CONFIRMED - Race Driver 2 workaround guide.

[RincewindTheWiz]

Yes, it would fool the drivers, NO, I wouldn't recommend this. IDE devices are not hot pluggable, you might destroy the drives by doing it too much.

[KingPickle]

For all you electronics guys out there a question. Is it safe to wire an on/off switch into the 12v input of the IDE drive? Would this fool the Starforce drivers? (The drive will not appear in windows without 12 power).

You can test that out quickly. Just leave the side of your case open with the 12v unpluged. When you boot to windows, try puttin that molex back on the drive

[The Gauge]

Originally Posted by KingPickle

You can test that out quickly. Just leave the side of your case open with the 12v unpluged. When you boot to windows, try puttin that molex back on the drive

Heh... I'd seriously avoid doing something like this unless you're prepared to power-down the PC before you flick the switch.

[Morglum007]

@The gauge:

Well, i don't really know what do you want to hear about.
What i'm meaning is that SF ONLY patches the Windows Kernell if it finds optical drives connected to IDE. When remotely mounting, SF looks for another devices searching the SAME "protocol", and because is across a lan, no other devices are found to compare with. The same thing happens with SCSI drives. SF hides almost every CDB commnad for reading CD, cause most computers on this world have drives conected to standart IDE. I think Windows IDE drivers are not safe enough to SF, so it patches it in order to properly hide what it is doing.

Secondly, respecting what some people call "spin" test, SF can send some commands to any drive ( mounted or not) about speed. Remember SF loads even before Windows loading is complete, so SF can easyly find which unit is virtual and which no.

Well, about that electronics i have seen ( with some laughts (excuse me, it's only so funny for me ), well, the problem is windows, not the IDE (hehe) If you neutralize that, how will windows recognice your HD and so one? Only by avoiding SF loading with windows, you could try something that (:?) I do not recommand it.

Well, don't think if properly replied to.

good luck!

[Hawk404]

@dusted:

*lol*

I tried it with my original and it workz

greetz

[NoS]

Originally Posted by Morglum007

SF ONLY patches the Windows Kernell if it finds optical drives connected to IDE

does anyone try an 5 1/4 external USB box to put a Rom-drive in ?

i´ll would try it, but dont have one


greets alot

[BaumDoktor]

anybody tried that method on 1.2? seems they changed the sf version again .... ill keep trying for the fun of it but i think im back to my orginal with 1.2

[si110]

Originally Posted by BaumDoktor

anybody tried that method on 1.2? seems they changed the sf version again .... ill keep trying for the fun of it but i think im back to my orginal with 1.2

Wont work with patched version,has to be original.If you have patched you will need to reinstall game AND use starforce removal tool.Patch makes some changes to starforce to prevent lan work-around.Cunning Codemasters.

[jimscreechy]

Bloody hell, that was a long post, I don't know if I could be bothered with that workaround so here is one I tried. If like me you have more than one PC on your lan and want to play stick it in the drive and load the game, once the check has finished and the game has started the disk is not needed. Simply stick it in the second drive and play. I have 3 PC's on my net and this has so far worked without issue.

[ente]

Rip the TRD2 DVD to .mds image file.

How can i rip the mds auf a dvd game ? - alcohol makes not a dpm measurement of a dpm game.