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| 24 AUG 2004 at 6:20pm |
ShanyGuild Master
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Status : Online | the game's already out?!
anyway, I don't know if you can. Which programs do you have? Can't you reinstall them later?
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| 24 AUG 2004 at 6:26pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Status : Offline | It's probably detecting them running as opposed to installed. - try disabling them with Task Manager prior to starting the game.
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| 24 AUG 2004 at 6:47pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | i don't have a suggestion, but if the game detecting cd burning programs installed will make it not run is true then i am fu[/black]cking copying a cracked version of it, that will have all that crap removed, and not buying it > maybe i'm jumping to conclusions, but this is too much... i will not tolerate a game telling me what i should have or not have installed on my hd in order for it to run > enough is enough with the copy protection stupidity... >
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| 24 AUG 2004 at 6:53pm |
| Deleted User | I can understand the sentiment dude, but curb the language.
It's true though. If you have programs like Alcohol 120 or Daemon Tools running or even just installed, some cp now stops your games from running at all.
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| 24 AUG 2004 at 6:54pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | All Ubi-Soft games come with Macrovision "Safedisk" copy-protection which will refuse to install if it detects a Virtual Drive or copying software on your HD. (note: Myst IV is an Ubi product)
I assume whoever publishes Sherlock is using the same system.
http://www.macrovision.com/products/safedisc/index.shtml
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| 24 AUG 2004 at 7:04pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | well i'd like a list of the games that will for sure not run if a burning/virtualcd program is installed... those games will NOT get my money, period >
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| 24 AUG 2004 at 9:59pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Status : Offline | I don't know if there is such a list. Probably the best you can find is a list of which games use which copy "protections."
This is one
http://www.makeabackup.com/database.html
Apparently Syberia 2 came with something that detects copying software (even Nero) and may refuse to run. They have that info here
http://www.syberia2-game.com/syberia2/english/supportCenter/faq/faq.asp
But I know of one person who posted that they had copying software and didn't have a problem with running Syberia 2. So it may not be a problem on all computers.
You may be able to circumvent the copy "protection" with a crack. But I don't see one for the new Sherlock Holmes game at gamecopyworld yet.
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| 25 AUG 2004 at 10:46am |
grinIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Jenny100 (24 AUG 2004 9:58pm)
But I don't see one for the new Sherlock Holmes game at gamecopyworld yet.
What a surprise. Maybe the crack programmers have to wait till the game is released.
Comon folks, buy the original software and then apply any crackz you like. It is not the developers that deserve to be punished, it's the publisher. Write them a letter.
There's no point - just click!
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| 25 AUG 2004 at 1:34pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By grin (25 AUG 2004 10:45am)
Comon folks, buy the original software and then apply any crackz you like. It is not the developers that deserve to be punished, it's the publisher. Write them a letter.
hmmm, i must admit you got a point here... yes, the developer should not be punished for the publisher's stupidity... on the other hand, the publisher should not be rewarded either... ideal scenario: one gets a cracked copy of the game and then paypals (or smth) the money to the developer... then emails the publisher telling them to piss off... a few thousand of such cases and maybe the copy protection morons will finally stop screwing the gamers :
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| 25 AUG 2004 at 1:44pm |
ShanyGuild Master
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya (25 AUG 2004 1:34pm)
ideal scenario: one gets a cracked copy of the game and then paypals (or smth) the money to the developer... then emails the publisher telling them to piss off... a few thousand of such cases and maybe the copy protection morons will finally stop screwing the gamers :
You know, this sounds like what people are doing with music CDs these days.
They download the full album and then send money directly to the band so that only they get the money from their music.
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| 25 AUG 2004 at 7:22pm |
SnowMoonIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By InlandAZ (24 AUG 2004 6:25pm)
It's probably detecting them running as opposed to installed. - try disabling them with Task Manager prior to starting the game.
If this is truly the case, I wouldn't object to disabling them in task manager while I am playing.... but I won't keep installing/uninstalling them every time I play...
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| 25 AUG 2004 at 10:00pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Status : Offline | The copy "protection" checks what's installed. Doesn't matter if it's running or not. There were quite a few complaints in the Syberia 2 forum from people who actually had to remove the software from their systems to get the game to play. It may have been the understanding of the publisher that you only needed to close the programs, but it didn't work that way in practice.
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| 26 AUG 2004 at 6:23pm |
jalexSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Jenny100 (25 AUG 2004 10:00pm)
The copy "protection" checks what's installed. Doesn't matter if it's running or not. There were quite a few complaints in the Syberia 2 forum from people who actually had to remove the software from their systems to get the game to play. It may have been the understanding of the publisher that you only needed to close the programs, but it didn't work that way in practice.
Aya : Fist of all copying your own software that you paid for is not pirating sofware. It is not illeagl to copy software or backup software that you own for your own use.
This copy protection thing has gotten way out of hand. I don't know what we can do about it but something has to be done soon. Programs like Alcohol 120, cloneCd and daemon really don't make coippies that would be good enough to sell on the market anyway so they shouldn't need to even look for them.
I bought Syberia 2 and I couldn't even play it until I cracked it. That really sucks.
I think the answer for the whole problem should be something like a watermark on the label that can't copied so anyone can tell it is not an original game.
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| 26 AUG 2004 at 6:39pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Status : Offline | This copy protection thing has gotten way out of hand.
If you think copy protection has gotten way out of hand - check this out:
Department Of Justice raids P2P users homes
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| 26 AUG 2004 at 9:32pm |
JoGuild Master
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Status : Offline | This copy protection thing is getting crazier and crazier - Lord, just about everyone has a CD or DVD burner installed these days, can't see that it's anyone's business but the owners and I find it hard to believe that these companies that have copy protection on their games could seriously believe that people who have CD burners are just going to copy and distribute games illegally. Just the old story of a few spoiling things for the rest of us.
I bought Syberia 2 and I couldn't even play it until I cracked it. That really sucks. Heck, you shouldn't have to do that - I wouldn't have a clue how to crack anything and I'll bet your bottom dollar that most other people don't either - after all it's hardly the normal thing to have to try!
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| 26 AUG 2004 at 10:19pm |
SnowMoonIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | This is ridiculous... I don't even OWN a computer that has a regular cd-rom drive except my computer that runs Win95... I only have cd-rw's and dvd-rw's....
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| 27 AUG 2004 at 3:06am |
UHS_ModeratorSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | It is rediculoous. Sometimes the only way to run a game you've bought is to get a pirate cracked version. Who does the copy protection hurt? Only the honest user, as far as I can tell.
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| 28 AUG 2004 at 5:04pm |
jalexSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya (24 AUG 2004 6:47pm)
i don't have a suggestion, but if the game detecting cd burning programs installed will make it not run is true then i am fu[/black]cking copying a cracked version of it, that will have all that crap removed, and not buying it > maybe i'm jumping to conclusions, but this is too much... i will not tolerate a game telling me what i should have or not have installed on my hd in order for it to run > enough is enough with the copy protection stupidity... >
I can't agree with you more. That is a real crappy thing for them to do. Things like this hurt the adventure gerne more than anything else you will ever find. Soon people will give up playing games on a PC all together because of it. It really needs to stop. The only way I know of fixing it is with a no-cd patch.
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