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I do normally like to separate a botted game in a VMware. So far i could not start Archeage in VMware because of it's protection against that.

Does Archebuddy start Archeage also in a VMware? Specs needed?

If this is not possible, what needs a physical PC to look like for 3 sessions in parallel?

/tictoc
 
You can start ArcheAge in VMWare just fine with the official launcher, infact you have to be able to do that to update the game properly,

there's just a couple of things you need to do, tested in Windows 7 environment on VMWare:

1. create a file called "hackshieldsucks.reg" with this content:
--- snip cut below this line ---
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000]
"DriverDesc"="Generic Driver"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\Settings]
"Device Description"="Generic Driver"
----- snip cut before this line ----

Then you just rightclick it and select "read data into registry" or whatever it says, double click may work too


2. Edit the .vmx file for your virtual machine (On Mac OSX, you just click the virtual machine and "show package contents", on windows vmware its just in the folder for your VM. and add this at the bottom:
monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "true"
isolation.tools.getPtrLocation.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.setPtrLocation.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.setVersion.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.getVersion.disable = "true"
monitor_control.disable_directexec = "true"

Reboot the virtual machine, and presto, no more problems with hackshield freaking out :)
 
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Have the same problem Hackshield seems not to work in VmWare, trying to fix it atm.
 
Oh wow gonna try that, couldn't get it working in vm when I tried before. Thanks bro.

Edit: Doesn't work for me :(
 
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Whazaa said:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\Settings]
"Device Description"="Generic Driver"
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This is a setting i did not try to change so far. I will give it another try.

What is the environment you got it working with? VM with Win7 64bit Pro?
 
tictoc said:
This is a setting i did not try to change so far. I will give it another try.

What is the environment you got it working with? VM with Win7 64bit Pro?
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Its VMWare running on both Mac OSX and Windows 7 i've got it working on, same "fix" on both of them, both of them running 64 bit Windows7 Professional in the guest OS.
 
One thing you guys may need to watch out for, is you have to shut down the guest OS, and shut down VMWare completely before editing the .vmx, otherwize theres a chance that VMWare will overwrite your changes.
 
Whazaa said:
One thing you guys may need to watch out for, is you have to shut down the guest OS, and shut down VMWare completely before editing the .vmx, otherwize theres a chance that VMWare will overwrite your changes.
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I did check for that too and it reset them twice. The final time though they were saved for sure.
 
Got it working, 2 addictional possibles fixes:

• Search for "DriverDesc" in the reg for something line ".. VM.. 3D" (Basicly something that could be gpu driver), replace with "Generic Driver" (took a while but i found 1 entry not mentioned above)
• Deinstall VmWare Tools
 
tictoc said:
This is a setting i did not try to change so far. I will give it another try.
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Seems to work now. At least i do come up to the point where the login queue starts.

Thanks a lot Whazaa!
 
it keep sending me to hackshield support center page.. any help?
 
You end up at hackshield support center page because you did not change the registry values properly,

Hackshield sees that you still have "VMWare" somewhere in Driver Desc or similar, thus closes your game and opens up the support page.
 
Whazaa said:
You end up at hackshield support center page because you did not change the registry values properly,

Hackshield sees that you still have "VMWare" somewhere in Driver Desc or similar, thus closes your game and opens up the support page.
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i cant edit .vmx file plz guide me how to edit .vmx file! btw iam using free VMWare Player thx ...
 
I still end up at hackshield support page. I've set the properties in the vmx, ran the reg script and searched registry for anything that looks like a vm driver and changed it to generic driver as mentioned by totalschaden. There's still quite a lot of "vm" stuff for the graphics adapter though, anything else to change?

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Hi guys.
If you want to run AA on VMWARE, you need:
1) disable VM.
2) edit VM .vmx file:
isolation.tools.getPtrLocation.disable = "FALSE"
isolation.tools.setPtrLocation.disable = "FALSE"
isolation.tools.setVersion.disable = "FALSE"
isolation.tools.getVersion.disable = "FALSE"
monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "true"
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3) enable VM. Open regedit. After this you need to find ALL strings "VMware SVGA 3D" (use ctrl-F), except "@oem9.inf;%svga%;VMware SVGA 3D". and delete values (dont delete keys, only values).
4) Restart VM
 
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Hi guys.
If you want to run AA on VMWARE, you need:
1) disable VM.
2) edit VM .vmx file:

3) enable VM. Open regedit. After this you need to find ALL strings "VMware SVGA 3D" (use ctrl-F), except "@oem9.inf;%svga%;VMware SVGA 3D". and delete values (dont delete keys, only values).
4) Restart VM
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how to edit .vmx file i cant edit that file what tool are u using for editing that file need help that everytime hackshield launch ie keep popping and i cant get to the game!! help plz and i already edit the registy
 
how to edit .vmx file i cant edit that file what tool are u using for editing
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Notepad?
Maybe you dont shutdown VM before you try to edit and apply changes on this file?
 
I don't even get the hackshield page now, just archeage closes after the green loading screen. Gonna reinstall my vm I think.
 
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