Homeworld 2 crack broken on Vista?

[Smokey899]

Hello, every time I try to run Homeworld 2 on Vista(Home Premium) with the 1.1 update and crack the game refuses to start and gives me a Data execution prevention error, but the game works fine with the 1.0 cracked and with an original disc patched or not, does anyone know of a workaround besides digging out the CD every time I want to play?

[TippeX]

turn off dep for it then...
see if that works..

control panel -> system -> advanced -> performance (click settings) -> Data Execution Prevention

click add, select the exe file...

click ok...

run the game... you might require a reboot (on mine i didnt)...

[DABhand]

I bet its that stupid UAC that MS decided would be a good laugh.

It prevents you from installing or using any apps that need to use of a HD to store data.

Turning it off stops this and allows you to use apps again.

Look under User Accounts in the control panel and you can turn off from there.

Useless crappy feature :P

[Smokey899]

Well, I have UAC turned off already and I already had DEP set to only on for essential services, which is why I'm confused about it giving me the error in the first place.

[TippeX]

u sure its a dep error and not a crash?
if dep is disabled, check the crash window of the game
if it says the error is 0xC0000005 its most likely dep issue
if not, its probably a crash (bad crack maybe)

if the original exe works, then i think its fair to imagine its
not dep related, and is indeed a bad crack....

[Smokey899]

Originally Posted by TippeX

u sure its a dep error and not a crash?
if dep is disabled, check the crash window of the game
if it says the error is 0xC0000005 its most likely dep issue
if not, its probably a crash (bad crack maybe)

if the original exe works, then i think its fair to imagine its
not dep related, and is indeed a bad crack....

See, this is what's bothering me, thats the error and it is a DEP problem, but the original EXE works fine, and the 1.0 crack works fine on the unpatched version of the game as well, which makes me think something in the crack causes DEP to think it's modifying an essential service, even though it's obviously not.

[movq]

Originally Posted by Smokey899

...something in the crack causes DEP...

Try crack for the German version since it`s .exe is more properly restored.