Star Wars Empire At War works ... sometimes ??
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bill_the_one




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Feb 2006 11:14    Post subject: Star Wars Empire At War works ... sometimes ??
Hi,

I found a very strange behaviour around the use of Curerom or Securom Loader.
While mounting the CloneDVD release with DT4.03, i use Curerom 1.3 or Securom Loader 1.0 (third party tool for DT4.03) to avoid the blacklisting . Half of the time , the game starts (patched to 1.01) but sometimes i get the message 'The Disc couldn't be authentified" ??

I don't understand why the behaviour is not always the same Confused Confused

Has someone encountered the same problem ?? Any ideas ?

Thx
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billyboyd




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Feb 2006 11:48    Post subject:
Same here and no idea. Have tried the latest 1.02 patch and still the same, sometimes but rarely it works but then i can reboot and do exactly the same as before and the damn thing won't run Confused
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KrutojPoc




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Feb 2006 12:08    Post subject:
Bad clone maybe ?
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bill_the_one




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Feb 2006 13:27    Post subject:
KrutojPoc wrote:
Bad clone maybe ?


Yeah, i check the mds file with dpmv.exe tool and i think the mds file is not perfect at all...
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bill_the_one




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Feb 2006 13:39    Post subject:
I've finally understood what was going wrong . When i mount the .bwt (blindwrite) clone with DT4.03 and use the securom loader 1.0 tool, the game starts perfectly at each time Very Happy

So i confirm that the problem comes from the .mds file from Mirror for the DVD which hasn't been done correctly (it is important to be at 1x speed when u extract the DPM...)
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billyboyd




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Feb 2006 14:43    Post subject:
Yeah i agree as i also grabbed the cd version and have got no problems running the game.
The DVD version is just too temperamental.
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pipapipa




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Feb 2006 14:55    Post subject:
i can run game but after while i get error msg :

Exception!

An exception has occured.See _logfile.txt and _except.txt for details. Press CANCEL to exit or RETRY to debug

any1 know what to do ?
i have dvd version...
used DT4.03 +CureROM 1.30b
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ShadowDuke




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Feb 2006 19:38    Post subject:
same here...sometimes work or not Sad

SD
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bill_the_one




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Feb 2006 20:55    Post subject:
ShadowDuke wrote:
same here...sometimes work or not Sad

SD


Mount the .bwt image instead and it'll work like a charm Wink
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ShadowDuke




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Feb 2006 23:35    Post subject:
yes, i know, but ive deleted the 30mb bwt file Sad

Asked someone to upload this
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Aspvr




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Feb 2006 04:22    Post subject:
Finally I was able to get the .mds ) and made it work this way
use cureROM when creating the profile select I dont want to use any Virtual cd/dvd ... the rest leave it as it is (mount the mds Manuaally usind D tools 4)
finally when the profile is over slect the icon cureRom creates and set it to compatibility mode with windows 2000 works every time now i tested in two different pcs and worked great
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CzarKasM




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Feb 2006 06:17    Post subject:
Thanks Aspvr, i've tried everything mentioned on these forums, and your post did the trick for me! I didnt have to put it in win2000 compatibility mode, it worked fine without it...
again, thanks man!
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baabeli




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Feb 2006 19:49    Post subject:
Anyone know where i can download curerom 1.3, because i can't download it from http://www.dvdmediaworld.com? Sad
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bill_the_one




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Feb 2006 20:33    Post subject:
baabeli wrote:
Anyone know where i can download curerom 1.3, because i can't download it from http://www.dvdmediaworld.com? Sad


Try here :

http://cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_utils_8.shtml#CureROM
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Nittany




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Feb 2006 22:57    Post subject:
I have tried your idea...no good.

My problem is with Curerom...i get an error everytime saying that it can not start the antiblacklist measures.

Any ideas?
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Alexander-




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PostPosted: Mon, 20th Feb 2006 00:11    Post subject:
I have tried all options given above but none seem to work..

-Already used the BWT File with DM 4.03
-tried to run in win2000 mode, didnt work
-also made a copy of the image, didnt work

argh, hate this !
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billyboyd




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PostPosted: Mon, 20th Feb 2006 03:18    Post subject:
The cd version is fine but if you have the dvd version the only way to get it to run first time and everytime is either grab cd1 of the cd clone version or grab the 124meg mini image that is out there somewhere and use that to fire up the game.
Use antisecrurom on the games sweaw.exe which is located in the gamedata folder and it should fire up.
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Kommando




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PostPosted: Mon, 20th Feb 2006 05:29    Post subject:
Well i tested my DVD on several machines. Im using DT 3.47 + CureROM 1.3b, on my machine it worked at first try and still working each time. On the other machines, im using the same progs but it can work like 2 times in row, then the next 10 time you try you will get bad disc or emulation message, then work, then...

