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the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
in Zocalo v2.0
(On the subject of cracking BF: Vietnam)

ANONYMOUS: Andy
FrdChknX: Yo
ANONYMOUS: the crack file didn't work
FrdChknX: How so
ANONYMOUS: i probably put it in the wrong spot
FrdChknX: Heh
ANONYMOUS: it is asking me for the disk
FrdChknX: If you just dragged it, didn't copy it, then it might have made a shortcut for the .exe
FrdChknx: Also, it's a .rar, and I somehow doubt you have WinRAR. [url]www.rarlabs.com[/url]
ANONYMOUS: hold on
ANONYMOUS: k instaled
ANONYMOUS: where do i drag it to
ANONYMOUS: the desktop or the folder
FrdChknX: C:/Program Files/EA Games/Battlefield Vietnam
ANONYMOUS: one minnuet
FrdChknX: k
ANONYMOUS: i draged it should it work now
FrdChknX: ok
ANONYMOUS: should it work now?
FrdChknX: It should
ANONYMOUS: or do i extract it
FrdChknX: Did you also drag the mods.dll to where it goes?
ANONYMOUS: no
ANONYMOUS: wait what dll's
FrdChknX: ...
FrdChknX: In the no-cd .rar
FrdChknX: There is a folder and a .exe
ANONYMOUS: hold on
FrdChknX: You just put the .exe in C:/Program Files/EA Games/Battlefield Vietnam
FrdChknX: The .dll inside the folder inside the .zip goes in C:/EA Games/Battlefield Vietnam/Mods/BFVietnam
FrdChknX: Drag it onto your desktop, the mods.dll
ANONYMOUS: ooooohhhhhh
ANONYMOUS: yes but it won't extract
ANONYMOUS: i draged it to the desktop
ANONYMOUS: from the CD
ANONYMOUS: windows cannot open this file message
FrdChknX: Wow
FrdChknX: Ok
ANONYMOUS: ok what then
FrdChknX: Start Menu
FrdChknX: Run
FrdChknx: Type "command"
FrdChknx: In the DOS Command Prompt, type Format C:
ANONYMOUS: hold on
FrdChknX: And please don't actually do it :p
ANONYMOUS: the command?
FrdChknX: Dude
FrdChknX: that formats your hard drive
FrdChknX: lol
ANONYMOUS: hold
ANONYMOUS: on
ANONYMOUS: it's up
FrdChknX: Vietnam?
ANONYMOUS: enter
FrdChknX: ??
ANONYMOUS: command prompt
FrdChknX: DUDE
FrdChknX: Please don't
FrdChknX: You're about to reformat your hard drive.
ANONYMOUS: ok step one drag file from CD to EA Games folder
ANONYMOUS: right?
FrdChknX: Yep
ANONYMOUS: k
FrdChknX: Copy and paste, you don't want a shortcut
ANONYMOUS: k
FrdChknX: Drag it into the desktop then paste, if need be
ANONYMOUS: i'll do copy paste like i did before
FrdChknX: ok
ANONYMOUS: is there a certain folder in the vietnam folder i should put it in
FrdChknX: The .exe?
ANONYMOUS: oyes
FrdChknX: No, the main folder
ANONYMOUS: k
ANONYMOUS: i pasted it in
FrdChknX: ok
ANONYMOUS: next?
FrdChknX: Try playing
ANONYMOUS: k
FrdChknX: Did it overwrite the old .exe?
ANONYMOUS: hold on
ANONYMOUS: not a correct CD rom
FrdChknX: Ok...
FrdChknX: Then the .dll
FrdChknX: Did that overwrite the old file
ANONYMOUS: k
FrdChknx: (In the future, answer my questions :))
FrdChknX: This is all you have to do:
FrdChknX: Copy bfvietnam.exe from the CD into C:/Program Files/EA Games/Battlefield Vietnam. It should prompt you to overwrite a pre-existing file, do it.
FrdChknX: Then put the .dll in C:/Program Files/EA Games/Battlefield Vietnam/Mods/BFVietnam, again agreeing to an overwrite.
ANONYMOUS: hold on
FrdChknX: k
ANONYMOUS: the one from the CD?
FrdChknX: Yes...
ANONYMOUS: k
FrdChknX: Now try
ANONYMOUS: all dll's
FrdChknX: ?
ANONYMOUS: there are three
FrdChknX: In the folder on the CD?
ANONYMOUS: in the crack folder
ANONYMOUS: what is the name of the dll
