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Triggerhappy · Jul 19, 2003, 04:02 AM

Hey, i take my powerbook G4 with me everywhere and i love to play games, anyone know how I can make games work without the CD.

I don't mean using disk copy, that only works for some games.

Thanks

theory · Jul 19, 2003, 08:04 PM

I don't think you can do that without getting
a hack for the program which are generally
unavailable for the mac and are probably
illegal.

Vash · Jul 19, 2003, 10:17 PM

If you look down a couple of threads there is one called FrozenThrone NoCD or something along those lines. In there you can get a tiny little disk image for frozen throne, or the original warcraft 3 that removes the need for a CD. I do not know of any other no cd hacks for the mac, but theory is right that there are tons of hack programs that do just that for PCs. Not sure if it's legal though.

mpbritt · Jul 21, 2003, 05:31 PM

If you have enough room on your HD, you can make a disc image of the CD using Toast. Disc Utility won't work because it wont' read the Windows partion of the CD. I do this so I can play with both batteries in my Pismo. I just mount the Disc Image using Toast and I can play StarCraft, or WarCraft, or Age of Empires.

But this trick doesn't work for all games. For example it won't work for The Sims, Baldur's Gate, or Stonghold.

Those are the games I have and I have tried this trick with.

blackbird_1.0 · Aug 16, 2003, 02:11 PM

my friend claims that windows has this option where u can install a game and not ever need the cd...but would this be a conflict of interest w/ copyright laws?

also did anyone delete my NO CD cracks thread?

OwlBoy · Aug 16, 2003, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by blackbird_1.0:
my friend claims that windows has this option where u can install a game and not ever need the cd...but would this be a conflict of interest w/ copyright laws?

also did anyone delete my NO CD cracks thread?

Some games are like think, many are not.

Like on the mac RtCW don't require the CD to play.

-Owl

blizzard · Aug 16, 2003, 07:59 PM

Yup, I deleted it.

There are 30 000 no CD posts in this forum, people...why do we need to keep revisiting the same topic over and over again? I can leave the existing ones well enough alone even though some of the game developers are bitching at me, but to keep asking the same question over and over again when it's available using the search function is pushing it a little. The developers who use this forum are a valuable source of information and I don't want to risk using them for such a silly reason.

blackbird_1.0 · Aug 17, 2003, 12:50 AM

i did a search but it wouldn't let me search b/c it siad that the word "cd" was to short or something,

Powaqqatsi · Aug 17, 2003, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by blackbird_1.0:
i did a search but it wouldn't let me search b/c it siad that the word "cd" was to short or something,

I hate it when that happens.

blackbird_1.0 · Aug 17, 2003, 10:21 PM

yeah

invisibleX · 06:24 PM

*edited out*

I would remind everyone that cd kracks are most often used for pirated software. Pirating hurts the mac community and soils our good reputation.

dreilly1 · Aug 19, 2003, 01:42 PM

I have a linux box with a CD-writer, and simply make duplicate copies of the software that I plan on needing the CD for while I'm on the road with my iBook. I haven't encountered a Mac CD yet that the Linux box can't copy. I imagine that Toast can do the same things in OS X.

Seriously, now that CD-RW is prevalent on Macs, there's really no excuse for bringing original discs with you. And no software developer will prevent you from making a backup copy of software you bought, then storing the original in a safe place while you use the copy everyday.

redJag · Aug 19, 2003, 06:03 PM

Originally posted by dreilly1:

>snip<
And no software developer will prevent you from making a backup copy of software you bought, then storing the original in a safe place while you use the copy everyday.
>snip<

hahaha! maybe not, but they definitely try. heard of securom? laserlok? safedisc? all used by game developers to make it so copies can't be made of their games. sure, these methods can/are defeated, but that doesn't mean the developers approve or like it.

blackbird_1.0 · Aug 19, 2003, 08:59 PM

i OWN the cds, i just can't find them, and don't call me JUNKIE!

Anyway how does windows get off having built in full installs (built into os)?

Wouldn't that be a conflict of interest to game developers, and why does they have vd cracks if this is available?

blizzard · Aug 19, 2003, 10:36 PM

Heh, I don't think he got that one, invisible...nice try tho.

Blackbird, I don't understand your question...what do you mean full installs built in to the OS?

blackbird_1.0 · Aug 20, 2003, 12:30 AM

ok, my friend says there is this feature, in windows, that lets you take any game, and somehow it installs all necessary file for you to play this game, w/o a cd, any game, from what he told me, and he sounded pretty honest/confident when he was describing it to me

i don't know if it uses the game installer or modifies it or what

and what this link about serial invivsibleX is alluding/hinting at?

can you email me about it at:

warosier@mac.com

invisibleX · Aug 20, 2003, 11:04 AM

Again, didn't want to post it directly cause the site is a real plague for developers. Just read my post carefully

blackbird_1.0 · Aug 21, 2003, 05:59 PM

listen i dont want to get in trouble, but i think i know what your talking about, but i don't see how that'll help me

again my email is posted if anybody'll help, no one has to tell me anything HERE

also i want to know more bout this windows feature

blizzard · Aug 21, 2003, 11:40 PM

I'm not sure what your friend is talking about. Windows users in that situation have to use cracks just like Mac users do. And as far as I know, there's no universal program able to force every game to work without a CD. I know my friends all still need to burn CDs (or use the Windows version of Disc Copy) if they pirate a game.

(Go easy on them, there are a lot of crappy games for PCs!)

blackbird_1.0 · Aug 22, 2003, 05:10 AM

he says its a feature of windows

invisibleX · Aug 22, 2003, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by blackbird_1.0:
listen i dont want to get in trouble, but i think i know what your talking about, but i don't see how that'll help me

again my email is posted if anybody'll help, no one has to tell me anything HERE

also i want to know more bout this windows feature

Go to their forums, to "kracks" or "[k]". That is for no-cd kracks, etc.

Someone ought to do a test of the collective IQ of the forums... I mean come on people

blizzard · Aug 22, 2003, 10:55 AM

I can assure you it's not a feature of Windows.

blackbird_1.0 · 10:43 PM

blizzard: do you have any pc using friends, ask them

edit: still inappropriate

blizzard · Aug 22, 2003, 10:43 PM

I do, and they say no. They wouldn't need CD cracks if Windows had that feature.