BV and no CD?
bowrain:
Quote from: trevanac on 2007 October 16, 00:56:14
I think this is one of those situations where it is so easy and right in front of you, that you cant believe you can understand it so you stress over it and it drives you crazy. So here is the questions I have had about how to install a no - cd crack,. Only because everything is researched in this thread its so chopped up I want to make sure I have all my information correct. So, I'll start off first with how to install. If someone could please help me and be patient with my dumbass I'd really appreciate it. I bought BV nearly a month ago, but never installed it because I was waiting for the patch. Then of course, you know the rest.
Install the game but Do Not Launch if you Remove the Disk, SecuROM cannot install<--- the most important question I have.
1.download the no-cd crack
2.go to "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Bon Voyage\TSBin"
3.and change the name of the current Sims2EP6.exe to Sims2EP6.bak
4.Then place the crack in the same folder.
5.Make a shortcut to this on your desk top
6.Run game from new shortcut.
Now my questions concerning installing the No Cd.
I found the TSBin (yes, I looked for 2 days so this was a big deal) When I go to step 3 The Sims2ep6ex is not a folder I can name. If I click on it it starts the game. It also does not say exe after it.. So, do I right click and rename it by going into properties and changing it from there?
And, Step 4. I just drag the no-crack CD into the bins folder correct? Then right click on the file and "create shortcut" To be clear, If I never have the bv disk in the drive, i can't accidentally install SecuRom correct? But any EA made Shortcuts can be deleted and the new shortcut would need to be used in order to make the game run. And the short cut is made from the crack. Do I have this correct?
I'm sure your all wondering how I found the "On" button to my laptop by now. Like I said, I think I've made this too hard and it worked me into a state of confusion. Please Help :(
You accidentally started the game with the original exe? Well, there's a high chance SecuROM had been installed. It doesn't matter if you got the cd in your drive or not, it's the Sims2EP6.exe that contain the SecuROM.
trevanac:
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You accidentally started the game with the original exe? Well, there's a high chance SecuROM had been installed. It doesn't matter if you got the cd in your drive or not, it's the Sims2EP6.exe that contain the SecuROM.
No, I have yet to install or download anything, Thankfully I know for sure I'm SecuRom free.
Raenae..
Thank you so much. I thought I was such a huge dumbass because I couldn't figure out how to rename something that wouldn't let me rename it. I may still be stupid but I'm comforted to know I couldn't have ever figured that out on my own. Thanks again, I feel confident enough now to try it.
I do have just a few other questions if anyone out there can answer them for me. I found most all my answers through the thread but there are just some other things I wanted to be sure of and clarify before I get this started.
If you run off a no cd, do you need to worry about this new "launcher" everyone is speaking of?
... and if you do, this is how you disable it: disable it, edit your BV shortcut (right click on it, then properties, and then alter the Target) so it points to "Sims2EP6.exe" instead of Sims2Launcher.exe"
The Patch for BV is probably not out in no crack cd form yet yes? When it is, I assume someone here from Maty will mention it.. (noob here) And when I download it do I repeat this procedure only deleting the old crack and placing the new one in the folder? (all assuming I have it right how cracks and patches work correctly)
This also means until the "patched" no cd is out, I'll have the NPC spawning issue and the other bugs. But I can use the Maty fix for the spawning issue correct?
And just because I havent seen it addressed.. other Mods/hacks, are they an issue when installing a no cd crack?
jsalemi:
Yes, antiredundancy from here fixes the NPC spawning issue. No, hacks are not an issue when installing a no-cd .exe -- the only difference between a no-cd .exe and the official one is that the former has all the code that checks for the cd removed. Otherwise it's the same.
morriganrant:
If you just delete the shortcut from the desktop and make a shortcut to the cracked exe you bypass the launcer. Or do like you said instead of just deleting it have is point to Sims2ep6.exe but without doing one of those the launcher will still come up using the default shortcut, with or without the no-cd key.
No one has mentioned a patched no-cd crack in existence as of yet. The patch is not recommended here at the moment anyway. You can check the BV patch thread for info on that.
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,9947.0.html
You are correct in the procedure in the event that a patched no-cd comes into existence.
Yes, you can use the maty hacks to fix that anyway. Even if you had patched we would tell you to keep it in anyway, because the patch only addresses the redundant spawning of the BV npcs, when real a similar issue has existed since the beginning. Your maids, gardeners and other npcs could still spawn extras that aren't needed. So even if you patch, keep in antiredundancy.
The only mod that I can think of that is effected by patches on occasion is InTeen. This particular patch does not effect that mod. No-cd cracks have no other effect on your game or it's files other then that whole patch issue.
If you start the game with the no-cd crack and discover that your build and buy modes are grayed out, get another crack, that one was made badly.
trevanac:
Quote from: jsalemi on 2007 September 27, 21:55:25
The 'fairlight' thing is a replacement for the game .exe, so no image or CD is required to play it. Just keep a copy of the original .exe around, because you'll need to restore it when a patch comes out.
This is something I just saw that I did'nt take notice of before. I'll have to do something to restore the exe if a patch comes out? I was thinking you just delete the crack you were using and replaced it with the new one. Morriganrant thanks for that info.. Is this talking about that other way with the Daemon tools? Or is there something else I need to know in case the Patched no Cd Crack is released?
Btw thanks so much everyone for your help.
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