The troubles continue...

[strangetomato]

So things continued to work just fine with adding the EPs and SPs back in, until I arrived at Bon Voyage. This would be where SecuROM first made an appearance, so wanting to avoid that whole mess, I have switched to running the game with a no-cd crack. And here seems to be where my problems lie. It won't run. I get the same message as seen in this post. I tried running it with FT, AL, and M&G Stuff as the most recent EP, all with the same result. This seems to somehow be the issue, but what exactly is going wrong?

I have updated my graphics card drivers, made sure I have the latest full DirectX9.0c Redistributable installed, as directed by several tech support forums for this exact issue (DirectX9 incompatibility), but none of those things seemed to help. I am also running Sims 3 with a no-cd crack with no issues. I'm even using the same cracks I had on my old computer, which worked just fine then. *sigh*

If anyone has any ideas on what's going wrong here, I'd love to hear them. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

Comments

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

Hmm... :/ May I suggest trying an, err, "SecuROM-free" version of Bon Voyage, just to see if that helps?

It could also be that Windows 7 is having some sort of weird problems with running the modifed .exe, and that the DirectX error message is just a symptom, not the actual cause of the problem, if that makes sense. I know that's not very helpful, though...

(Btw, sorry I haven't replied to your PM yet, I've been kinda busy over the past few days, but I'll find the time soon!)

[hidden-kitten.livejournal.com]

Ensure that your game is updated to the same version that the crack is for. And, of course, that you're using the proper crack (obviously, the one fot the most recent EP, which is actually M&G if you have everything. I'm pretty sure).

[ambient-ghoul.livejournal.com]

Try using a virtual cd instead of a no-cd crack. Virtual Clone Drive or Daemon Tools?

[so-goshable.livejournal.com]

Maybe the file got corrupted. Have you tried redownloading it? I use a fixed EXE crack by RELOADED on Win 7, and so far that hasn't given me any problems. *knocks on wood* I've had the DX9 error before on Vista, even though I run DX10. I forget what the problem was, but it was easily fixable. Thinking back, this may have been when I got a new graphics card.

[sullivansims.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

Well, when I had that issue with Windows 7 and TS2, I panicked. I updated drivers, I reinstalled DirectX - all the things you tried.

I ended up reinstalling but half way through the (very long) process, I realised I had placed the NoCD in the wrong folder. I don't know why that would cause that particular pop-up to show up but once I finished the installation and put the NoCD in the right folder, all was well. I haven't had any issues booting up since.

I hope it's a simple fix like that for you!

[maranatah.livejournal.com]

Have you tried running the game as an administrator? (right-click the game icon on desktop and select "run as administrator")

I had the same problem with my older computer, but it got fixed after I bought a better graphic card. All I can say is try deleting all your cache's, make sure your no-cd crack is in the right place and if necessary, try an arrr'd version of BV? I hope the issues will go away that you get to enjoy the game again!

[krolowa-francji.livejournal.com]

I would recommend downloading the megapack. You bought the games, so I don't see anything worng with downloading a version that WORKS,especially is EA support can't help you. It has all the games & SPs packed into one .iso, it doesn't require license keys and the cd, and it installs everything in one go, instead of having you switch cds 20 times. I really recommend it, it's such a convenience.