WowLoader Source Code Discussion

[jahrain]

Ok, reconsidering... i wont either, it's buggy indeed and i'm not gonna risk my key or (worse) getting banned for fidling with the activation/live options. Maybe trapping the complete (normal) activation and live signin would be usefull, but i won't try that either.

Actually right now would be the best time to do fiddling as live is still shaky and not all together yet. Its less likely you might get banned for doing anything now as they are much more concentrated on fixing their own issues.

[Vicky]

True, but it could also mean spending hours to get it going and after a (hopefully) bugless update for live one might have to start from scratch for live/activation on xp. Activation sucks anyway, i know at least one person that can't activate his bought version anymore. That was a 3rd or 4th install, so keep ur hd with h2v clean, up and running.....

[Fireflyfilms]

Any ideas with my issue Vicky? After hitting run, nothing happens, now that i checked the box to not show the message again, after hitting customise install, then choosing the directory, nothing happens...

[jahrain]

True, but it could also mean spending hours to get it going and after a (hopefully) bugless update for live one might have to start from scratch for live/activation on xp. Activation sucks anyway, i know at least one person that can't activate his bought version anymore. That was a 3rd or 4th install, so keep ur hd with h2v clean, up and running.....

Maybe its just a matter of the application storing the activation information in the system registry. Such as an activated cd-key hash somewhere in the registry that live or the game checks to see if it is currently activated. I doubt you might really have to do any live service hacking as most you might need to discover is probably all user client based. It might even be possible to make an activation recovery so once the game has been installed, it can still be activated.

[The Last Gunslinger]

I'm in the same boat as Firefly up there...can't even get the damned thing to install.

The loader brings up the GUI panel for installation and I can select a destination directory, but when I hit the "Run" button, nothing happens. I get dropped back to a command prompt with the message "Program exited with return code: 0000000."

If I recall my CS school days, zero is usually the "no error" retcode, so I'm a bit flummoxed as to where to start poking around.

I've updated my system with the latest DX9.0c redist update package, and dropped the 32K version of MF.DLL into my /system32 directory.

Here's a look into my system and video specs:
Windoze XP SP2
Athlon64 3700+ (90nm)
nForce4 Ultra mainboard
2GB PC3200 DDR (dual channel)
256MB GeForce 6800GT
300GB SATA2 HD (~240GB free)

[Vicky]

Yeah, return 0 is usually no error but that might be just the loader exiting normally.
I don't think it's ur specs, not sure about the videocard, my pc is a little less powered, amd 3400+, and i had no problem installing on xp sp2.

[abcba]

The loader brings up the GUI panel for installation and I can select a destination directory, but when I hit the "Run" button, nothing happens. I get dropped back to a command prompt with the message "Program exited with return code: 0000000."

Upload a picture of your H2V installation disc and I'll gladly help you out..
Also, the WowLoader-DBG builds were not meant for regular use.

[giov]

i've got the same problem at level "grave mind"!! what can i do???
thanks abcba for your work!!!!

[javingames]

I am having the same problem as Fireflyfilms. I have even tried the after install steps first to see if that would work and I still get nothing after that page. If anyone had this problem and passed it, please help. I have installed the newest .net framework and updated video drivers. My computer is pent 4 2.60GH(2.73 overclocked) 1 gb ram. my graphics card is a ATI radeon X1600 Pro(512 mb ram)

[Fireflyfilms]

Solved my installation issue, it was a bad copy. Redownloaded elsewhere and now it works fine

Now my concern is the bloody activation... ill search around.