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Fli
09-16-2019, 10:18 AM
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The tutorial on how i installed the Test Drive Unlimited 1 (TDU1) online gaming on Windows 7 64bit and it WORKED

I have stock DVD, but there are also .iso etc. images that can be mounted using Alcohol 52 software (http://www.filefacts.com/alcohol-52-free-edition-info).

- I have installed SDIO (https://www.snappy-driver-installer.org/) and updated all drivers, especialy graphic adapter (which should support Windows 7 64bit and DirectX 9 in order to install drivers and run TDU).
- Installed Net Framework 4 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851) (unsure if necessary) and restarted computer.
- Installed game (https://forumwarez.czautohits.com/tdu1-test-drive-unlimited-1-pc-game-installation-package-t44419.html), launched OK. So i quit it and continue:
- After adding Paradise launcher (https://turboduck.net/forums/topic/30648-test-drive-unlimited-project-paradise-v003a-public-beta-available/) .exe and d3d9.dll into game directory (per the instructions in tdu_client.zip), game not started, nothing appeared but process was running so i had to kill it via Windows Task manager.
- I launched "TDU_PC_Patch_166A - Test Drive Unlimited Patch 1.66A.exe". Then game (launched via "TDU - Project Paradise Launcher.exe") saying: "A required security module cannot be activated. This program cannot be executed (5024). Please have a look at ... securom ...".
- That error is related to some protection in regards to CD/DVD rom so i coppied the cracked .exe to my game directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\Test Drive Unlimited). Crack is from the Hatred crack team, archive: htd-tdu6.zip (https://internetlifeforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=264&d=1462496962) (VirusTotal clean, unmodified, see alternative DLs (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Test+Drive+Unlimited+v1.66a+%5BMULTI7%5D+No-DVD%2FFixed+EXE&t=ffsb&ia=web)) and launched "TDU - Project Paradise Launcher.exe" and it launched immediately (i selected Big bnk during launch).
- In game, i created new offline profile and i am driving successfuly. Now how to use my already built profile from the past times (when original TDU servers was online). I quit the game. Go to C:\Users\MyUserName\Documents\Test Drive Unlimited, rename savegame to savegame_ and paste savegame with my own old profile. Note that there are (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=TDU1+savegame+download&t=ffab&atb=v126-1&ia=web) savegames to DL on the net possibly, but you can also start a new profile from the game.
- I can now use my offline profile, but when i switch to online one, it seems to connect the server and when i click to Continue game, the game stop working and i can only close the program:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: TestDriveUnlimited.exe
Application Version: 1.1.66.1
Application Timestamp: 468e36be
Fault Module Name: TestDriveUnlimited.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.1.66.1
Fault Module Timestamp: 468e36be
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000030b9
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: e8d1
Additional Information 2: e8d12bc3e466e5faf4a65ce822b1b3d3
Additional Information 3: 39fd
Additional Information 4: 39fd4700f3fe1865282b529ccf3b2201

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- i have found that my savegame (C:\Users\MyUserName\Documents\Test Drive Unlimited) was possibly somehow badly modified by my previous attempts to make the game working, so i renamed the savegame folder and copied over my fresh savegame backup, that did it and all working.

- Platinum pack - if game works and you have some backup space, maybe quit the game and backup whole C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\Test Drive Unlimited and then apply the Platinum pack over mentioned directory:
download 1 (https://turboduck.net/forums/topic/35843-released-test-drive-unlimited-platinum/) or download 2 (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Zrguek8RQnaZTH9FL5np99l-AZrtf8PZ) . The downloaded files should have some kind of readme/installation text file so follow it. Subscribe to the discussion topic under link "download 1" and ask there if you have any issue.
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TDU1 Project paradise group on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TDUPPGroup/