v8 supercars (codemasters)

kfg · #1 16-04-2003, 16:07

just bought th game and dissapointed gameplay and new copy protect called fade i think gameplay is affected by copy protect as game crashes to desktop heaps , is there a way around and how to copy

gh0sth@cker · #2 16-04-2003, 16:59

AFAIK FADE protection doesn't crash to desktop as part of it's protection. It's usually more gameplay wise - annoying things in-game that make it unplayable.
Does it CTD when you play with the original?

kfg · #3 23-04-2003, 03:48

yes as i only have orig dsk,done b/up on clone and try one daemon but no go ,any sugest on suit b/up would be apreciated,maybe i try burn to dsk and see if it works

belveder · #4 24-04-2003, 18:57

I have tried to back up my original with Clone, Alcohol and even making an iso with WinISO, nothing works, this is the first game I can't backup and I have done heaps.

Very weird.

kfg · #5 27-04-2003, 03:06

clony xxl reports securom new, any hints on corect paremetrs in alchol 120% then maybe dtools can help ihave hp 9100i slow but reliable

belveder · #6 30-04-2003, 01:07

I haven't been able to back it up with Alcohol or CloneCD but I have just been told that you can back it up with Blindwrite Suite, I have never used this so I can't help you with that part.

If someone else could help out with some kind of tutorial it would be appreciated from a couple of us

Shaw · #7 21-05-2003, 19:10

Club CDFreaks has a Tutorial on how to back up Securerom Games its what i used to make a copy by following there settings and BlindWrite 4.2.5 which most people say is the best for Securerom..

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?threadid=58959

here it is, a step-by-step tutorial for backing up Securerom. blindread/blindwrite latest version is needed. a demo can be downloaded at www.blindread.com.

Read Portion: Extract the contents of the cd into an image. (orange arrow from cdrom to disk). When blindread begins follow and apply the following check marks.

1. make make sure you click on general settings, test cd layer access, and that the vso driver is used. if prompted to restart do so, if not go back to main menu.

1.5 next select dump image from cdrom.

2. select your writer from the drop down list

3. check the box with extract subcodes only!!!

4. leave the default location for the image file which would be in the vso/blindread directory. IMPORTANT!!! also leave the default name of the disc as the image name.

5. make sure #1 NIBBLE is selected ***

6. check the box with adapt speed.

7. i wrote and read at 4x, thats the speed i recommend.

8. check the box with eject disk if you wish

at this point, it will begin to make the image. errors will occur at the end of the process, around 15 seconds remaining, dont be alarmed, its ok.

NEXT STEP IS TO MAKE A .BWA FILE

1. start bwabuilder application. (cannot be lauched thru the desktop icon, but rather by clicking start/all programs/blindwrite suite/physical cd characteristic dumper).

2. make sure the drive with the disk is selected, set for 4x, and the default 324800.

3. click start mesure, when complete if not given the option to save, click on file and save bwa.

4. !!!URGENT!!! when the process is complete, you will be given the opportunity to save the file, BE SURE TO NAME It THE SAME AS THE IMAGE and no extension because the application will give it the .bwa. ALSO IMPORTANT, the file has to be saved in the same directory where you save the image.

WRITE PROCESS, YOUR ALMOST DONE!!!

1. lauch blindwrite, turquios colored arrow pointing from HD to cdrom

2. click start cd writing wizard

3. be sure you writer is selected, on the information tab, blindwrite will give you information about you drive (max read speed, max write speed, etc) the application will not allow you alter any information under that tab.

4. click on advance. !!!URGENT!!! uncheck all the boxes except DAO pw-it should be the only one with a check mark next to it.

5. i am not sure if your drives characteristics matched mine. the max read, write, and suggested speed were at 48, the buffer size was set at 2048, with rewrite at 10. i would suggest going along with the default settings that blindwrite suggests!!!

6. locate the image. and click start, it will verify the image, simply click next when finish.

7. last step, make sure DAO pw mode is selected, at 4x, and that the box next to USE BWA FILE IF AVAILABLE IS CHECKED!!!!!!!!!! along with the other two boxes. CLICK GO. YOUR DONE.