Codes for electronic Forgotten Realms Archives?

[tyoda]

I recently purchased the Forgotten Realm Archives,a collection of four CDS from Interplay, at a used book sale. When I tried to run them, it is asking for code words from a "translation wheel" which was NOT included with the sale item. Does anyone know how I can get into the games?

tyoda

 

[CarlZog]

The translation wheels were like a secret decoder -- two overlapping dials, one of elvish, one of dwarvish. Match them up and read the code word revealed in a series of windows on the inner ring. It was a pretty creative effort at copy protection, but also a bit of pain. There are cracks online that will get you into the game without answering the wheel questions, but you still need the wheels to complete some of the quests in the games.

There may also be a pdf version fo the wheel templates out there somewhere online. Try checking with the forum at www.the-underdogs.org.

Let me know if you have no luck. I know I have at least one set of the wheels somewhere -- maybe I can help.

Carl