"please put your pop3 cd into another cd-drive" ???
 

after i installed the game and started the .exe, there came an error: "please put your pop3 cd into another cd-drive" -.- so what does that mean? pls help me...

i got two mini images, too, a .mdf and a .mds, but no matter which one i choose, there's the same error after starting the game...

oh, and ps: i got the dvd-version...

Read the FAQ; the copy protection found out that the CD is in a virtual CD emulator, not a physical CD drive.

i read the FAQ; but what should i do now?? i'm sorry if i am too silly but i don't check it :o

You need to better hide the virtual CD emulator, using one of the many utilities for this purpose. But it's all described in the FAQ (and the software documentations).

yes, but, u know, im neither english nor american, and i don't speak english perfekt, and i'm also no computer-specialiser, so i dont know what is meant by these things e.g. in sfn called master and slave and ATA etc.. and the other programs and tips u posted are also difficult to me...well, i found another tipp in the internet (and it seemed to be what i searched b/c i use DT):
but this doesnt work, too (and, uhm, i dont know wich .mds or .mdf, and the mini or the big of these)...

so please, couldn't you help me here and explain it for noobs? i know you are not pleased to hear that but i'm begging you :o

I Have exactly the same problems. Please help!

SFN is pretty self explanatory

it's also known to NOT work on MOST pc's with this game

only way is to disconnect your physical drives

on the 3cd US release of pop3, some group released it with some utility to patch the alcohol image to the cdr media youre using to burn with. so you can make burn the 3rd image for the cd check. hunt the internet :P

Well, here is the funny thing, i finnally figured out how to get it to work, THE TYPICAL PROBLEM everyone else had. Ill post a whole step-by step once i get passed one more part. I run the game every time fine... it works the video loads up and well, i reach the part where he is floating on a piece of wood from the ship and then it goes on a bit like 30 seconds ( not too sure, maybe less maybe more). but then when he put his hand on the edge of the wall and STANDS UP STRAIGHT... My PC crashes. i tried like 10 times already same thing. ne idea????

Does anyone tried Win2k3 node disabler ???
One question:
What node exactly does??

The game worked...First unplugg your Dvd drives... You must mount a full image of the game and run the install of the game from the image..Then clear any starforce drivers..And finally take Dinar's image and copy it for your's..that's it 100% working method...If someone needs help can pm...

Hi, im spanish and I don't have a well english... so, i get lost when you say the dinarar's image, i have downloaded it and mounted whith my original image, like he says.

First, i have put the POP image on my hard disk, next i have unplugged my DVD's units. next i have installed POP with DT4 and the image. Then I uninstall the starforce drivers, and there is when i get lost, im not sure what it means, if i can now put my dvd's drives without the starforce driver and burn the image with the mds file that he puts in the forum or mount the mds file with my image (the same name) with DT4 and i can play?? i have done all of this but it doesn´t works!! it says to me again to install the starforce driver... can someone tell me step by step HOW TO do it?? thanks

If it's in spanish better!!!:)

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I have a strange problem: please help.......

Short time back I have start "Starfucker 0.83 beta " and mount the image with daemon tools and all was ok- I could play the new Prince.

Today I will play Prince 3 and now it is not working --I see the protection message: "please insert......"

How can it be it has working!?

What I have changed on my PC?
-Only build in a new plextor DVD recorder (750A)
-and changed from nero 6.xx.xx to 7.xx.xx

How can I play again? Please any advice....

I have tried each method and i haven't gotten anywhere....starting from uninstalling the drives in the manager and using different tools such as starforce nightmare and sfcure. There is still no result it still asks me to insert the cd. Any other way of making this work without a cd???? O and i think we have established that the keelman mini image is corrupted.

ok listen, i had the same problem as you until i realized the programs like starforce nightmare and sf4hide r useless... Just disconnect your drives PHYSICALLY and it will work everytime with DT4... btw u need to uninstall the protection from device manager... go to view on device manager and show the hidden then go to

Non-plug and Play Drivers

you will see 4 starforce protection thing's... Uninstall all 4 and when it asks you to restart for the first second and third just say no and on the forth restart..

TRY That before u physically disconnect drives and it might work if not then phyically disconnect...


AND I still need to know why my game crashes at the same point in the intro movie... help someone?

