The DNF demo is now available in the DNF Museum site
#1 Posted 22 July 2017 - 05:54 AM
#2 Posted 22 July 2017 - 06:39 AM
This post has been edited by Mark.: 22 July 2017 - 06:41 AM
#4 Posted 22 July 2017 - 08:58 AM
Mark., on 22 July 2017 - 06:39 AM, said:
That's not supposed to happen. I'm gonna check what went wrong.
EDIT: got it. I thought the procedure to extract and run the demo would be intuitive, but apparently it wasn't. So, here are the instructions to do it correctly. First, it's important to know that what you are downloading is NOT a pair of archives containing different files. It is a single archive, split in two.
1) Double-click on either of the two files, enter the password and extract the content into the directory you want. At the end, DO NOT do the same with the other file, because you already extracted the whole demo.
2) In the newly created directory, you will find a new .rar file called Dukenukemcrack.rar. Double-click on it and extract the content into the same directory you created for the demo.
3) You will find a new subdirectory, called Dukenukemcrack. Inside, there are three files. You must cut them, reach the System subdirectory and paste them.
4) You can now launch the demo, by double clicking the DukeForeverDemo.exe executable.
I also updated the Files page to include these instructions.
This post has been edited by Altered Reality: 22 July 2017 - 09:25 AM
#5 Posted 22 July 2017 - 11:00 AM
Just for reference my new dnfdemo folder is 1.73GB, 355 files, 25 folders
I saw Steam related dll's in the system folder. Is a Steam account required to play the demo? If it is, that would explain why it won't run for me.
This post has been edited by Mark.: 22 July 2017 - 11:10 AM
#6 Posted 22 July 2017 - 11:42 AM
And what antivirus do you have? I tried it with Avast (had to add DukeForeverDemo.exe as an exception) and Microsoft Security Essentials (it runs fine without doing anything).
And my demo folder also is 1.73GB, 355 files, 25 folders.
This post has been edited by Altered Reality: 22 July 2017 - 11:54 AM
#8 Posted 22 July 2017 - 12:04 PM
Mark., on 22 July 2017 - 11:47 AM, said:
Yes, it's correct.
What video card and what driver version do you have? I tried it with a GeForce 610M (drivers 295.73) and a GeForce GTX 1050 TI (drivers 378.78) and it runs fine in both cases.
#9 Posted 22 July 2017 - 12:21 PM
This post has been edited by Mark.: 22 July 2017 - 12:25 PM
#10 Posted 22 July 2017 - 03:07 PM
P. S.
Just to be sure (BEFORE you try the new files): after you extracted the three files from Dukenukemcrack.rar, you pasted them into the System directory overwriting the original files, right?
This post has been edited by Altered Reality: 22 July 2017 - 03:16 PM
#11 Posted 22 July 2017 - 04:21 PM
Tried the latest fix and still same error message. I sure wish more than 1 other person had tried this to see if its on my end or not. Anyways, I give up. I'm deleting the folder and original files. Thanks for trying.
This post has been edited by Mark.: 22 July 2017 - 04:29 PM
#12 Posted 22 July 2017 - 04:32 PM
#13 Posted 22 July 2017 - 04:43 PM
Mark., on 22 July 2017 - 04:21 PM, said:
Tried the latest fix and still same error message. I sure wish more than 1 other person had tried this to see if its on my end or not. Anyways, I give up. I'm deleting the folder and original files. Thanks for trying.
Since we are friends, I was obliged to check the demo
The first thing was that Webroot gives me a warning about the *exe file, and removed it. Since it is a crack, I can't officially get them to check the file.
Then, circumventing webroot, I get this summation from the program pop-up.
That too, could be checked out and fixed.
Bottom line, nice effort, but does not work for me, either.
This post has been edited by Hank: 22 July 2017 - 04:49 PM
#14 Posted 22 July 2017 - 05:18 PM
Mark., on 22 July 2017 - 04:21 PM, said:
Either .exe. As in, the original executable and the first crack. Then, the crack is not the culprit: if I run the original executable, a message appear that says "Steam must be running to play this game".
High Treason, on 22 July 2017 - 04:32 PM, said:
It's the same version I uploaded, then. I just rearchived it to work around Mega's 1 GB file size limit.
Hank, on 22 July 2017 - 04:43 PM, said:
I googled this and found a possible solution. BEX means Buffer overflow EXception: the program may be prevented from running by the Data Execution Prevention feature. If you want to disable it for that particular executable, this is how you proceed: http://www.thewindow...-prevention-dep
This post has been edited by Altered Reality: 22 July 2017 - 05:26 PM
#15 Posted 23 July 2017 - 11:32 AM
Now does this version of the demo have that dev console and if yes, how do you enable it since it doesn't run through steam?
edit: Thanks one more time for upping this.
