yupp, can confirm the behaviour. the wilderness mission are not working with the "launcher -addon" link

edit:
laucnher wilderness-sw.exe /Incubation.exe -englisch -directx
launcher wilderness.exe /Incubation.exe -englisch -3dfx
launcher launcher.exe /Incubation.exe -englisch -directx

potential parameters for the incubation.exe -english -japanese -german -french -spanish -3dfx -directx -debugx

It's still unclear to me what this launchers are overall doing... more than giving additioanl parameters to the exe it seems.

made a new support ticket. let's hope I can get someone from GOG to look at this, I'm almost sure this would be quite an easy fix for anyone who knows how to apply the GOG fix.

according to the reply from support, the issue has been passed to the production team. fingers crossed.

Oh woah, they've still not fixed this? WTF GOG?

You guys found out about it damn near 2 years ago.

they probably forgot about it, just as I did. lets hope it will be different this time.

Guys, as an owner of BI: Platinum on GoG and a real fan of Incubation, I was following this thread for some time.
Seeing that the game is still not fixed and witnessing voodoo47's epic struggle, I've decided to help a bit.

To clarify what's wrong with the GoG version (based on infamous BluByte's BI:Platinum release) I prepared a step-by-step explanation of what happens to the gamefiles when going from Incubation 1.0 to Incubation: WM 1.52e.

You can grab all patches either on Patches Scrolls or IDA

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1) Installing Incubation from CD.

Files: 1243

Check 1.0.sfv for CRCs.

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2) Patching the game to 1.02e (Incubation patch 1.2 (english))

Info about the patch (taken from IDA): Files: 1243

New files: none

Modified files (different checksum): 16

Eng3d.dll
Incubation.exe
Data\Version.gcl
Data\Txt\English\Briefing\_C_130.txt
Video\Extro\Animation_Extro_5.cha
Video\Extro\Animation_Extro_6.cha
Video\Extro\Animation_Extro_7.cha
Video\Extro\Model_Extro_5.cho
Video\Extro\Model_Extro_6.cho
Video\Extro\Model_Extro_7.cho
Video\Extro\Objects\Prototyp.bin
Video\Extro\Objects\Prototyp.din
Video\Extro\Objects\Prototyp.dir
Video\Extro\Textures\Texture.din
Video\Extro\Textures\Texture.dir
Video\Extro\Textures\Texture.lib

Check 1.02.sfv for CRCs.

3) Patching the game to 1.03e (Incubation patch 1.2 to 1.3 (english))

Info about the patch: Files: 1243

New files: none

Modified files: 3

Incubation.exe
Data\Version.gcl
Data\Txt\English\Gui\Txtmod_h.lcl

Check 1.03.sfv for CRCs.

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4) Installing Incubation: WR (which brings the game to 1.50e)

Files: 1788

New files: 545 (too many to list, check 1.50.sfv if you really wanna know)

Modified files: 82 (see above)

Beware!

Both 1.02e and 1.03e updates seem to be indeed included (as mentioned in patch notes above). (Almost) all CRCs of files modified by either 1.02e or 1.03e match with 1.50e. With an exception of:

- Incubation.exe (no surprise - new executable)
- Data\Version.gcl (no surprise - has new version info)
- Data\Txt\English\Briefing\_C_130.txt (quite a surprise, actually! I: WR uses wrong file (CRC: A56DD6B2 - matches the one from 1.0) - epic fail on BlueByte's part. It should be replaced with the one from 1.02e (CRC: E13E934C).)

How do I know which one is correct, and which one is broken? Well, simply backup _C_100.txt and rename _C_130.txt to _C_100.txt, launch 1st mission of original game and you will get either...

a1.jpg (CRC: E13E934C - correct)

a2.jpg (CRC: A56DD6B2 - broken)

- Data\Txt\English\Gui\Txtmod_h.lcl (surprise, but it's a brand new file: its size and CRC differs from 1.0 / 1.02e / 1.03e - it's all good I guess)

Check 1.50.sfv for CRCs.

4.5) Since ATM I have Incubation: WM 1.50e installed, I've decided to check how it compares to GoG's version (1.50e)

Files: 1830

New files: 43 (files added by GoG)

audiere.dll
audio.dll
Editor.exe
gfw_high.ico
goggame.dll
grf_high_addon.ico
launcher.exe
Manual.pdf
sound.dll
Support.ico
WM_Manual.dll
\music\*.mp3 (32 audio tracks in mp3 format)

Modified files: 20

Incubation.exe
readme.txt
Data\Txt\English\Briefing\_C_130.txt (CRC: E13E934C, so it's the 1.03e file (correct one))

Missions\_C_169.lev
Missions\_C_171.lcl
Missions\_C_173.lev
Missions\_M_026.lev
Missions\_M_030.lev
Missions\_M_036.lev
Missions\_O_053.lcl
Missions\_S_073.lcl

^These are WM files (don't exist in 1.0-1.03e) but CRCs don't match with my version - it's either different language version or those files were modified when BI: was assembled. Weird. Most of these files (except _C_173.lev) have later modification times (April 1998) than mine (March 1998). But does it mean they are fixed, or broken? :(

Video\Extro\Model_Extro_5.cho
Video\Extro\Model_Extro_6.cho
Video\Extro\Model_Extro_7.cho
Video\Extro\Objects\Prototyp.bin
Video\Extro\Objects\Prototyp.din
Video\Extro\Objects\Prototyp.dir
Video\Extro\Textures\Texture.din
Video\Extro\Textures\Texture.dir
Video\Extro\Textures\Texture.lib

^Checked CRCs and these are 1.0 files! WTF?

