Re: GPL crack

Michael E. Carver <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ce625.2261$[email hidden]... > Under "CP: System: CD Drive" try toggling DMA access and > rebooting before installing. Thanks but it didn't help. Peter PS: Also tried changing the UDF setting ( it made a difference for MPEG card on a previous incarnation of the system )

Last year Chris wrote:

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>Hi; >To get rid of the CD check in the UK version of GPL 1.2.0.1 >do the following: >- Make a backup of your GPL.exe file, just in case.... > -Open GPL.exe in the Hex editor of your choice. > -Goto offset 0x22F96 >- You'll find a 74 there, replace it with EB >- save the file, run the game, have fun.... >Cheers ! > Cris

It worked for me. Juergen

Nos <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hmm...I bought GPL from www.dragon.ca just a few weeks back and my > version has no copy protection scheme. I can run the game with no cd > in the drive even and had to apply no crack to do it Frustratingly, this is what it was like for me until I decided to do a clean windows install on a new HD and added the DVD :-(

Just make a backup of your GPL folder, and reinstall..... Sudesh Dave Henrie wrote:

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> > Peter Locke wrote: > > > > I consider this a legitimate request for a crack for GPL. > it does sound like you have a problem. I don't see it as any fault > of Sierra though. CD-RW's were just a gleam in power-spenders eyes, let > alone DVD when GPL was produced. You've added hardware that makes GPL > unplayable...unfortunate indeed but your own doing. > My only suggestion would be to turn off the hard drive(did I read that > right? You added a 2nd drive AND a DVD player? If so, temporaily shut > down your new HD and try and set the DVD to use the OLD CD-rom drive > letter. Good luck. > dave henrie

Peter Locke <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ekv48gl1$GA.278@cpmsnbbsa09... > I consider this a legitimate request for a crack for GPL. Thanks to many who have sent me pointers and cracks. However, none seem to address the problem ( which I admit I never explained very well ) I cannot INSTALL GPL. Sierra's protection scheme to ensure the disc is a master obvioulsy doesn't work on all new drives. WHat I need is another way to install it or a crack to the isntall process. I have tried copying the files, installing from another machine over the network. Can anyone help with the INSTALL check PLEASE ?????? Peter PS: To Dave Henrie, who wrote ..... >I don't see it as any fault of Sierra though. CD-RW's were just a gleam inpower-spenders eyes, let >alone DVD when GPL was produced. You've added hardware that makes GPL >unplayable...unfortunate indeed but your own doingSorry, Dave, I consider that if a company does something non-conformant bad sectors, hidden tracks, CRC errors etc ) then they hold the responsibility for it not working at any time in the future. If this CD were "OK" then it would read - all the others do ! It is Sierra's choice in protection which is the cause of the problem. They should provide the fixes.

I consider this a legitimate request for a crack for GPL. Sierra have washed their hands of my problem..... Added a bigger disc and a DVD in place of CD-Rom. Come to re-install GPL and it refuses to recognise the CD !! Sierra's answer ? ............. put the CD drive back in or return the CD to my supplier !! The CD has gone to another home and I don't have receipt for GPL, not after this length of time. Talk about shitty customer service :-( So, how can I get by the installation check on the CD ? I've searched warez sites and can't find anything that works - gplpatch reports it cannot find setup.ins ( in GERMAN ! ) Please help. I am missing GPL :-( :-( :-( Peter [email hidden]

Did you try washing the CD? Use Windex or something similar and don't wash in a circular motion, wash across. It's worked for me on many CDs. Aside from that, that's a crappy attitude for customer service. It wouldn't have hurt them to have you send the CD to them and send you a new one. -- Slot www.slottweak.com Tweaks & Reviews "Peter Locke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ekv48gl1$GA.278@cpmsnbbsa09... > I consider this a legitimate request for a crack for GPL. > > Sierra have washed their hands of my problem..... > > Added a bigger disc and a DVD in place of CD-Rom. Come to re-install GPL and > it refuses to recognise the CD !! > > Sierra's answer ? ............. put the CD drive back in or return the CD to > my supplier !! > The CD has gone to another home and I don't have receipt for GPL, not after > this length of time. > > Talk about shitty customer service :-( > > So, how can I get by the installation check on the CD ? > I've searched warez sites and can't find anything that works - gplpatch > reports it cannot find setup.ins ( in GERMAN ! ) > > Please help. > I am missing GPL :-( :-( :-( > > Peter > [email hidden] > > >

opened software CANNOT be returned.... thats what i was always told........... GTX_SlotCar wrote in message ...

