天諭 Lost Prophecy

Maybe they want to promote their Xunlei (thunder links) client that much. :P

 

Mega link incase anyone have problems with yandex.
1.42 GB file on MEGA

 

The messed up graphics probably have more to do with my configuration of PCem than anything. Just grabbed the first thing I saw on archive.org... The game should work without a crack, provided you have CD2 mounted.

You most likely need to install language packs...

Please tell me if anyone actually manage to get into the gameplay itself on a modern OS.

I was being a bit of a dummy, you need to press ESC while on the menu to get into game itself. Works with a wrapper at least then, although video playback is a bit messed up. Crashes as soon as you try to go to next area on a modern OS.

 

Похоже, что в паке от 3DMGAME лежит ещё архив с патчами - TY_P102.7z, но файл TY_P102F.EXE (который включает в себя "улучшенные звуковые эффекты", если верить официальному сайту) повреждён, так что лучше перекачать его с уже упомянутого выше бэкапа сайта на Wayback Machine.

 

Installing the TY_P102F.EXE worked, the game now loads the second area. You may need to extract it with 7-zip first. Nvidia drivers (nvcontainer.exe) may also prevent the installer from installing. The patch seems to have messed up key binding for me, I had to assign keys manually in config.ini.

After installing the patch you should see a voodoo2 checkmark in the options.

You could also extract the patch with 7-zip first and then extract the .cab with say UniExtract 2. This appears to have extracted the patch completly.

GitHub - Bioruebe/UniExtract2: Universal Extractor 2 is a tool to extract files from any type of archive or installer.

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The patch from the official website installs just fine for me, but the one included in the 3DMGAME's archive will throw an error regardless if it was extracted first or not, and it really is too small to be correct (it's only 9MB, while the one on the website should be about 12).

By the way, it looks like that checkmark in the options might actually need to be disabled if you're using Voodoo2 with the game, at least translations by both Google and DeepL seem to imply that.

 

What is the full game name btw? The readme file says
天谕 The Lost Prophecy

So I'm guessing that is the title to use?

 

Не очень понятно, действительно ли существовал патч версии ниже 1.02, но из описания файлов на сайте можно сделать вывод, что было какое-то обновление для улучшения звуков, потому что файл 1.02 без "f" в названии предназначается для тех, кто уже как-то эти звуки ранее обновил.

Возможно, что издание на четырёх дисках как раз это обновление и включает, хотя разница в объёме все равно слишком маленькая получается, чтобы аж целый дополнительный диск делать.

Я на самом деле не удивлюсь, если на четвёртом CD лежат только эти же самые патчи с сайта, а всё оставшееся пространство пустое, - так первые 3 диска можно продолжать штамповать в изначальном виде. )

 

В общем скачал. Вычистил легко от КНР-овского «мусора». Все запускается, но при условии подстановки диска №2 в системе (я делаю это через Ultra ISO). Выкладывание файлов на страничке с игрой видится мне в следующей «архитектуре»:
1. The_Lost_Prophecy_installed.rar (распакованное - 180 MBt) – уже установленные, вычищенные от 3DMGame-мусора файлы, настроенные для запуска, чтобы не связываться с кит. установкой игры заново.
2. The_Lost_Prophecy_CD1_ISO.rar
3. The_Lost_Prophecy_CD2_ISO.rar
4. The_Lost_Prophecy_CD3_ISO.rar
5. The_Lost_Prophecy_patch_102.rar – он есть в загруженном на фтп архиве с игрой

Беру в описание.

 

The one used in the video appears to be a different version of the game, than the one on the Chinese warez site. It didnt install to a Chinese folder name for me anyway.

So is the one on the Chinese site a China (PRC) release, while the one on Ruten is the Taiwan (ROC) release?

The default folder for the one on the chinese site is as below, which is clearly diffrent from the video.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Yistar Entertainment Software\TanYu

An old version of Xunlei still works for the links on 3DMGAME, I got better speed than using the workaround. I think the latest one requires an user account.

 

Sadly It seems like the CDs of the Taiwanese release has gone bad with time, so I dont think I will be making any copies. Tons of read errors half way into the disc. CD looks fine on the surface.

A bit of troubleshooting:

1. Hmm... I think it might be some kind of copy protection scheme after all, as the offending files seems to already be in the game folder after installing it. CD1 is the install disc. While CD2 contains a few data files the opening for the game and the soundtrack, CD 3 contains the ending a few data files and audio tracks. Strange that CD3 and CD2 contains the same texture and sound data file that is already in the game folder.
2. I think I will try to RIP CD3 again over night, as I may have increased the error skip count too much, resulting in scratched sound the first second, CD2 and CD3 appears to include the same audio tracks. So that is how I know I fucked up.

The game appears to have come with two install discs, as they are both labeled Disk1. I suspect one of them contains a patch pre applied, it also includes the entire game.

CD1 with the update also stopped at 97% when trying to read it, but the game installed fine, so I don't know how damaged it really is.

"BAD" dumps.
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I think CD2 and CD3, is mostly identical to the Chinese version of the game, those being good dumps of the DISCs too, so grab that release and ignore this one. At least the game aint lost forever.