On another forum site I found a link to another site with various No CD game cracks. The idea appeals to me since I can use it then store my disks safely away, instead of in the drive.
My question: will they interfere with BGT-Weidu in any way, shape or form? In other words, are they safe to use?
No CD Cracks
Started by grogerson, Jan 20 2006 07:01 PM
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Sir BillyBob
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Posted 20 January 2006 - 07:11 PM
I have been using them for years. Just patch ToB then apply the the crack. If you play the older BGT or my CA mod, make sure you do this before running the BGMAIN editor that changes your starting XP. I have found that my crack program doesn't work with the BGMAIN.EXE file after it has the starting XP modified.
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Posted 20 January 2006 - 07:26 PM
Install the no-CD crack before installing any mods.
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Posted 20 January 2006 - 07:55 PM
Yeah I been using one and no problems with it.
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Posted 21 January 2006 - 03:06 AM
Get a tool like CloneCD (or somethin' freeware), rip the CDs to image files, then virtually mount them using somethin' like Daemon Tools.
Example...
[Alias]
HD0:=C:\Baldur
CD1:=N:\CD1\
CD2:=O:\CD2\
CD3:=P:\CD3\
CD4:=N:\CD4\
CD5:=M:\CD5\ <-- ToB disc image
Example...
[Alias]
HD0:=C:\Baldur
CD1:=N:\CD1\
CD2:=O:\CD2\
CD3:=P:\CD3\
CD4:=N:\CD4\
CD5:=M:\CD5\ <-- ToB disc image
Edited by Azazello, 23 January 2006 - 08:35 PM.
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Posted 22 January 2006 - 11:15 AM
Thanks, all!!! Just wanted to be sure (better safe than sorry...). 
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Hety
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Posted 22 January 2006 - 01:22 PM
UltraISO(or any other is makng program) and daemon tools. I use NoCD's from ime to time, but in this case(no real prtection) its safer to use virtual cd drives
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kharan5876
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Posted 22 January 2006 - 05:16 PM
Don't virtual drives take up harddrive space tho?
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Hety
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Posted 22 January 2006 - 05:30 PM
Yepp they do. But you can reinstall from them 
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Posted 22 January 2006 - 05:37 PM
You will tatk up the image size of the CD for each image you have, mine run 400m-630M each, (250G drive not worried about space right now) I have 3 virtual CD's right now, each game that requires a CD has a virtual image mounted, so I don't have to dig them out or swap them around anymore.
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Posted 22 January 2006 - 11:36 PM
Yepp. Thats the way to do it Actually after you install and reinstall mods few times your BG2 ends up screwed up. With vcd's it takes around 6-7 min to reinstall it from scratch
Actually after you install and reinstall mods few times your BG2 ends up screwed up. With vcd's it takes around 6-7 min to reinstall it from scratch
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Posted 23 January 2006 - 03:16 PM
I still prefer just to do a cd crack and be done with it. But I do keep a backup of cleanly patched and cd cracked TOB install for whenever I have to redo my installation so that kinda nullifies any hd space benefits I would receive from the crack.
Edited by kharan5876, 23 January 2006 - 03:17 PM.
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Posted 24 January 2006 - 05:07 AM
Sorry, guys. CD Cracks is just one of the things we can't talk about around here. 
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