starforce workaround play scct and kingkong
 

Hi there all,

I`ve been reading alot of site`s lately. all about starforce en protection.
but i don`t see the problem i am playing scct & king kong from a back up.

the only thing you need to do is .
1: disconnect your dvd/cd players from your mainboard.
2: mount the image with Daemon manager V4.00HE
3: unload any antivirus program`s like panda antivirus, Norton.
4: disconnect network connections
5: play the game (no need to use sfcure or nightmare)

that`s all i have done and i am playing both games now.

these are my system specs,
Abit KV7 mainboard
amd sempron 2200+
nvidia 5700Ve 256mb video card
512mb ram

Please, explain why steps #3 and #4 are necessary; have you checked that the games won't work without these? Thanks!

i have tryed everything else you know sfcure,nightmare,sr7stop etc.
i dont know why the games play now, but when i stay connected and with panda antivirus loaded the games won`t start.

1/3/4 aint needed, dissable eide channel in device manager, mount downloadable .mds in daemon v4 instead of one you made with alcohol from original and run sd4hider (not even sure if needed, been long time since played a game like 3weeks).

Is that the mini .mds?

That would be nice:)

Can't speak for everyone, but I don't seem to need sd4hide.
Keep in mind, when using the device manager, that disabling the optical drive is not sufficient - you need to disable the IDE controller, and the drive will disappear.

To be honest I can't see why a Safedisc blocker would help much with Starforce games...

On a slightly related topic, it seems that sd4hide is no longer needed to run NFS:MW with the 1.3 patch.

hmm after i disable secondary IDE Channel...POP3 still tells me to insert cd in drive....but if i unhook my cables it works fine...do need to dod ne thing else....also the mini-image for pop3 doesnt seem to work :(

still not worth it to us legal users we just gotta insert original disks while pirates need to do all that

04-09-2005, 07:16
WardoggOne
Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Califas
Posts: 52

nocd exe for GTASA 1.01?
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will there be one or should i keep using a 4gb image file of my game to play it?
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Then i guess you are a pirate to, Because you can play the game with the original disc.
Or is it that you also want to keep the originals in good shape no scratches ect. on the disc.
For me thats the reason why i want to play the games without inserting the origanal disc`s .
simply calculating
1 game cost around 50 Euro,
1 harddisc of 200 GB cost around a 100 Euro,this is good enough for 40 game images. while 40 games cost around 2000 Euro
so for me its better to buy a new HD then buy the games again,if they are damaged.

Your post is too confusing.

Sorry for that,the reply above was just a reaction on WardoggOne reply.

I started this thread only to inform all off you how to play scct and other starforce protected games.

If this thread,is a no good then a mod can delete it

As i said, i cant remember if i had to use sd4hide for SC CT as i aint played in weeks any games and its confusing trying to remeber settings for all.

No to dude above it dont mean i only use a mini .mds, i still need keep the .mdf i made in alcohol, just replace the .mds it made with 1 thats on web or game still detects not real disc (not sure why or if same for all)

Also i didnt try to just dissable the individual roms in device manager as i have used a SATA HDD(s) 2+ years i simply can afford to kill the whole EIDE controler.

The best way to play SC:CT is still to have a legit purchased copy. I haven't tried it yet, since I always wait until there are a no-cd/dvd crack before I buy a game, but in this case, I have ordered it anyways knowing that I will have to use the disc. Someday, there might be a convenient way to play it without the DVD, but as of now - there isn't. And that's too bad.

I find it strange that no one have figured out a simple way to bypass this protection yet. There are many good crackgroups out there. This protection really must be a b*tch. Oh well.

I seen SCCT for £15 in local store. So now is a good time to buy it :P

Its nearly 2006 and "the best way to play games" aint with a disk in rom tray, i have 300gig HDD so i can have a lot of games installed and i dont want to hunt for and swap media all the time, i got my copy of SC-CT for £20 in pcworld as it was sold of cheap as it didnt shift at new because nobody wanted starforce crap on their pc's. (im suprised most n00bs knew this ).

Unreal 2004 etc etc all patched games after release to fix bugs and remove need for disk to be in roms, some other big game did same in last 2 weeks but i cant remember lol.