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>Did you try washing the CD? Use Windex or something similar and don't wash >in a circular motion, wash across. It's worked for me on many CDs. >Aside from that, that's a crappy attitude for customer service. It wouldn't >have hurt them to have you send the CD to them and send you a new one. > >-- > >Slot >www.slottweak.com >Tweaks & Reviews > > >"Peter Locke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:ekv48gl1$GA.278@cpmsnbbsa09... >> I consider this a legitimate request for a crack for GPL. >> >> Sierra have washed their hands of my problem..... >> >> Added a bigger disc and a DVD in place of CD-Rom. Come to re-install GPL >and >> it refuses to recognise the CD !! >> >> Sierra's answer ? ............. put the CD drive back in or return the CD >to >> my supplier !! >> The CD has gone to another home and I don't have receipt for GPL, not >after >> this length of time. >> >> Talk about shitty customer service :-( >> >> So, how can I get by the installation check on the CD ? >> I've searched warez sites and can't find anything that works - gplpatch >> reports it cannot find setup.ins ( in GERMAN ! ) >> >> Please help. >> I am missing GPL :-( :-( :-( >> >> Peter >> [email hidden] >> >> >> > >

Peter Locke wrote: > > I consider this a legitimate request for a crack for GPL. it does sound like you have a problem. I don't see it as any fault of Sierra though. CD-RW's were just a gleam in power-spenders eyes, let alone DVD when GPL was produced. You've added hardware that makes GPL unplayable...unfortunate indeed but your own doing. My only suggestion would be to turn off the hard drive(did I read that right? You added a 2nd drive AND a DVD player? If so, temporaily shut down your new HD and try and set the DVD to use the OLD CD-rom drive letter. Good luck. dave henrie

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> > I consider this a legitimate request for a crack for GPL. > > Sierra have washed their hands of my problem..... > > Added a bigger disc and a DVD in place of CD-Rom. Come to re-install GPL and > it refuses to recognise the CD !! > > Sierra's answer ? ............. put the CD drive back in or return the CD to > my supplier !! > The CD has gone to another home and I don't have receipt for GPL, not after > this length of time. > > Talk about shitty customer service :-( > > So, how can I get by the installation check on the CD ? > I've searched warez sites and can't find anything that works - gplpatch > reports it cannot find setup.ins ( in GERMAN ! ) > > Please help. > I am missing GPL :-( :-( :-(

Copy the entire contents of the GLP disc to your HD and remove the write protection on the files and you're set to go, just add a shortcut to the GPL.EXE to your desktop or something, I have the same problem and have had it for ages, way before adding a DVD drive or anything If this is on a fresh installation of Windows as well, you need to copy 2 files to your Windows\System directory, I can't remember which files it was, but I'm sure tech support at Papy can help you out on that one, but if you've had N3 or GPL installed on this machine previously, no need for that Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Peter Locke wrote:

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> > Thanks to many who have sent me pointers and cracks. > > However, none seem to address the problem ( which I admit I never explained > very well ) > > I cannot INSTALL GPL. > Sierra's protection scheme to ensure the disc is a master obvioulsy doesn't > work on all new drives. > WHat I need is another way to install it or a crack to the isntall process. > > I have tried copying the files, installing from another machine over the > network. > Can anyone help with the INSTALL check PLEASE ??????

