So, your disc is gone AWOL

projectmayhem · 13-05-2006 07:38PM #1

...what do you do?

there is the option of cracking but i don't want to do that, for fear of removing the ability to patch/get future map packs etc.

i have special forces so i can still play by loading that disc and just selecting a normal map, but that doubles the time it takes to get into a game!

is there any way of downloading some sort of boot disk or something?

Spear · 13-05-2006 07:41PM

projectmayhem wrote:

i have special forces so i can still play by loading that disc and just selecting a normal map, but that doubles the time it takes to get into a game!

I don't get this bit. You can start vanilla BF2 with the SF disc as normal. There's no need to start as SF then switch to vanilla.

KdjaCL · 13-05-2006 07:47PM

Spear wrote:

I don't get this bit. You can start vanilla BF2 with the SF disc as normal. There's no need to start as SF then switch to vanilla.

I cant

I can run SF but not Bf2 with the disc unless i do the above.

kdjac

projectmayhem · 13-05-2006 08:43PM

Spear wrote:

I don't get this bit. You can start vanilla BF2 with the SF disc as normal. There's no need to start as SF then switch to vanilla.

really? like kdjac, i can't do that. how would one manage to start in vanilla?

Spear · 13-05-2006 08:56PM

projectmayhem wrote:

really? like kdjac, i can't do that. how would one manage to start in vanilla?

I just use the normal shortcut on the desktop with SF in the drive, never done anything special or different.

KdjaCL · 13-05-2006 09:03PM

Not reinstalling SF but bugger, didnt work for me ages ago so never tried again.

kdjac

Simi · 13-05-2006 09:16PM

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Frelance · 14-05-2006 12:13PM

You could get a mini-image for it.
Just let it think thers a disk in the drive, I think its legal as long as you bought the original game.

KdjaCL · 14-05-2006 12:27PM

Frelance wrote:

You could get a mini-image for it.
Just let it think thers a disk in the drive, I think its legal as long as you bought the original game.

No its not legal, altho its the perfect solution its still not legal.

Dont link to where these images may be found.

kdjac

Evd-Burner · 14-05-2006 01:08PM

i was running on an image for months while a friend in galway had my cd and it worked fine, may not be legal but wat can ya do if ur stuck...

Ponster · 14-05-2006 01:44PM

KdjaC wrote:

No its not legal, altho its the perfect solution its still not legal.

Dont link to where these images may be found.
kdjac

It may not be legal here but if you head over the the BF2 EA UK forum you can find out how to use a minimage and where to get one. Or just use Google.

A mini-image is useless to someoe that doesn't already have the game installed.

Atlas_IRL · 14-05-2006 06:52PM

use daemon tools it will set up a virtual drive and you wont need the disk

Jackabo · 14-05-2006 11:24PM

Aye i use daemon tools myself,couldnt be arsed changing discs

the_syco · 14-05-2006 11:41PM

KdjaC wrote:

No its not legal, altho its the perfect solution its still not legal.

Dont link to where these images may be found.

kdjac

Some mini-images don't work lately

Had to go back to using the DVD, as the game crashed to desktop lately when I loaded it

T'was after the patch.

SeantheMan · 15-05-2006 01:14AM

I need to make a backup of one of my games (Elder Scrolls)
Ive tried 10 different ways and have wrecked 10 DVD's and still no luck
Can someone PM me a way please

Someone PM me please with a solution:o

Ponster · 15-05-2006 06:59AM

Errr, Sean, asking how to get BF2 working when you already have the game installed but the disk ins't working is much different than asking how to copy a disk to give to a friend you know?

Due to the serious lack of smilies in your post your request could be taken to be serious and you'd have to say goodbuy from Boards for a while.

Thankfully we all know you were only joking as I'm sure they have amazon.com in Spain :-)

Static M.e. · 15-05-2006 08:58AM

I recently ran into this problem at the weekend, wanted to play some Bf but I left my disc in Kildare after a gaming weekend.

Anyway solved the issue by using one the mini images, it basically lets the game think the disc is in the drive. I was going to just use it just till I get my disc back this week, but I think I might keep it set up now, its very handy rather than having the DvD drive taken up with one disc the whole time.

{DoWUK}Mossie · 15-05-2006 10:19AM

i thought i posted teh daemon tools thing already, was it deleted or something?

KdjaCL · 15-05-2006 07:28PM

{DoWUK}Mossie wrote:

i thought i posted teh daemon tools thing already, was it deleted or something?

If it contained a link to circumvent copy protection then prolly was deleted.

Seantheman banned.

kdjac

So, your disc is gone AWOL

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