Copy every StarForce 3 Game, no cracks are required

[karlmueller]

This is not a Fake, it really works I have tried it with Silent Hunter 3 v1.1 and DTM Race Driver 2 DVD 1.2 both backups works like the original.

1. Install the newest Version of Alcohol 120% (1.9.5 2722)

2. You will need a exact DPM of the original DVD / CD in order to get this you have to uninstall the StarForce 3 drivers and do a reboot. After doing this you have to make an image of the original disc with DPM use precision "High" and Speed 1x for the DPM - don't do anything other at the PC while Alcohol 120% gets the DPM. Alternatively you can make an image without DPM and afterward replace your .MDS with one working from the Internet, in this case no uninstalling of the StarForce 3 drivers is required.

Here are two .MDS files I made, they are working perfectly:

DTM Race Driver 2 European DVD:

http://rapidshare.de/files/1069306/RACEDRIVER2.mds.html

Silent Hunter 3 EMEA DVD:

http://rapidshare.de/files/1002380/SH3.mds.html

3. Burn a CD/DVD using Alcohol 120% and activate the option "Write RMPS to the media"

4. Activate the RMPS Emulation function of Alcohol 120% or DT

5. Disable all IDE CD/DVD Rom devices and insert your backup into a USB 2.0 CD/DVD drive, it will work like the original disc

If you don't have a USB 2.0 drive or if you don't want to disable your IDE drive the best solution is to use such coverters (http://www.bbt-shop.de/index.php?mod...uery=usb%20ide) to connect all your IDE CD/DVD drives through USB 2.0 so you can run you SF 3 backup from all your drives without disableing IDE drives.

This is the only working solution at the moment, if this is to expensive / complex in your oppinion you have to play with your original discs and wait for another solution.

Have Fun!!!

[munsterbuster]

Muhahahahahaahahaha. Sorry
But this crap is so old that it is so funny. Google for SFNightmare or Starf u c kers

[qwertyqwerty]

Originally Posted by munsterbuster

Muhahahahahaahahaha. Sorry
But this crap is so old that it is so funny. Google for SFNightmare or Starf u c kers

For your information: Starforce Nightmare and Starf*cker wont work on Starforce version 3.4.070 and up. You cant use the mini-image trick or mount the full image. The description given by karlmueller is the only way to get the new Starforce versions working at this moment.

[coffin filler]

@ qwertyqwerty. Your 1st post here and your going tooth "n" nail at munsterbuster. GO GO GO.
While i havent tried karlmueller's suggestion he/she seem's to have done their home-work and has been a member here @ file-forums for a while, so i belive its true what was posted. However

This is the only working solution at the moment

Im unsure of that but i have made a note of what was suggested for SF3 and will give it a try when the time is needed. So i thank you in advance karlmueller in case it works for me aswell

[infierno]

is there any trick to make a 1:1 copy of SHOWW2? i have the original, but im tired of using the CD1, how can i make a clone of CD1?

[Karthik 2.0]

So it works on my original copy of Psi-ops!

[alban]

I have read many such posts but i havent understood if tihs method works also for CDs or only for DVDs?

[karlmueller]

It works for CD and DVD versions of StarForce 3!!!

[acal3000]

I don't know if this really works I have an USB external cdrw-drive and when I insert the xpand rally cd always say me that I should insert on another drive even with the original like the emulation could be becauase I have it connected a a usb 2.0 drive on USB 1.1 port? or not?

[billos]

Waooh,

I jsut check that Silent Hunter 3 was protected by the
same Starforce version than Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
(v3.4.71.19)

So if your tip wotks for Silent Hunter 3, it should work
for Splinter Cell Chaos Theory too

I'll try...

[billos]

Originally Posted by karlmueller

This is not a Fake, it really works I have tried it with Silent Hunter 3 v1.1 and DTM Race Driver 2 DVD 1.2 both backups works like the original.

