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Posted March 11, 2010
Greetings!
I already have some sound-trouble with Gabriel Knight 2 and now Gabriel Knight 3 wants me to "Please Insert CD1" right after I try to launch the game. What to do?
I'm happy at least Gabriel Knight 1 is playable :-)
Best regards,
Chris
Hardware information:
Operating system: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3
Processor type and speed: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N280 @ 1.66GHz (2 CPUs)
RAM memory: 1016MB RAM
Graphics card: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Sound card: Realtek HD Audio
Graphics driver version: 6.14.0010.4906 (English)
DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Edit: GK3 wants me to "Please Insert CD1", of course! :-D
Post edited March 11, 2010 by ChristianHaH
This question / problem has been solved by Purduecozimage
Posted March 11, 2010
Are you using the shortcut gog provided to start the game and not trying to run the exe from the folder and did you install it as is or did you add any mods to it?
Posted March 11, 2010
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Ralackk: Are you using the shortcut gog provided to start the game and not trying to run the exe from the folder and did you install it as is or did you add any mods to it?

I used the shortcut GOG provided and didn't apply any mods or patches. GK3 still wants me to "Please Insert CD1" right after launch.
Posted March 11, 2010
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ChristianHaH: I used the shortcut GOG provided and didn't apply any mods or patches. GK3 still wants me to "Please Insert CD1" right after launch.

Did you ever have this game installed before on that computer with the cd version?
Posted March 11, 2010
The game originally had a CD check DRM. You could try a No-CD patched exe. It is not too hard to find with Google. I am surprised that GOG would not have done this.
Posted March 11, 2010
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Collector: The game originally had a CD check DRM. You could try a No-CD patched exe. It is not too hard to find with Google. I am surprised that GOG would not have done this.

They should have done that considering you download the game and get no discs. ChristianHaH is the only person on the forums complaining about it so far though so either no ones else is having problems or they are not coming on the forums to say so, or its unquie to him.
Posted March 11, 2010
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ChristianHaH: I used the shortcut GOG provided and didn't apply any mods or patches. GK3 still wants me to "Please Insert CD1" right after launch.

Where did you installed the game to ? Default location ?
Edit: Just downloaded and installed the game and i had no problems launching the game.
Post edited March 11, 2010 by Namur
Posted March 12, 2010
Thx for all your suggestions!
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Ralackk: Did you ever have this game installed before on that computer with the cd version?

No, I didn't.
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Collector: The game originally had a CD check DRM. You could try a No-CD patched exe. It is not too hard to find with Google. I am surprised that GOG would not have done this.

I tried a No-CD patched exe but it didn't work. GK3 still wants me to insert CD1.
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Namur: Where did you installed the game to ? Default location ?

I didn't install GK3 in the default location, but since GOG gives you the option to install the game in a custom location it shouldn't be a problem. Still I guess this could be a possible way to a solution. Maybe I just have to change a path-information somewhere in a GK3-file or in the registry?
Another possible starting point:
For my GOG-games I'm using an Asus-Netbook which hasn't got a CD-drive. Maybe that's somehow confusing GK3? Never had any similar problems though...
Post edited March 12, 2010 by ChristianHaH
Posted March 12, 2010
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ChristianHaH: Thx for all your suggestions!
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Ralackk: Did you ever have this game installed before on that computer with the cd version?

No, I didn't.
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Collector: The game originally had a CD check DRM. You could try a No-CD patched exe. It is not too hard to find with Google. I am surprised that GOG would not have done this.

I tried a No-CD patched exe but it didn't work. GK3 still wants me to insert CD1.
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Namur: Where did you installed the game to ? Default location ?

I didn't install GK3 in the default location, but since GOG gives you the option to install the game in a custom location it shouldn't be a problem. Still I guess this could be a possible way to a solution. Maybe I just have to change a path-information somewhere in a GK3-file or in the registry?
Another possible starting point:
For my GOG-games I'm using an Asus-Netbook which hasn't got a CD-drive. Maybe that's somehow confusing GK3? Never had any similar problems though...
GK3 has always been a little flaky about paths and the registry. Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra On-Line\Gabriel Knight 3\app and post what you find there.
Posted March 12, 2010
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Collector: GK3 has always been a little flaky about paths and the registry. Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra On-Line\Gabriel Knight 3\app and post what you find there.

Only in german, sorry ;-)
Schluesselname: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra On-Line\Gabriel Knight 3\app
Klassenname: <KEINE KLASSE>
Letzter Schreibzugriff: 11.03.2010 - 21:40
Wert 0
Name: Save Game Path
Typ: REG_SZ
Daten: .\Save Games
Wert 1
Name: Removable Paths
Typ: REG_SZ
Daten:
Wert 2
Name: Language
Typ: REG_SZ
Daten: E
Wert 3
Name: Barn Paths
Typ: REG_SZ
Daten:
Wert 4
Name: Default Paths
Typ: REG_SZ
Daten:
Wert 5
Name: Custom Paths
Typ: REG_SZ
Daten:
Edit: Made a screenshot of the registry...
Attachments:
gk3_-_registry_-.jpg (15 Kb)
Post edited March 12, 2010 by ChristianHaH
Posted March 12, 2010
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ChristianHaH: Another possible starting point:
For my GOG-games I'm using an Asus-Netbook which hasn't got a CD-drive. Maybe that's somehow confusing GK3? Never had any similar problems though...

This was the problem on my Netbook. I found that installing Virtual Clonedrive (or similar virtual CD tools) from Slysoft was enough to get the game to run. Virtual CloneDrive is free, so I went with it. GK3 apparently just needed to see a CD drive attached to the computer, and this was the fastest and cheapest means available to do so.
Hope this helps.
Post edited March 12, 2010 by Purduecoz
Posted March 12, 2010
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Purduecoz: This was the problem on my Netbook. I found that installing Virtual Clonedrive (or similar virtual CD tools) from Slysoft was enough to get the game to run. Virtual CloneDrive is free, so I went with it. GK3 apparently just needed to see a CD drive attached to the computer, and this was the fastest and cheapest means available to do so.
Hope this helps.

I installed Virtual CloneDrive and now GK3 runs without any problems. Thx for the solution!
Posted March 18, 2010
Thanks for the hints and the solution.
I will try Virtual Clone Drive, too.
Thanks to all of you.
Greetings from Stuttgart/Germany
Post edited March 19, 2010 by AdventureSpieler
Posted March 21, 2010
I realize that the game only costs $5.99, and after I put real effort into it, I did manage to work around the "Insert CD" issue.
"Solved" is a generous, relative term.
Post edited March 21, 2010 by pattymahlon
Posted May 21, 2010
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ChristianHaH: Another possible starting point:
For my GOG-games I'm using an Asus-Netbook which hasn't got a CD-drive. Maybe that's somehow confusing GK3? Never had any similar problems though...
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Purduecoz: This was the problem on my Netbook. I found that installing Virtual Clonedrive (or similar virtual CD tools) from Slysoft was enough to get the game to run. Virtual CloneDrive is free, so I went with it. GK3 apparently just needed to see a CD drive attached to the computer, and this was the fastest and cheapest means available to do so.
Hope this helps.

Excellent. I got the "insert CD1" message as well when I installed on my netbook. Thanks for the info!!
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