Rise of Nations' No-CD crack won't work

[Thiel619]

I have recently downloaded, via torrent, "Rise of Nations". Now I've followed all the step they've provided in the README files and installed the game correctly but something is wrong.

One of the README files provides the following steps:
1. Install Magic iso maker (included)
2. Burn the iso image file to a CD.
3. Install the no Cd crack

Now, step 1 and 2 are completed but step 3 is where the problem is. I unzipped the no-cd crack and tried to run it but it keeps giving me this error message: "Translated_string.xml not loaded. File missing?" and then "Internal_string.xml not loaded. File missing?" then it starts saying "Gathering Exception Data..." and then it gives me another error: Serious Watson Error 7".

Can anyone tell me what the problem is and what I should do to fix it?

I can't help you with that particular issue, however I thought
you might want to know that you're posting to the Microsoft
Newsgroups. Techarena doesn't have it's own forums, it
just posts on your behalf to Microsoft's newsgroups. :-)

So you stole a game and can't get it to work, how awful for you.

Here's an idea: Buy the game....You won't need a no-cd crack then.

[Nick990]

I have a similar problem, actually, except I own the game. I uninstalled it from my computer a while back and since then it won't auto play when I put the disc in so I can begin installation. Furthermore, when I open up the disc and try to execute the program manually it says the same error message except for that "Serious Watson Error" or whatever. There's no hint of Rise of Nations left on my system, I've checked time and time again, so there's no way to re-install it or anything as mundane as that. Anyone have any clue on how to fix this problem? It's been nagging me for some time now, so if anybody has a suggestion, please I'd love to hear it.

Could anyone help me with a nearly identical problem I stated above? I actually own the game, as in, I bought the CD.

You need to place the no cd crack file..(.the exe.file)into the folder on
hard drive where the game is installed.
If you do it correctly, it asked whether you want to overwrite the existing
one...........say yes.
that's all there is.

hope it helps

why on earth you ever posted this to a Microsoft web site is beyond me, they
will never help with non genuine software.

Yup, why help a thief. He/she is one of the reasons why companies have to
spend so much money on protecting their products, the prices of software are
higher than they should be. And the rest of us pay for what the thieves are
doing. If someone wants support in that area, go to the source of the
program you're attempting to use.

Go to megagames.com, look for PC Game "Fixes", select the game, download the
crack which is usually version of game specific (e.g. if it works do NOT
update game or you have to find new crack and do all over again), then
usually it's just copy the cracked "exe" file into the game's main folder
overwriting the original file (I usually rename that file first as a
backup). There's usually minimal instructions included with the download
if/when it's do more than that.

[Dead-Ant]

hehe i thought that was hilarious that he posted it here!!he obviously didnt know!!...well anyways i have a problem too and i CAN post it here cos my copy of "rise of nations"is origianl i have the booklet too the problem is that i have LOST my/the case..which if i remember rightly the cd key was on that ....cos it's not on the back of the booklet like usual!!??...so i am really stuck ,i need a cd-key to get past the installation!!??can anybody here help me with this....???.....

back again folks as i said before i have the origianl cd right,so i went to mega games as advised above....found certain files/think it was a key..anyhow i got the same error messages too and that watson thing as well wen i tried to unzip it???do i need to place it somewhere in particualar...as the logo by the side is the same as the game and it looks like its what i need for my disk to work!??...btw im a bit of a noob@pc's and files etc.....any help would be appreciated as ive tried all day to get this game to work...becAUSE i have origianl disk surely i wont need a no cd crack wud i??..all i want is a key!....bah-humbug....y is no-one online when u need them..;)

[ilikecheese]

Hey guys I was reading this chain and I've got a problem myself. You see, I bought the CD and installed it on my desktop, but then I lost the CD. I thought that a No-CD crack would fix this, but it seems that you need to reinstall the program for it to work, and obviously I can't reinstall the program without the CD. Any ideas?

[ilikecheese]

Anyone, plz? Its been really nagging me. All the No-CD cracks I find don't work without reinstalling the game, which obviously requires the CD. This kind of defeats the purpose of a No-CD crack, as a No-CD crack is meant to mean No-CD needed!!!

Usually crack is just an exe file to be replaced.

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> see, I bought the CD and installed it on my desktop, but then I lost the
> CD. I thought that a No-CD crack would fix this, but it seems that you
> need to reinstall the program for it to work, and obviously I can't
> reinstall the program without the CD. Any ideas?
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