1. Install the newest Version of Alcohol 120% (1.9.5 2722)

2. You will need a exact DPM of the original DVD / CD in order to get this you have to uninstall the StarForce 3 drivers and do a reboot. After doing this you have to make an image of the original disc with DPM use precision "High" and Speed 1x for the DPM - don't do anything other at the PC while Alcohol 120% gets the DPM. Alternatively you can make an image without DPM and afterward replace your .MDS with one working from the Internet, in this case no uninstalling of the StarForce 3 drivers is required.

Here are two .MDS files I made, they are working perfectly:

DTM Race Driver 2 European DVD:

http://rapidshare.de/files/1069306/RACEDRIVER2.mds.html

Silent Hunter 3 EMEA DVD:

http://rapidshare.de/files/1002380/SH3.mds.html

3. Burn a CD/DVD using Alcohol 120% and activate the option "Write RMPS to the media"

4. Activate the RMPS Emulation function of Alcohol 120% or DT

5. Disable all IDE CD/DVD Rom devices and insert your backup into a USB 2.0 CD/DVD drive, it will work like the original disc

If you don't have a USB 2.0 drive or if you don't want to disable your IDE drive the best solution is to use such coverters (http://www.bbt-shop.de/index.php?mod...uery=usb%20ide) to connect all your IDE CD/DVD drives through USB 2.0 so you can run you SF 3 backup from all your drives without disableing IDE drives.

This is the only working solution at the moment, if this is to expensive / complex in your oppinion you have to play with your original discs and wait for another solution.

Have Fun!!!

I forgot to ask this : why is it so important to use USB2.0 drive instead of an IDE one with
the image burned with RPMS emulation ?

Thx

[acal3000]

[QUOTE=billos]Waooh,

I jsut check that Silent Hunter 3 was protected by the
same Starforce version than Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
(v3.4.71.19)

QUOTE]

Splinter Cell is protected by starforce too?the past was safedisk protected if I'm not wrong

man this starforce is plague is growing up a lot

Its start to worry me

[Optimummind]

Tomorrow evening, I'm borrowing an external enclosure that will allow my IDE DVD-rewriter to connect to my PC via USB2.0.

I'll update you guys tomorrow night to see if thread starter's method is reproducible on my computer. FYI, I was able to create a complete DPM file using my NEC ND-3520A at High Precision and 1x (it took 2 hours and 12 minutes!!)

[H-street]

Originally Posted by billos

I forgot to ask this : why is it so important to use USB2.0 drive instead of an IDE one with
the image burned with RPMS emulation ?

Thx

This has to do with the limitation of starforce..

I have 2 CD/DVD Drivers..


1 is a USB 2.0 CDRW Drive and 1 is an IDE DVD-R/RW drive..


if you have an IDE drive starforce requires you to use that drive, there is something with the way the starforce drivers work if there is an IDE drive..

for example..

i am unable to play SHOWW2 with the disk inserted into the USB Drive..

i emailed starforce about this and they instructed me that it has to be in the IDE drive if you have one..

it appears that if there are no IDE drives that starforce's protection is not as "aggressive", the reason why you could use disk images and what not if all your IDE driver are disabled and unplugged..

[Optimummind]

Originally Posted by Optimummind

Tomorrow evening, I'm borrowing an external enclosure that will allow my IDE DVD-rewriter to connect to my PC via USB2.0.

I'll update you guys tomorrow night to see if thread starter's method is reproducible on my computer. FYI, I was able to create a complete DPM file using my NEC ND-3520A at High Precision and 1x (it took 2 hours and 12 minutes!!)

After buying an external 5.25" USB2.0 enclosure and putting my DVD-RW inside it, the game still wouldn't run. In fact, as the game disc was being checked, I got a BSOD. After a hard boot, I noticed these words on my DVD-RW icon in My Computer--"Emulation Needed."

I think it means that my burned DVD is not good enough even with the RMPS emulation turned on via A120%. I did burn with DPM at High Precision and a speed of 1x with the latest Alcohol 120%. I don't know why this is not working. And yes, I tried both disabling the 2nd channel, CD-ROMs, and node using Starforce Nightware as well as physically unplugging the CD-RW I had on the second channel.

This sucks....