[Joe Forster/STA]

1. Mini images are much easier to do than no-CD patches. Also, mini images work with _any_ version of the game (unless a new update manages to incorporate some code that can detect the different between an original CD/DVD and a mini image), while no-CD patches have to be done for each and every update. Furthermore, mini images contain all the information needed to fool the copy protection into thinking it's running off an original CD/DVD, while a no-CD patch includes getting rid of all the small details of copy protection entangled, sometimes in a quite nasty way, into the software. You shouldn't be surprised, therefore, that, for some games, only mini images exist, no-CD patches don't.

2. I don't think there's _any_ professional cracker, who does no-CD patches for today's commercial copy protections, is reading this forum. So, your whining is completely useless...

3. _All_ files, hosted by GCW, _can_ be downloaded. If you get the "file is too old" error message, try _all_ mirrors and _all_ submirrors of mirror #1. If you still get the message, try again in a few hours/days - the file might be down because of maintenance.