FrdChknX: It should only overwrite mods.dll... it wouldn't overwrite something unless it bore the same name.
ANONYMOUS: what is the name of the dll
FrdChknX: Back to square one.
FrdChknX: mods.dll
ANONYMOUS: in the mods folder?
FrdChknX: Congratulations, you have successfully confused the fuck out of me
ANONYMOUS: thanks
FrdChknX: You're COPYING and PASTING TWO FILES from a CD onto your HARD DRIVE
ANONYMOUS: i'm on the main screen for the disk wher the f do i go
FrdChknX: Ok, take the TWO FILES in the CRACK FOLDER, and DRAG them onto your DESKTOP
ANONYMOUS: k
ANONYMOUS: there both there
FrdChknX: Put bfvietnam.exe in C:/Program Files/EA Games/Battlefield Vietnam
FrdChknX: Put mods.dll in C:/Program Files/EA Games/Battlefield Vietnam/Mods/BFVietnam
FrdChknX: Both should overwrite a file, say ok
ANONYMOUS: hold on
FrdChknX: ok
ANONYMOUS: dammit there are two count them two files in my crack folder crack.rar + rzr-bfvk
FrdChknX: No.
FrdChknX: rzr-bfvk is the CD Key Generator
FrdChknX: Crack.rar is the one containing the two files you want
ANONYMOUS: do i open it
FrdChknX: ...
FrdChknX: ...
FrdChknX: ...
ANONYMOUS: wtf?
FrdChknX: Yes.
ANONYMOUS: let me explain my situation i have the crack file copy and pasted into my vietnam folder ok
FrdChknX: The .rar?
ANONYMOUS: yes
FrdChknX: Why, exactly?
ANONYMOUS: crack.rar
ANONYMOUS: why because u told me ot
FrdChknX: Nooooo... I told you to put bfvietnam.exe and mods.dll in there, both of which are INSIDE the .rar
ANONYMOUS: k then i'll open the rar
FrdChknX: If the process of double-clicking confuses you, feel free to ask the Microsoft paper clip for help.
ANONYMOUS: huh?
FrdChknX: nothing.
ANONYMOUS: i get the windows cannot open this file message
FrdChknX: For what file
ANONYMOUS: crack.rar
FrdChknX: Do you have WinRAR installed?
ANONYMOUS: no
FrdChknX: For.
FrdChknX: The.
FrdChknX: Love.
FrdChknX: Of.
FrdChknX: God.
FrdChknX: Or lack thereof.
FrdChknX: I thought you installed it? Like, at the beginning of the conversation.
FrdChknX: Ok
FrdChknX: Install WinRAR. [url]www.rarlabs.com[/url]
ANONYMOUS: download it
ANONYMOUS: k, instaled
FrdChknX: Ok. Now, you COULD just scroll up to the top of this chat window, and reenact this entire conversation, but I'll make it easy for you
FrdChknX: Put CD 1 in the CD drive
ANONYMOUS: it is
FrdChknX: Right click it in My Computer, and hit Explore
ANONYMOUS: k
FrdChknX: Open the folder called Cracks
ANONYMOUS: k
FrdChknX: Open crack.rar
ANONYMOUS: ok
FrdChknX: Copy and paste bfvietnam.exe into C:/Program Files/EA Games/Battlefield Vietnam. Click yes when prompted.
ANONYMOUS: k
FrdChknX: Copy and paste mods.dll into C:/Program Files/EA Games/Battlefield Vietnam. Click yes when prompted.
ANONYMOUS: ok
ANONYMOUS: But I already did this I thought
FrdChknX: Jesus Christ on a pogo stick.
ANONYMOUS: lol
FrdChknX: Assuming the two neurons swimming around in the vast emptiness that is your skull managed to collide and form a little spark at any point during the last fifteen minutes, you should have a working, cracked copy of Battlefield Vietnam.
FrdChknX: Congratulations, you inept pirate, you.
ANONYMOUS: lol
FrdChknX: Now, here's what you do...
FrdChknX: Open BF Vietnam.
ANONYMOUS: k
FrdChknX: No, if you're saying "ok" you didn't open Vietnam. Close Trillian, and open Battlefield Vietnam. Go play. Leave me alone.
*** ANONYMOUS signed off at 10:56:34 ***

