Anno 1701 Fixed Image Problems

[Frido1000]

it is all about luck...

i do the following. i have two PCs, one laptop one normal. Since one day by the normal pc anno is still runing in the backgorund i never shut it down. And all the othter stuff which i have to do, i do it on the laptop. So if you have 2 pcs just let one run all the time. Simple trick o_0

If you dont have 2 PCs your luck must be very hight.. i tried it often but somtimes it works.

I know that luck is the dominating thing but so it worked 2 ! times.
-start pc
-disable all virtual-drives
-mount image in the GCW-Image in the physical-drive
-now check that you CPU-Temperature is low (if my CPU-Temperatur was high it never worked )
-now i have started it from the CD 3 times and presst after the autoran-screen each time "Beenden" (=Exit) and at the 4th time i presst "Start" (=Play) and than it works, by me.

i know it sounds very stupid, and i think too that it was just luck but probably it help somebody.

[King9072]

Yay! Alright I finally got in again. I simply loaded it into virtual drive (for the millionth time), told vc to execute autorun and started the game. I have done this sooooo many times... and this is now the second time it worked, so really folks until a proper exe for nocd is released to remove the protection completely it will be a hit or miss science, no stupid little gimmicks and tricks will work like. ... to get it to work mount image into physical drive, stand up from your chair blow one kiss north, spin around 4 times, click your mouse 4 times wait 10 seconds and then run the game... no none of this shit will work you must just keep restarting your computer on freeze and try and try and try again. ONCE ITS OPEN DO NOT CLOSE IT OR YOU WILL HAVE TO DO THIS WHOLE PROCESS OVER AGAIN!

Edit: If you are keeping it open but you have a semi-public computer where other family members or in my case my girlfriend uses the computer. You can download a very small program called WinMizer its freeware and easily found on a google search. This program just lets you hide open windows, so you can hide your anno 1701, people can use the computer without accidently closing it so you don't have to go through the hassle. Hope this has been some help to others, this game is a bunch of fun. If anyone expresses interest, ill post pictures with translated names by now I have figured out what almost every german term in the game means haha... anyways good luck guys

[Echnaton2007]

Hi guys,
Well done so far but there's a small thing in the way u mount the vc4 that i don't understand:

I know that luck is the dominating thing but so it worked 2 ! times.
-start pc
-disable all virtual-drives-mount image in the GCW-Image in the physical-drive

The Point is that i don't know how to disable the last virtual Drive with Virtual CD ... I think there is a limit so that u need to leave one virtual drive aktivated...
... So I mounted the "new" image file (which I renamed to .vc4 in the right path of the new image folder) with my physikal drive, after I did the same with the Virtual one.
After that I could see only a black Window with the "Loading" mouse sign of Anno1701... I waited for around 35min but the window won't dissappear and the game aint started thou.
I think this is because I didnt disable the last virtual drive... and I also didnt know that u can mount a virtual CD in a physical drive

Advice for me ?
Thanks

PS: Could we (admins & users) make a compromise that there can be german language in this threat as long as there is a english translation for the others ? Many guys can't speak English that good so it would be a big help to get this problem solved faster ! ThxX

EDIT: I just mountet the image in my virtual, then the physical (one virtual drive still aktivated but un-mounted) and then the black screen with the loading sign appeared again. I controled my processes with the tast manager and i saw that the "anno1701.exe" was on "no response" status ... i got quite a lot of CPU capacity so it didnt freeze my computer so i just canceled the process structure.
Is it possible that u just have to wait some hours until the game gets started ? .. well, but more probably its just the fact that I didn't deactivate my last virtual drive, coz it don't know how to.

[*Schmusehund*]

The same problem here.

I've done exactly as said in the picture tutorial. In the last step after
mounting the .vc4 -image I see the sandclock and a black screen... and then it freezes

I hope somebody can deliver a crack or something that works as soon as possible.

[poco_loco]

Hi

I think I've got another way to get it to work and you don't have to disable the last Virtual drive

It work's reproducable on my computer. The other way's don't work (my computer freezes).

I'll try to explain it as good as I'm able to but my english isn't the best

1. Reboot so you get a "clean" Windows
2. Mount the Image in the physical drive
3. Start game --> Please insert correct disc
4. Unmount image
5. Mount image in the virtual drive
6. Start game --> Please insert correct disc
7. Unmount image
8. Mount it again in the physical drive
9. Start it
10. Should work

And please mount it in a special way. You have to use another option but I installed VirtualCD in german, so I don't know how the option is named in english but I've made an screenshot:

This shows up (maybe in another language ^^) when you're right clicking on the small icon in the taskbar.

I hope you all understand it
If you have questions, just ask them.

[br.gecko]

Nope, it wont work at all. Tried a hell lot of ways but it either freezes or it just says the i have to insert the od.

I guess it is the best to whait for an crack.

