Caesar IV - Mini-Image HELP

[maciozo]

The MI was tested several times and always gave 100% flawless start of the game. However, configurations vary, so some people need to use CureROM, some Pr0t.St0p or EZ-Play, while some don't even need to use an anti-blacklister.
Try disabling completely alcohol's virtual cd/dvd drivers + make sure it's updated to the latest version. If still have you problems, make sure the DT drive's letter is BEFORE real drives and/or install BlindWrite 6 and enable EZ-Play.

[lord_lobster]

nope still didnt work it loaded once when i used blinwrite 6 and then i tried to play the game and it said invalid save. after that it went back to the wrong disc inserted. and insert original disc?

[Zulu]

Originally Posted by maciozo

If still have you problems, make sure the DT drive's letter is BEFORE real drives and/or install BlindWrite 6 and enable EZ-Play.

What ought to be the benefit of those suggestion ?

[Joe Forster/STA]

DABhand reported this idea once and it has since been added to the forum FAQ, too. Dunno, it may or may not be voodoo magic...!

[Dunno]

I figured out this way, but it's kinda tricky. (It doesn't always work at once, sometimes it does and after you have left the game and try to restart it, it doesn't work again in the same way as before. You have to alter some things - I explain that below.)


So, get Pr0t.St0p and the latest versions of Deamon Tools and SecuRom Loader.
Now it's about altering the order of the following steps:
- Start Pr0t.St0p and click "hide" (and "restore" when it didn't work).
- Mount the *.mds of the original image or of the mini image. (The *.mdf might be worth a try as well.)

Last steps:
- Start SecuROM Loader and select the C4EXEC.exe in the game directory.
- Hope that it works. Don't give up and keep trying.

PS: My virtual drive is BEHIND all the other drives.

[Zulu]

Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA

DABhand reported this idea once and it has since been added to the forum FAQ, too. Dunno, it may or may not be voodoo magic...!

Ok, but it's very rare that a game only starts in first drive.
At least EZ-play has zero effect on a mounted image

@lord_lobster
- Unmount any other image
- Try with a full image to start the game using the AutoPlay function in Explorer, not with a shortcut - without any AB tool
- Or -after a reboot- try with a mini image using renamed Pr0t.St0p

No guarantee