I got it. Under Users/AppData/Local/2K Games/Mafia 2/Saves, the crack caused a new numerical subfolder to be created with default settings and no saves. Make a backup of that and copy all files from the other numerical subfolder to the new one. Loading the game with the nodvd fix should now give you your saves back.
No idea how stable they'll be yet, but I'm about to find out.
edit: with the restored savegames, game is stable, trainer is not. I haven't tested a fresh game with the trainer yet.
[Edited by TacomaYakko, 9/6/2010 10:23:06 PM]
Thanks for the information I'll keep it mind in case I should need it. But for now I seem to be able to run the game without crashes. I am using the same trainer I was using yesterday (Sunday) and I have applied a SkidRow Fix I downloaded. I tried the most recent version of the mega trainer and when I would press the ] to disable all options it would cause the game to crash.
So I'm going to try playing through Chapter 5 and if the game behaves normally as they say I think we have a winner!
Thanks for all the helpful replies I really appreciate it. I've been really excited about this game coming out and I would love to finish at least once, now if I could only keep up with Luca and finish Chapter 9! LOL
pwiz posted a newer version of the trainer late yesterday. delete, clear your inet cache, and try ro re-download the newest trainer.
best,
Cal
Well what I did since i already had a fixed EXE instaleld with the game is that I uninstalled the game and Steam. Then I reinstalled everything. But the only way I can play the game with A trainer is to use the Fixed EXE I was using before with a trainer that was made for the original version of the game. If I try to use the most recent trainer it crashes the game.
But guess what I just realized as I'm writing this that the Fixed EXE I was suing may have been left behind when I was uninstalling everything and all I may ahve done reinstalled the game but been playing with a fixed EXE when I thought I wasn't.
Well as they say back to the drawing board!