A problem with the alcohol 120 solution is that you /may/ need to use drm emulation - if you copy a game that uses starforce (i think that is what its called) using alcohol 120, then you'll need to use alcohol 120's starforce emulation.
This probably won't work until 2019 :DOn the other hand, maybe the copy protection is weak and alcohol will copy it properly....
Bradley Mclain wrote:
I don't know if it'll work specifically for Age of Empires but a similar solution to the one posted above is Alcohol 120%. This allows you to copy your CD to your hard drive as an image and run it in a Virtual Drive, therefore you shall never need to use the CD again. I do this with a lot of my CD's to preserve the originals, the only game/DVD I have come across so far that will not work properly is Rome: Total War, Gold Edition.On 7/18/07, *Sam Nova* <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:I would much rather suggest Virtual Drive. They do support Age of Empires III and 2 and the gold edition.. So might be worth to check http://www.farstone.com/software/virtualdrive.htm <http://www.farstone.com/software/virtualdrive.htm> Enjoy, Sam --------------------------------------- Blog: http://www.SamuelNova.com Games Portal: http://www.NovaCastle.com <http://www.NovaCastle.com> > -----Original Message----- > From: gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > [mailto:gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Jake Briggs > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:59 PM > To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Enough, already! > > > http://torrentspy.com/ or http://www.demonoid.com + > http://www.utorrent.com/ > > Let someone else do the hard work for you.... I know it sucks > to have to > resort to this kind of activity, but that is just how it is :( > > Grant Hallman wrote: > > Hi folks: > > > > I've been lurking the last while for a variety of personal > RL reasons, > > but Bob may remember me. I thought someone here might be > able to help > > an old-timer ;) with a problem i'm having with M$ > anti-piracy vs media > > backup. > > > > I confess up front, i'm seriously addicted to Age of Empires, > > developed by Ensemble and sold by Microsoft. And i understand big > > companies' concerns that people don't copy their games and hand > > freebies out to their friends. But i am pi$$ed that i cannot make a > > working backup of the software i paid for and have the > legal right to > > use. > > > > Awhile back, my game CD started showing a hairline crack off the > > center spindle. The crack got longer, then another one > started on the > > other side, and finally the game went dead. Microsoft's answer was > > "buy another game". My position is that i already bought > and paid for > > the dang game and it's their media that failed, and their paranoia > > that kept me from making a playable backup, so a non-evil company > > would at a minimum offer to exchange a broken media for a working > > replacement. Not M$, unfortunately. > > > > So now i've paid twice for this game, and i /still/ can't make a > > playable backup, and i wonder whether anyone here knows how to get > > around their fool copy protection? Because i'm still gonna > be playing > > it in 2019, and it will eventually go out of stock, and i'm > not giving > > anything away or doing anything illegal, and dammit i have > the right > > to back up my own media. > > > > Now i've heard lots of theories, and i've tried CloneCD, > and i'm only > > looking for advice from people who AKS (Actually Know > Something), like > > how to copy the dang thing, and off-list reply is fine if we don't > > want a bunch of high-school kids being naughty (like they'd > need help > > from us anyway). So if u feel like u can trust me that you're not > > being accessory to a felony and i just want a backup for my > own use, > > and you AKS, please reply, on or off list as u see fit. > > > > TIA for any assistance - grant > > > > PS: It's Age of Empires II, Conqueror's Expansion. AoE III will only > > play on XP, and i won't accept the EULA for that piece > of... software. > > I run W2000, and have Nero, CloneCD and AnyDVD, all of which i use > > legally. > > > > > > > > --------------------- > > To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > > > > > -- > Jacob Briggs > Systems Engineer > > Core Technology Limited > Level 1, NZX Centre > 11 Cable Street > Wellington > Phone +64 4 801 2252 > > -- > > object doAnythingConceivable(string whatToDo, object > whatToDoItWith) { ..... > > > > --------------------- > To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > --------------------- To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html
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