Football Manager 2006 v6.0.3 - I've found a fix?

[Nostradamus]

Originally Posted by leezer3

this is a Nforce mainboard, & FM2006 runs properly with only a mounted full image anyway.

Some systems are different, and funny things can happen, but it doesn't work here.

-Leezer-

Oh yes that's true, nForce mobo's has trouble with *legally copied* FM 06 :P
Anyway mine is a HP laptop series zd8000 and works fine.

[glenbo]

mine is a nforce board and i always have to use safedisk hide to play fm 2006...however it does work from a disc that i had burnt off everytime using the safedisk profile in alcohol when burning.

btw while we are on the subject of fm2006...is there a full update to the game yet? (3rd party made) as my game is well out of date and sites like sortitoutsi.net are either slow or confusing as hell to use.

[Fe ®]

also doesn't work here with prot.stop

did you change any of the compatibility settings, etc?

[leezer3]

Thats a point. I'll try it in Win2k mode tomorrow- I know that was doing funny things to the protection, but was fixed in 6.0.2 iirc.

-Leezer-

[Nostradamus]

Originally Posted by Fe ®

also doesn't work here with prot.stop

did you change any of the compatibility settings, etc?

No i changed nothing, only the setting in the reg. For mine game works well, I have fm 06 with the latest 6.0.3 patch.
I mount an image with daemon tools and I use prot.stop to hide the virtual unit.
That's all I do before playing.

[leezer3]

Originally Posted by Nostradamus

No i changed nothing, only the setting in the reg. For mine game works well, I have fm 06 with the latest 6.0.3 patch.
I mount an image with daemon tools and I use prot.stop to hide the virtual unit.
That's all I do before playing.

/Boring

You're doing nothing special, & neither is your reg change. All you're doing is the standard full image procedure.
The reg change is also highly likely to bork up things elsewhere.

-Leezer-

[Nostradamus]

Originally Posted by leezer3

/Boring

You're doing nothing special, & neither is your reg change. All you're doing is the standard full image procedure.
The reg change is also highly likely to bork up things elsewhere.

-Leezer-

Yeah I know I'm doing nothing special, but if I don't change the reg key, my system won't boot (BSOD and stuck at Windows startup logo).

[koolaje]

I have a possible solution, please check if you can get it to work. It worked on both my notebook and my desktop:

0. Install Daemon Tools 4.0.3 and CureROM 2.0.3.
1. Mount the image of the Game using Daemon Tools (Mds ISO etc).
2. Open CureROM - Options (Bottom Right) - CureRom Settings
3. At the Third Party Virtual CD/DVD-ROM section, Make sure Daemon Tools is chosen and the "Do NOT display "DAEMON Tools" in my Virtual CD/DVD-ROM list." check is selected. Click Apply and Close.
4. Create a New CureROM profile - Choose Application by browsing EXE file of The Game. Make sure the "CureROM AntiBlacklist Measures" check is selected.
5. Click: Next, Next, Put in a Good Shortcut Name.
6. Next, Save, Finish.
7. IMPORTANT: Make sure Daemon Tools is NOT running (If there's the Daemon icon on the right bottom icon, right click and then Exit). Do not Unmount the images.
8. Run the Shortcut.

Works for FM 2006 6.0.0 and Patched version 6.0.3.

Let me know if that works for you guys.

EDIT: I have problems setting it using the --windowed, I put that into CureROM setting and it still wouldn't work.

[Nostradamus]

I'd try it...it works well only 2 times, after than my system won't boot.
I think it's the 6.0.3 patch...maybe it has a special securom/safedisc engine...or maybe game's safedisc engine conflict with a windows xp hotfix ?