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Old 25-02-2004, 02:11
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Many of these Tages games have checks at various points through the game. Just because it works initially doesn't mean it will play to the end of the game. It's a sad fact that most Hackers are too busy trying to crack the game code to play the game through to it's conclusion. In the case of XIII. There are several checks during the game which manifest as gameplay oddities (No Keycard etc). It took a 20mb crack to solve this, as protection is even placed in sound files of all things! I admit too being a bit rash with my earlier post, but my point is that if you have a Tages protected CD, it is best to keep the original in the drive, especially if the game is a long,complex one (RPG etc). You don't want to trigger CD protection from a copy if you're days into the gameplay. This is the idea behind Codemasters FADE (Even if it's useless), to try and steer the player away from using a copy.
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