Medieval Lords/ Starforce 3

[Choochoo]

Well, I've searched quite a few forums, and quite a few web pages...

So far what I've done is.
1. Unplugged all my cdrom/dvdrom
2. I made a disk image of the game using alchohol 120% choosing the setting starforce 1/2/3
3. Installed from that disk image.
4. Installed daemon tools
5. Set the backup I made as drive D., set the Mini image i got from gamecopyworld as my drive E.
6. It scans for about 3 minutes says "checking disk" and then says the incorrect disk is inserted...

I heard there is a registry fix for this, but unknown on where to get it, or even if it would make this work, any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[GLH]

Originally Posted by Choochoo

Well, I've searched quite a few forums, and quite a few web pages...

So far what I've done is.
1. Unplugged all my cdrom/dvdrom
2. I made a disk image of the game using alchohol 120% choosing the setting starforce 1/2/3
...

You unplugged your DVD-Rom before making the disk-image ???

[Choochoo]

to fully tell the truth,

i made the disk image with my cdr, I unhooked everything it didn't work
i found in alchohol the starforce thing, i didn't have the cdr plugged in so i just made it a virtual drive with the disk image i already had, then i remade it with the starforce thing..

I'm a good boy, don't worry

[GLH]

Originally Posted by Choochoo

...so i just made it a virtual drive with the disk image i already had, then i remade it with the starforce thing...

That's why it don't work !!!

[Choochoo]

so just remaking the disk image with itself is a bad thing???

I will try plugging everything back in, and remaking it with the original disk.. but thats weird that could be the reason

[Choochoo]

nope just tried that... i made sure i disabled everything and tried again, didnt' work

ugh.. starforce is crap

[Choochoo]

FOUND A SOLUTION!!!! I FOUND THE REGFIX!!
just for anybody with starforce problems in the future



Steps to unblackist virtual drives.
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1. Go to your Control Panel

2. Doubleclick on System

3. Now click on the tab labeled Hardware

4. Then click on Device Manager

5. Under System devices you will find many names listed, but the only 2 you need to write down are "PnP BIOS Extension" and "Plug and Play BIOS Extension". "PnP BIOS Extension" belongs to Daemontools virtual drive and "Plug and Play BIOS Extension" belongs to Alcohol 120% virtual drive. Now you can close the Device Manager.

6. Go to your Windows directory and open regedit.exe (Registry Editor)

7. Now find this entry in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\SYSTEM

8. Under SYSTEM you will find numbers like "0000" "0001" "0002" "0003" etc etc. Now click on any of this numbers and look for "DeviceDesc". "DeviceDesc" contains a description for the device. If you just have Alcohol 120% virtual drive installed you have to find the number that contains the "DeviceDesc" with the text "Plug and Play BIOS
Extension" next to it. And if you just have Daemontools virtual drive installed you have to find the number that contains the "DeviceDesc" with the text "PnP BIOS Extension" next to it. If you have both programs installed it speaks for it itself that you have to find both numbers.

9. Now to the important part. If for example the number "0002" contains the "DeviceDesc" with the the text "PnP BIOS Extension" next to it, you rightclick on the number 0002. Next you click on "Permission...". A window should appear. Under the header "Security" you first have to click on "SYSTEM". Then a menu with the name "Permissions for SYSTEM" appears below. In this menu you will see the the text "Read" with two choices next to it (Allow or Deny). Click on "Deny" then on OK and then on Yes. Do the same for the number that contains the "DeviceDesc" with the text "Plug and Play BIOS Extension" next to it. If you have done everything correctly "PnP BIOS Extension" and "Plug and Play BIOS Extension" should not not appear any more in the Device Manager under System devices.

10. After you have done this you can play allnew starforce games by mounting the mini image. By the way dont forget to disconnect your CD or DVD-drives or to disable them in the Bios. And if you have any other virtual drives other than Alcohol or Daemontools installed, just uninstall them!

11. Enjoy another bunch of Starforce protected games!

[12345]

1) right clicked on image MDF , mounted to drive I HAVE NO IDEA IF WHAT I DID IS RIGHT ...

2)Unzipped with winimage installed etc...

3) rebooted disabled CD drive

4) opened alcohol mounted mini image

5) unblacklisted the virtual driver ...

ran the game AND OH MY GOD WHAT A COICIDENCE
IT DIDN"T F*CKING WORK ....................

Anyone has any idea whatsoever why it didn't work ???
Oh would i love to hear that info ...
Thanks

[Choochoo]

totally depends how you disabled the drives, did you disable them in bios or did you unhook them? it has to be one of the two, and i'm not even sure if disabling them in bios does the trick, but most likely does...