Just wondering:

Is there a working and reliable no-CD patch for the LATEST version of KotOR 
2 "The Sith Lords"? I just bought it new, but am already fed up of the sound 
of my CD drive constantly whirring up to high speed and down again.

I've tried looking on the usual sites. Megagames has nothing at all, in fact 
they don't even have anything for the original KotOR. GameCopyWorld has one 
for KotOR 2, but I don't trust it - the "fixed EXE" is a third of the size 
of the actual EXE that the game CD installed on my computer (most normal 
Fixed EXEs are the same size), and AVG reports a trojan in the package 
(specifically one called Delf.CKC). Reading the forums there is very 
uninformative, although nobody seemed to have a good word for the 
person/group who actually contributed the Fixed Exe that's there.

Unfortunately the game is now old enough, and was reported to be buggy 
enough, that I wonder if enough people are even still playing it for it to 
be worth making a reliable no-CD version...

Jonathan.



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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:35:25 -0000, "Jonathan Ellis"
<jle30303@gmail.com> wrote:

>Just wondering:
>
>Is there a working and reliable no-CD patch for the LATEST version of KotOR 
>2 "The Sith Lords"? I just bought it new, but am already fed up of the sound 
>of my CD drive constantly whirring up to high speed and down again.
>
>I've tried looking on the usual sites. Megagames has nothing at all, in fact 
>they don't even have anything for the original KotOR. GameCopyWorld has one 
>for KotOR 2, but I don't trust it - the "fixed EXE" is a third of the size 
>of the actual EXE that the game CD installed on my computer (most normal 
>Fixed EXEs are the same size), and AVG reports a trojan in the package 
>(specifically one called Delf.CKC). Reading the forums there is very 
>uninformative, although nobody seemed to have a good word for the 
>person/group who actually contributed the Fixed Exe that's there.
>
>Unfortunately the game is now old enough, and was reported to be buggy 
>enough, that I wonder if enough people are even still playing it for it to 
>be worth making a reliable no-CD version...
>
>Jonathan.

Pretty sure the one at GameCopyWorld (the v2.1.0.0 - English - Fixed
EXE) worked for me back in the day.  I don't know if that's for the
latest version of KOTOR2, though.

You really can't tell anything from a smaller file size.  Cracks are
usually similar in size, but not always.  It depends how much copy
protection code has to be ripped out.  

There's two EXEs in the zip from GCW.  Try scanning just swkotor2.exe
again with AVG or something else.  The other EXE might be causing the
trojan hit, but you don't need it, so just delete it.

I have KOTOR 1st installed & have also run KOTOR II without a disc.
Both the same engine.
There is a starter LAUNCHER.EXE  & SWKOTOR.EXE   the cracked needs to be in 
the swkotor.exe ...in this case the original is some 5 Megs & the No Disc
cracked version is some 3 megs...So I think the ones you have found are OK.
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