| Author | Message | ||
     Anonymous |
I'm trying to edit the "setup.ins" file of Baldur's gate DVD-Rom to make the setup program access the installation files from another source. Example: if moviecd1.bif is located in \CD1\movies\ (primary DVD directory) I want the setup program to point to another location; for example it should pick that file from E:\CD\movies\ . When I try to modify the file, even altering only one byte, the setup program informs me that "setup.ins" is corrupted. Is there a checksum that control if the file has been modified? In that case, can I make the program ignore the checksum or make it accept a new checksum? Hope you can help me! Regards. | ||
| Stefan Fleischmann (Admin) |
Yes, it seems there is a checksum of setup.ins built into one the files. Yes, theoretically it is possible to alter the setup program, but I doubt your license of the software would permit this. At any rate, the necessary adjustments would be outside the scope of this forum, sorry. | ||
| Anonymous |
To disable the CRC-Check of an Installshield 5 Setupskipt (*.ins) set the byte at offset 3 to 00. Hint: If you want to make little change in execution of the script the "Windows Installshield decompiler" by NaTzGUL/SiraX (<- search for it in the net) may help you to find the right offset. (with an hexeditor i usually mess up some "goto label" number to skip some unwanted parts of the script...) | ||
| Stefano (Stefano) |
Exuse me, can you send me the file setup.ins? I have it, but it has any problems and i cannot intall the game.. my email is oziatore@libero.it Thanks | ||
| Anonymous |
i just used winhex to make a 700mb zip file into a 165mb file, but when i try to open it, winzip says that the file is corrupted,contains no files or part of a spanned disk file. so is there a way to repair/recovery the file using winhex? | ||
| Stefan Fleischmann (Admin) |
Obviously .zip files are corrupted when shortened. Sorry, WinHex cannot repair them automatically, and cannot repair files automatically in general. A hex editor is a tool that allows you to repair files yourself, analogously to a screw driver that cannot repair anything by itself, only helps a human being repairing something if he or she knows what to do. There was once a DOS program "pkzipfix.exe" that could extract at least the completely contained files from an incomplete, corrupted .zip archive and write them into a new .zip archive. | ||
| Corey Hebert Username: xxjesuspiecexx Registered: N/A |
hey man idk if this thread is still activ but if it is can sum 1 hook me up w/ that setup.ins file because mine was corrupted on the cd thx man. My email is XxjesuspiecexX@aim.com |