Battlefield 2142 Fixed Mini Image Request

[TippeX]

hellkiller copied gimps probably

method used ->

make entrypoint code, which reroutes getmodulefilenamea api and have it return 'filename.org' or whatever, so it opens and checks that file instead,
then have the entrypoint code jump to the real entrypoint... relatively simple task if you have asm experience...

[Alien Firefox]

@tippex


mate your wrong

with my DVD-RW disk

with alcohol i made a copy of quake 4 (since that has the same protection as bf2142 only its a differant build number like quake 4 is v4.5 and bf2142 is safedisk v4.7.


anyways to prove the point

i did a backup copy of quake 4 with rtms on and it didnt work (with alcohol)

then i erased the disk and made a backup copy of quake 4 again with (5star) on that same dvd-rw disk

and with emulation it works perfectly.

the alcohol backup i also tried emulating with 5star and it didnt work.

clearly 5star is much better for making backup dvd's

though alcohol is better for using images

[TippeX]

Originally Posted by Alien Firefox

@tippex
mate your wrong
with my DVD-RW disk

firstly rw disks are not a good 'candidate' for testing copy protection signatures etc..,

secondly 5 star / gamejack cheat a little, their code can modify known protection versions (ie: not the latest, typically old safedisc versions and old securom) and they apply all sorts of 'tricks' to make the cdcheck pass - for safedisc they try faking the code so its like a 'no-cd' trick on safedisc, i know this because i know one of the developers, and making images is also hardware dependant so really you haven't proved your point at all

'same protection version'.. since when was safedisc 4.5 = safedisc 4.7? 4.7 has a lot of new stuff added...

[simmabuh]

hello magaschwanz!

You are from germany right? i also!
Im wonderring about that you are the only guy who can play BF2142 online with an image. Anybody else just have problems to start their games with an image. I have read all your posts und tried with the same program, but without any success!

@all

Is here anbody else who can play "bugfield" online without the original DVD?
thx for answering...

[Talus]

I play all my BF games online without the original CD/DVD in the drive. It's the legal/unique cd key that allows you to play online.

No information provided here will let you bypass the need for a CD key though

[Boboua]

Originally Posted by Talus

I play all my BF games online without the original CD/DVD in the drive. It's the legal/unique cd key that allows you to play online.

No information provided here will let you bypass the need for a CD key though

I think everyone here have the CDKEY, meaning we're bought the game somehow, now the question is how to play without the DVD, maybe you can elaborate about how you do it?

I am just wondering since no one mentionned it, but what about if someone post the file that you download with EAD? Now i know that you won't be able to access it since you didn't purchase with EAD, but what about if we just rename it to let say the patch and execute it from there(click on patch link on EAD)? Or is there any other way to execute the EAC file?

[simmabuh]

Thats right! All guys are looking for somehow to play online. And logical they need a legal CD key. I also have one. But im jusing the razor image. And that seems to be not enough to play it online. I have tried different programs to mount the image, hide it and so on. But nothing worked!
What can i do now to play it online?

PLEASE HELP ME !!!

[DABhand]

Originally Posted by Alien Firefox

@tippex


mate your wrong

with my DVD-RW disk

with alcohol i made a copy of quake 4 (since that has the same protection as bf2142 only its a differant build number like quake 4 is v4.5 and bf2142 is safedisk v4.7.


anyways to prove the point

i did a backup copy of quake 4 with rtms on and it didnt work (with alcohol)

then i erased the disk and made a backup copy of quake 4 again with (5star) on that same dvd-rw disk

and with emulation it works perfectly.

the alcohol backup i also tried emulating with 5star and it didnt work.

clearly 5star is much better for making backup dvd's

though alcohol is better for using images

You answered yourself there, Alcohol tries to backup the entire disc, 5star does the same, but uses software emulation so you see it doesnt backup the game 100%.

Try your backup without 5star, does it work? course not.

All 5star is, is A120% and DT and VirtualCD(or similar) rolled into one, that is all.


EDIT: I see TippeX answered that already :P

[simmabuh]

Does anybody have a working mini image for BF2142?
Plz answer if you have...

[Grumpy]

@simmabuh

Does anybody have a working mini image for BF2142?

It has been well and truly established that BF2142 will NOT work with a mini image! Not yet anyway. You need to use a 'full' image.

[Powerfox]

Hey guys, I have been searching for an image of some sort but had no luck (And wondered why) This topic has answered my question of mini images not working but I have a problem - Basically, I dont have a drive that can read DvDs so I install all my games over the network off my brothers computer. This means that I need to find no-cd patches/images for every game I play pretty much. Is there any way I could make a full image over the network or something like that...Im able to access the DVD files so I could copy everything BF2142 needs to startup onto my computer if needed. Also, can anyone point me in the direction of guides on how to make a full image?

[TippeX]

you could try the starwind thing in daemon tools, but well, you'd probably have less headaches if you went out and bought a dvd drive.. they aren't too expensive these days...

[Powerfox]

Well im planning to get one soon...Also, I have no knowledge of how to make an image, only how to mount them so I dont understand what you mean by using Starwind. Also, I just had a look and I dont see anything called starwind

[Joe Forster/STA]

@Powerfox: Mind you, your case is expiclity covered by forum rule #1, therefore, you're not eligible for support on this forum!