02-26-2003, 09:14 PM | #1 |
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Hey, I did a full install of both BG2: SoA and ToB. I was wondering if there is a way to play w/o the CD in the CD-ROM drive? The reason I ask this is because even though my CD is in the CD-ROM drive, the CD-ROM drive will not open, nor will it respond to anything.
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02-26-2003, 09:17 PM | #2 |
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There are, ermmm...patches available that will allow you do do such things, although I do not know if there is one available for BGII or not. I would suggest buying a new CD drive, their dirt cheap these days.
One warning, Ziroc and the mods frown on the discussion of such 'patches,' as they are usually indicitive of software piracy.
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02-26-2003, 09:32 PM | #3 |
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In the "Rules & Regulations," Ziroc states that No-CD cracks are allowed, providing that the person actually owned the things at the time (but broke their Disc 2 or something), and aren't just sharing 1 set of discs among 10 people.
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02-26-2003, 09:40 PM | #4 |
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Actually the more I think about it, the more it sounds like a power problem. You do have power to the CD drive right?
SixOfSpades, I stand corrected.
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02-26-2003, 09:59 PM | #5 |
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I play with no CD all the time, but it's not a patch. I bought a 'program' called 'Game Drive' at an electronics store. Before I explain, know that it won't fix your current problem cause you need the cd drive working to get this up and running. And I do not share this information to promote piracy of cds, just for conventional ease of play.
Anyway, what it does is creates infinate 'virtual cd drives' on your computer. All that means is that it convinces your computer that you have more cd drives than you really do. Then, Game Drive copies a whole game cd and make a VCD file of it. When you open Game Drive's manager window, you can create all the 'virtual cd drives' you want and as many VCD's as you want (or your hard drive has room for )... then, all you do is drag the VCD icon into the virtual cd drive, and the computer thinks you're actually putting a physical cd in a cd drive. This allows you to play with no cd's... like me. All I did was install BG2 on a full install and make a VCD of disc 2 (the play disc) and now when I wanna play, I just open BG2 and it thinks the cd is already in. It works really well with other games too. I borrowed games off of people and made VCD's of them and I can play whole games now with no cd's... and if the game gets corrupt from mods or whatever, no need to reborrow the cds. As long as you have VCD's of each disc, you can reinstall the whole 4cd BG2 game from VCDs. Just be careful to 'eject VCD' when you're done, or when you restart your computer it'll still think there's however many cds in drives and start the Autoplay for each one, like it normally does when you restart with a cd in the drive. *shrug* Maybe it's something to look into, cause like I said, it works fine for me [img]smile.gif[/img] ADD -> woohoo I'm a dungeon master! [ 02-26-2003, 10:02 PM: Message edited by: 605 ]
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02-26-2003, 11:02 PM | #6 | |
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02-26-2003, 11:09 PM | #7 |
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Actually I had the same problem, I guess sometimes it sticks. My CD-Rom wouldn't open nor could it read the cd I had in it, but after I restarted it and kept pressing the open button, it worked. Maybe I play it too much, I don't know [img]tongue.gif[/img]
If you're talking about ram space, it won't take up that much if you don't have a lot on your drive. Say if you've downloaded movies or music, that'll take up a lot of room and you might have a problem installing it. Also happened to me, that's why I have two drives [img]smile.gif[/img] But as long as you have enough space on it, you'll be fine, so, hope this helps. Peace |
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