hmm, hardwar cannot start :(

[imranies]

hi! i just installed hardwar on my pc again (after taking a break from playing it for years), but i ran into some problems. when i try to start playing it, suddenly the game ask for the CD1...

i already put the CD1 iso in using daemon tools, but maybe it doesn't detect it. it still need a cd. do you know how to solve the problem?

thank you for your support

[ouch]

you can just copy the movies into the hardwar directory.

But luckily hardwars cd checking was pretty lame... go into the file media.txt (hardwars main directory) and remove the stars (*) from all the file names. Basically, the stars just tell hardwar to require these movies to be played before proceeding.

[imranies]

i see i see. great thanks!

[Captain Zedo]

Jun 20, 2011 20:17:07 GMT -5 ouch said:

you can just copy the movies into the hardwar directory.

But luckily hardwars cd checking was pretty lame... go into the file media.txt (hardwars main directory) and remove the stars (*) from all the file names. Basically, the stars just tell hardwar to require these movies to be played before proceeding.

Great tip, OUCH. I never knew that. I learn something new about Hardwar nearly every day.

On another note, I've gotten the initial intro movie to quit running by using a hex editor to remove all references to "hardstar.gdv" in HardwarW.exe .

[imranies]

OUCH, where can i get this movies? and in which part of hardwar directory should we put these movies? i cannot seems to find the movies in the cd...

if we dont have to rely on CD to play hw, it will be very helpful

[Pilot]

Which version are you using if you are using version UIM6.0 you canb go to the Misc tab and select "Skip all videos"

-OR-

You can use HardwarEopt (See attached file.) to edit your registry to point where the videos are or you can edit it manually.

Attachments:

[imranies]

yes i use UIM6. but i actually do want to see the movies. if not it will feel like something is missing when playing the single player, right?

but thanks to OUCH, we can see movies and play the game without using the CD anymore just put all the videos (the video files in the CD is actually that .GDV files) in the hardwar directory (same directory as the hardman.exe). i've test it and it works

YEY,NO MORE CDs!

[duncan]

btw captain zedo, how to use the munition machinery / component machinery? i just updated to UIM6, and really dont know much about these new updates (been out of action for a long time). for example i want to create fireburst, how to do that?

Time to send you to some informative sites:

check the manufacturing section here (and read also the rest)
zedo.hardwar.org.uk/dexlife.htm

for any other question you can come up with:
www.capsu.org/hardwar/faq/

[ouch]

the numbers in media.txt correspond to what cd the movie is on. so you can easily make a single cd out of hardwar now days. merging and burning the audio might be more difficult but achievable.

if your not afraid of going into the windows registry, you can find hardwars settings here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Refinery->Hardman->Config

You will find a setting named "Source Path" that is where hardwar thinks it's movies are found by default.

Also in here are the "ResolutionX" and "ResolutionY" settings which allow you to let hardwar run at any resolution you want. I currently run it at 1920 X 1080 which is equivalent to Blu-Ray's 1080p resolutions.

oh, and zedo, you can rename the video files mentioned in media.txt to prevent them from playing completely. So change:

HARDSTAR.GDV,1

to

HARDSTAR.GD,1

and the intro movie won't play again till you change it back.

also the media.txt star, cd bypass, thing, has been passed around on your message boards for years zedo...

[Captain Zedo]

Jun 22, 2011 2:29:50 GMT -5 ouch said:

the numbers in media.txt correspond to what cd the movie is on. so you can easily make a single cd out of hardwar now days. merging and burning the audio might be more difficult but achievable.

if your not afraid of going into the windows registry, you can find hardwars settings here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Refinery->Hardman->Config

You will find a setting named "Source Path" that is where hardwar thinks it's movies are found by default.

Also in here are the "ResolutionX" and "ResolutionY" settings which allow you to let hardwar run at any resolution you want. I currently run it at 1920 X 1080 which is equivalent to Blu-Ray's 1080p resolutions.

oh, and zedo, you can rename the video files mentioned in media.txt to prevent them from playing completely. So change:

HARDSTAR.GDV,1

to

HARDSTAR.GD,1

and the intro movie won't play again till you change it back.

also the media.txt star, cd bypass, thing, has been passed around on your message boards for years zedo...

I'm glad this question was posted. I hadn't caught on to the asterisk use. I have changed the source drive in the registry a few times. I think the approach is whatever people are used to. I use hex editors a lot, so that was my approach.

[imranies]

thank u for the links duncan, now i understand more about what those manufacturings are. but it sure is tough to make fireburst. thats what i want to make though, hehe.

it sure is pretty easy to make money in hardwar. if only it were that easy in real life, haha

[Captain Zedo]

Here are the tables on my site that will give you the "recipes" for various items to manufacture:

zedo.hardwar.org.uk/rawmaterials.htm

[rotary]

That list always make me greedy... ;D