Space Rangers 2 has Starforce!

[rlsuth]

They're both the same game. The first cover is from the UK release and the second is teh US.

I guess there is some difference in the copy protection on the two releases.
It would be interesting to compare the level of Starforce protection on the two versions.

[acepanther]

Originally Posted by rlsuth

They're both the same game. The first cover is from the UK release and the second is teh US.

Either they are not the same, or the no-cd patch sucks. I just bought the US release a few weeks ago and when I try to use the patch, the game crashes to desktop while playing.

This happens all the time when I try to get a mission from a planetery goverment, and they do not have a mission for me. I tested this. It kept crashing when I tried to get a mission. I restored, tried again, same thing. I went to a new planet, tried to get a mission, crashed. I finally got a planet to give me a mission, but the next try ... crash.

So, I re-installed and let it install Starforce (@#$%) and played with the CD in the drive. I then restored and tried those same planets that crashed. They didn't crash and the only thing they had in common was that none of them had a mission for me.

[rlsuth]

Originally Posted by acepanther

Either they are not the same, or the no-cd patch sucks. I just bought the US release a few weeks ago and when I try to use the patch, the game crashes to desktop while playing.

You obviously misunderstand. They ARE the same game, they just either have different versions of Starforce installed, or Starforce is installed differently, but, the game is the same.

[Tiger Stripe]

Has anyone managed to get the 'no cd' hack to work properly with the U.S. version of SR2? I've tried a few re-installs, but swapping the hacked .exe file always leads to a crash before the game even gets underway.

Any thoughts?

[Tiger Stripe]

I have a U.S. English version of the game, with a 1.3 build. There doesn't yet appear to be a no-cd fix for this version. Any idea if one will be forthcoming?

[Grumpy]

@Tiger Stripe

Any idea if one will be forthcoming?

RincewindTheWiz has cracked his 'Crystal Ball' so now non of us here have any idea when!!! Our psychic abilities have been drained!

We dont make the cracks they are sent in by various members who just happen to find them somewhere on the net!

[Tiger Stripe]

Thought I'd check back in, but I see that a new no-cd hack still isn't available. Is anyone playing this 1.3 build of the U.S. release? Anyone managed to bypass the Starforce protection yet? Or is everyone playing with the cd in the drive?