Fixed Executable vs. NO-CD Executable

[jimshu1]

What is the difference between these two different game.exe tweaks?

Thanks for any replies!

[Monty Burns]

First of all, both enable you to play the game without the original cd.

A Fixed Exe usually requires a (simple,e.g. hd copy and burn) backup to play the game.

A no-cd... guess what. Sometimes it requires additional copying of stuff from cd to hd to work properly.


Hope this helps?

[jimshu1]

Thanks Monty. Specifically, I'm referring to the fixed executable for the SIMS Vacation v1.0 posted on http://go.to/gamefix.

Just like the Hotdate NO CD .exe's listed, whcih work, I don't want to have to insert the CD each time.

[gh0sth@cker]

Originally posted by VLuka
It's no-cd also.
Yeah, that happens a lot. Nowadays the CD is just needed solely for the copy protection and not for getting data off it. So a lot of fixed exe's also act as NO-CD's.

[packer]

to me, they are the same. But GHOSt explained what i think so read that!

[jimshu1]

You guys were right, NO CD required when I used the Fixed Executable exe.

The game sure does load faster!

Thanks for the insight!