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setting_up_the_game [2017/06/24 21:36]
lurk [Replace files]
setting_up_the_game [2017/07/06 04:11]
lurk [Run the game and watch the intro]
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 Finally, Microsoft turned off the secdrv service because of security exploits. Unfortunately, Bloodlines (and many other games) depend on the service to load. To fix this, instead of using the usual vampire.exe, we use the vampire.exe from the Unofficial Patch, which has fixed the program to run without the need of the service. Finally, Microsoft turned off the secdrv service because of security exploits. Unfortunately, Bloodlines (and many other games) depend on the service to load. To fix this, instead of using the usual vampire.exe, we use the vampire.exe from the Unofficial Patch, which has fixed the program to run without the need of the service.
  
 +So, replace:
 +<code>
 +..\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\vampire.exe
 +..\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\Bin\engine.dll
 +..\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\Bin\shaderapidx9.dll
 +..\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\Vampire\cfg
 +</code>
 ===== Run the game and watch the intro ===== ===== Run the game and watch the intro =====
-Run the game and make sure it works. You have to watch the introduction cutscene at least once before you can get the skip intro button. +Run the game and make sure it works. You have to watch the introduction cutscene at least once before you can get the skip intro button. You can usually use the console command //vskip_intro "1"// to skip the intro.
  
 ===== Setup game configuration files ===== ===== Setup game configuration files =====
setting_up_the_game.txt ยท Last modified: 2017/08/07 15:37 by lurk