X3: Reunion

What works

The core game installs without problems from the DVD, as does the patch to upgrade the game to version 1.4

What does not

When the game is executed, the user is asked to restart the computer, the second time a dialog is displayed:

StarFroce Copy Protection Fatal Error

Unhandled exception in the StarForce Copy Protection host application. Try restarting the application. If the problem persists, contact the product customer support.

Detailed error information:
File:
Line:
Message:

[OK]

when OK is clicked the dialog is displayed again. The only output printed in the console is:

err:module:LdrInitializeThunk "PROTECT.DLL" failed to initialize, aborting
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\DeepSilver\\X3 Reunion\\X3.EXE" failed, status c0000142

Workarounds

What was not tested

-The game itself.
-starting game without copy protection.
 

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

There is a native Linux version of this game released by Linux Game Publishing.