Thus, if I make a 1:1 copy of my bought and paid-for game media, and attempt to run the image through Alcohol, the copy-protection prevents it. The protection being bypassed is explicitly to hinder the drive-emulation, not pirated copies. Good enough for the publishers, good enough for me. My Tribus reminds people of when the main character of 1984 is truely the most happy.quote:Evidence, please? The only people complaining are using these tools to bypass the protection. As in need-the-cd-etc variety.quote:I really hope you were being ironic, as your Tribus spiel would suggest I'm not that clever. oh, and illegitimate ones too!"Maybe you misread what I said - I'm looking for someone who uses those programs only for legitimate reasons, which do not bypass any sort of copy protection. So wait - you're saying "I use it for legitimate reasons. I also like that i always have all my games with me when i go to a LAN without having to carry around a binder full of CD's. That also ensures that i have a backup, should i need one. You bypass protection, its not legitimate.quote:I know several people, myself included which use Daemon Tools for legitimate reasons - namely to make it easier for myself and others on my homedomain to install software by making bins and ISO's and sticking them on my file server. Quote:And how is using an image of a disk I own not legitimate? If you bought the game, you would have no problem spending a minor amount of energy by putting the CD in when you want to play the game. I also like that i always have all my games with me when i go to a LAN without having to carry around a binder full of CD's.And FYI, demografically small groups have rights too.L. I know several people, myself included which use Daemon Tools for legitimate reasons - namely to make it easier for myself and others on my homedomain to install software by making bins and ISO's and sticking them on my file server. That's a pretty moronic way to put it IMO. Therefore, you're just going to have to use your CDs in a legitimate way. When you have them on your computer, Far Cry doesn't work. When you don't have emulation and ripping utilities on your computer, games like Far Cry work. Show me someone who is using these kinds of programs, while not attempting to bypass some form of copy protection, and I'll show you someone who is demographically unimportant.You've learned something today. Quote:Originally posted by ESpark:We're kinda talking about it, but thats for a different game.You have to uninstall those programs because the publishers think anyone using them is basically using them to pirate games. You suck.As a side note, does anyone know how to keep CloneCD installed and still run the game? So in effect, all they did was piss off legitimate users. Anyone who pirates the game will most likely get a cracked copy. There will be a cracked executable on the web within a week, totally circumventing this protection. What I have installed on my own PC is my business, and Ubisoft can fuck off.What really gets me about these anti-piracy measures is the futility of it all. Turns out the culprit was CloneCD.To have to uninstall a program which I use legitimately, to play a game which I bought legitimately, REALLY PISSES ME OFF! They just shouldn't be allowed to do that. In the end, I ended up uninstalling all my drive emulation and ripping utilities one by one. I disabled my Daemon Tools virtual drive and tried again. I just picked up Far Cry on DVD today, and couldn't run it due to a "DVD emulation software detected" error.
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