I can get the game to work with patch 1 & 2, but 3 seems to be the problem. The game will not start up. I read some thing about changing a .dll file but did not quite understand it.
This is from the top of my head, so I may be wrong.
Only install patch 1 & 2 then, be sure you have the right versions (UK, US, etc...), install the Co8, and don't touch patch 3.