[King9072]

Ok that last set of instructions didnt work for me as soon as I mount to physical drive it freezes. But guys seriously if you really want to play you have to pick one method and keep trying, the method that has worked for me the most (about 30% of the time overall) is simple:

Im assuming you've done all the steps in preparing your image as I've explained as well as others how to do.
- Load windows
- Open VCD, mount image into virtual drive let it autorun, start and then it will say insert cd.
- Close ANNO, and goback to vcd and remount the image into your physical drive. Let it autorun and start the game. DONT DO ANYTHING ELSE just stick to this simple thing and be persistant. If you do this and it freezes 10 times in a row, go hang yourself cause life sucks, I think for most people doing this should get them into the game in less than 5 tries, it ussually takes me 3 times.

[Do Not Shoot At Me]

hi all

tried everything - and it keeps freezing...i also tried with an uninstall of alc and daemon instead only using an hiding tool - no way...so i have to wait for an exe - cause buying for each compi the game will be too expensive.

[annohol]

It worked - til yesterday!!!
Suddenly I can't start the game anymore! Before yesterday never ever an error occured, no freezing or anything else. But since yesterday evening there is no chance to start the game! I tried aprox. 40 times - no chance!

Is it possible, that "they" sent something to disable this image???

Anybody out there with the same problem?

Regards

[-104-]

I want to play without my original Disk, plz Razor1911, we luv u if you give us an no DVD Crack =)))

[Razor666]

So here is what works for me everytime.

1. Installed VC latest Edition Demo
2. With VC converted my ANNO.mds image to an VC image
3. Got 4 files anno.000, anno.001 anno.002 anno.vc4
4. Delete anno.vc4 and replace it with the one from the mini image. Rename it to anno.vc4
5. Install 2 virtual drives, one drive enable sharing with your 1st physical drive.
6. Mount the image on the lone virtual drive (drag an drop in the VC Manager)--->Please insert Disk Message appears.
7. Dismount image and drag it onto your shared virtual drive.
8. Play!

[StripTheSoul]

@ Razor666: What exactly do you mean by
"5. Install 2 virtual drives, one drive enable sharing with your 1st physical drive."?
Where are those options to make a virtual drive "share" with 1st physical drive?
Or do you just mean one virtual drive and one physical drive that can be used as virtual drive?

[Pluu]

What u have to do for 100% working is:

1) Mount it on ur virtual drive
2) Wait for autorun
3) Click play
4) In that second the Game is actualy starting ( but u are still in windows ),
u give the command to mount it on phyisical drive
5) now u wont get "put original cd in"-message but the startingscreen of anno

it should work for u 2

have fun

[StripTheSoul]

Doesn't work for me either...
This new Tages copy protection seems to be one potent son of a ...uhm...copy protection...
This is how that thingy works...unfortunately I only got it in German...

"TAGES™

Der Kopierschutz generell arbeitet mehrschichtig. Ein Teil des Kopierschutzes ist auf der CD/DVD verankert (na no na ned ) und arbeitet dort mittels Umgangssprachlich "Twin Sectors" genannten System. Der Name sagt es schon teilweise es gibt mehrere Sektoren doppelt auf der CD die aber an verschiedenen Plätzen und mit verschiedenen Daten gespeichert sind.

Der Zweite Teil liegt in den hier umstrittenen installierten Treiber/"Rootkits"/Malware (zur Namensgebung später mehr). Wenn die Exe fürs Programm (Games sind auch Programme) gestartet wird schickt der im System verankerte Treiber Anfragen an das CD Laufwerk und fragt die vorhin beschriebenen Twin Sektoren ab. Wo die Sektoren liegen müssen auf der CD, ist im Teiber und der Exe verschlüsselt zueinander hinterlegt. Der Teiber weiss nun also das er den Sektor 123456, welcher 2mal vorhanden ist auf der CD, überprüfen muss um festzustellen ob es die Original CD ist. Weiters weiss der Treiber das der fragliche Sektor im Bereich 111111-130000 liegen muss. Was der Treiber nun tut ist das er das CD Laufwerk anweist den Sektor 111111 zu lesen um gleich anschliessend den Sektor 123456 zu suchen. Da das CD Laufwerk von "Vorne/unten" kommend den Sektor 123456 sucht und schliesslich auf findet bekommt der Treiber Datensatz A geliefert. Der Treiber speichert sich dies mal und schickt das CD Laufwerk auf den Sektor 130000. Danach gleich retour zu den Sektor 123456. Da das CD Laufwerk nun von hinten kommt und auch einen Sektor 123456 findet aber eben den Twin Sektor liefert er dem Treiber Datensatz B retour. Treiber vergleicht und sieht das die Anfragen unterschiedlich sind ergo Twin Sektor gefunden ergo Original CD und gibt das Programm frei."

[-104-]

Originally Posted by Pluu

What u have to do for 100% working is:

1) Mount it on ur virtual drive
2) Wait for autorun
3) Click play
4) In that second the Game is actualy starting ( but u are still in windows ),
u give the command to mount it on phyisical drive
5) now u wont get "put original cd in"-message but the startingscreen of anno

it should work for u 2

have fun

The File is unmountable!