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Bart1983
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Posted: Tue, 24th Feb 2009 12:31 Post subject: |
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Are you sure the Steam_AppId.txt name is correct. Have you made a txt file and renamed it to Steam_AppId? If you have file extensions hidden then your file's name will be Steam_AppId.txt.txt. Have seen many people make this mistake!
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LeoNatan
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Posted: Tue, 24th Feb 2009 12:35 Post subject: |
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I have updated the guide to be much more simple, and included the patch #2. All settings and files are now in an archive, so there is no need for creating new files or modifying existing ones. 
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Posted: Tue, 24th Feb 2009 12:54 Post subject: |
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Ah! Turns out that I had named the Steam_AppId.txt file to Steam_AppId.txt.txt =). Stupid mistake. I can start the game with the loader now perfectly!
Thanks a bunch both you iNatan and Bart 1983!
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LeoNatan
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Posted: Tue, 24th Feb 2009 12:56 Post subject: |
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Cheers, glad we could help!
Did you also try the preorder content fix?
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Posted: Tue, 24th Feb 2009 13:06 Post subject: |
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Jap, the preorder worked like a charm! Thank you all!
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LeoNatan
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Posted: Tue, 24th Feb 2009 13:14 Post subject: |
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Guys, also you can use the preorder file from my release with the new patch, it works (same file). 
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Leftos
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Posted: Wed, 25th Feb 2009 00:04 Post subject: |
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Leo, praise for your post. Also thanks to all that contributed.
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LeoNatan
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Posted: Wed, 25th Feb 2009 00:10 Post subject: |
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Cheers! Special thanks goes to JBeckman for uploading the patches! 
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Posted: Wed, 25th Feb 2009 02:07 Post subject: |
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already made it work with patch but what does the preorder do anyway?
is there anyway to save game without live.
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Posted: Wed, 25th Feb 2009 02:09 Post subject: |
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by the way thanx iNatan for the info, but i want to know what does the preorder do.
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LeoNatan
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Posted: Wed, 25th Feb 2009 02:39 Post subject: |
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Basically, the preorder gives you some decent wargear from the start for the SP campaign, and some nice paints and colors for the army painter for skirmish and MP. 
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Silvayn
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Posted: Wed, 25th Feb 2009 13:06 Post subject: |
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Just reporting...
Vista x64 + DoW2 1.1.1 (couldn't wait till 1.1.2 download finishes) + loader
... as would Mr. Borat say: Great success.
Thanks iNatan.
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Posted: Fri, 27th Feb 2009 05:44 Post subject: |
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So, what about preorder bonus on XP 32? Is it works without that dll?
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LeoNatan
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Posted: Fri, 27th Feb 2009 05:50 Post subject: |
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Some say it works, some say it doesn't. I tried patching a DLL from XP32, but it didn't work for the one that send it to me. At any rate, my release has the original content.bin as well, so if you have problems, you can always restore. 
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Posted: Fri, 27th Feb 2009 13:40 Post subject: |
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WiCKed666 wrote: | So, what about preorder bonus on XP 32? Is it works without that dll? |
As I already mentioned before, for me it is working with .dll. Have you tried to install all available updates for windows and LIVE that come with the game ? LIVE installer required me to install additional hotfix otherwise not available via Windows Update.
Or maybe it is cause I have SP3 installed too.
EDIT: One more thing... I installed pre-order content before starting campaign.
EDIT2: The hotfix I mentioned is WindowsXP-KB938759-x86-ENU.exe
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Posted: Fri, 27th Feb 2009 16:35 Post subject: |
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Which is suprising because that .dll is for vista which makes no sense... but anyways since I can finally post.
Natan, how do you go about locating the offset for the function that you are editing in the dll? I am a newb hatter and I am just curious. I was able to open up the dll and locate the winverifytrust function in the dll file, and replaced it with hex values from:http://corsix.org/blogs/corsix
Any thoughts?
I'm running on xp 32. Then again coincidentally my video card bit it hard shortly there after and I need to get it warrantied.
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LeoNatan
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Posted: Fri, 27th Feb 2009 19:04 Post subject: |
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I used a disassembler to find the offset of the function (I think it's done by using the DLL symbols) and hex edited.
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Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 16:33 Post subject: |
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How did you come up with what hex values should be replacing the existing ones?
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Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 17:28 Post subject: |
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Thanks for all the work but the preorder file has been deleted by rapidshare. Would be greateful if anyone could reupload.
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LeoNatan
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Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 18:34 Post subject: |
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Reuploaded, this time with password. 
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JBeckman
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Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 19:24 Post subject: |
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Extracted the German files or downloaded them?
The archive(s) I uploaded only contains the patched files and thus requires the original data, I'm unsure how Vitality's installer works if you used that but just as you extract the English localization you can do the same for the other languages in order to get the full localization, failing that the "DOW2.ucs" file might perhaps be usable with the English files as it seems to be the "subtitles" for the game but this is untested.
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Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 19:57 Post subject: |
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*sigh* still can't get it working... Whenever I try to edit the files and run it, I get an error back. What did you use to edit the content.bin file.
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LeoNatan
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Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 20:11 Post subject: |
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Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 20:21 Post subject: |
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I'll look into it... thanks... Probably check back next week to see if anyone has solved the XP conundrum. I keep seeing that XP users are having trouble with the hack, me included.
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LeoNatan
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Posted: Sat, 28th Feb 2009 21:14 Post subject: |
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Yeah, well I tried hacking the XP DLL with no prevail.
Can you post your DLL for me? I'll try one more time to hack it.
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LeoNatan
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Posted: Sun, 1st Mar 2009 05:01 Post subject: |
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Try this: http://www.sendspace.com/file/fae2xw
If it doesn't work, try installing the hotfix and then using my originally cracked DLL.
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Dth
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Posted: Sun, 1st Mar 2009 18:15 Post subject: |
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So, is there a method to play the campagin in co-op mode? or just MP Maps?
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