You don't need to install GPL, or any other Papy sim for that matter as it don't write to your registry (nothing important anyway), all you need to do is copy all the files from the CD to your HD to the directory of your choice and remove the write protection on all the files (well, you don't actually need to do it on all the files, but I never bothered to find out exactly which ones where needed) and run the game by using the GPL.EXE file, if you don't want to open your explorer and go to your GPL directory each time you want to start GPL, just make a short-cut to it on your desktop If you have had GPL installed on this PC before and haven't reformatted, this is all you need to do, if you have formatted you HD and reinstalled Windows, there's 2 files that need to be copied to your Windows\System directory, but I don't remember which ones, but I'm sure someone at Papy can help you with this as I remember Eric Busch commenting on this in the N3.discussion NG at some point Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:24:02 +0100 Peter Locke <[email hidden]> wrote: % Peter Locke <[email hidden]> wrote in message % news:ekv48gl1$GA.278@cpmsnbbsa09... % Thanks to many who have sent me pointers and cracks. % However, none seem to address the problem ( which I admit I never explained % very well ) Sounds as if you are a victim of the copy protection scheme used on this CD.... A few folks seem to have problems with their CD-ROM drives and this scheme.... Here is a possible solution from an old post to r.a.s.: I traced it to Win98 using DMA access to my CD, which in the setup of GPL (and in nothing else) caused exactly the same behaviour. Possibly the hard drive swaps have caused Win98 to re-allocate your CD driver and re-initialise it to the default setup? Under "CP: System: CD Drive" try toggling DMA access and rebooting before installing. The GPL installer seems be be picky about working with DMA access on my drive. Every other app has had no problem with the drive in this mode for the last 6-9 months ... Craig Morgan Sun Microsystems Ltd Training Instructor Enterprise Services European Systems Training Centre (ESTC) Citygate Cross Street Email: [email hidden] Sale, Cheshire --------- but that didn't work for Pete and he sent this reply ---- Hi Craig Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately it didn't work. But it did start me thinking and I eventually found the answer. I have recently added a scsi cd writer and to get windows to recognise it I had to disable IRQ steering in control panel/system/device manager/system devices. Enabling it to load GPL then turning it back off afterwards did the trick.... Thanks for starting off the train of thought... Cheers Pete -------- Here's another possibility (again from an old post) ---- Do you by any chance have more than 1 CD ROM in your machine? If so that could be the problem. When my old 6x gave up the ghost, I bought an HP CDRW to replace it (6x2x2 which was good at the time!) Then along came GPL, and the CDRW wouldn't read it. Don't know why, but to this day if I put the GPL CD in that drive, windows Blue-Screens. So I bought a Panasonic 32x CD-ROM as a reader, keeping the HP as a writer. This new drive reads the CD fine, but gives me the unofficial CD message (which is bloody annoying when you've paid for a game!) when I try to install. (But finds the CD perfectly OK to play the game!). I finally tracked it down to the way my drives are set up. For reliable CD writing the CD Writer should be the master on one of your IDE channels, and the reader the slave. The GPL install seems to ignore the drive letter of the CD-ROM it was installed from and just check the master CD-ROM. The simplest solution I have found for this is to: (1) Switch off my PC. (2) Unplug the CD-writer IDE ribbon from the back. (3) Reboot PC. It then thinks it only has the one CD. (4) Install GPL (it only has one CD-ROM to look at, so it works) (5) Switch PC off again. (6) Re-insert IDE ribbon. (7) Reboot. Windows seems to manage this without asking for any drivers, so apart from the obvious pain in the arse of fiddling around with your case and cables etc, it's relatively hassle free. The strange thing is that one of my housemates also has a CD-Writer and CD-ROM (different models, but set up the same way), and he doesn't have the problem, even when installing from the Slave drive. All a bit odd really. Anyway, if you've got more than 1 CD, give it a whirl. ----------- -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. [email hidden] http://www.teleport.com/~mcarver =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:19:44 +0200, Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >Copy the entire contents of the GLP disc to your HD and remove the write >protection on the files and you're set to go, just add a shortcut to the >GPL.EXE to your desktop or something, I have the same problem and have >had it for ages, way before adding a DVD drive or anything Hmm...I bought GPL from www.dragon.ca just a few weeks back and my version has no copy protection scheme. I can run the game with no cd in the drive even and had to apply no crack to do it. -- Nos

Nos wrote: > > Hmm...I bought GPL from www.dragon.ca just a few weeks back and my > version has no copy protection scheme. I can run the game with no cd > in the drive even and had to apply no crack to do it. I don't know why this happens either, but I get "invalid CD" or something when I try to install GPL the regular way on my PC, but Michael Carver's repost of a possible solution gave me something to try Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

