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TOCA WITH FAKECD

5 posts by 4 people · 07 Aug 1998 - 13 Aug 1998

# Leon 07 Aug 1998#416059
hi anyone try running TOCA without the CD so that you can reduce the horrid load times? I read of fakecd utility that allows you to run without each track being loaded from the CD. regards
Paul Moone 08 Aug 1998#416181
I tried it. I created a fake CD drive, copied the whole of the CD to it and installed the game from the fake CD. Then I started the game and it STILL played the damn music from the CD!! However, it loaded the tracks from the fake CD drive. Surprisingly, though, load times were little changed. Maybe I have a fast CD... :) ...or a ***HD Paul Mooney
That explains................ how when I play the demo it picks up the music off of whatever CD I happen to have in the CD Rom. >I tried it. Then I started the game and it STILL played the
# Leon 13 Aug 1998#416645
hi could you tell me HOW you created the Fake CD drive and what HD are you using ? if you remove the CDROM , does it still load the game normal ? regards leong > I tried it. > I created a fake CD drive, copied the whole of the CD to it and installed > the game from the fake CD. Then I started the game and it STILL played the > damn music from the CD!! However, it loaded the tracks from the fake CD > drive. Surprisingly, though, load times were little changed. Maybe I have a
Quoted text (16 lines)> fast CD... :) ...or a ***HD > Paul Mooney > > hi > > anyone try running TOCA without the CD > > so that you can reduce the horrid load times? > > I read of fakecd utility that allows you > > to run without each track being loaded from the CD. > > regards

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