld, and a web search didn't help either.
Can someone guide me in the right direction please?

http://cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_utils.shtml

[Hemi20]

Non of these things are helping me either, and im done throwing all this software on my HD, any news when a NO-CD by and executable will be out?...any news with the NOCD teams?

[Eladijaz]

Originally Posted by Nemesisx2r

http://cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_utils.shtml

I can't see anything called "Antisecurom" there ... are you suggesting that it is a generic term for any of the securom defeating tools?
Cheers.

PS: I have obtained a copy of the mini-image and that starts the game 9/10 tries - which will have to do.
PPS: Incidentally, the (hard) copy I made of my DVD would run the game about 1/10 tries ... seemed to do so regardless of any securom defeating measures i was attempting. The image i made and mounted using DT4 would not run the game at all though - just told me it could not authenticate.

[jeff1372]

Here is how i got it to work.
Load DT 4.03he, and mount your image (enable all emulation);
Load Curerom 1.31 select enable;
Start the game, after about 3 seconds click disable in Curerom;
wait abit and game should load. I tried it 3 time with success everytime.
I do get a windows error after closing the game, but no biggie.

[vecctor]

1)close Daemon tools and have no virtual drives
2) open curerom lite and enable it
3) run Daemon tools with every emulation anabled and mount ure image ( I use full image)
4) open antisecurom and choose the sweaw.exe file
5) play the game

Reset my computer, then did those things in that order. Works perfect now.

[fatdog789]

Hey,

Thanks all. I got this game from Best Buy (DVD version), but it wouldn't play because I had Alcohol installed, which I use for archiving.

I didn't need to uninstall Alcohol, but using CureRom 3.1, setting the sweaw file to Windows 2000 compatibility, and loading the image in D-Tools 403 (no emulation options, or RPMS only) instead of Alcohol (which was unloaded) resulted in the image eventually loading, though it took a minute.

With the original dvd, it still took longer than it should, 30 sec or so, but I'm willing to live with that.

EDIT: After more testing, I was able to reduce loading times to normal (ie, 5-10 secs) with both original dvd and image by first starting CureRom in Lite-Mode, with blacklisting enabled. Then, with the image already loaded, I selected all emulation options (for some reason, just RPMS or RPMS and Securom don't work). I just clicked the shortcut created by the original install. This worked every time I tried it. (BTW, Alcohol is still unloaded).

[hum06]

Hey everyone,

I can't get the game to work, using DT4, curerom1.3b.

I have tried every technique, and to no avail. I always get "original disk can not be authenticated". Does this mean I have a bad image file?

Also, I got the game to run, once, when I first installed it. I made a curerom profile, ran without mounting, and when I got "insert cd/dvd" i mounted, and hit retry, and it ran perfectliy. This only worked one time, and now it won't. Why is that?

Thanks for the help.

[fatdog789]

Restart your computer. The same thing happened to me at first.

[Mugros]

I was almost through the whole thread and nothing worked.
Then i remembered one thing that often helps with Starforce games. I disabled my PATA controller in the control panel of Windows XP.
Then it was working.
CureROM Lite was running also.
I tried a second time but it does only work after some tries. Still have to find the optimal launch procedure.
DPM failed in Alcohol120, BTW.

[Nemesisx2r]

i installed the DVD version
updated for 1.2
mounted the mini image linked on this thread a couple of pages back on DT 4.03
set DT emulation all
targetted AntiSecuRom to sweaw.exe (runs the game automaticly from there)
the game will load up in about 5 seconds

enjoy

[Ferris23]

Originally Posted by sadaniel79

After times of failure. I finally made it.

1) Install CureROM 1.31
1) Mount the image with daemon tools 4.03. All emulations ON!!
2) Run CureROM LITE!!! and click ENABLE!!
4) Run the game.

Works well for me

I did just that, after 4 days it worked!!! ONCE!!!! Now it won't work again. I was able to change video settings etc...

I've restarted and still get original disc not found. Why would it work 1 time and never again doing THE SAME EXACT THING!!!!!

[xxloganxx]

1. Simply insert your backup into cd or dvd rom.
2. Install game.
3. After install finishes, leave CD-1 in the drive.
4. Do not run using the normal shortcut.
5. Download Securom_loader V1.0 at http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/down...Download&id=88
6. Run the .exe and open the "sweaw.exe" in C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Empire at War\GameData directory and it should work fine. It did for me.
7. If this doesn't work the first time you try to open, just keep trying...eventually it will work.
8. For some reason, mine works better while inserted into my cd/dvd burner.

Its kind of a pain but it works good enough until the no cd crack is released.
Plus you don't even need Daemon Tools or CureRom.

Cheers!

[rhiane]

sorry das ich deusch schreibe aber ich kann kein englisch.

kann mir mal jemand ne deutsche anleitung posten (von DVD) wie ich das game zum laufen bekomme ,oder per pm schicken.(mit was für programme un so weiter)

danke für die hilfe

mfg rhiane

[Joe Forster/STA]

This is an English-only forum; forum rule #5.

[Waheiba]

to all who dont know what AntiSecuROM.exe is or cant find it, its found under the name "SecuROM_loader" on gamecopyworld (where i got it)