The MVP 2005 and Windows 10 Thread

[Joe Haines]

On 11/4/2024 at 9:36 PM, Novak13 said:

There is a way to bypass the secdrv.sys requirement in windows 10 with a utility I found on github (it's open source) named SafeDiscLoader, that emulates the driver, that way you can install the game and run it, and since you don't need to use a crack at all, you can install the official patches and get rid of the lag. The only thing is that you should not install the one that is in Releases on the github page but search on Issues where it says "Can't effectively bypass Windows Defender due to temp files" and at the end of the thread the developer posted a link to a version where the dlls for the utility are installed in the same folder where the utility is in. I know is a bit complicated but if you are familiar with github you know. I tested it, and it works seamlessly.

I attempted to download it.  Win 10 Defender blocked it as Trojan:Script/Wacatac.H!ml.  Not sure if anyone else tried it but be careful.

[ikz]

On 9/6/2024 at 1:04 PM, Yankee4Life said:

 

 

Try out this Logitech gamepad. It is cheap and it does the job and you can play Mvp again.

Can vouch, Logitech f310 is goated

[ikz]

On 11/4/2024 at 9:36 PM, Novak13 said:

There is a way to bypass the secdrv.sys requirement in windows 10 with a utility I found on github (it's open source) named SafeDiscLoader, that emulates the driver, that way you can install the game and run it, and since you don't need to use a crack at all, you can install the official patches and get rid of the lag. The only thing is that you should not install the one that is in Releases on the github page but search on Issues where it says "Can't effectively bypass Windows Defender due to temp files" and at the end of the thread the developer posted a link to a version where the dlls for the utility are installed in the same folder where the utility is in. I know is a bit complicated but if you are familiar with github you know. I tested it, and it works seamlessly.

the lag is related to the NO CD crack somehow voids or skips the 5 patches, making it so that its on a close to 1.00 release where you get the lag ball movement where they fixed that in one of the 5 patches. only way to resolve this is by having the legit copy of the game or having a hacker create a new NO CD crack that has the 5 patches implemented correctly. I have been thinking about maybe looking into a service if this may be possible for longevity terms, but I haven't felt just to do it yet

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I attempted to download it.  Win 10 Defender blocked it as Trojan:Script/Wacatac.H!ml.  Not sure if anyone else tried it but be careful.

I checked this file out, this is a virus, this post needs to removed and user should be banned.

VirusTotal File Hash Search: eb465cb02399d043dc73203ab4653c8c9b84c5c05a263ab40c917c60d90cd9d6

Edited January 27 by ikz

[Kccitystar]

On 11/4/2024 at 9:36 PM, Novak13 said:

There is a way to bypass the secdrv.sys requirement in windows 10 with a utility I found on github (it's open source) named SafeDiscLoader, that emulates the driver, that way you can install the game and run it, and since you don't need to use a crack at all, you can install the official patches and get rid of the lag. The only thing is that you should not install the one that is in Releases on the github page but search on Issues where it says "Can't effectively bypass Windows Defender due to temp files" and at the end of the thread the developer posted a link to a version where the dlls for the utility are installed in the same folder where the utility is in. I know is a bit complicated but if you are familiar with github you know. I tested it, and it works seamlessly.

 

 

This has gotten flagged as a virus by a handful of members of the community both publicly and in DMs so I will not vouch for this solution in the meantime. From my understanding, basically instead of a cracked executable, this spoofs the SafeDisc driver on Windows 10/11 so MVP can validate the disc check. The game would eventually load and work like it used to on Windows 7 and XP.

This solution might work but is not one I'd recommend given that it includes DLLs that might flag your machine's AV for suspicious behavior.

 

Sometimes, it isn't the files themselves that are bad, but the mechanisms the files in the utility uses that fit the profile of a virus or malware that flag your AV as being suspicious. It's why we took Reditor II down. Pretty much, the utility itself was a freemium app from the start, and it was designed with a mechanism that would phone home back to the author's server to validate a key if you had paid for the app. Since that's a vector for potentially trojan horsing a virus or something bad, any AV app flags it as malware now. It was converted into a free app as part of the last update for it, but the mechanism was never removed.

 

The existing crack for MVP is just for the launch copy, stutters and bugs and all, but the longshot solution for a lot of people is to have someone crack the Patch 5 executable and I will hold hope until that day comes.
 

[Yankee4Life]

I am sorry KC, I was not feeling well this morning so I could not come in here. Your response here was head and shoulders above mine so obviously the right person responded. Thank you.