Can't load the ORGINAL Dutch/Eng CD version PR2

[[TBG] Alchemist]

Hello guys,

I can't load my OFFICIAL cd version with dutch/english text
I managed to install the game. But if i wanna run the game.
I see the startprompt (he reconize the cd), en then:

I get this error message: in my language (Dutch)

Leg s.v.p een nieuwe datadrager in uw CD-/DVD-station en

start de applicatie opnieuw

Translated into english:

Please place a new data carrier in your CD-/-DVD drive and
restart the application

Conclusion:
Then suddenly he do not reconize the cd.

Note:
I use a external cd drive, because the drive in my laptop is
broken.

Important: I can install the game and run the execute from de external
cd drive properly. (So he reconize the cd) But if i wanna run
the game, he get stucked.

My steamversion works, but i prefer dutch texts because i am
a dutch guy, with a orginal cd.

The cd version works good with dutch texts on win XP (my old
PC) but not on my laptop (win 8.1)

I have port royale 1 too it works on win 8.1 without any
problems, and that game is older then port royale 2.
So what is here wrong??

Note:
I have converted the CD into a CD-image, and put in on a
virtual cd-driver. Used program: PowerISO, but i get the same
error.

So can anybody help me with this problem?
Is there a way to fix the cd version, on win 8.1?
Btw i tried already the properties settings of the execute
into win 95/ME - XP etc. etc. but doesn't work.

This is my system:

My Operating System: Win 8.1 - 64 bit
Processor (Laptop):
AMD A4-5000 APU With radeon TM HD Graphics 1.50 Ghz

Video card: AMD Radeon HD 8330

So can anybody help me?

Thank you greetz from
Alchemist

[Oedi]

Your notebook does not recognize the retail CD because the copy protection ("ProtectCD") of Port Royale 2 stopped working after Windows XP, or in other words, it's incompatible with Windows Vista and newer OSes. Thats why it's reading the disc on your XP machine but not your Windows 8.1 Notebook.

The text translation of Port Royale 2 is hardcoded into the PR2.exe file, so you can not overwrite the .exe file with the one from steam (or GoG), because it will turn the ingame texts to english.

There are only 3 options for you if you want to play with dutch texts I guess:

1. research if there ever was a second or third retail release of the game in the netherlands, that had the copy protection removed. Here in germany we got a 2009 rerelease of the game that did just that.

2. find a (dutch!) noCD .exe file from wherever there might be one and overwrite the one in your game directory.

3. setup a virtual machine with Windows XP and try to run the game in there (not sure if that will work correctly with the graphics and stuff)


Is the ingame audio in the dutch version localized or did they keep that in english? Because it would be no problem to overwrite these files in the steam version.

hope I could help.

[[TBG] Alchemist]

Hello mate,

First of all, thank you for your extensive response.
You helped me a lot but....

You gave me this options, i put my answers/questions below your options:

There are only 3 options for you if you want to play with dutch texts I guess:

1. research if there ever was a second or third retail release of the game in the
netherlands, that had the copy protection removed. Here in germany we got a 2009
rerelease of the game that did just that.

'Answer Alchemist: i researched it already, there is no orginal retail version, in the
netherlands, with no copy protection'

2. find a (dutch!) noCD .exe file from wherever there might be one and overwrite the
one in your game directory.

'Answer Alchemist: i searched the web already for a dutch NOCD crack, i came out by
Gamecopyworld, Lone Bullet, Gameburnworld, but only in the languages
german/polish/english. But no dutch version'.

Question: is there a way to make a the Dutch noCD-crack by myself? And if there is a
way, how must i do that?

3. setup a virtual machine with Windows XP and try to run the game in there (not sure
if that will work correctly with the graphics and stuff)

'Answer Alchemist: You mean in this option, a mutli bootable system on 1 disk?
Like 2 operate sytems on 1 disk. I have not tried that before, i will try it'.
But it's a very complex thing.'

Is the ingame audio in the dutch version localized or did they keep that in english?
Because it would be no problem to overwrite these files in the steam version.

'Answer Alchemist: the ingame audio is only based on environment audio, no spoken
texts or something like that.

And 1 thing more: I overwrite some DLL files (3), in the past, in the steam version,
but the problem with steam is. Steam verify all files in the map before start the game
if 1 file is corrupted of overwrited, the game would not start. So i was forced to
verify the files again. Means Steam will remove the overwritten files and put back the
orginal files, then the game will start'.

Greetz Alchemist

[Oedi]

Hi,

if there's no fixed or hacked .exe in dutch, i guess the first 2 options are off the table. I don't know how to fix the .exe myself, so you're out of luck there...

A virtual machine is a virtual computer inside your Windows 8.1 OS running an OS of your choosing, no dual boot required. Hm, i guess you can say it's like a program you run, only that it's a complete windows XP computer i.e.

I'll show you some screenshots to better understand it:
https://abload.de/img/winxpboxg6kvo.png
https://abload.de/img/winxpbox27njrv.png
https://abload.de/img/winxpbox3s1kb0.png

Setting things up can be quite a hassle if you have no prior experience with this stuff. Port Royale 2 runs in this setup. performance isn't great, but it works.

You need
- to install a virtualization software, I used Oracles Virtual Box
- to install the corresponding guest additions für 3D acceleration outside the machine
- a Windows XP Image to install inside the virtual machine (there's a way to extract an image from Microsofts Official WindowsXP Mode for Windows 7)
- tick all the correct options in virtual box, connect your external drive to the virtual machine
- install Windows XP inside the machine, activate the guest additions
- install DirectX and Port Royale 2 and you should be ready to go

i'm keeping things vague for a reason, it takes a lot more time to explain everything in detail and I cant promise that this works with the copy protection. I don't have a PR2 version with copy protection, so I cannot test this.

[[TBG] Alchemist]

Ok thanks men, i understand it, i will try.
Yoo ;-)

[Oedi]

if you're struggling with this setup just ask, I'll be visiting this forum from time to time

[[TBG] Alchemist]

Hello Oedi, Long time ago.

I was busy with other game: KAM remake.
Now i try to fix this Port Royale 2, with dutch texts on win xp like you said. but i stucked.
I downloaded Oracles Virtual Box, and installed it.

After that i was stucked because i was not able to load the orginal Win XP cd into the virtual box, and install win xo from the cd. Is it a obligation to use a win xp image? Or you can use a orginal cd, like i have now? So what i do wrong?

Greetz Alchemist