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Where? Any links? :confused:
I haven't found one yet either for this game. I was kinda surprised at how fun this game is. That annoying CD check has got to go.
RincewindTheWiz
19-01-2003, 03:27
Nope, there's no nocd. Which means you'll have to help yourself. Game is safedisc 2 and very recent, so the safedisc 2 unwrappers won't help either. Best bet is making an image of the original cd with CloneCD and mounting that using Daemon Tools.
And this game has one of those LAME protections that causes the game to fail to run MANY TIMES ON MANY DIFFERENT CDROM DRIVES just because IT'S OWN PROTECTION can't decrypt itself!!!
I have an ORIGINAL CD that I'm STUCK with that won't boot the game half of the time(and when it doesn't run, it HARD-LOCKS the system!). This protection is LOUSY when it screws up on the original CD like this. It should at least say something to the effect, "My IDIOT protection has failed to realise that this is a REAL version of the game you are trying to run", not HARD-LOCK on you.
I can't even play it WITH the CD. I don't want to pirate it, I just want to play the dang thing and not have this IDIOT protection stopping me from playing my LEGAL, OFFICIAL version of the game! If these companies would put as much time into the game itself as they do on the protection, games would be more worth buying in the first place!!!!!!
HOW LAME!!!!! :mad:
RincewindTheWiz
19-01-2003, 23:43
You've got my sympathies ;) However, since there's no crack for it, you'll have to try Alcohol120%/Daemon Tools/Blindwrite. Those are guaranteed to work with safedisc 2. If it was Securom New you would be even worse off :(
Actually I've seen a crack (No-CD) for this game. I believe Deviance made one. I don't know where to get it, however. Sorry!
krondike
20-01-2003, 01:01
Originally posted by rwdrex
Actually I've seen a crack (No-CD) for this game. I believe Deviance made one. I don't know where to get it, however. Sorry!
The crack should be up some day. If the Deviance has made one. I don't belive he wants to keep all by him self. Or do u? ;)
deviance is one person? cripes klondike you really need to do some research...
i also love this new rule.. no talking about warez, considering that most of the cracks on gcw etc.. all come from the warez teams, it seems somewhat hypocritical dont you think?
err.. misspely ur nick.. should have been krondike.. sorry
1. NO WAREZ isn't a new rule !!!
2. The rule says only NO WAREZ ON THIS BOARD !!!
krondike
20-01-2003, 06:35
Originally posted by TippeX
deviance is one person? cripes klondike you really need to do some research...
i also love this new rule.. no talking about warez, considering that most of the cracks on gcw etc.. all come from the warez teams, it seems somewhat hypocritical dont you think?
Does it mather if there is a person or a group. The things is the same.
And we are not talking about warez what I know about. The game is out isn't? and he ask for a nocd crack for the game. There nothing that's directly point at there is a warez talking here.
oh and like the 99.9% of the cracks dont come from warez releases?
cdkiller
20-01-2003, 07:06
i searched some dox ftp server but i only found:
Drome Racers CHEATS (C)
Drome Racers ALL ACCESS CHEAT (C) PiZZADOX
DROME RACERS PLUS 2 TRAINER
but no crack :(
we have to wait...
RincewindTheWiz
20-01-2003, 09:16
Originally posted by TippeX
oh and like the 99.9% of the cracks dont come from warez releases? As a matter of fact, no they don't. Depending on the protection used, initial warez releases will include a crack to enable the warez clients to play the game. But those cracks are usually fixed exe's, or if there's only a cd check the game doesn't even get cracked at all. Most cracks floating around are either nocd's or fixed exe's for patches, they often get made by the same people but they are NOT part of some warez release, they get released on their own.
You might have trouble accepting this, mr TippeX, but this is a board for legal owners to make backups or run from the hard disk. We do not especially try to take the higher moral ground, but as I explained countless times to other clueless newbies, the main reason that warez talk is forbidden on this board is because we don't have the time, resources nor inclination to help warez users with their half baked beta releases on top of all the genuine owners that frequent this board. If we didn't enforce this rule, the only result would be to triple the amount of threads, all cheapskates demanding WE help them with their downloaded ****. And they wouldn't get any more results either, since there's a very limited number of contributors and problem solvers here, especially in comparison to the number of people who only ASK questions.
As for the cracks made by warez groups : we don't care. We couldn't care less if YOU use warez mr TippeX, as long as you don't yak about it here and as long as you don't expect us to play technical support for it. All we're here for is enabling legal owners to exert their god given right to make a backup of their bought games and if we have to use a crack made by Saddam Houssain himself, so be it.
Originally posted by RincewindTheWiz
As a matter of fact, no they don't. Depending on the protection used, initial warez releases will include a crack to enable the warez clients to play the game. But those cracks are usually fixed exe's, or if there's only a cd check the game doesn't even get cracked at all. Most cracks floating around are either nocd's or fixed exe's for patches, they often get made by the same people but they are NOT part of some warez release, they get released on their own.
you might have trouble accepting this, mr TippeX, but this is a board for legal owners to make backups or run from the hard disk. We do not especially try to take the higher moral ground, but as I explained countless times to other clueless newbies, the main reason that warez talk is forbidden on this board is because we don't have the time, resources nor inclination to help warez users with their half baked beta releases on top of all the genuine owners that frequent this board. If we didn't enforce this rule, the only result would be to triple the amount of threads, all cheapskates demanding WE help them with their downloaded ****. And they wouldn't get any more results either, since there's a very limited number of contributors and problem solvers here, especially in comparison to the number of people who only ASK questions.