Comments

  • StrikerStriker Provided with distinction
    *sighs*

    If you are too cheap to buy a game, then go out and get a job to pay for it. Geez.

    I'm tired of all this software piracy stuff. It affects people like me (all these so called "safeguards") which causes machines to crash more, sends data back to a central server, etc....
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    Indeed, I'm not very much into piracy (though obviously, my friends are). It hurts the industry, and potentially could drive developers towards consoles. Which suck.
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    hahaha! Thanks funny...sad, but funny

    and for the record, if I'm going to play a game, I buy it. :D
  • MartianDustMartianDust Elite Ranger
    Thats fine if you can afford it. :)
  • StrikerStriker Provided with distinction
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by MartianDust [/i]
    [B]Thats fine if you can afford it. :) [/B][/QUOTE]

    If you can't, get a job or don't buy it. =)
  • MTMT Ranger
    The government should develop a chip to implant in peple's brains. It violently shocks pirates when engaged in pirate activities. If they decide they want to put up with the pain to play their pirated games, it kills them. Then the government confiscates all of the pirate's possessions. Everything relatively worthless or with lots of sentimental value gets burned in front of surviving family members. The rest is sold, with $50 going towards whoever made the game being pirated, and the rest remaning with the government. If the pirate was also a hippy, the money generated is specifically allocated towards buying guns and bullets for the Army.
  • Captain,SimmondsCaptain,Simmonds Trainee trainee
    Speaking of Piracy...;)

    Arrrrrrrrr.....

    Shiver me Pixels:D


    anyway... Where that RIAA Anti-Piracy Video.

    Anyway Downloading games is pointless if you want to play them online.
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by MT [/i]
    [B]Then the government confiscates all of the pirate's possessions.[/B][/QUOTE]
    More propably RIAA and MPAA.
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    [quote]When I was doing computer support at a local University, there was a faculty member who, while somewhat cyber-phobic, learned quickly. She was up to speed with Office and Windows 95. Then she ordered a new computer.

    She was very concerned about losing files, so I made sure not only to backup her stuff but also to replicate the directory structure, the desktop, everything. To make sure that she would be comfortable with the new system, I even kept her old monitor, keyboard, and mouse on her desk, to prevent any "look and feel" changes from throwing her.

    Well, two days later, she calls, in tears, hysterically sobbing. She couldn't use her new computer. I took a look, and everthing was just as it should be. Windows 95 ran, Office was here in all its glory, her documents and presentations (and their shortcuts) were all in place -- everything works.

    Me: "So what's the problem?"
    Her: "I can't use this computer."
    Me: "Why not? It has the same programs, the same operating system, the same documents, everything."
    Her: "Yes, thank you very much. But I can't use this computer!"
    Me: "Well what's wrong?"
    Her: "Nothing's wrong. I just can't use it. I don't know how to use new computers."

    For some reason, since this was a new computer, she forgot everything she had ever learned about all the applications she used to be proficient with. She had to relearn everything. There were no exclaims of recognition, either, like, "Oh, this is Word, just like before!" She had to be taught how to use everything all over again. She even asked that all her documents be printed out so she could retype them.

    The irony is that she is a well regarded expert in the field of human memory systems.[/quote]

    [url]http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_amnesia.shtml[/url]

    [quote]I had this conversation recently with a lady who swore she had been using computers since forever.

    Tech Support: "All right. Now click 'OK'."
    Customer: "Click 'OK'?"
    Tech Support: "Yes, click 'OK'."
    Customer: "Click 'OK'?"
    Tech Support: "That's right. Click 'OK'."
    Customer: "So I click 'OK', right?"
    Tech Support: "Right. Click 'OK'."

