Play from harddisk

> 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

> >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:) 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 ?

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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Southend, Essex. UK ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.

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>> 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

The program is called "FAKECD". Do a web search and you'll probably find it. -- 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

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> : > 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.... 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!

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>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.... >Thanks, >Keith

Multiple checks....? You haven't been hacking around in the GP2.EXE file have you....? :) Cheers! John _________________________________ __ _____| |_____ __ ________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |________ \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < / :|__|::|____/ * Sim Racing News * \____|::|__| \ /______:/ \::/ http://sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk/simnews/index.htm \::/ \._____\ http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~harmon/simnews

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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....

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 ;-( 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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Antti Heinanen Dept. of Information Processing Science http://rieska.oulu.fi/~heinanen University of Oulu, Finland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------