Copy every StarForce 3 Game, no cracks are required

[billos]

Originally Posted by karlmueller

It is not normal that the DPM process takes more than an hour to complete. Wich game have you tried to backup?

The StarForce 3 version included in Splinter Cell 3 uses a new method to prevent DPM reading. You can now only make a working DPM on a computer on wich no StarForce 3 drives were ever installed.

This method is working for me with the following games:

DTM Race Driver 2 (European-Version)

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (European-Version)

Silent Hunter 3 (European-Version)

If you want to make a backup of one of those games, use my .MDS. You can even use my .MDS with the US version you only need to swap the US StaForce Key with the Europe StarForce Key. I would be happy to send you the european keys via PM.

Have Fun!!!

Hello Karlmueller,

All these informations concern Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

Thanks for all your informations : i've leached an mds file from
the following site (www.copybase.ch) and i've followed all your
instructions (especially setting my new burn DVD in an external USB 2.0
box) and this woooorks !!

But something is scaring me : even if i use "sfclean.exe" tool (to remove
starforce drivers) , my DPM extractions can finish but are not good anymore.
It's very annoying., especially for the next securom or starforce game i'll
next want to backup

Is there a solution to remove this starforce virus (for DPM extraction) ?

Thx again.

[Optimummind]

billios, you got PM.

Originally Posted by billos

Hello Karlmueller,

All these informations concern Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

Thanks for all your informations : i've leached an mds file from
the following site (www.copybase.ch) and i've followed all your
instructions (especially setting my new burn DVD in an external USB 2.0
box) and this woooorks !!

But something is scaring me : even if i use "sfclean.exe" tool (to remove
starforce drivers) , my DPM extractions can finish but are not good anymore.
It's very annoying., especially for the next securom or starforce game i'll
next want to backup

Is there a solution to remove this starforce virus (for DPM extraction) ?

Thx again.

[Diranar]

I have the same problem my drives make DPM with Blindwrite, but in Alcohol it seemsto be random, if it read's it or not.
Maybe the new ALcohol is still buggy?

Diranar

[DABhand]

Blindwrite has a unique way it does things, it reads the topography of a disc with a fine toothbrush (metaphorically ofcourse) and dumps it, but does it like the old fashioned amiga nibble process, it will do each part of the cd bit by bit rather attempting to read whole tracks at once.

Alcohol is different, and tries the tracks at once which sometimes works other times doesnt.

[Optimummind]

Thx to karmueller, I was able to try to backup my US copy of SCCT with a European mds.

Well, thx karlmueller, but it still didnt' work for me. I still get the msg in My Computer saying that 'Emulation is needed.' This is despite me burning a disc with speeds of 2.4x with RMPS and later on, turning on the RMPS emulation on through A120%. I tried it with both v1.9.5.2722 and v1.9.5.2802.

So, i gave up finally and returned the USB2.0 enclosure I had bought.

Playing with the original DVD sucks. i hope hoodlum or reloaded or vengeance hurrys up and releases a no-dvd.

[mastergamer]

yes

[blueaura]

I've tried this with Silent Hunter III EMEA version and have to say it doesn't work yet. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Is anyone working on a noCD/DVD for Silent Hunter III 1.2?