Battlefield Vietnam Problem

[E_J]

Originally Posted by Talus

that happened to me when I updated BF1942 to v1.6 from v1.5. Try uninstalling BF:V altogether and then just applying the 1.02 patch. Make sure the game works first, then try your crack.

Should work.

I already tried that. I tried playing the game without cracking it first. I only resorted to using the crack when I couldn't play otherwise.

[E_J]

On a related note, I just installed and ran the game on another PC using the copies I made, and it worked. This PC did not have Alcohol installed, and I also did not install the v1.02 update.

The CD-R copies were made at 4X read and write in a Plexwriter 48/24/48A with v1.05 firmware using the latest Alcohol 120% trial version with "bypass EFM errors" checked and with the subchannel data read and rectified during writing and in RAW DAO write mode. So, if you are looking for a drive/software/settings combination to do Safedisc v2.90 without emulation, that combination apparantly works.

I still don't know why the game wouldn't run on my main PC unless it has something to do with Alcohol being installed.

[Talus]

Easy..uninstall Alcohol, reboot, try BF:V.

EA has stated that BF:V has issues with Alcohol for some users. Thank goodness I'm not one of them Alcohol is what I use for playing BF games to avoid problems with PB.

[E_J]

Originally Posted by Talus

EA has stated that BF:V has issues with Alcohol for some users.

Yes, but the problem I am having does not fit EA's description of the problem, i.e. I am not getting the emulation error message.

[Talus]

But isn't it worth trying anyway? Easy to uninstall. Easy to re-install. Better than uninstalling/re-installing BF:V or Punkbuster even.

[Luciel]

Yeah but thats not the point,
I read this in this months pcgamer, this user sent a letter complaining about SC: Pandora Tomorrow, as it wont let u play with emulation software, hes point was that, software companies have NO RIGHT to tell u wat can and wat cant u have installed in your pc, so why should E_J uninstall alcohol wich is a perfectly legal program just cos ea dont like it?

And yeah hell provbably end up doing that to play, but my point is that.

[Talus]

EA isn't blacklisting it, but may cause technical issues. I don't pretend to understand the technology but that is how I see it.

If it could help solve a technical problem so easily, why not do it?

I mean, tons of people buy NEW HARDWARE and spend hundreds of hours/dollars to solve technical problems, what's so tough about uninstalling Alcohol for a few minutes? Re-install it afterward.