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rb89
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Installation Problem
   

Hello
I have problems with the Gothic 2 game, I just cant install it.

when I try to install the game it only installs 2 files and writes:
"Gothic 2 could not be installed successfolly because the CD failed the authenticity check. Please make sure that the Gothic 2 Play-CD (CD1) is inserted into the local CD/DVD-ROM drive while starting the installation process. If your PC has more than one CD drive please insert the CD into another drive and start the installer from there. Please make also sure you are using current drivers for IDE-controller and mainboard. Click the Finish button to abort this installaton."

System info.:
Pentium 4 2.00 GHz
1.92 GB free space
256 mb of ram

Help please......

p.s. sorry about my English I live in Israel....
Post Fri Jan 30, 2004 5:55 pm
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Wulf
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Hey there rb89,

Welcome to the forums,

I also noticed this stupid german translation problem when i first
installed G2, here is the correct sequence:-

1. put the "play" cd to start.
2. when asked for the next cd, put in "install-1" cd.
3. when asked for the next cd, put in "install-2" cd.
4. when asked for the next cd, put in "play" cd, to run the game.

Good luck
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Post Fri Jan 30, 2004 7:50 pm
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rb89
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hey
   

hey
thanks for trying to help....
so you wanna tell me that this is their way to ask me for the next CD???
so I just need to put in the the install 1 CD when I`ll see this message...?
Post Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:18 pm
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You know I just tried to put Install 1 CD when I saw this message but nothing happend I had only one option: Finish...
I put in play CD and after an installation of 2 files I see this message ..... Help please....
Post Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:40 pm
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Hey there rb89.

you hav'nt given you full pc spec's but G2 neads a fair ammount of power
like 512mb of ram, a dma' enabled cd player, the game loadup needs at
least 2.2gb of free space and more for extra saves etc'. and more,

At least, if you can read the txt. file on the cd in windows (?what op'sys,?)
you will be able to find the min' pc specs' required to run G2.

Come back if you find more.
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Post Fri Jan 30, 2004 10:25 pm
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Minimum:
- Windows 98/2000/XP
- Pentium III 700 Mhz or fully compatible (1.2Ghz for 3D-cards without hardware T&L)
- 256 MB free memory (512 MB recommended for Windows XP)
- DirectX 7 compatible video card with 32 MB texture memory
- 2.2 GB free hard disk space
- DirectX compatible sound card

I have:
-Windows 98 and windows xp
-pentium 4 2.0 Ghz
-256 MB of RAM
-DirectX 9.0b
-4.2 GB free hard disk space

I alredy tried it on windows 98 and there is the same problem with the installation....
It must work on my computer....
Post Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:54 am
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Re: Installation Problem
   

quote:
Originally posted by rb89

"Gothic 2 could not be installed successfolly because the CD failed the authenticity check. Please make sure that the Gothic 2 Play-CD (CD1) is inserted into the local CD/DVD-ROM drive while starting the installation process. If your PC has more than one CD drive please insert the CD into another drive and start the installer from there. Please make also sure you are using current drivers for IDE-controller and mainboard. Click the Finish button to abort this installaton."



do I suppouse to see this message after the install of the file: g2setup.exe??
Post Sat Jan 31, 2004 7:39 am
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Hey there rb89,

That looks better now, i thought you only had 1.92 gb free space,

The ram will be sufficient (but a bit under powered)

You did'nt name you video/graphics card?

You must have the latest motherboard chipset agp/ide bustmaster drivers
as well as the latest video driver.

The dma' must be enabled for the hard-drive and cd-rom? ? are they??

About the loading of cd's, the order as previously mentioned is the REAL
order NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE ASKED FOR!

Please check
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Post Sat Jan 31, 2004 10:15 am
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rb89
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well my graphics card is:
ELSA GLADIAC 518L (powerd by NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 - 8x 64MB DDR Memory)

and I dont know how to enable DMA' so help me please....
Post Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:00 pm
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O.K rb89,

Assuming that your gothic cd's are genuine and not from a car boot sale - -


I am working "blind" on this as you did not say your model of motherboard
or the chipset which would be "most" helpful. then i would know if your mobo'
bios was needed (the latest) however, for now, check the dma's are on.

In Win/xp go to control panel/system/hardware/device manager/ide/
advanced setting/ the transfer mode wants to be "dma if poss" assuming
that the current setting is on PIO mode - - do this for device 0 and 1, then
check the same for secondry ide and do the same as required, (depending
on you cd/cd-rom/hardrives you have)

Then reboot windows, then go back into device manager and see what the
current mode is, we are looking for "ultra dma mode 2" or similar then report back.
with the settings
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Post Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:13 pm
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quote:
Originally posted by Wulf
O.K rb89,

Assuming that your gothic cd's are genuine and not from a car boot sale - -




lol

So now it looks like that:

Primary IDE Channel:
Device 0: Transfer Mode: DMA if available
Current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA Mode 5
Device 1: Transfer Mode: DMA if available
Current Transfer Mode: PIO Mode

Secondary IDE Channel:
Device 0: Transfer Mode: DMA if available
Current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA Mode 2
Device 1: Transfer Mode: DMA if available
Current Transfer Mode: Multi-Word DMA Mode 2

Is it OK?



As you asked me my Mainboard is SiS 645 Chipset Based MSI 645 Ultra-C....
Post Sat Jan 31, 2004 4:06 pm
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Wulf
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Hey there rb89,

Yes that is good, we are progressing, by the way is that a cd/writer you have as well as cd-rom or dvd?, and if so which drive are you using to install.
BECAUSE - - - -

you must remove ANY files you find installed previously, before you
can use the other drive to try a fresh install, (this is important)

Meanwhile i am checking some details.
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Post Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:48 pm
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rb89
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I have 2 CD-ROMs and one CD-WRITER.
I am using the CD-WRITER to install but I can use any other drive to install if you want so....

I alredy removed any files I found installed previously....

Thank you for helping me....
Post Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:15 pm
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Wulf
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Well now rb89,

Even more progress,

Do not use your cd-writer to install, try one of the others, 52* - 56* or
whatever, this is what your first thread info was saying, your "normal use"
cd-rom or atapi or dvd-rom, we're nearly there, i await with great
anticipation.
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Post Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:30 pm
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rb89
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ohh what a disapointment same error message again
Post Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:37 pm
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