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yup, and it'd be also slow as shit

perhaps he meant through vmware or something... which would be even slower and probably wouldn't run the game due to directx 'issues'...

either way.. pointless...

if its your own vm, it'll be calling / supplying the api's the exe will run,so it'll be the same api, starforce will probably winge about it too... as starforce is quite timing biased (one thread, gui + low level cd/dvd check via driver, other drivers running on timers checking interrupt tables, for anti debug etc..) its all timer critical.. cdcheck->sendmessage->sleep->check shit->loop->update progress bar... if progress bar hits about 75% and you haven't seen anything change, it will fail, and you'll have wasted 4+ minutes

only way to break startforce is...

1. find an area in it to exploit (which was been done before) and wont live that long....
2. try emulating its drivers / response codes etc.. monumental task and again, wont live long
3. crack it... will take some time but is definately doable, if you have the skill that is and you'll probably make some nice logs from it...