[gameprogrammer] Re: Enough, already!

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 :D
On 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
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    > 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.
    > >
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