Retail version of The Wheel of Time does not launch. about safediscshim HOT 6 OPEN

Gamecopyworld also reports CD#2 to be the one with safedisc.. Yet in the cd-copy instructions they say CD#1 is the one with the executable that has to be replaced?

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Gamecopyworld also reports CD#2 to be the one with safedisc.. Yet in the cd-copy instructions they say CD#1 is the one with the executable that has to be replaced?

According to Redump, CD 2 is the one checked by SafeDisc (notice the error count): http://redump.org/disc/21468/

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Gamecopyworld also reports CD#2 to be the one with safedisc.. Yet in the cd-copy instructions they say CD#1 is the one with the executable that has to be replaced?

CD 1 is the data disc, that disc is what does the installing. Having "game content" checked during the installation stage will install the same files located on the disc into the installation directory. The hashes are the same for the WOT.EXE on the disc and what gets installed.

The instructions say to replace WOT.EXE after a full installation. the other instructions is for a disc backup.

Because storage space was very small at the time, you had the option to not have a full installation of the game and could play entirely from the discs. The game is very small compared to modern standards where a full installation is easily achieved. However, Disc 2 will always be needed regardless.

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Supposedly, unsafedisc should support the game. You may want to check if there aren't extra checks/dependencies?

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Supposedly, unsafedisc should support the game. You may want to check if there aren't extra checks/dependencies?

Unsafedisc does indeed work with it and the game will launch, I don't know how I should check for other dependencies though.

Could SafeDiscShim be trying to write something on the disc and failing? The disc is where the check does take place as that's where all the files are.

The logs say it is hooking the ICD file but then stopping.

Not sure what else I can try to get SafeDiscShim working with the game.

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If that's enough to make the game start, then yes I guess this is a bug for the shim.
I was thinking that they might have placed extra cd checks like omikron for isntance.

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