It can if it's faulty or if you buy it from somewhere with a returns policy :) -- Ian P <email address invalid due to spam Rod Smelser <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:zHV15.23349$[email hidden]... > opened software CANNOT be returned.... thats what i was always > told........... > GTX_SlotCar wrote in message ... > >Did you try washing the CD? Use Windex or something similar and don't wash > >in a circular motion, wash across. It's worked for me on many CDs. > >Aside from that, that's a crappy attitude for customer service. It wouldn't > >have hurt them to have you send the CD to them and send you a new one. > > > >-- > > > >Slot > >www.slottweak.com > >Tweaks & Reviews >

Sierra and a lot of other publisher only trusts americans, to not copy their games. GPL here in Europe (Denmark) needs a CD to run. Lars G. On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:17:09 GMT, [email hidden] (Nos) wrote:

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>On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:19:44 +0200, Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> thus >spoke: > > >>Copy the entire contents of the GLP disc to your HD and remove the write >>protection on the files and you're set to go, just add a shortcut to the >>GPL.EXE to your desktop or something, I have the same problem and have >>had it for ages, way before adding a DVD drive or anything > >Hmm...I bought GPL from www.dragon.ca just a few weeks back and my >version has no copy protection scheme. I can run the game with no cd >in the drive even and had to apply no crack to do it.

Peter Locke <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ekv48gl1$GA.278@cpmsnbbsa09... > I consider this a legitimate request for a crack for GPL. GOT IT ! Thanks to louis mottaret for the suggestion .... 1) Install from HD 2) Patch it to GPL 1.2, get the 1.2 patch from www.papy.com 3) Use the crack for the no-cd for 1.2 4) DRIVE My CD was version 1.0. Copying the files to HD, applying the 1.2 patch was all that it needed. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I'll see you in the races after I get some (re)practice in :-) I expected FF. but don't feel much with my MS FF wheel. What should I expect ? Peter

I get a lot of feedback with my MSFF wheel, make sure it's set up in your core.ini file Make sure this is in your core.ini [ Joy ] allow_force_feedback = 1 ; Use FF if device has it force_feedback_damping = 20.000000 ; force feedback damping coefficient force_feedback_latency = 0.010000 ; force feedback latency (secs) max_steering_torque = 320.000000 ; steering torque in N*in giving max device force The values are altered slightly from whats in the sample core.ini, you may need to alter them slightly to suit you. Also make sure your core.ini isn't called core.ini.sample which is how it comes from the patch. Some soundcards don't turn off the return to centre spring so you may have to do that before starting GPL from the sidewinder software. If the wheel centres when the car is stationery then it hasn't been turned off. -- Ian P <email address invalid due to spam Peter Locke <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:uW7w1hy1$GA.278@cpmsnbbsa09... > Peter Locke <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ekv48gl1$GA.278@cpmsnbbsa09... > > I consider this a legitimate request for a crack for GPL. > > GOT IT ! > > Thanks to louis mottaret for the suggestion .... > 1) Install from HD > 2) Patch it to GPL 1.2, get the 1.2 patch from www.papy.com > 3) Use the crack for the no-cd for 1.2 > 4) DRIVE > > My CD was version 1.0. Copying the files to HD, applying the 1.2 patch was > all that it needed. > > Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. > > I'll see you in the races after I get some (re)practice in :-) > > I expected FF. but don't feel much with my MS FF wheel. What should I expect > ? > > Peter

Be sure you have renamed core.ini.sample to core.ini, and have the following entry in it: [ Joy ] allow_force_feedback = 1 ; Use FF if device has it Stefan Peter Locke wrote:

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> > Peter Locke <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ekv48gl1$GA.278@cpmsnbbsa09... > > I consider this a legitimate request for a crack for GPL. > > GOT IT ! > > Thanks to louis mottaret for the suggestion .... > 1) Install from HD > 2) Patch it to GPL 1.2, get the 1.2 patch from www.papy.com > 3) Use the crack for the no-cd for 1.2 > 4) DRIVE > > My CD was version 1.0. Copying the files to HD, applying the 1.2 patch was > all that it needed. > > Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. > > I'll see you in the races after I get some (re)practice in :-) > > I expected FF. but don't feel much with my MS FF wheel. What should I expect > ? > > Peter