Also, I have checked Windows Services, yet I didn't see SecuROM User Access Service (UAService), nor did I find uaservice7.exe in C:\Windows\System32 folder. But still, there are SecuROM registry entries in my registry. What happens?

Here's a removal tool, might be worth a try.

I see, thanks!

Anyway, maybe the GTA Collector Edition is using newer version of SecuROM?

You know you could use this https://support.securom.com/removaltool.html
Depend on the OS your using and the ver of the SecuROM
It should,
Under Windows Vista/7 it is ?:\Users\"Uesr Name"\AppData\Roaming\SecuROM\
Under Windiws 2000/XP it is ?:\Documents and Settings\"User"\Application Data\SecuROM\
I don't know where it would be on Windows 9x or NT4 my guest would be the system32 folder.

Man, the GTA Classic Collection isn't using the Securom PA. The game is using older version of Securom. No drivers, no online activation etc. Just the cd checking. Relax and RTFM in the future please...

Gamecollector wrote:

Man, the GTA Classic Collection isn't using the Securom PA. The game is using older version of Securom. No drivers, no online activation etc. Just the cd checking. Relax and RTFM in the future please...

What manual? Like the damn thing comes with manual to begin with.

shspvr wrote:

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You know you could use this https://support.securom.com/removaltool.html
Depend on the OS your using and the ver of the SecuROM
It should,
Under Windows Vista/7 it is ?:\Users"Uesr Name"\AppData\Roaming\SecuROM\
Under Windiws 2000/XP it is ?:\Documents and Settings"User"\Application Data\SecuROM\
I don't know where it would be on Windows 9x or NT4 my guest would be the system32 folder.

Well I used the remover, and it seems to work. There is no longer SecuROM entries on my registry.

Well, as for the game itself, I eventually found my original GTA 1 CD, and got rid myself of the collector edition. Now I have the GTA I'm already familiar with - the one with GTAFX.EXE in GTADOS folder. Tested it with DOSBOX ykhwong built.

I'm using September 2011 built (20110922.7z), because the latest built crashes when loading state (IIRC because Taewoong uses Visual Studio C compiler). The 20110922 built can save and load state in Grand Theft Auto without crashing, but after loading state, the textures become corrupted that my car looks like a piece of sidewalk, building roof look llike mosaic of cars, etc, etc, and sometimes it's bad enough that it hampers gameplay.

Too bad. The reason I didn't finish GTA1 on the first place is because it cannot save a game during a mission - which could take hours. This game really screams for a save game feature.

I'll try tinkering with it again next weekend. Maybe the texture corruption happens because I'm using "dynamic" values for every parameter (automatic CPU cycle, changing DOSBOX output from Direct3D to OpenGL back and forth, etc). I'll try to run DOSBOX traditionally, with a conf file where everything is set statically, and try save and load state with GTA.

But otherwise, everything is fine. I'm using it with nGLide wrapper, setting max FSAA, etc, and the graphic looks great. Too bad there the save and load state doesn't work well with GTA 1.

You could stick with those old GTAs and fill yourself in with GTA2's freeware version, that one shouldn't be securom'd...

leileilol wrote:

You could stick with those old GTAs and fill yourself in with GTA2's freeware version, that one shouldn't be securom'd...

Will do. But of course, at the moment, I cannot still save game in GTA 1. Will try DOSBOX with fixed values next weekend, maybe I'll get better result.

GTA's designed for absurdedly long sessions at a time. The manual even emphasizes the use of the pause feature.

leileilol wrote:

GTA's designed for absurdedly long sessions at a time.

Well that's actually the reason I didn't finish the original. 😵

It uses SecuROM v4, which is older and nothing to worry about, the removal tool completely gets rid of it.

Also, the collectors edition of GTA is messed up, GTA1 has all the audio tracks in the wrong order 😒

You can still download the free versions from rockstar, as well as the London 1961 expansion.