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Klamatiel · **Joined:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:34 pm **Posts:** 3

yeah i did. i guess we need a patch/fix for 2008R2's Parental Controls.
I also tried running in compatibility mode = nada.

TinFoil · **Joined:** Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:35 am **Posts:** 2

I had a conversation with a reverse engineering assembly hacker about the Stalker CoP parental check, and I got this working pctrlchk.dll in return! Place it in the game's /bin folder.

Here's his documentation on the hack.

Quote:

At the beginning of the pctrlchk function (100012E0) change

Code:

100012E0 > 81EC 30080000 SUB ESP,830

into

Code:

100012E0 >   B8 01000000    MOV EAX,1
100012E5     C3             RETN

If you're curious, that's basically something like this in C:

Code:

int pctrlchk(void)
{
   return 1;
}

Problem solved.

Klamatiel · **Joined:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:34 pm **Posts:** 3

well, seems to do the trick but i get an error :

xrEngine.exe caused ACCESS_VIOLATION in module "I:\games\StalkerCOP\bin\xrEngine.exe" at 0023:0040B284, CApplication::load_draw_internal()+1412 byte(s)

i don't know if it's from the patched dll or from something else.

steve- · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:40 pm

Is this crashing for other people as well?

Old Marcus · **Joined:** Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:30 pm **Posts:** 1

I had the same problem, but I can confirm the dll hack works fine.

Blameless · **Joined:** Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:44 pm **Posts:** 8

Game: Tribes Next (Tribes 2)
Compatible?: Yes
Issues: None
Fix: NA

Game: Dungeons and Dragons Online: Ebberon Unlimited
Compatible?: Yes
Issues: None
Fix: NA

Game: Vampire the Masquerade - Redemption (1.1)
Compatible?: No
Issues: CTD when attempting to host LAN games, ALT-TAB issues.
Fix: unknown

Indrek · **Posted:** Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:17 pm

Blameless wrote:

Game: Vampire the Masquerade - Redemption (1.1)
Compatible?: No
Issues: CTD when attempting to host LAN games, ALT-TAB issues.
Fix: unknown

CTD?

Also, are there any other issues? If the inability to host LAN games or to Alt-Tab out of the game are the only issues, I wouldn't label it as incompatible.

Blameless · **Joined:** Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:44 pm **Posts:** 8

CTD = Crash to desktop.

I think there is still a save game issue where save slots cannot be used more than once in game (it will say it saved but doesn't actually overwrite anything) so when all save slots are full the save games must be manually deleted in explorer to continue to save. I still have to check if compatability mode fixes this problem.

The multi-player issue is a fairly large one as LAN is the only way to play multiplayer at all. The WON service the game depended on for internet games is long dead, so Hamachi or other VPN + LAN is often the only way to play with others.

Indrek · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:14 am

Blameless wrote:

CTD = Crash to desktop.

Ah, of course.

Blameless wrote:

The multi-player issue is a fairly large one as LAN is the only way to play multiplayer at all. The WON service the game depended on for internet games is long dead, so Hamachi or other VPN + LAN is often the only way to play with others.

Yes, but I assume the game also has a single-player mode? "Not compatible" usually means major issues like the game refusing to start, or even install. Not being able to use a subset of the game's features that doesn't necessarily appeal to everyone isn't, IMHO, a major issue.

Vince · **Posted:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:51 pm

Game: GUN
Compatible: Yes
Issues: Must be run as Administrator or it will say there's no CD.
Fix: None

Game: Need for Speed Shift
Compatible: Yes
Issues: None
Fixes: I Did install the latest DX Runtime which is why it probably worked for me and not others.

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