POP3 No-DVD/Fixed EXE

[EMPiRE]

The last few days we received 3 submissions: Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones v1.0 [ENGLISH] No-DVD/Fixed EXE

We have not been able to determine who created this Fixed EXE and if it is working properly for the retail version of the game. It could have been taken from the Demo version of the game! But it seems to be working for a few people.

Any feedback if this EXE is working or not is welcome!

[Stepes19]

doesnt work for me....install, paste on top of original pop3.exe, run game, and I get insert pop3 disc into another drive error. Didn't try with help of SFNightmare or SFcure, but thats what it was supposed to do right? work without these tools.

[dooler]

Nope didn't work for me either without or even dvd inserted in the drive
NE TRICKS requred?

[FUNKiD]

Not working

[the_spartan]

Same here... tried it and it didn't work...

[starforce hater]

nope not workin'

grrrrr starforce!!!!!

[Edit by Joe Forster/STA: It's fine to hate Starforce but don't hate its developers. They're only giving a too effective answer to a question from greedy publishers!]

[leezer3]

Very odd
With the EMEA DVD image mounted, the SF check passes, but the game then crashes with no errors etc?!
I suspect that this is a hacked version of the EMEA CD exe. Could someone please post an MD5 sum for POP3.dat- I thjink this is the 'real' file that the SF crud launches, and want to see if its any different.

Conclusion? I think this probably might work with the EMEA CD version, we shall see

Cheers

-Leezer-

[david100k]

no luck here also installed the game copied the pop file then mouted the mini image

why does it say to copy the intire dvd in your game directory

[Mikdik]

It dont Seam To werk at all! Keeps going to the dreaded anti piracy incert original disc thingie

[djsolidsnake86]

how is possible a no-dvd for a starforce game? however don't work!
i hope that this No-DVD will be updated with a good next-version!

[jbMurdock]

No-DVD doesn't work. But if you have a good data-part of the alcohol image (mdf-file) try to exchange your mds-file(!) with the one from that great swiss site copybase. Works perfectly for me!!! Just mount the image in Deamon 4.03 and start the game. You don't even need sfcure to run the game.
That method also works with any other SF-protected game. You just need a complete and good .mdf and the right .mds for your image

And by the way:

[I_Will_Never_Die]

That reminds me, how do I download the mds from that site? All I get from that site is the description of the file protection

[jbMurdock]

visit copybase.ch and search your game in the Database (Datenbank).
Then click the linked name of the game to view the protection details. In the upper right corner of that details-box you find a link called "DPM-Dateien". The available mds-files for the requested game are listed right under the details-box when you follow that link. Now just search your Version (language) and download the mds-file with the physical disc information (DPM-data).
Most of the mds-files posted there work great for me when I mount em in Deamon 4.03 with RMPS-Emulation enabled.
In some rare cases the optical IDE-drives of your system don't work very well with the StarForce-Protection drivers. So, if the game still wants you to "put your CD/DVD into another drive" you have to unhook your optical drives manualy for the game images to work.
Hope that helps a little

[kurty27]

this crack doesn't work....period

[Gradito]

MD5 of U.S. CD version of POP3.dat is 3A5E592FCB8FAC8A56DCD78012A1C70B.