Tages v5.5 (or higher) protected !

[Cobrabyte]

Ive just added the latest 1.2 patch to my Darkstar One install and the thing wont work off my image file now.

Ran the latest copy of Prot_ID (very nice job I must say and it works perfect on Win XP Pro SP2, tried it on my longhorn machine, it crashes, then again so does just about anything i run on longhorn and on 64), it generated this result

Scanning -> C:\Program Files\Darkstar One\DarkStarOne.exe
File Type : Exe, Size : 4366336 (042A000h) Bytes
[!] Tages v5.5 (or higher) protected !
[!] protection level: Tages BASIC
- Scan Took : 0.328 Seconds

Anyone have any ideas on how to either work round this seeing as the protection changed from VOB to this?

[Sidney]

Now if this were true it would be amazing!
Developers can now change the type of protection that is on your original pressed cd with an upgrade patch.

[Cobrabyte]

The printed output from version 1 told me I had VOB prot or whatever it is, after installing the patch it now tells me Its Tages, or are you insinuating I cant read. The output using version 5.2 of protection ID tells me this is the protection in place now. So it might be advantageous to all concerned if instead of looking down your nose at me because im new to this forum and actually come out with some form of useful information we can all share.

Or is the purpose of this forum to satisfy Geek ego and flame anyone that has a genuine question.

[DABhand]

He didnt flame you.

But it is unlikely they would change a protection to read another protection on the media.

It just wouldnt work.

Its a possibility that the PiD has miscorrectly read the updated VOB Protect. And it looked similar to Tages.

[Cobrabyte]

It seemed strange to me, but I just put in the post what I saw. The original question still stands, does anyone have any ideas on how to get round this form of protection?

[Sidney]

From my observation of your situation you must have started with a German copy which has ProtectDISC v6 protection and then, somehow, applied an English upgrade patch which does have Tages protection.
http://m0005.gamecopyworld.com/games...star_one.shtml

[cdkiller]

Its a possibility that the PiD has miscorrectly read the updated VOB Protect. And it looked similar to Tages.

nah there are too much checks for both protections

there are different versions of darkstar one, i.e.
German = Protect DiSC
Frensh = Tages

my guess is you installed the wrong patch.

[Muji-FightR]

The game shouldn't run, then, huh ?
Have you been able to play the game with the original CD/DVD after 'updating the game to Tages' ?

[cdkiller]

protection canNOT be changed from VOB to Tages. thats not possible. if a goldmaster is protected with VOB there are "special" information burned to the media aswell. (Same For Tages, got their own "fingerprints").

Have you been able to play the game with the original CD/DVD after 'updating the game to Tages' ?

the Tages sectors on the disc were missing so it never could authentificate the disk as being original.

[Cobrabyte]

Having now fully cleaned out the installation and redone it all from scratch, the game installs as version 1.1.138, which now im using the new Protection ID program shows up as being TAGES 5.5 or higher, the protection isnt changed as I thought it was I ran an older version of protection ID and didnt notice.

The version 1.2 of Darkstar also uses TAGES 5.5 or higher. My bad for having two copies of Prot ID on my puter.

So back to the original question which was does anyone have a clue how to get round this TAGES 5.5 or higher and get a NOCD patch to work for it, my puter generates enough heat as it is.

[supre250]

Tages is used widely by software gaming companies very popular becoming very clever against piracy due to defects in SF3
Remember this is only the beginning are we going to cope

[Cobrabyte]

SF3 what is SF3 and does anyone have an answer to my question please. Please post useful info if you can.

[cdkiller]

sf3 = StarForce 3 (ISO Copy Protection)

does anyone have an answer to my question please

no crack for a newer version, only the reloaded crack wich is for v1.1 i think

[Cobrabyte]

Thanks CD, great utility by the way.

I take it from the lack of actual knowledge nobody has yet worked out how to make a NO CD patch for TAGES 5.5 or higher software or games, or is there a hive of activity somewhere on the case of working round it.

[supre250]

Hi Guys

Just to let you know that starforce 4 is out becuase i found it on a game called The Plan PC
Someone knows about it