So, for whatever reason, GoG's version uses 9 files from 1.0 version (which were updated with 1.02e update). And 8 files that are different that the ones included in retail WM... If there's no reason for this, those files should be updated with proper ones.

Check _gog.sfv for CRCs.

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5) Updating Incubation: WM to 1.51e (Incubation Mission Pack patch 1.51 (UK)) Files: 1788

New files: none

Modified files: 4

iDesigner.exe
Incubation.exe
Missions\_C_156.lcl
Missions\_C_157.lcl

Check 1.51.sfv for CRCs.

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6) Finally! Updating Incubation: WM to 1.52e (Incubation Mission Pack patch 1.51 to 1.52 (UK)) Files: 1788

New files: none

Modified files: 14

iDesigner.exe
Incubation.exe
Missions\_C_140.lev
Missions\_C_142.lcl
Missions\_C_142.lev
Missions\_C_143.lcl
Missions\_C_144.lev
Missions\_C_149.lev
Missions\_C_151.lcl
Missions\_C_153.lcl
Missions\_C_154.lcl
Missions\_C_159.lev
Missions\_C_166.lev
Missions\_C_167.lev

Check 1.52.sfv for CRCs.

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7) So... What should be actually done with GoG version?

a) 17 files should be replaced with proper ones (present in my 1.50e version) - old files are either 1.0 files or files that don't match with my 1.50e version. See point 4.5 for details. List:

Missions\_C_169.lev
Missions\_C_171.lcl
Missions\_C_173.lev
Missions\_M_026.lev
Missions\_M_030.lev
Missions\_M_036.lev
Missions\_O_053.lcl
Missions\_S_073.lcl
Video\Extro\Model_Extro_5.cho
Video\Extro\Model_Extro_6.cho
Video\Extro\Model_Extro_7.cho
Video\Extro\Objects\Prototyp.bin
Video\Extro\Objects\Prototyp.din
Video\Extro\Objects\Prototyp.dir
Video\Extro\Textures\Texture.din
Video\Extro\Textures\Texture.dir
Video\Extro\Textures\Texture.lib

b) 2+14=16 new files from 1.51e and 1.52e updates should replace the old (1.50e) ones. See points 5 & 6 for details. List:

Missions\_C_156.lcl
Missions\_C_157.lcl
iDesigner.exe
Incubation.exe
Missions\_C_140.lev
Missions\_C_142.lcl
Missions\_C_142.lev
Missions\_C_143.lcl
Missions\_C_144.lev
Missions\_C_149.lev
Missions\_C_151.lcl
Missions\_C_153.lcl
Missions\_C_154.lcl
Missions\_C_159.lev
Missions\_C_166.lev
Missions\_C_167.lev

You can find a pack with all these files at the end of this post!

c) There are 2 more things to do (mentioned be voodoo47):

1. Copy protection present in iDesigner.exe and Incubation.exe has to be removed.
2. Incubation.exe should be modified to work with mp3 files instead of audio CDs.

Point #1 can be solved rather easily... You can find a special cracked update at IDA (Wilderness.zip).
18 files included in ITWMv152eFULL.zip are mostly useless:

Data\Version.gcl (Modified with 1.52e value - useless, since version number shown in main menu is actually stored in Incubation.exe.)

Missions\_C_140.lev
Missions\_C_142.lcl
Missions\_C_142.lev
Missions\_C_143.lcl
Missions\_C_144.lev
Missions\_C_149.lev
Missions\_C_151.lcl
Missions\_C_153.lcl
Missions\_C_154.lcl
Missions\_C_156.lcl
Missions\_C_157.lcl
Missions\_C_159.lev
Missions\_C_166.lev
Missions\_C_167.lev
iDesigner.exe
Incubation.exe

^16 files from 1.51e and 1.52e updates - useless, since my version is already updated.

readme152.txt (whatsnew file, added by whoever made this file)

But there is one very interesting file in this zip: Wilderness.exe. This is special crack/loader, which removes copy protection from iDesigner.exe and Incubation.exe (when run for the 1st time). It will also launch WM even when no CD is present in drive (if you launch the game without CD, using Incubation.exe, original Incubation: BIPF will run). If you use CDs (as you should, to have CD-Audio), correct game will launch automatically, depending on CD inserted (original / WM). Just use Autorun.exe or Incubation.exe.

To make your life easier, I've compared both original and cracked versions of Incubation.exe. There are only 9 differences: So... the only thing left to do is linking this Incubation.exe (cracked 1.52e) to mp3s instead of Audio-CD and we're done.
Current Incubation.exe from GoG version is useless: it has copy protection removed, but it's 1.50e version (1.0 MB), not the one we need - 1.52e (0,9 MB).

I hope that at least one person will read this... :(

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Attachments:

1) SFV files mentioned above
2) Filepack mentioned above

yeah, this pretty much confirms what I have posted on the previous page.

the main point remains as well - until gog patches the 1.52 exe, we are in dead waters.

A mere tick for a two year old bug thread. One patch for Demon Stone took them a year.

but they fixed Demon Stone ... late but they fixed it :D

So there is hope, let's continue the ticking...bump!

bump indeed. I'll bug them some more when I'm done fixing System Shock2 levels.

bump... two month.

Beside:
@voodoo47: good work with your system shock 2 patch. Surprisingly the "raven" keeps pumping out new builds, is there a guess what base of source code he is using? The infamous "dreamcast source code found in a bag" stuff? ;c)

the (SS2) patch is not "mine", there are more people working on it, and even more that have provided knowledge or previous fixes (hence the name "Shock Community Patch", or SCP).

as for the source code, I'm not a programmer, so no idea if there is a way to tell.