Make sure you use Internet Download Manager or Free Download Manager to download, as browser downloading can lead to corrupted files sometimes. If you don’t have the Internet Download Manager, you can download it from HERE. Or you can download the Free Download Manager for Free from their official site. (If you already downloaded the game, it’s fine. Just do this moving forward).
Make sure you turn both your Antivirus (if you have one) and Windows Security (Defender) OFF before you extract the game using WinRAR, otherwise, it will delete the crack files. Note: Follow and complete the instructions at the bottom of this note to set up a safe folder EXCLUSION that your AV will never touch or delete anything from. The Staff on Discord will ask for proof of this before providing additional support. This also allows you to keep your Defender on at all times.
Install all _CommonRedist as admin if you haven’t already: – dxwebsetup.exe – oalinst.exe – vcredist_2015-2019_x64.exe – vcredist_2015-2019_x86.exe – vcredist_x64.exe – vcredist_x86.exe – xnafx40_redist.msi If the provided _CommonRedist is not enough and you are still missing any of the Redist program’s DLL, then try the VisualCppRedist AIO (provided by r/piratedgames). Get exe and install x64 or x86 depending on your system. It will automatically remove and reinstall everything. A few other programs that you may require are DirectX and XNA Framework.
Make sure your graphics drivers are up-to-date. To do so, in Windows search and open “Device Manager“. In there, expand the “Display Adapters” section and right-click each item there. Click “Update Driver” and choose the option to search automatically. It will install a new driver if there is one, or tell you that you are already up-to-date.
Run the game.exe as admin. You might have to try all the .exe’s in the folder if there is more than one. Make sure to check all subfolders too if you can’t find the .exe or search the whole folder for “.exe“
WINDOWS DEFENDER EXCLUSION SETUP (to prevent it from deleting files)
Create a GAMES folder on your Hard drive.
Go to Windows Security ( Shield Icon on the taskbar ). You can also search it in Windows search.
Go to Virus & threat protection > manage settings > scroll down to exclusions, click “add or remove exclusions” & add the GAMES folder to the list.
Once everything is done, then you can always extract your game into that GAMES folder. Your antivirus will not detect it as a threat anymore or remove the game files.