Don't need CD in the drive (hack)
The program always prompts you to insert the CD in the
drive, even if you copied everything to your Hard Disk. The following
patch makes the game look for the Hard Disk, which is already present,
instead of the CD.
The folder which contains data the program needs is
invisible. So first you should copy the whole CD to your Hard Disk. This
will create a 34 MB large folder on your Hard Disk called Dark Forces
Special Edition.
Now make the folder called DF SE Data visible using a
program like ResEdit (Choose Get File/Folder Info... From the File menu,
and uncheck the invisible box). Now make a new folder where you want to
keep the Dark Forces program. Copy the program itself, the Read me, the
Controller settings and the Data folder to this new folder.
Now delete the old folder. This is important. Do NOT
move this folder. It contains more invisible files (the Desktop files in
case you like to know). These files could confuse the Finder, and cause
potential loss of data if you keep them, so although the folder might seem
empty, be sure to delete it.
Finally open the program file using ResEdit or
Resorcerer, and change the following data:
STR# 129, string number 1:- change "Dark Forces Special
Edition:DF SE Data:;Dark Forces Special Edition:DF SE Data:Cutscenes:" to
the location of the new folders (for example "HD:Dark Forces:DF SE
Data:;HD:Dark Forces:DF SE Data:Cutscenes:" if it's located on the Hard
Disk called HD inside a folder called Dark Forces. of your Hard Disk.
Note that the length of the second path (after the ";"
shouldn't exceed 52 bytes in length or the game will give an error.
STR# 129, string number 2:- change "Dark Forces Special
Edition:DF SE Data:Dark Forces Instruments 1" to the new location of this
file (for example "HD:Dark Forces:DF SE
Data:Dark Forces Instruments 1" if it's located on the
Hard Disk called HD inside the DF SE Data folder, which is inside a folder
called Dark Forces.
STR# 129, string number 3:- change "Dark Forces Special
Edition:DF SE Data:Dark Forces Instruments 2" to the new location of this
file (for example "HD:Dark Forces:DF SE
Data:Dark Forces Instruments 2" if it's located on the
Hard Disk called HD inside the DF SE Data folder, which is inside a folder
called Dark Forces. |
