games still try to play from cdrom - Club CDFreaks

snails · 14-12-2004

, i've mounted my games on virtual drives but every time i try to play them i t tries to play from my cd drive and not my virtual drive

*Razor1982* · 14-12-2004

what game? what protection? where did you install from?

snails · 14-12-2004

i have battlefield 1942 and bf vietnam installed from my cd's, i used alcohol i don't remember clicking anything about protection i just left all check boxes as they were ,
sorry

*Razor1982* · 14-12-2004

ok, these games are protected by safedisc 2 / 3 - normally it should be no problem; you mount the image to your v-drive and that's it...
if this does not work, which version of alcohol are you using?

snails · 14-12-2004

version 1.9.2 (1705) someone advised me to change my cd drive letter to v drive letter but i don't semm to be able to

*Razor1982* · 14-12-2004

just make sure that the v-drive letter is the last one from all your drive letters, you can change the letter of the v-drive in the alcohol settings... it's an option under the v-drive options-tab...

snails · 14-12-2004

i think i know where i might have gone wrong, i have each of the 3 game cd's in 3 separate virtual drives,? I'm running it off the virtual drive that has cd 1 on it.

*phoenix* · 14-12-2004

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i have battlefield 1942 and bf vietnam installed from my cd's,

Did you install the game from virtual drive ??

snails · 14-12-2004

, i created an image file of my cds to virtual drive then installed from virtual drive i think
i'm a bit lost now cos its the first time i've tried and i may have fiddled about too much due to frustration but its there on my v drives but when i play it comes up with the normal vietnam graphics then i hear my cd drive kick in and it asks for cd rom as though i i had tried to play the game without putting the cd in.

*$CyBeRwIz$* · 15-12-2004

It may be hotwired to run from one drive only - the installation drive usually. Try to only have 1 virtual drive with the playing disc and see how it goes.

Good Luck!

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snails New on Forum Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: lancashire england Posts: 5	games still try to play from cdrom <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> , i've mounted my games on virtual drives but every time i try to play them i t tries to play from my cd drive and not my virtual drive

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Razor1982 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,485	Re: games still try to play from cdrom what game? what protection? where did you install from?

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snails New on Forum Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: lancashire england Posts: 5	Re: games still try to play from cdrom i have battlefield 1942 and bf vietnam installed from my cd's, i used alcohol i don't remember clicking anything about protection i just left all check boxes as they were , sorry

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Razor1982 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,485	Re: games still try to play from cdrom ok, these games are protected by safedisc 2 / 3 - normally it should be no problem; you mount the image to your v-drive and that's it... if this does not work, which version of alcohol are you using?

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snails New on Forum Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: lancashire england Posts: 5	Re: games still try to play from cdrom version 1.9.2 (1705) someone advised me to change my cd drive letter to v drive letter but i don't semm to be able to

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Razor1982 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,485	Re: games still try to play from cdrom just make sure that the v-drive letter is the last one from all your drive letters, you can change the letter of the v-drive in the alcohol settings... it's an option under the v-drive options-tab...

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snails New on Forum Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: lancashire england Posts: 5	Re: games still try to play from cdrom i think i know where i might have gone wrong, i have each of the 3 game cd's in 3 separate virtual drives,? I'm running it off the virtual drive that has cd 1 on it.

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snails New on Forum Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: lancashire england Posts: 5	Re: games still try to play from cdrom , i created an image file of my cds to virtual drive then installed from virtual drive i think i'm a bit lost now cos its the first time i've tried and i may have fiddled about too much due to frustration but its there on my v drives but when i play it comes up with the normal vietnam graphics then i hear my cd drive kick in and it asks for cd rom as though i i had tried to play the game without putting the cd in.

15-12-2004	#10 (permalink)
$CyBeRwIz$ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: True Blue, aka Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,254	Re: games still try to play from cdrom It may be hotwired to run from one drive only - the installation drive usually. Try to only have 1 virtual drive with the playing disc and see how it goes. Good Luck! __________________ Author of The CD Freaks Offline Help doing version 2 code rewrites. Enjoy version 1. Version 1 is now released! You can get it here. In it you can learn about SafeDisc, SecuROM and heaps of other protections and learn on how to defeat them. Also you can take a look at some of my various tutorials in it and some frequently asked questions asked. Plus heaps more! Enjoy!

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