Cruise for a Corpse can't start

perwel2 · Post by **perwel2** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:22 pm

the window closes...what I have to do?

bobdevis · Post by **bobdevis** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:42 pm

What about if you just start ScummVM without any arguments?
Just type 'scummvm' and use the GUI to select the game.

perwel2 · Post by **perwel2** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:45 pm

nope! neither it works..
I'm in the last subversion of scummvm

LordHoto · Post by **LordHoto** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:14 pm

What exactly does happen when you try to start the game? Does ScummVM just crash? Does it just return to the launcher?

perwel2 · Post by **perwel2** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:18 pm

It just return to the launcher...
the most strange thing is that I have already played this game (in xp)... but now in win 7 doesn't works
and I have tried with xp compatibility and nothing...

LordHoto · Post by **LordHoto** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:51 pm

Could you check whether you got a file called "DELPHINE.LNG"?

perwel2 · Post by **perwel2** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:03 pm

ok!! thanks very much! that was the problem!
but... times before, I didn't need to insert the code (protection copy) to play...now, the game ask it to me..

dreammaster · Post by **dreammaster** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:21 am

perwel2 wrote:but... times before, I didn't need to insert the code (protection copy) to play...now, the game ask it to me..

Earlier in the game's development the copy protection screen was one of the things that wasn't implemented. Now it is. There have been discussions about copy protection in the past that you can search for, but basically, ScummVM always implements the copy protection of the original games, unless:
1) The game has been officially made freeware
2) There was an officially released version of the game without copy protection, in which case ScummVM will skip the copy protection for that version of the game.

In the case of Cruise for a Corpse, as far as I'm aware all versions of the game have the copy protection screen.