Working Splinter Cell 3 Backup

[ck007]

Hi guys, I followed your hints and I created a backup dvd of SCCT. I used the mds file from copybase.ch (Panoramix) and I burned DVD with the lastest version of Alcohol 120% with RMPS ON. I've got a NEC ND-3500 AG external USB with the lastest firmware and I used a DVD+RW. After I created my copy, I used starf*** to disable my IDE drive and I disabled all my virtual device. I actived all emulation option of Daemon Tools and put my backup copy in my USB DVD and the game started.

I hope that this post could help some gamers.

Now Let's PLAY!

[Optimummind]

Originally Posted by ck007

Hi guys, I followed your hints and I created a backup dvd of SCCT. I used the mds file from copybase.ch (Panoramix) and I burned DVD with the lastest version of Alcohol 120% with RMPS ON. I've got a NEC ND-3500 AG external USB with the lastest firmware and I used a DVD+RW. After I created my copy, I used starf*** to disable my IDE drive and I disabled all my virtual device. I actived all emulation option of Daemon Tools and put my backup copy in my USB DVD and the game started.

I hope that this post could help some gamers.

Now Let's PLAY!

What CD key did you use? The European one that have been circulating on the Web?

[Alone2Gether]

Originally Posted by Optimummind

What CD key did you use? The European one that have been circulating on the Web?

NO WAREZ!

[Optimummind]

Originally Posted by Alone2Gether

NO WAREZ!

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like I was warezing. I do own the retail copy of the game. BTW, I didn't ask him for his key or anything.

The game runs beautifully at 12x10 with all in-game settings maxed out. Now, all I need is a no-cd.

[t.foster73]

I have to say that I've tried my Chaos Theory backup DVD and USB Drive on more than 15 computers at work. Before I formatted and Re-Installed Windows on these machine (I'm an Administrator, and a nasty Virus was playing havoc with the machines), I installed Chaos Theory on all of them. This is not to play on you understand, but to test the functionality of the USB trick. All these computers have different hardware, but are quite powerful. Using my backup and USB housing, I was able to install and play on 13 machines. The two it wouldn't run on were due to incompatible hardware, however the DVD check screen was passed, and these would have played also had they had better VGA cards installed. Also, the backups were created on 3 different DVD Re-Writers.

I'll go further and say I've yet to find a machine the backup won't work properly on. Going on these findings, I would say that problems playing from a backup must be due to one of these reasons.

1.A bad DVD image, or to be more specific, a bad MDS image, possibly due to a poor Re-Writer. However my images were created on Pioneer 109D, and other cheaper drives.
2.An illegal copy of the game. Of course I'm not pointing any fingers, but I've had several E-Mails requesting a DVD-KEY. It goes without saying that my image (MDF and MDS) was created from an original DVD.
3.Out of date Alcohol120 or Daemon tools (obvious, but you never know)
4.Possible conflict with IDE channel, even though STARF***ER or SF_NIGHTMARE are installed. Always disconnect your IDE drives physically if your backup won't work, to be sure it's not this.
5.Finally, it's possible that the USB adaptor itself could be the problem. I'm not rolling in money, so I'm not going to go and buy several housings just to try this, but for your information, my working housing is a Venus DS Model No.2512B2, costing £20 (UK)

[jinsatoemo]

I got the EU version of the game(patched to 1.02) and it works perfectly with the usb dvdrom.I use SFN to disable all the ide dvdroms,use the ide2usb dongle for my external dvdrom and enable the RMPS emulation in Alcohol.They are only 2 serials for these game(EU and US version) that currently on the net and both works with each respective version.The only way to play the game with backup for now is definately by using usb external dvdrom and SFN.

[DarkLeftos]

Originally Posted by ck007

Hi guys, I followed your hints and I created a backup dvd of SCCT. I used the mds file from copybase.ch (Panoramix) and I burned DVD with the lastest version of Alcohol 120% with RMPS ON. I've got a NEC ND-3500 AG external USB with the lastest firmware and I used a DVD+RW. After I created my copy, I used starf*** to disable my IDE drive and I disabled all my virtual device. I actived all emulation option of Daemon Tools and put my backup copy in my USB DVD and the game started.

I hope that this post could help some gamers.

Now Let's PLAY!

Actually, this thread was made to discuss on how to play WITHOUT the external USB drive. The method you used is already all-too-well-known.

[LoedD]

So now this is for the elite pro's of you.
Mushukyou asked if there is any possibilty to make your PC believe that an USB-stick is a real device. So if that is possible we just need a new fake-image that includes the autorun features of the original. This should be possible for a size of a few Mb's. Then either run the image from USB-stick or put the data to it. But how to put dpm to it? It's up 2u2 find out.

[5i1v3rStorm]

Originally Posted by ck007

Hi guys, I followed your hints and I created a backup dvd of SCCT. I used the mds file from copybase.ch (Panoramix) and I burned DVD with the lastest version of Alcohol 120% with RMPS ON. I've got a NEC ND-3500 AG external USB with the lastest firmware and I used a DVD+RW. After I created my copy, I used starf*** to disable my IDE drive and I disabled all my virtual device. I actived all emulation option of Daemon Tools and put my backup copy in my USB DVD and the game started.

I hope that this post could help some gamers.

Now Let's PLAY!

just for my own understanding:

WHY THE HECK do u have to enable emulation in D-Tools, if playing the game form an external DVD-Drive?

that sounds a bit crazy to me though d-tools doesn't have anything to do with my external drive does it?

thx

[Muji-FightR]

Daemon Tools emulation also works for external/internal (real drives, not virtual) drives...

[RiCE41]

ive never tried but maybe this is another method how to make thingz workin:

If you got 2 PC (or a laptop or something), then you need a link cable (its an active cable, that makes possible to connect 2 PC via USB, with it). So maybe its possible to do the same like in the USB2.0 DVD case, but this time with a network drive via usb2.0. As i said ive never tried this method, but im intrested if its workin, cuz a cable like this is not so expensive like an USB2 device.

btw. im also intrested if anybody tried to make the game workin with a normal lan drive.