> Is it possible to play GP2 from harddisk ?
> and How ?
>Try this I dont know if it will work.
>Copy everything to your harddisk (about 540 meg) under a directory called GP2 . Then use a program I cant remember what it is called but
> >Copy everything to your harddisk (about 540 meg) under a directory called GP2 . Then use a program I cant remember what it is called but
> with it you can trick the computer into thinking a directory on your hd
> is a drive (eg:D:)
Is it possible to play GP2 from harddisk ?
and How ?
It doesnt, I think the program your talking about is called FakeCD.
It does not work with GP2. We gave it a try last weekend, in a attempt to
sort a problem when playing a multiplayer game, using the `old fashioned`
and restricting null cable link which has this annoying habit of asking
for the CD in both machines at different points, causing a relay system of
man handling the CD from one machine to another.
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Where the hell is the Network options in GP2??
Subject: Re: GP2:Play from harddisk
Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
: > >Copy everything to your harddisk (about 540 meg) under a directory called GP2 . Then use a program I cant remember what it is called but
: > with it you can trick the computer into thinking a directory on your hd
: > is a drive (eg:D:)
Why would you want to do this? Are you running on a 1x cd-rom?
: You men the program subst. But this doesn't work, because the program checks the mscdex- driver!
: even a cdrom-emulator (cdemu2) doesnt't help !
: .. so what can I do ?
Indeed GP2 has a cd-rom check (probably multiple checks). Your best
bet is to crack gp2.exe (take out the cd-rom checks). By doing this,
I thing you are breaking international copyright laws. Read the small
print in your manual.
: > >Copy everything to your harddisk (about 540 meg) under a directory called GP2 . Then use a program I cant remember what it is called but
: > with it you can trick the computer into thinking a directory on your hd
: > is a drive (eg:D:)
Why would you want to do this? Are you running on a 1x cd-rom?
: You men the program subst. But this doesn't work, because the program checks the mscdex- driver!
: even a cdrom-emulator (cdemu2) doesnt't help !
: .. so what can I do ?
Indeed GP2 has a cd-rom check (probably multiple checks). Your best
bet is to crack gp2.exe (take out the cd-rom checks). By doing this,
I thing you are breaking international copyright laws. Read the small
print in your manual.
>> Is it possible to play GP2 from harddisk ?
>> and How ?
>>Try this I dont know if it will work.
>>Copy everything to your harddisk (about 540 meg) under a directory called GP2 . Then use a program I cant remember what it is called but
>with it you can trick the computer into thinking a directory on your hd
>is a drive (eg:D:).If that works then install the game from your "Drive"
>and then try and run the game.
>Hope this might help
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Pat Dotson
> Subject: Re: GP2:Play from harddisk
> Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators
> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
> : > >Copy everything to your harddisk (about 540 meg) under a directory called GP2 . Then use a program I cant remember what it is
called but
> : > with it you can trick the computer into thinking a directory on your hd
> : > is a drive (eg:D:)
> Why would you want to do this? Are you running on a 1x cd-rom?
> : You men the program subst. But this doesn't work, because the program checks the mscdex- driver!
> : even a cdrom-emulator (cdemu2) doesnt't help !
> : .. so what can I do ?
> Indeed GP2 has a cd-rom check (probably multiple checks). Your best
> bet is to crack gp2.exe (take out the cd-rom checks). By doing this,
> I thing you are breaking international copyright laws. Read the small
> print in your manual.
First off, before I get flamed, I _did_ buy the program - for $49.95
from Babbages, on the first day it was available in the US. I play my
games on a laptop, and do not have a CD-ROM drive for it. I use a
lap-link to my work PC to install the games ( I did this with ICR2 and
Nascar ), then play them from my hard-drive.
Can anyone tell me how to do this? I waited almost 10 months for this
game to come out, payed my $50 for it, and can't play it! And please
don't say spring for the external CR-ROM drive - I don't have the $300
right now....
Thanks,
Keith
Yeah, I'm in the same position, except that my laptop can accommodate
a CDROM internally, but it costs $450!!
This game is so good, only a jerk would pirate it anyway...
HELP!
Multiple checks....?
You haven't been hacking around in the GP2.EXE file have you....? :)
Cheers!
John
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>> Subject: Re: GP2:Play from harddisk
>> Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators
>> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
>> : > >Copy everything to your harddisk (about 540 meg) under a directory
> called GP2 . Then use a program I cant remember what it is
>called but
>> : > with it you can trick the computer into thinking a directory on your hd
>> : > is a drive (eg:D:)
>> Why would you want to do this? Are you running on a 1x cd-rom?
>> : You men the program subst. But this doesn't work, because the program
> checks the mscdex- driver!
>> : even a cdrom-emulator (cdemu2) doesnt't help !
>> : .. so what can I do ?
>> Indeed GP2 has a cd-rom check (probably multiple checks). Your best
>> bet is to crack gp2.exe (take out the cd-rom checks). By doing this,
>> I thing you are breaking international copyright laws. Read the small
>> print in your manual.
>I'm trying to find a way to do this too....
>First off, before I get flamed, I _did_ buy the program - for $49.95
>from Babbages, on the first day it was available in the US. I play my
>games on a laptop, and do not have a CD-ROM drive for it. I use a
>lap-link to my work PC to install the games ( I did this with ICR2 and
>Nascar ), then play them from my hard-drive.
>Can anyone tell me how to do this? I waited almost 10 months for this
>game to come out, payed my $50 for it, and can't play it! And please
>don't say spring for the external CR-ROM drive - I don't have the $300
>right now....
Sorry, I don't have it so don't email me for it ;-(
Chris
: I've seem something [a programme] called "fake_cd.exe" that makes the PC
: thinks you are running from a CD ROM while it is a HD.
:
: Sorry, I don't have it so don't email me for it ;-(
GP2 won't work with that. :( At least I didn't succeed... I also bought GP2
and tried to run it from network cd-rom, but surprise...
That kind of copy protect is not very nice. If you buy a product, it should
be usable also from network cd-rom. There was only one way to play the game
I bought: I managed to get a crack! Sorry Microprose... It would be too
expensive game if I had to buy my own cd-rom too, because everything I
have neededso far, have worked from the network drive.
Antti
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