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 5th December 2005, 8:01pm
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 Near Lake Titikaka  Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: January 2004 From: Boston, MA, USA Member No.: 801  |
Hi guys
I'm considering keeling over and buying Aftershock (regardless of my dismay over StarForce and the fact that everyone and their kid brother seems to be able to find a fatal crash or gamebreaker bug in the game). Does it just come on DVD or is there a CD version as well? When I built my gaming rig, I didn't put in a DVD drive (tight budget constraints). Now, normally, this wouldn't be a problem, as I just make an image of the DVD using alcohol or whatnot on my other computer, then transfer the image over the network to the gaming rig, mount, install and crack it as usual, then play. However, since Aftershock uses StarForce, I can't really do that (drive emulators + StarForce = bad). So, if it comes on DVDs only, then I'm hosed until I can get a cheap DVD drive. However, if it comes on CDs, or I get a DVD drive then I still have my other problem - Given my description of the setup I use, it's fairly obvious that I have Alcohol and DaemonTools on my gaming rig. I'm familiar with the general principle I specified above, but my question is: In order to run AfterShock would I have to completely uninstall the two pieces of software? Or do I just need to disable drive emulation? Finally, while typing this post, I had this idea: does StarForce run only when you're trying to run the game, or does it run when installing as well? i.e. could I just do what I usually do (DVD -> ISO -> Network -> Mount -> Install) then disable/uninstall the emulation software and run the game? |
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5th December 2005, 8:49pm
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 Lieutenant Group: Site Staff Posts: 670 Joined: February 2004 Member No.: 2,067 |
Aftershock is only shipped in DVD format.
DVD-ROMs aren't really expensive and easy to come by and they tend to be more reliable when dealing with SF than burners. When you install the game, SF is installed with it. It can't run at that moment as it actually requests for the machine to be rebooted as to allow it's drivers to be loaded with windows. SF doesn't run constantly on a machine, only when the CD/DVD check is performed, but it's drivers are loaded with windows at start. As for the emulation software and all that, I would just go get a DVD-Rom drive and save myself the hassle of fiddling with them. -------------------- There's always some dirt to dig out
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5th December 2005, 9:12pm
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Squaddie Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: November 2003 Member No.: 2,877 |
Easy solution, take your DVD player from your other machine and put it in the gaming rig. As for emulators, Starforce blacklists DT and A120%, you will need to have the newest versions installed that use random driver names to avoid blacklisting. You will still not be able to run the emulators while playing the game, as Starforce will detect any emulated drives b/c emulators show as SCSI drives, not IDE....there are work around if you are persistant, but this probably isn't the place for them.
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6th December 2005, 5:07pm
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Near Lake Titikaka Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: January 2004 From: Boston, MA, USA Member No.: 801 |
Thanks for the advice guys. Guess I'll go scavenge up a DVD drive somewhere. I think one of my friends might have a spare in an old junk computer...
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6th December 2005, 6:30pm
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 Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
They're pretty cheap nowadays - might be cheaper than you think. You never know.
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10th December 2005, 9:51pm
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Near Lake Titikaka Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: January 2004 From: Boston, MA, USA Member No.: 801 |
Well, I got a DVD drive, scavenged out of a friend's old Dell.
Now, to find a copy of Aftershock... |
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11th December 2005, 1:20am
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 Colonel Group: Admin Posts: 5,980 Joined: March 2003 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,057 |
Tell us what you think when you get it then!
-------------------- Greetings from Olav
"If you're not into Metal then you are not my friend!" - Manowar  |
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4th February 2006, 11:53pm
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 Heisenberg may have been here Group: Members Posts: 199 Joined: October 2003 From: Saint-Petersburg, Russia Member No.: 248 |
In Russia Aftershock is sold by 1C both on DVD and on 4CDs.
As for the images, I remember reading somewhere about workaround for Alcohol images to work through Starforce. But I can't remember where. -------------------- Disclaimer: Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer, my terminal, or the view out of my window are purely coincidental. Any resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic. The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god coefficient. (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this article.)
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5th February 2006, 6:08am
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 Maverick Hunter Group: Site Staff Posts: 804 Joined: November 2004 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 101 |
There is always a workaround a copy protection
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5th February 2006, 7:25am
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Colonel Group: Admin Posts: 5,980 Joined: March 2003 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,057 |
Yeah, but I don't think we'll post the workaround here
 There is another version of Aftershock coming soon with a different copy protection. It will be downloadable only I believe... -------------------- Greetings from Olav
"If you're not into Metal then you are not my friend!" - Manowar |
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5th February 2006, 4:50pm
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Maverick Hunter Group: Site Staff Posts: 804 Joined: November 2004 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 101 |
QUOTE(Slaughter @ 5th February 2006, 7:25am)  Yeah, but I don't think we'll post the workaround here Nope, we won't
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6th February 2006, 6:11pm
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Near Lake Titikaka Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: January 2004 From: Boston, MA, USA Member No.: 801 |
Another version of aftershock with no starforce? Sign me up!
Well, actually, don't. I already paid for mine. Heh. |
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