Manual Patch for the Sims Medieval (2.0.113) Runtime Error.

Hey there, apologies if this topic has been covered before. Most posts mentioning this error are *very old*.

As the title suggests, every time I try to apply the patch I downloaded from this forum, I get this error:





I've followed the instructions here. I'm running a new system (Win10, up-to-date) so I'm not sure what Visual C++ I need here? If that is the issue at all.

Any help would be appreciated! Sorry if this ends up being a very easy fix, I just wanted to make sure I'm dealing with this the right way.  Thanks!

Hello and welcome to the G4TW Forums @pyuu,

Try re-downloading the manual patch with a different browser. Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Iridium, etc. Then try again.

Also, make sure to not interrupt or pause the download in your browser. You probably didn't do it anyways, but on the off chance that you did, you know better now.

Glad to be here! Thanks for the welcome and your quick response  

I'll give that a go later today and update this post accordingly.

On a somewhat related note; I understand Windows Defender tends to not like cracked games, but felt the need to ask anyway - should it worry me that it marked a file within the crack folder in the Pirates & Nobles directory as malware? 



I've never had any issues of this sort from this site so it caught me by surprise.

Thanks in advance!

The file rld.dll is regarded by most anti-virus programs as a Trojan Horse.
Don't worry, it is absolutely harmless but is required to play the cracked version of the game.

pyuu wrote:Glad to be here! Thanks for the welcome and your quick response  

I see that copyright holders (and tech companies working together with them) are getting bolder. Back in the days, they "just" declared these downloads to be a minor nuisance. But nowadays, they are a "severe threat". What a nice compliment!

And no, there are no viruses in G4TW's repacks.

bbongers wrote:The file rld.dll is regarded by most anti-virus programs as a Trojan Horse.
Don't worry, it is absolutely harmless but is required to play the cracked version of the game.

The_gh0stm4n wrote:I see that copyright holders (and tech companies working together with them) are getting bolder. Back in the days, they "just" declared these downloads to be a minor nuisance. But nowadays, they are a "severe threat". What a nice compliment!

And no, there are no viruses in G4TW's repacks.

Thanks for the heads up to both of you!   And yeah, I guess nowadays it's gotten to a point where they lose money, so they have to tackle it somehow. Reporting ~scary viruses~ where there's none is a sure way to get people to not trust cracks that much.

Anyways, I did as you suggested and re-downloaded the patch (on Microsoft Edge this time) - it worked fine! I don't know what happened the first time lmao. I may have taken some unnecessary steps and did the whole process from scratch (deleting everything, downloading and installing the game itself even) to make sure I have no room for errors but now it runs perfectly so that was worth it.

I appreciate all your help! Wishing a good day to you both.