DTM 3 Race Driver: 2 Problems

[Bernd-81]

Hello and happy Easter!

i have two problems with DTM Race Driver 3:

1. i can run the game. but before course is loaded, the game crashes and i am back at the desktop.
why is this so?

2. how can i play the game without dvd. i made an image with alcohol 120 of my dvd and mountet it with daemon tools.
when i want to start the game, it says that i should put the dvd in another drive

now does anyone know a solution for my problems?

thank you

[Tom Keller]

Simple (but long) answer to your 2nd question :
All virtual drives are SCSI drives. The copyprotection of your game (StarForce) don't "like" SCSI drives. It's simply because the creators of StarForce know, that virtual drives are SCSI drives. So they builded in a priority system into StarForce: whenever SF finds optical SCSI drives (mostly virtual) and optical IDE drives (alway real ) it prefers the IDE drives. That's why the Game requires the game disc in another drive.

To avoid this message you have to unplug your optical IDE drives . If you do this, StarForce won't find any optical IDE drive and accept the (virtual) SCSI drive...

[Bernd-81]

Originally Posted by Tom Keller

Simple (but long) answer to your 2nd question :
All virtual drives are SCSI drives. The copyprotection of your game (StarForce) don't "like" SCSI drives. It's simply because the creators of StarForce know, that virtual drives are SCSI drives. So they builded in a priority system into StarForce: whenever SF finds optical SCSI drives (mostly virtual) and optical IDE drives (alway real ) it prefers the IDE drives. That's why the Game requires the game disc in another drive.

To avoid this message you have to unplug your optical IDE drives . If you do this, StarForce won't find any optical IDE drive and accept the (virtual) SCSI drive...

tom = expert

hmmm and now? :S

has anyone got an idea for the first problem, wa?

[MontyBurns1985]

To your 1. problem:

So you are running the game from your original DVD at the moment!?

Perhaps you should update the drivers of your graphics card! This could help!
Also make sure that you've installed the latest version of DirectX (V. 9.0c, Update February 2006).

To your 2. problem:

The only chance is to unplug the optical (physically existing) IDE drives!
If you have no idea about this, you should better leave this and take the original DVD for playing! Only use this method, if you exactly know what you're doing!!!

[Bernd-81]

Originally Posted by MontyBurns1985

To your 1. problem:

So you are running the game from your original DVD at the moment!?

Perhaps you should update the drivers of your graphics card! This could help!
Also make sure that you've installed the latest version of DirectX (V. 9.0c, Update February 2006).

To your 2. problem:

The only chance is to unplug the optical (physically existing) IDE drives!
If you have no idea about this, you should better leave this and take the original DVD for playing! Only use this method, if you exactly know what you're doing!!!

ok =)

i really tried everything and it still doesn´t work.

i have updated my drivers of sound and graphic card.
i have updated directx.
i emperimented with the resolution and graphic details.
i plugged my controller off.
I tried it with full and minimal installation.

what more can i do?

[Bernd-81]

Originally Posted by MontyBurns1985

To your 1. problem:

So you are running the game from your original DVD at the moment!?

Perhaps you should update the drivers of your graphics card! This could help!
Also make sure that you've installed the latest version of DirectX (V. 9.0c, Update February 2006).

To your 2. problem:

The only chance is to unplug the optical (physically existing) IDE drives!
If you have no idea about this, you should better leave this and take the original DVD for playing! Only use this method, if you exactly know what you're doing!!!

hmm i have unplugged the real drives and tried to run the game, but it does not work.

Message:

Kopierschutz konnte die Disk im Laufwerk nicht identifizieren. Bitte überprüfen Sie ob es eine Originaldisk ist.

I try to translate it:

The copy protection could not identify the disc. Please check wheter it is a original cd.


And now?

[neptun]

This just mean that your image is not good enough.make better image or download better .mds file from copybase.ch

[glenbo]

i bought this game for £9.99 easter special at a game store on the weekend...i tried that mds file and it didnt work for me,i made a straight image with alcohol..did i need to make a dpm image or something?

[Bernd-81]

Originally Posted by neptun

This just mean that your image is not good enough.make better image or download better .mds file from copybase.ch

the images on this site are not working on my pc. :-S

how can i make my omage better? which parameters do i have to change in ALCOHOL 120

[Tom Keller]

Copybase do not provide images. So: if you've made an image with Alcohol (MDS + MDF file), which won't work, you can go to copybase and get a MDS file there to replace your own MDS file (therefore you have to rename the downloaded MDS file to match the name of your selfmade MDS file).

[glenbo]

done that shizzle already mate,it dont work.

[Tom Keller]

As i know: you have to read DPM infos (but this option is already chosen if you set the predefined profile to "starforce 1/2/3" )... and don't set the reading speed to to the highest level - maybe 16x max should work...

[glenbo]

it didnt give me the option if what type (ie starforce 1/2/3 etc) it just said make image of dvd..then asked me if i wanted to use disc at once and dpm.

im running the latest alcohol 120%

[Tom Keller]

But you can set DPM manually?

[Joe Forster/STA]

I think most of this discussion is covered by FAQ entries V/2 and V/4 (and linked guides). If you have information that is missing from the FAQ, please, contact me (preferably, via E-mail). Thanks!