Official Sims 2 Thread

[shawshank]

Originally Posted by THE JOKER SS

money released a new nocd crack that works perfect , so it will be on gamecopyworld soon .

Yes, I saw that too. Finally!!

[Dimensio]

I just got my hands on the latest MONEY crack. I can report that I still have to be logged in as a System Administrator, AND I still have to have the disc in the drive (or an ISO mounted with Daemon Tools). The latter issue is one that really disqualifies it from being a "crack", IMO. Or are CD cracks no longer doing that kind of thing?

[Playbahnosh]

Allright! I've read the whole f*ckin' thread, and I can say that I'm not wiser than before. I dont mean offense but i have a question:
So is there a working NOCD for The Sims 2, with the building and saving enabled?
I have that mini-image, but it doesnt work.
What's the name of that new money NOCD-fix? I have all the previous crack-wanna-bes, but i want a workin one.
Thanks

[shawshank]

Originally Posted by Playbahnosh

Allright! I've read the whole f*ckin' thread, and I can say that I'm not wiser than before. I dont mean offense but i have a question:
So is there a working NOCD for The Sims 2, with the building and saving enabled?
I have that mini-image, but it doesnt work.
What's the name of that new money NOCD-fix? I have all the previous crack-wanna-bes, but i want a workin one.
Thanks

The latest one from money is working fully (with build mode) so enjoy!!

Where to find it, I dunno yet!!

[Dimensio]

Originally Posted by shawshank

The latest one from money is working fully (with build mode) so enjoy!!

No, it isn't. It's just broken in a different way.

[Dimensio]

Do you still have the game disc or mini-ISO mounted? If so, umount the ISO or remove the game disc and try again, and see what happens.

Moreover, MONEY's new "crack" breaks my one workaround for the game's internal environment check. With the default executable, I can disable the check by running in Windows 98/Me compatability mode. For some reason with the MONEY executable, the check occurs even when running in this mode, meaning that I still have to be logged in as a system Administrator.

This "crack" is even more useless than the previous, broken releases.

[JoyBoy]

Originally Posted by Dimensio

This "crack" is even more useless than the previous, broken releases.

Just because the crack does not do what you want it do, does not mean you should start rumours on here and make people pm even more requesting 'working' cracks without even trying the new one for themselves. For those that still dont understand, the new working crack is a fixed exe, not a no cd crack. It still requires a cd or dvd to be in the drive while playing the game.

Anyways, this thread will remain open until this Sunday. After that its history. Hopefully, any proper problems will show up between now and then.

By the way, the Hooligans owned you Fairies

[budica]

I tried the new Money crack and was unable to start the game. The new crack only works with the DVD version. Any workaround on that?

[Sidney]

Not much of a crack if you ask me.
Does not work with working copy of CD1, does not work with copy of DVD.
Does not even work with the original CD or original DVD.
Always asks for correct dvd.

[budica]

And yet they sounded soooo ****y in their nfo.

[Tipstaff]

Ok folks, I'm here to set this straight. First off I should mention I have a copy of both the International CD, and the US release on DVD only (don't ask why.. I just do ). I've tested this out with both versions, and from what I can tell this is why it works...but doesn't. Also, this is not a nocd/dvd.. but infact a Fixed EXE:

1) This crack works perfectly.. and I mean perfectly with the International CD version. You can tell which one you have because when you installed the game it asked you what language to use, and there would be a list of about 15 or so different languages to choose from (International DVD is the same). Also, on the CD/DVD will be a list of 15 *_filelist.txt files.

2) This crack DOES NOT work with the US DVD. At this point I have to assume the CD release as well, however this is untested. Again, you can tell due to the language list. The US release will have only 2 languages to choose from, and will have 3 *_filelist.txt files on the both the US CD and DVD.

