Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

[t.foster73]

I'm pretty sure the next Starforce update will block SATA/RAID and USB tricks. I don't advise anyone to buy a USB housing just to play a handful of games. In my case, I managed to get one for £15 from my local computer shop, but these things normally retail for a lot more. This Starforce proliferation could seriously finish me off with PC games for good. I can understand (And to a certain degree, agree with) the publishers making backups very hard to create, but if I can't make a backup, using whatever workaround, then I don't buy the game, it's as simple as that. Starforce has really made my hobby of Gaming into a miserable pastime the last few months. It's just becoming ridiculous the steps you have to go to to keep you original in the CD cabinet, and frankly, I've nearly had enough of it. Perhaps with Memory becoming so cheap we may see games being produced on cartridges, but that's probably just wishful thinking.

I can't even say that Piracy is to blame, because without Pirates we wouldn't have NOCD fixes. Piracy and game sales have always been uncomfortable bedfellows, with kids pooling their money to buy a game because they can share it etc. Far from saving the PC gaming industry, I seriously think Starforce could finish it off for good. Console games are a little different because they tend to run much better, being made for cloned hardware. A friend of mine who owns a local games shop tells me that sales of Starforce protected games are down, when it is the opposite you would expect (or is it the developers that expect?). I'm not giving up just yet, but I suspect the end is near for my love of PC gaming.

[LoedD]

I don't this is the end of being able to backup software.
Not every publisher can effort to buy starforce protection cuz it's the most expencive one and after a while every protection gets cracked. So lets this happens as fast as possible

[!HaGaR!]

I bought this kinda adapter for just 10 € at ebay.
And its very functional. Back-Up a crashed Windows/Data Hardisk?
No more unplugging your own hds or open your system to add the crashed device to your system. (Okay, you may use PE-Software instead, but...)
Just if you need to add one more harddisk to your system for your own, you don´t need a raid-controller, a.s.o.

There are more reasons to buy such thingy than only for warez-users.
As I pointet out in another thread, I just confirmed Karlmuellers solution - using my own game to create the image of the dvd. (So please don´t blame me - I am no warez-kiddie for sure ;-D)

@SCVirus - I smell a little taste of warez-using in your posts...

Signed
Hagar

[LoedD]

Do you get an "please insert disc to another drive" error if you mount the SCCT image?
Im askin cuz I get another error. It just tells me that the key is probably correct but not for this version.
BUT I use european DVD and key of SCCT. Maybe this could be a step closer to the goal. Can anyone post me the us key please.
thx

[DABhand]

It all started so well too, you cant ask for keys and nobody will give you them.

Even if your intentions are genuine, it is against rules sorry buddy.

[LoedD]

Originally Posted by DABhand

It all started so well too, you cant ask for keys and nobody will give you them.

Even if your intentions are genuine, it is against rules sorry buddy.

So let me ask another key question. Is there any difference between the eu and the us key? I know starforce has a unique key that means everyone has the same one. I already searched the web but only found the key I already own or invalid ones. So would you even write the 1st letter/number of the us key. That way I'll be able to find out if I already found the right one and that means that it is invalid for me so there is no chance at all.

[LoedD]

Finally for today a last question? As you know the backup can be played as DVD from USB device and as image from SATA. Did anyone try to mount the image from an external HDD? Should work too, right?

[coffin filler]

Originally Posted by LoedD

So let me ask another key question. Is there any difference between the eu and the us key? I know starforce has a unique key that means everyone has the same one. I already searched the web but only found the key I already own or invalid ones. So would you even write the 1st letter/number of the us key. That way I'll be able to find out if I already found the right one and that means that it is invalid for me so there is no chance at all.

A little advice. If you/anyone owns a "naughty" version of a game (do not tell us). No help will be given with warez etc. Also even if you/anyone dose own an original bona fida shop bought and paid for game we still can not give any info regarding cd-keys etc. (instant ban). GCW has been here a long time (ive been a member a long time) and its these rules that keep GCW up and running. If you/anyone own a warez version of a game dont share that info here. (if you/anyone intends on staying here a while and using the forums then i advise you to look over the rules. You wouldnt belive how many ppl are banned within one to two days of registering). Your call

[t.foster73]

Mounting on an external Hard Drive. hey, nice idea, I'll try that Sunday morning. I'm off to bed now.

[LoedD]

Originally Posted by coffin filler

A little advice. If you/anyone owns a "naughty" version of a game (do not tell us). No help will be given with warez etc. Also even if you/anyone dose own an original bona fida shop bought and paid for game we still can not give any info regarding cd-keys etc. (instant ban). GCW has been here a long time (ive been a member a long time) and its these rules that keep GCW up and running. If you/anyone own a warez version of a game dont share that info here. (if you/anyone intends on staying here a while and using the forums then i advise you to look over the rules. You wouldnt belive how many ppl are banned within one to two days of registering). Your call

Sorry man that's not what I want but I think you didn't understand me. It's not that I want to have a key cuz I don't have one. It's because SCCT that I btw legally own gives me a non typical error. So if the us key is another one as the eu key there might be a possibility to run this game from image on IDE drives. If there is no difference, the error I get is just another way for SF to tell me that it "knows" it' a copy.

Please do NOT answer this. I know the rulez now. I just wanted you to know.

[PigBoT]

The reason i asked about the IDE to SATA is because I have an adapter made by Gigabyte that came with a motherboard I used in a system build for someone. They obviously didn't need it, so I got it for Free-ninty-free. Thanks for the reply!