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NobleNick · 03-13-2002, 09:23 PM

Nifft,

I lifted this out of a thread that I started when I had the same question you have. After I found success, I wrote down how I did it:

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For anyone who might be interested,
I took Jonni Voodoo's advice, and executed the following steps, in order:

1.) Buy HoW.
2.) Download ToTL (72MB -> a high speed connection really helps).
3.) Download "No-CD fix" for ToTL from www.gamecopyworld.com . (I burned it onto a CD with ToTL.)
4.) Make sure that I have done the FULL install of IWD.
5.) Do a FULL install of HoW over IWD.
6.) Configure game to what I want, per instructions in the HoW manual and the configuration program.
7.) Install ToTL over HoW.
8.) Save a back-up copy of the main IWD ".exe" file, just in case. (I think it's "iwdmain.exe" or something like that.)
9.) Install HoW/ToTL "No-CD fix" over ToTL.

And then I put all 4 of my IWD-related CDs in a very safe place and started gaming! This has worked great: I've put in about 16 hours of "No-CD" gaming in the Vale, over the course of this last week, on 1024x768 resolution, with absolutely no glitches, "gotchas," lock-ups, nor "weird" gameplay. This actually works!

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Hope this helps!

03-13-2002, 09:23 PM	#5
NobleNick Quintesson Join Date: February 5, 2002 Location: Huntsville, AL, USA Age: 65 Posts: 1,045	Nifft, I lifted this out of a thread that I started when I had the same question you have. After I found success, I wrote down how I did it: ------------------------------------------ For anyone who might be interested, I took Jonni Voodoo's advice, and executed the following steps, in order: 1.) Buy HoW. 2.) Download ToTL (72MB -> a high speed connection really helps). 3.) Download "No-CD fix" for ToTL from www.gamecopyworld.com . (I burned it onto a CD with ToTL.) 4.) Make sure that I have done the FULL install of IWD. 5.) Do a FULL install of HoW over IWD. 6.) Configure game to what I want, per instructions in the HoW manual and the configuration program. 7.) Install ToTL over HoW. 8.) Save a back-up copy of the main IWD ".exe" file, just in case. (I think it's "iwdmain.exe" or something like that.) 9.) Install HoW/ToTL "No-CD fix" over ToTL. And then I put all 4 of my IWD-related CDs in a very safe place and started gaming! This has worked great: I've put in about 16 hours of "No-CD" gaming in the Vale, over the course of this last week, on 1024x768 resolution, with absolutely no glitches, "gotchas," lock-ups, nor "weird" gameplay. This actually works! ----------------------------------- Hope this helps!