I dont think the problem is the DVD but more about something sitting in computers.
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Brisk




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PostPosted: Mon, 20th Feb 2006 08:57    Post subject:
Star Wars Empire At War CureRom Profile and Reading burn READNFO-MiRROR

Code:
This is the CureRom Profile that was used to verify that both
EAW DVD and CDROM versions worked mounted. Copy this profile
to your CureromProfiles directory (The default profiles
directory is C:Program FilesCureROMProfiles). Now, you will
need to edit this profile. To do this, just click start,
programs, CureROM, and select CureRom (not curerom lite), then
select open an existing curerom profile, click browse for
profile, and select mir-eaw.crp. Hit next. Obviously, if you did
not install the game to the default directory, you will need to
change the Application field to point to wherever you installed
empire at warGameDatasweaw.exe (YOU MUST link it to sweaw.exe
or it will not work.) Then, click next. Change backup image to
wherever you have the mir-eaw image at (mds if dvd, bwt if cd)
and hit next. Have it create your shortcuts, hit next and
hit save. This profile was tested and works on both cdrom and
dvdrom versions of the MiRROR clone. This profile also worked
on the ITWiNS Internal clone. Make sure to use CureROM 1.3.0.b.

Also, much respect to Itwins for getting their internal clone
to work burnt, but their method also works on our clone. to get
MiRROR DVDclone to work burnt, just open A120 1.9.5.3105, select
image burning wizard, open MIR-EAW.mds, hit next, select Burn
RMPS to recordable media and hit start. When done burning,
install game and run pr0t-st0p, and click hide, then close
pr0t-st0p. Finally, run the game, (do not run the curerom
shortcut, run it from normal shortcut). This method worked good
for our testers on Windows 2000, but our Windows XP testers had
a lot of problems getting either ITWiNS or MiRROR dvdclones to
work RMPS using pr0t-st0p. We are not sure why this happens.
We did find another way to get ITWiNS and MiRROR clones to work
RMPS on XP. On Windows XP, enable RMPS in A120, then just simply
select CureRom Lite and then run the game. All CureRom lite is,
is all anti-blacklisting measures enabled without any profiles
needed. Yes, using CureROM lite on mounted clone works too, but
the profile is there if you dont want to use Curerom lite for
some reason.

On another note, if you hate Curerom, you can mount any of the
cd or dvd clones in DT4 with Securom Loader (antisecurom.exe,
found on dt4s website) regardless of dt4s emulation options
being on or off. All mount and burn methods were tested with
the initial 1.0 version and 1.2 patch.

On a last note, The CDROM version of EAW, when burned with
twin-sector, takes a little while to load and securom complains
about the load time. Just hit retry and it will load up.
Twin-sector method involves large ammounts of substandard
sectors that slows the Securom check considerably, Especially
if you burned the image too fast, or burned on CDRW. Give it
time and it will load. If you want faster Securom checks, either
slow down your burn speed to 4x, use CDR media, burn with a
Plextor Premium or mount the clone.
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Alexander-




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PostPosted: Mon, 20th Feb 2006 23:58    Post subject:
Brisk, in your nice post.. what is meant with "This Profile" ?

There have been many reply's to this, but none seem to work here.. Im still getting the error:

Emulator Detected!
Please deactivate Virtual Drive and emulation software.

Im using DT 4.03 CureROM 1.3

Tried almost every thing, I even have burned the 2 disc's on cd but nothing works..

erm.. help?
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MAD_MAX333
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Feb 2006 08:52    Post subject:
son of a bitch I GOT IT TO WORKKKKKK

first off, i uninstalled anti bloxx.. then i mounted the image (cd) with DT4.03HE... THEN I CLOSED DT... then i used cure to open the game EXE with win2000 compat on.. works now... insane y0
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Spike_UK
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Feb 2006 10:11    Post subject:
Seems to work fine for me everytime using Securom Loader 1.0

I've still got Alcohol120% and Anti-Blaxx installed, yet it still loads Smile

Pure Luck probably....


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Ronhrin
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Feb 2006 12:25    Post subject:
Works everytime if you:

1) Mount in DT4.0.3 with all emulation on (CD Version only)
2) Use Securom Loader to open the file sweaw.exe (no need to change compatibility)
3) just wait at the first screen, it takes about a minute to go into the menu

hope this works for you also.


He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither
- Benjamin Franklin - 1759

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Brisk




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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Feb 2006 14:43    Post subject:
Alexander- wrote:
Brisk, in your nice post.. what is meant with "This Profile" ?

There have been many reply's to this, but none seem to work here.. Im still getting the error:

Emulator Detected!
Please deactivate Virtual Drive and emulation software.

Im using DT 4.03 CureROM 1.3

Tried almost every thing, I even have burned the 2 disc's on cd but nothing works..

erm.. help?



The profile is in the release "Star.Wars.Empire.At.War.CureRom.Profile.and.Reading.burn. READNFO-MiRROR".... i only copied the text from nfo file.
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Xtrem3X




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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Feb 2006 17:57    Post subject:
*Waits for crack*
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bobcat1




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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Feb 2006 22:02    Post subject:
where can i get securom loader 1.0. I've searched and can't find anything.
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bill_the_one




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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Feb 2006 22:59    Post subject:
bobcat1 wrote:
where can i get securom loader 1.0. I've searched and can't find anything.


It's a third-party tool for daemon tools; u can grab it there :

http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php?mode=ViewCategory&catid=2

Enjoy ! Very Happy
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facefuk




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PostPosted: Wed, 22nd Feb 2006 01:57    Post subject:
works all the time for me.. make sure u use the exe file from the gamedat folder and not the launch keke.exe, if u do tha tright u wont get any stupid errors.. and yes u ahve to use curerom. kthnx
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