As for the cracks made by warez groups : we don't care. We couldn't care less if YOU use warez mr TippeX, as long as you don't yak about it here and as long as you don't expect us to play technical support for it. All we're here for is enabling legal owners to exert their god given right to make a backup of their bought games and if we have to use a crack made by Saddam Houssain himself, so be it.
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oh so, where do u think the fixed exe's came from to make these no-cd cracks from?
i got no problem with board accepting the no-warez policy, however i do think its somewhat hypocritical for point people to the crack made by the warez team., then to shout 'warez are evil'
and if the emphasis was on people using the cracks on legally owned copies of the games or what not, then isnt modifying the executable breaking the warranty that comes with the game?
RincewindTheWiz
20-01-2003, 12:16
Originally posted by TippeX
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oh so, where do u think the fixed exe's came from to make these no-cd cracks from?
i got no problem with board accepting the no-warez policy, however i do think its somewhat hypocritical for point people to the crack made by the warez team., then to shout 'warez are evil'
and if the emphasis was on people using the cracks on legally owned copies of the games or what not, then isnt modifying the executable breaking the warranty that comes with the game? Look Tippex, I explained everything in my previous post. If you're going to quote my whole post and then not bother reading it, then this discussion is at an end. I told you why, you keep on persisting in thinking I said things which I clearly didn't. If you're not going to listen then shut up.
okie well.. lets see okie warez arent supported.. so if someone comes with a problem with a crack and they got the is from a p2p program or whatever, they get the 'no warez' thrown at them, however if a person comes with an iso they've made as a backup (assuming of course they had an original) then they get pointed to the crack (which chances are came from a warez release initially), now okie i can accept what you said about beta versions etc.. but surely the crack would only exist for the warez release (which chances again are that its final).. and with people having problems with their backups, again i think its safe to say the warez version would have been tested, yet the persons backup would be individual and possibly caused by numerous issues on thier pc / copying method etc.. could cause more problems..
Tippex, you have SOOOOOO misunderstood the meaning of this forum. Firstly, why would someone need a crack (NoCD withstanding) if they had a warez copy?? I mean, hello, warez releases come with cracks.
Secondly, most people who know how to get warez, also have the brains on how to get cracks, comprende?
Thirdly, I've never seen anyone say to others 'No Warez' or 'Nevermind' when someone says they got the crack off a P2P. Heck I'd been inclined to say 'Nevermind' if the person said 'I got this crack off KaZaa and it dont work'.
Fourthly, why would a crack only exsist if a warez release of a game exsisted?? Ever heard of (off the top of my head) bOOl's_eye, cdkiller and Dark Soul. These people busted and still bust their asses over cracking retail releases and patches.
Fiftly...
Nevermind... (http://www.fileforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43646)
I'm sorry I stirred up this hornet's nest. But in case someone still wants it, I found the No-CD crack on a crack/trainer FTP server and sent it to GCW.
Hopefully, GCW will allow the crack to be posted for those who own the game legally!
I hate inserting CD's. If I own it and install it, I believe I should have the right to play it w/o the CD in the drive--otherwise I might as well buy an X-Box and sell my PC.
RincewindTheWiz
20-01-2003, 22:57
Originally posted by rwdrex
I'm sorry I stirred up this hornet's nest. But in case someone still wants it, I found the No-CD crack on a crack/trainer FTP server and sent it to GCW. Don't worry about it, TippeX thinks he's quite the man by refusing to listen to reason. He's just so cute. Nobody here could care less where the crack came from as long as it works, you're quite welcome.
krondike
20-01-2003, 23:24
What I'm thinking of what the forum rules means. And to clear things up.
Warez Game is not allow = If U downloaded a game U don't own.
Warez Crack is allow = If u downloaded a crack to skip or to turn of the cd-protection of the game. U bought legaly and installed from a Original disc.
If TippeX don't understand that. U might get a new brain.
Right me if I was wrong about the part of the forum rules.
Originally posted by rwdrex
I'm sorry I stirred up this hornet's nest. But in case someone still wants it, I found the No-CD crack on a crack/trainer FTP server and sent it to GCW.
Hopefully, GCW will allow the crack to be posted for those who own the game legally!
I hate inserting CD's. If I own it and install it, I believe I should have the right to play it w/o the CD in the drive--otherwise I might as well buy an X-Box and sell my PC.
Anxiously awaiting!!! I'm hoping this will clear up my problem with the blank screen thing. The game loads and I can go through the menus and everything, but 9 times out of 10, when I start a race the game just goes to a blank screen and hard-locks.
I'm hoping this is just some issue with the protection used on the gamedisk and not some driver issue. I AM using the latest available Radeon driver for my 8500 128DDR....
I don't bother with pirate versions of games, I actually BUY them. I don't even bother to try to copy them anymore, I just kick in a NoCD fix and put the CD away for safe keeping....
The issue with this game is driving me nuts!!! Every other game works fine.....
Maybe I should just break down and get some CONsole, I like these kinds of games (arcadey FUN games) more than FPS's and boring strategy games anyway....
sigh...
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