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Old 14-01-2008, 06:54 PM   #1
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Default Robot Odyssey - Can't solder

I just finished going through all the tutorials in Robot Odyssey and I have discovered that I can't solder in the main portion of the game or in the innovation lab. I can solder in the tutorials though. Not sure what's going on but can anyone help me?

I am running it in dosbox, on my mac, not sure if either could be the problem here. Thanks!


Edit: I also just tried running it from dosbox in windows and in windows xp itself (which is ridiculously fast and unplayable at that speed, but still - no soldering). Also tried the download from h.o.t.u. and still have the same problem.

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Old 16-11-2009, 09:57 AM   #2
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I have discovered that I can't solder in the main portion of the game or in the innovation lab. I can solder in the tutorials though.
This is a copyright protection.
See here: http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/sho...d.php?p=316086
Or Here (In RUSSIAN):

*** LINKING TO OLD WAREZ SITES NOT PERMITTED *** Please copy & paste the relevant info instead ***

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Old 16-11-2009, 02:08 PM   #3
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Someone has already posted a fix for this problem:
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/sho...9&postcount=15

idk if it works, tho, or if the game's archive has been changed for a cracked version.
I'll add it to the list of "needing cracks".
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Old 19-11-2009, 07:04 PM   #4
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Crack above is very complicated - it tried to fix all issues in one shot, including work under XP. I think, it is not needed. Russian forum post (also mentioned above) much simplier - it is only several bytes:

GAME.EXE
0x1A8C0:
original: EB 18 90
replace: 31 C0 CB

LAB.EXE
0x15690:
original: EB 18 90
replace: 31 C0 CB

Also, as it said there, *** LINKING TO OLD WAREZ SITES NOT PERMITTED *** already patched his version, so you can take patched game on it's download page.

*** Please upload the file to a safe location instead of linking to forbidden sites ***

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Old 19-11-2009, 08:19 PM   #5
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Sweet - you can easily do this with something like BEAV or even Debug...

Thanks Spectre!

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This game runs much better in dosbox.
I'll have to tell Alun about this and get a bundle made for Boxer - I think he'll like it.

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Old 19-11-2009, 08:32 PM   #6
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Unless I missed something, this should do the trick for non-tech savy users (it's not like every user knows what an offset is in the first place - and even those with hex editing experience often find running a premade patch more convenient than fixing it all manually):
http://files.abandonia.com/extras/rodfixer.zip
Unpack the exe into game directory, run it and the game will be patched.
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Old 19-11-2009, 09:29 PM   #7
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I'd certainly prefer to use the autopatcher instead of an hex editor.

Use these exe's for patch, if people have the same problems I did using it:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/trg...exes.zip?hl=en

Using the russian version (which isn't fixed) seemed to make PLAY.exe act like GAME.exe and not let you go back to the menu, once you patched the hex.
I have no idea why the other exe's work for me and the ab ones don't.

Maybe I did something wrong. I'm not exactly clear headed at this time of night, some nights... when I'm alone...

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Unless I missed something, this should do the trick for non-tech savy users (it's not like every user knows what an offset is in the first place - and even those with hex editing experience often find running a premade patch more convenient than fixing it all manually):
http://files.abandonia.com/extras/rodfixer.zip
Unpack the exe into game directory, run it and the game will be patched.
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I'd certainly prefer to use the autopatcher instead of an hex editor.

Use these exe's for patch, if people have the same problems I did using it:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/trg...exes.zip?hl=en

Using the russian version (which isn't fixed) seemed to make PLAY.exe act like GAME.exe and not let you go back to the menu, once you patched the hex.
I have no idea why the other exe's work for me and the ab ones don't.

Maybe I did something wrong. I'm not exactly clear headed at this time of night, some nights... when I'm alone...
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http://files.abandonia.com/extras/rodfix2.zip

http://files.abandonia.com/extras/lab%20&%20game.rar

One of these should work, probably both.
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