This post has been edited by spessu_sb: 23 July 2017 - 11:35 AM
#16 Posted 23 July 2017 - 01:04 PM
spessu_sb, on 23 July 2017 - 11:32 AM, said:
Now does this version of the demo have that dev console and if yes, how do you enable it since it doesn't run through steam?
edit: Thanks one more time for upping this.
Glad to see it works. Yes, it has the dev console. I updated the page with the instructions of how to enable it, but I'm also gonna paste them here.
1. If the Duke game is open, close it.
2. In the shortcut properties to the Duke game, add this to the path of the game in the target box: -log
It should look like this: "X:\Path\DukeForeverDemo.exe" -log
Note: You can create the shortcut to this file yourself if needed.
3. Open the game with this shortcut.
4. Press the Windows Key or ALT+Tab to move out of the game and to the console window.
5. In the console window, enter this command:
set UWindow.WindowConsole ConsoleKey 192
6. After you’ve entered the command, quit/exit the game.
7. Now, start the game without the shortcut, or after removing -log from the shortcut.
8. While the game is running, press the ~ key, which is usually located at the top left of the keyboard.
This post has been edited by Altered Reality: 23 July 2017 - 01:05 PM
#19 Posted 23 July 2017 - 04:44 PM
Tea Monster, on 23 July 2017 - 03:25 PM, said:
Webroot claims it is "W32.Malware.Gen" . To validate if this is another false positive I'd need to forward the .exe file to Webroot. The .exe file might be infected or it may not be.
This post has been edited by Hank: 23 July 2017 - 04:48 PM
#20 Posted 23 July 2017 - 05:26 PM
Hank, on 23 July 2017 - 04:44 PM, said:
Let's take a look at that name.
W32: Windows. The 32 doesn't necessarily mean that it's 32-bit, just that it's not 16-bit.
Malware: A category, ok.
Gen: That's it? No name? "General"? "Generator"?
It's probably the AV telling you you "shouldn't" have it on your computer, not that it's dangerous.
BTW, does this demo work unmodified if you have Steam open and own DNF?
#21 Posted 23 July 2017 - 05:31 PM
Hendricks266, on 23 July 2017 - 05:26 PM, said:
W32: Windows. The 32 doesn't necessarily mean that it's 32-bit, just that it's not 16-bit.
Malware: A category, ok.
Gen: That's it? No name? "General"? "Generator"?
It's probably the AV telling you you "shouldn't" have it on your computer, not that it's dangerous.
BTW, does this demo work unmodified if you have Steam open and own DNF?
When something is embedded in a .exe file, call me paranoid, I am, it gets removed.
https://www.enigmaso...aregen-removal/
#22 Posted 23 July 2017 - 06:22 PM
#24 Posted 23 July 2017 - 11:15 PM
Altered Reality, on 23 July 2017 - 01:04 PM, said:
1. If the Duke game is open, close it.
2. In the shortcut properties to the Duke game, add this to the path of the game in the target box: -log
It should look like this: "X:\Path\DukeForeverDemo.exe" -log
Note: You can create the shortcut to this file yourself if needed.
3. Open the game with this shortcut.
4. Press the Windows Key or ALT+Tab to move out of the game and to the console window.
5. In the console window, enter this command:
set UWindow.WindowConsole ConsoleKey 192
6. After you’ve entered the command, quit/exit the game.
7. Now, start the game without the shortcut, or after removing -log from the shortcut.
8. While the game is running, press the ~ key, which is usually located at the top left of the keyboard.
Thanks, I will try this today.
Hendricks266, on 23 July 2017 - 05:26 PM, said:
BTW, does this demo work unmodified if you have Steam open and own DNF?
I think it does because I currently have DNF retail version in steam installed and when I ran the demo, I believe I had steam running in the bg and it gave no issues whatsoever.
This post has been edited by spessu_sb: 23 July 2017 - 11:17 PM
#25 Posted 24 July 2017 - 12:48 AM
Hank, on 23 July 2017 - 05:31 PM, said:
https://www.enigmaso...aregen-removal/
Bingo!
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#30 Posted 24 July 2017 - 01:07 PM
Striker, on 24 July 2017 - 07:28 AM, said:
Done. http://duke4ever.alt...docs.html#cheat