Now before you flame me, read on: You see, in their haste to put this crack out Money forgot to remove 1, simple, little, check.. and that check being the one for the *.TMP files. (Money.. I commend you on getting this crack out.. superb work.. but you need to fix this issue before I give you a 10 outta 10) Why is this such a big deal? Well, the US DVD release only has the 00000001.TMP file, which is sized at 20mb vs the 2kb size of the International CD release (there is also a 00000002.TMP file on the CD but this file is irrelevant to the fixed exe).

I've tested this over and over again by redoing a backup with and without that file, and as soon as I add the 00000001.TMP file from the International release CD to the US DVD backup (overwriting the 20mb *01.TMP file) it works without a hitch. If I remove that file, and put back the original, it refuses to run, and gives me an error telling me to insert the correct CD/DVD. It's been posted that the crack does not work with the US CD release either, even though it has the same *.TMP files on the CD that the International one does. This is could be due to the 00000001.TMP file being of a different version than the one used in the Intenational CD release (this *01.TMP file is part of the Safedisc CDCheck routines).

Of note: this "Fixed exe" was released with Moneys releases in mind, however, on those releases the 00000001.TMP file is only 2kb (or so the filelist of those releases shows). I have to assume this was either a mistake by them, or was a way to protect their releases.

Hope that helps you guys out.

Tipstaff

*I used to have the International DVD, however I've since sold it, and can no longer verify the contents of the DVD (I forgot to write down the filelist before I sold it, DOH!) It originally did work though when I tested it.
*Edited for content/corrections on 10-09-04*

[Kanalradde]

Originally Posted by Dimensio

Moreover, MONEY's new "crack" breaks my one workaround for the game's internal environment check. With the default executable, I can disable the check by running in Windows 98/Me compatability mode. For some reason with the MONEY executable, the check occurs even when running in this mode, meaning that I still have to be logged in as a system Administrator.

That you have to be logged is as admin is not nice but in the end not the fault of MONEY but the one of Macrovision (manufacturer of SafeDisc) and EA (who chose that protection): click

[KiLL]

i have downloaded money's crack and it doesn't work and it asks for correct dvd rom .. can some one tell me what to do . and give me a link for that .tmp file "Tipstaff" was mentioning ..

[Dimensio]

Originally Posted by Kanalradde

That you have to be logged is as admin is not nice but in the end not the fault of MONEY but the one of Macrovision (manufacturer of SafeDisc) and EA (who chose that protection): click

There's more to it than that, though. There's an internal check done by the game itself -- not SafeDisc 3 -- that verifies the environment under which it is running. If it doesn't have full Administrator rights, it aborts with an error. This occurs even on the broken "build mode absent" cracks that disable SafeDisc. This check does not occur, however, if I run the game in Windows 98/Me compatability mode, meaning that I can still run the game without full Admin rights when using one of the previous broken cracks. The new MONEY crack, however, somehow disables this workaround, causing the executable to check the user environment even if I run in the requested compatability mode.

This makes me wonder how the crack would work under a real Win98/Me setup. Anyone tried that yet?

Also, I understand that Doom 3 uses SafeDisc 3 protection as well, but it does not require full Administrator rights to run. Can anyone confirm this?

[Psycloned]

Anyone else having the game freeze with a Protection Error? This happens occasionally at random where the game locks up and puts a Protection Error task on the task bar.

Alt-Tabbing just closes both the game and the Protection Error task at which point I have to reload and lose any unsaved progress. I have tried both the iND mini image and the SPiTFiRE mini image and still get this. Anyone else gotten it and know how to workaround it?

I should that I burned the money release using a non safedisc 'compatible' burner to cd's, installed from those cd's and then edited the registry to point the CD Drive and the Installed From values to point to the mini image that's mounted using Alcohol 120.

The odd thing is that this error only happens on one computer while on another it runs fine with the difference being that I installed straight from the mounted images on the computer where the game is running fine.

I am not knowledgeable in burning of safedisc games on 'incompatible' hardware but I would assume that the data would be burned fine, that safedisc is only a factor when looking for the 'bad' sectors that are part of the safedisc protection. Could it be possible that one of the cd's were burned in such a way that could cause a problem like this?