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!)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Hmm, yes. Perhaps. That might be worth a shot. I'm willing to give just about anything a try here, just to see if it helps.

Then again, if it was an issue with the modified .exe, wouldn't I also have the same problem with Sims 3?

(No problem. :) I'm pretty all over the place with time online and getting to replies, so I more than understand.)

[miss-amaretto.livejournal.com]

I agree with meetme, here. Maybe a "SecuROM-free" version would be the best!

I installed M&G, given to me by my boyfriend, and when I used the CD, EVERY SINGLE TIME my antivirus acted up, telling me my CD was infected. So, I kept the game installed, since I don't see any problems (YET), I just found a no-cd crack.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't want to touch SecurROM with a ten foot pole, so no-cd cracks or a "SecuROM-free" version would really be my only options here. Funny how that works, eh EA?