Question - No Auth Check Compiling

[EQMatilda]

I read Cade's post: http://www.redguides.com/community/showthread.php/4220-MQ2-Compiling-Guide and I am still having issues compiling MQ2 without MQ2Auth. I had no trouble removing the code from the pluginhandler.cpp, nor hex editing both the mq2auth and the macroquest2.exe files, my issue is that when I try to open the compiled MQ2, I get the error:
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more details.

Im 99% sure that I have followed cade's guide to the letter....has something changed since the guide was written (obviously its been several years), and if so can anyone point me in the right direction for compiling without mq2auth?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Maskoi]

Uh ya like 9 years old. Its a lot easier now and I better not see another web site with an mq2 compile.

MQ2Main/MQ2PluginHandler.cpp


Find:

static unsigned int mq2mainstamp = 0;

Replace:

static unsigned int mq2mainstamp = 1;

Open MacroQuest2.exe in your favorite hex editor i.e. XVI32.
We are going to replace 3 instances of Microsoft with Microsoap using the find/replace function

Find

Microsoft\

Replace

Microsoap\

Save the MacroQuest2.exe

/MQ2Auth.exe

Reason: Allows the MQ2 compile to be run on any computer.

Open MQ2Auth.exe in your favorite hex editor i.e. XVI32.
We are going to replace 3 instances of Microsoft with Microsoap using the find/replace function

Find

Microsoft\

Replace

Microsoap\

 

[EQMatilda]

Thanks! And no, I have no interest in setting up another website...You guys do great work here, I just want to be able to compile it myself and easily move the release folder between my computers.