Hi all.
I actually tried posting this over on a Codemaster forum. I even wrote in my original post over there that I figured my post was going to get deleted by an Administrator because what I was inquiring about "may" have sounded like it was illegal, or some form of piracy.
The post has been up over there for ten days now with over 70 Views, but, not one response/ reply. I'll give it a shot here; see if you can help me out if you're informed on this.
The other year when Colin McRae's DiRT came out, the computer system that I had did not have enough "muscle" to handle the game. I've since built a new system and now I've got MORE than enough power to handle the game: processor, graphics card, etc.
So, I recently looked into getting DiRT, as a local retailer has it for sale really cheap at $14.99. I also did some research on the game and I found something out that, for me, was disheartening and "bad news"; I even checked it out with CodeMasters tech support to make sure.
This game contains the copywrite protection of Starforce. I've had bad experiences with it in the past on other games. I know some people claim they've played games with Starforce protection and had no problems; I'm not one of those people. And I'm aware of the Starforce removal tool out there also. But, I just don't like it being installed on my system AT ALL.
On some other games in the past that I've played that had Starforce on it, it was pretty sneaky in that this Starforce program got installed without your knowledge, and didn't get un-installed when you un-installed the game that it came on. Well, I don't know if this is true, but I had heard (or came across some article on the 'Net) that when installing the game of DiRT, that there comes a part in the installation of the game where it actually let's you know that Starforce is about to be installed. True?
(Now here comes the part where I thought my post would get deleted from a Codemaster Administrator.)
Those of you that know about Starforce know that one of the things that it does is to check and see if your CD/ DVD is in the drive. If a person plays a game a lot - quite frequently - there's much handling of the CD/ DVD, in & out of the drawer, a lot of wear-n-tear. And like a lot of other gamer's out there, I like to try and avoid that wear-n-tear by using one of those "No CD/ DVD" cracks.
There are these "No CD/ DVD" programs out there on the 'Net for DiRT as I've already looked. Here's what I'm wondering: If it's true what I had read/ heard about the game of DiRT actually letting you know that Starforce is about to be installed, is it possible to "deny" this step in the installation process, to "cancel" it, and then to use one of those "No CD/ DVD" cracks so the game doesn't check to see if the CD/ DVD is in the drive. If this would work, then Starforce will have never been installed on the system. That is, if it's true what I read about the "heads up" you get when installing DiRT that Starforce is about to be installed.
What do you think, everyone? Is this idea I have viable?
I really had thought my post was going to get deleted, given the content of what I wrote about (meaning, it "sounds" like I'm up to something illegal, like I won't be having an "official" copy of the game).
Pez
I actually tried posting this over on a Codemaster forum. I even wrote in my original post over there that I figured my post was going to get deleted by an Administrator because what I was inquiring about "may" have sounded like it was illegal, or some form of piracy.
The post has been up over there for ten days now with over 70 Views, but, not one response/ reply. I'll give it a shot here; see if you can help me out if you're informed on this.
The other year when Colin McRae's DiRT came out, the computer system that I had did not have enough "muscle" to handle the game. I've since built a new system and now I've got MORE than enough power to handle the game: processor, graphics card, etc.
So, I recently looked into getting DiRT, as a local retailer has it for sale really cheap at $14.99. I also did some research on the game and I found something out that, for me, was disheartening and "bad news"; I even checked it out with CodeMasters tech support to make sure.
This game contains the copywrite protection of Starforce. I've had bad experiences with it in the past on other games. I know some people claim they've played games with Starforce protection and had no problems; I'm not one of those people. And I'm aware of the Starforce removal tool out there also. But, I just don't like it being installed on my system AT ALL.
On some other games in the past that I've played that had Starforce on it, it was pretty sneaky in that this Starforce program got installed without your knowledge, and didn't get un-installed when you un-installed the game that it came on. Well, I don't know if this is true, but I had heard (or came across some article on the 'Net) that when installing the game of DiRT, that there comes a part in the installation of the game where it actually let's you know that Starforce is about to be installed. True?
(Now here comes the part where I thought my post would get deleted from a Codemaster Administrator.)
Those of you that know about Starforce know that one of the things that it does is to check and see if your CD/ DVD is in the drive. If a person plays a game a lot - quite frequently - there's much handling of the CD/ DVD, in & out of the drawer, a lot of wear-n-tear. And like a lot of other gamer's out there, I like to try and avoid that wear-n-tear by using one of those "No CD/ DVD" cracks.
There are these "No CD/ DVD" programs out there on the 'Net for DiRT as I've already looked. Here's what I'm wondering: If it's true what I had read/ heard about the game of DiRT actually letting you know that Starforce is about to be installed, is it possible to "deny" this step in the installation process, to "cancel" it, and then to use one of those "No CD/ DVD" cracks so the game doesn't check to see if the CD/ DVD is in the drive. If this would work, then Starforce will have never been installed on the system. That is, if it's true what I read about the "heads up" you get when installing DiRT that Starforce is about to be installed.
What do you think, everyone? Is this idea I have viable?
I really had thought my post was going to get deleted, given the content of what I wrote about (meaning, it "sounds" like I'm up to something illegal, like I won't be having an "official" copy of the game).
Pez