The problem is your Dvd Writer...You cannot play the game unless you unnplug it,,..Cd drives doesn't count

but before I had a dvd recorder to and it was ok? I only changed from "TEAC" to "plextor"

You'll find about thirty threads on this over here.

By the way, why the HELL is that Keelman mini-image still up on GCW?

Does anyone at GCW even check the support forum? It's meant to be there for reporting broken links, and I can find no better way to let them know about this.

I can't help but think that someone might be working on a real mini-image if it didn't appear that one exists already... :mad:

Relax, it is the holiday period!
Its like any job I guess, try and get a plumber to come out right away whilst he is on holidays! ;)

why was:
my old dvd burner+starfucker+deamontools ok
and :

the new dvd burner+starfucker+deamontools is not working?

I play PoP:T2T too, and I play it without removing my IDE cables or power cables from my DVD-RW drives. I use Alcohol 120% and DT4 too. maybe this trick would work.
First, make an image of the PoP game using alcohol 120% with an option of starforce protection, and then mount the image using alcohol 120% and then install the game. so the original game is only use for making an image. after installation is complete, shut down your system, remove all optical drives from your system, and then start up your PC. make sure that you haven't type the serial number of the game yet. disable all alcohol 120% virtual drive and start using DT4. make a DT4 virtual drive and mount the image. and then the game ask for a serial number, type it..and that's it. I play PoP:T2T with my optical drive still plugged into my system.
just for reference, my system consist of:
Athlon 64 2800+,512mb RAM,Albatron K8X250Gb Pro (nForce 3 chipset),SATA HD (Seagate 80gb 7200),Ati Radeon 9550,Lite-On DVD-RW.
I hope this trick would work for all of you.:D
Thanks...and fuck off starforce!!!

U can play without unplugging cuz your mainboard has n-force chipset.
I don't know exactly but with n-force 4 and 3 you can play any starforce game without unplugging.
Damn I got VIA KT 400:(

Now guys, I have seen every one who have a NF3 chipset based mother board, doesnt require to unplug the optical drives if he or she wants to play through DT. Can anybody confirm this. I have got NF4 and it doesnt work with me either.

I've got an nForce4 Ultra (MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum) and I don't need to unplug anything.

You DO still need to disable the IDE channel in the device manager though.

Yeah thats the point the NF3 owner dont even need to disable the ide channel, Also is your hard drive PATA or SATA?

Guys,

After so MMMMAAANNNNYYYY tries, these steps above are the only thing that work with me, only I add to them that I install the game from DT4 while disabling my CD-ROM.

what means: "Daemon Tools 4 with all options" ?

This:
http://img437.imageshack.us/img437/7916/daemon3bh.jpg

Greets

its not working here :(

Or do I have to install the game with active Deamontools, active SFNightmare and active sd4hide first?

Hi All

im new here... somebody can tell me a serial number of POP T2T?

please
i need ur help

bye

u will be banned :o

WHY!?... sorry i dont need this serial... sorry realy sorry...

i founded the serial...

plz dont bann me... my trouble now is the CHECKING DISK.. in the middle of this check the bar stop...

why? what i doing wrong?

plz help me..

the serial is easy to find in your dvd box that you own

yeah... ive founded..

but wen the checking disc its runing in the middle, stop and dont respond

what i have to do?

thx for all

Does it do this with your original disc?

Its a copy of a original dvd...

i read here all about put this game to run in this way... but i dont know what i have to do wen check disc stop...

plz help me...

thx 4 all

@Darkfox
Just use the original disc first to see if it does work!

Do you use the daemon tools 4.0.3 virtual drive?If you use the alcohol 120% virtual drive it will not work.If so just untick all items in the options of alcohol parts Emulation and extra emulation then in virtual device part of options set number of virtual devices to 0.Then mount in daemon tools virtual drive with all emulations ( of daemon not alcohol ) ON and try again.

it seems that in some cases there is no way to bypass this SF problem... I even reinstalled my windows to test this matter on a fresh install - the problem remains... I have nForce 3 motherboard, use DT 4.03... I've physicaly unpluged my DVD drive... I've tried different versions of sfcure, sfnightmare, starfuck, sd4hide and lot's of other programs... I followed different instructions from dozens of forums... nothing helps... the damn thing scans my image for several minutes and then states that my cdkey is wrong (allthough if I use the wrong one SF tells it right away)... :confused:

the only thing that I didn't try sofar is to shoot myself... :D that might help solve few other matters...:cool: