OK I have a real problem here. Causes:
1)I had a CDROM drive crash on me, and it appears to have affected my EU CD - of course it was in so often, it was the one in there when the drive died! :0
2)Due to O/S problems (Win95b) and having to reinstall to fix those, I have lost my registry entry for EU.
So ... I finally get my O/S working fine again, but the registry is empty. EU still plays (because it was installed previously), but the sound doesn't work (guess it is something to do with the registry entries).
So I try to reinstall - however, the CD hangs in a couple of places (drive can't read the files) - there is a mark along the CD; looks like the surface was messed up when the drive crashed or something.
I try to install patches I have downloaded, but they can't find that the game is installed, so it won't patch.
This leads me to my questions: Is there a way to get another English CD without having to go out & buy another copy of the game? (I have the English, not North American version; as well I have the German version as I was one of those who bought it early on when the ability to switch was announced.) Is there something I could put in the registry so it recognizes that I have the game installed & therefore I can patch it?
As the game runs, I don't want to have to spend another $40 to get another CD ... but I would like sound & the ability to install the 1.10 patch. Also, this will be a problem if I ever have to install the game in another location ...
1)I had a CDROM drive crash on me, and it appears to have affected my EU CD - of course it was in so often, it was the one in there when the drive died! :0
2)Due to O/S problems (Win95b) and having to reinstall to fix those, I have lost my registry entry for EU.
So ... I finally get my O/S working fine again, but the registry is empty. EU still plays (because it was installed previously), but the sound doesn't work (guess it is something to do with the registry entries).
So I try to reinstall - however, the CD hangs in a couple of places (drive can't read the files) - there is a mark along the CD; looks like the surface was messed up when the drive crashed or something.
I try to install patches I have downloaded, but they can't find that the game is installed, so it won't patch.
This leads me to my questions: Is there a way to get another English CD without having to go out & buy another copy of the game? (I have the English, not North American version; as well I have the German version as I was one of those who bought it early on when the ability to switch was announced.) Is there something I could put in the registry so it recognizes that I have the game installed & therefore I can patch it?
As the game runs, I don't want to have to spend another $40 to get another CD ... but I would like sound & the ability to install the 1.10 patch. Also, this will be a problem if I ever have to install the game in another location ...