    Pause.
    Customer: "I clicked 'Cancel'."
    Tech Support: "YOU CLICKED 'CANCEL'???"
    Customer: "That's what I was supposed to do, right?"
    Tech Support: "No, you were supposed to click 'OK'."
    Customer: "I thought you said to click 'Cancel'."
    Tech Support: "NO. I said to click 'OK'."
    Customer: "Oh."
    Tech Support: "Now we have to start over."
    Customer: "Why?"
    Tech Support: "Because you clicked 'Cancel'."
    Customer: "Wasn't I supposed to click 'Cancel'?"
    Tech Support: "No. Forget that. Let's start from the top."
    Customer: "Ok."

    I spent the next fifteen minutes re-constructing the carefully crafted setup for this lady's unique computer.

    Tech Support: "All right. Now, are you ready to click 'OK'?"
    Customer: "Yes."
    Tech Support: "Great. Now click 'OK'."

    Pause.

    Customer: "I clicked 'Cancel'."

    And people wonder why my mouse pad has a target on it labeled "BANG HEAD HERE."[/quote]

    [quote]Tech Support: "Ok, now type 'C D space backslash'."
    Customer: "Um, can you repeat that?"
    Tech Support: "Yes, 'C D space backslash'."
    Customer: "'C P'?"
    Tech Support: "No, 'C D'."
    Customer: "Ok, 'C D slash backspace'."
    Tech Support: "No, 'C D SPACE BACKSLASH'."
    Customer: "'C D slash space backspace'."
    Tech Support: "No, 'C D SPACE BACKSLASH'."
    Customer: "'C D slash backspace'."
    Tech Support: "'C D SPACE BACKSLASH'."
    Customer: "'C D space backslash'."[/quote]

    [url]http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_calls.shtml[/url]
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
    [B]Indeed, I'm not very much into piracy (though obviously, my friends are). It hurts the industry, and potentially could drive developers towards consoles. Which suck. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Then what the fuck are you doing helping someone commit piracy? Not only are you as bad as them, you're a hypocrite too.
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    or, that could be someone elses log that they shared with exile.
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Captain,Simmonds [/i]
    [B]Anyway Downloading games is pointless if you want to play them online. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Nah, it's actually pretty easy to get online with a cracked game.

    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
    [B]Then what the fuck are you doing helping someone commit piracy? Not only are you as bad as them, you're a hypocrite too. [/B][/QUOTE]

    To make the incessant phone-calling stop. This is just the tip of the iceburg...

    It was me, that's my old AIM screenname, now reserved for dealing with idiots. :)
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
    [B]or, that could be someone elses log that they shared with exile. [/B][/QUOTE]

    I know that's him because he always has that nick when he joins #firstones, just before he changes it. :)
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    Nono, my nick on IRC is my new screenname, KwstzHdrchX. :)

    Same naming convention though... two-word term minus vowels, with an X on the end. Fried Chicken (long story), and Kwisatz Haderach. :)
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    I was waiting for the [b]FORMAT C: [/b] to kick in...

    :p
  • MartianDustMartianDust Elite Ranger
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Striker [/i]
    [B]If you can't, get a job or don't buy it. =) [/B][/QUOTE]

    Very true, though sometimes with a job you can't afford to buy everything that you like. :)
  • StrikerStriker Provided with distinction
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by MartianDust [/i]
    [B]Very true, though sometimes with a job you can't afford to buy everything that you like. :) [/B][/QUOTE]

    That's why you save as much as you can until you can buy it.
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    I've pirated a lot of games in the past, before the term pirating was known to me, or even commonplace... Starcraft, the game that got me into gaming, was a burned copy of my friend's version... same with Diablo... but I refrain from doing it anymore, because it doesn't exactly encourage quality game development.

    I [i]did[/i] get an illegal version of Max Payne 2, but only because Amazon.com never sent the copy I was supposed to get for Christmas...:mad:

    Games are more fun when you own them, anyways. you get multiplayer, sounds (a lot of cracks don't have sound for some reason), and a shiny box to put on the shelf above your PC as a monument to your H4RDK0r3 geekiness. :D
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