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Old October 12, 2002, 10:34   #1
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CMBB Oh no not again!!!!!
Ok you guys. Can anybody help me? I've just received my copy of Combat Mission 2(thought the first was great). I installed it and then.....nothing. It comes up with an error looking for a file. I've already posted on the battlefront website but had no joy yet. I was hoping that somebody here could shed some light on the problem....before the red mist descends and I start ranting and raving again(see my UT2003 post).
Just as an aside. It seems that a batch of faulty CDs was dispatched so mine might be one of those. Which, as I begin to rant, is quite ironic. Here I am, owning the retail version which I can't use(probably because it's a CD recognition error) while somewhere out there in Cyberspace, a pirate is sitting playing his cracked copy of the game which doesn't need the CD in the drive. Makes you wonder about CD protection cutting down on piracy.
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Old October 12, 2002, 12:39   #2
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Old October 12, 2002, 15:48   #3
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Yeah! I'm with you Urban(err ..we are on first name terms here, aren't we?)
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Old October 12, 2002, 22:39   #4
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Try getting a no-cd crack and see if it works then. If yes, then great. If not, then at least it eliminates that possibility.
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Old October 13, 2002, 01:46   #5
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Unfortunately, I can't find a no-cd crack and I've tried the solution posted on the Battlefront website. That worked for some but not for me. That's 2 games in one week that I can't get working and I'm really beginning to think that I'm jinxed.
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The problem could be that you have a weird drive that is somehow incompatible with the new SecuROM protection or whatever.
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Old October 13, 2002, 15:11   #7
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I wondered about that Asher but I have two machines with different makes of drive in them so I thought it unlikely that I would have exactly the same problem on both machines. I don't suppose it rules out the possibility completely - which is why I think a no-cd patch is probably the answer(if I can find one). Thanks anyway for the suggestion.
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Old October 13, 2002, 18:32   #8
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if you want to pirate I would reccomend edonkey


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Old October 13, 2002, 18:44   #9
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I have a pirate version of Warcraft 3 installed on my computer, despite the fact that I have bought the full version from the store. But in my case it is because I hate having to search for a cd every time I want to play a different game.
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Old October 14, 2002, 01:02   #10
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Skanky I totally understand where you're coming from. I hate hunting for the CD and, in fact, why should we have to? Your statement just goes to show how ridiculous and futile these anti-piracy attempts are when they force their own customers to go looking for a pirated version because the published version is such a pain in the arse. I would have no guilt trip about using a pirated version to save hunting for the CD - if I had already bought the retail copy.
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