Descent Freespace 1.06

[sabbey]

Sorry for bumping this old thread, but this relates to what I wanted to ask...

Okay, my old copy of this is rather marked up so I bought the newer jewel cases dual pack with Silent Threat. Just wondering, does anyone know what protection the expansion pack uses and whether there is a NO-CD patch for it. Hopefully, at the very least, the UnSafeDisc software will work on this as well, don't want to use the CDs but to install the games.

BTW, anyone know if they can have a full install off the CDs. I recall the movies playing off the CDs, but don't want to use them if necessary. Guess i can always burn temp copies to play the game. Oh well, thanks all!

[sabbey]

Bump...

So, how the heck does one remove CD checks anyway? Nothing is working over here!

[DABhand]

Try using PID to find the protection. Look at the sticky on the forum.

[sabbey]

Already did, there are only CD Checks...

Just wondering, now that we know what it is, how does one remove it?

EDIT: Just ran another scan, it seems there are a few checks, not just on the main game exe. I can post a copy/paste of the scan here if needed! Thanks all!

[sabbey]

Okay, it appears that the game utility Un-CDCheck v1.0, worked in removing the checks in the exes. Haven't looked into seeing how to remove it from the patchw32.dll file though...

Actually, I did use notepad to find it within the file, but don't know whether removing it will effect it, in a problematic way or not though. I had to do a system restore since the only crack I found for the game gave my PC a headache. I will check this out more once I get the game re-installed.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi sabbey,

Errr, I don't understand what you wanna do with patchw32.dll... It is the core of the .RTPatch binary file patching system, see http://www.rtpatch.com for more infos. Just thought I'd mention...

Joe

[DABhand]

What my learned friend forgot is, the dll file could possibly be the real game executable and the exe is a loader.