Help, my game asploded!
syberspunk:
It's a lot easier than you'd think really. I'm an idjit when it comes to this type of stuff, but Venusy put a how-to in the MATY FAQ:
Quote from: teh FAQ
How To: Play A "Legally Backed Up" copy of The Sims 2 (and EPs)
Step 1: Get yourself an ISO, or BIN and CUE files of the EP you wish to play.
Step 2: Download DAEMON Tools. Do a scan for spyware after installing.
Step 3: Mount the ISO/CUE file in DAEMON Tools.
Step 3a: If you haven't already, you will be prompted to install the game. This may require mounting multiple ISO/CUE files, depending on what you've "backed up".
Step 4: Game won't run? Download the SecuROM loader (I use version 1.2), and extract it to the directory of your choice.
Step 5: Now modify your "Sims 2 (EP/SP name)" shortcut to the following: "(path to asr.exe) -r "(path to SIMS2(EP/SP whatever).exe"". Hit "Change Icon" and locate the "SIMS2(EP/SP whatever).exe" file to restore the icon back to its former glory.
* FOR EXAMPLE: My TS2 install is located at "J:\Games\The Sims 2\The Sims 2\TSBin\SIMS2.EXE", and asr.exe is located at "J:\Games\asr.exe". So the shortcut I use is ""J:\Games\asr.exe" -r "J:\Games\The Sims 2\The Sims 2\TSBin\SIMS2.exe"". Normal command line options can be added after the SIMS2(EP/SP number).exe, such as "-w -r800x600" for a game in windowed mode, with a screen resolution of 800x600.
Step 6: Run the game!
If you don't have a bittorrent client, then you should get one. You might even be able to find an image from www.gamecopyworld.com - I would look for one that doesn't have/mention a hack/cracked .exe
Download daemontools and install it. I suggest 3.4 if you can find it. I tried the 3.6 but it gave my old puter problems. *shrugs* If you have a brand new, shiney compy, then you probably don't have to worry so much.
Also get ASR from the same website as daemontools. Unzip/rar/whatever to wherever you want to store it (I keep it in C:\Program Files\ASR).
Install daemon tools. You will get a red icon with a lightning bolty kinda looking thing in your systray (the tray where your clock shows up in your task bar - assuming you are running WindowsXP). If you are running on mac... uh... you're screwed? :P
Otherwise, (right?)click on the icon and choose the mount option. Drill down to wherever your ISO image is located.
Edit your Sims 2 launch icon thingy as per Venusy's instructions above.
You should now be able to play your game as normal. :)
Ste
PS. Yes, I meant wary. I am weary from the day's work so my weary mind was not working properly.
Irregardless :P I am dubious about using cracked .exes just cuz... they contain executable code and I ph33r viruses or trojans or what not. But... who knows... perhaps ISO images could easily contain viruses as well. *shrugs* But, I only started using this method recently, and usually just got the image from someone I considered trustworthy, like Argon or BlueSoup. Only recently did I try to acquire the Celebrations image on my own, but then it turned out that I didn't even need to. :P
dragoness:
I don't get why a couple of you seem so very frightened of a cracked exe, that you're so willing to run a cracked .iso... which is just as capable of containing viruses!
Isn't that what virus scanners are for? ???
At any rate, yes, you can mount a cracked (er, I mean "legally backed up") copy of the first disk. Just keep in mind that windows really does think each of those virtual drives is a real one... at one point I had plugged in a USB thumb drive, my printer which has some photo printing/storing capability which makes it show up as a drive, my normal two hard drives, my normal DVD drive, and three mounted drives... and I got a popup in windows that said "Your configuration has changed significantly since Windows was first registered. Please call 1-800-BLAH."
Ultimately I was on the phone with microsoft for quite a while. They never really told me what they were convinced I was doing, exactly, but... ::) it took a while to get them to give me a customer service unlock code so I could use my computer again. Thank goodness I'd actually paid for my copy of windows and had a real activation key to give them. If I'd bought my computer pre-loaded with windows and didn't have a key, or I had a cracked key, they wouldn't have given me that customer service code and I would be SOL. Probably would have had to wipe the thing, reformat and reinstall.
I guess my point is it's just something to keep in mind when deciding to use an exe vs. a mounted iso.
Heh, well, that and the extra exe is about 5 mb... and the iso about 500mb... ;D
Regarding the locked-out build and buy modes: That seems to only happen when you install the game from the commonly available, poorly done cracks. If you're using an install from real disks and just bypassing the cd on startup, whichever method you like should be fine.
jsalemi:
Quote from: syberspunk on 2007 April 20, 21:01:23
Download daemontools and install it. I suggest 3.4 if you can find it. I tried the 3.6 but it gave my old puter problems. *shrugs* If you have a brand new, shiney compy, then you probably don't have to worry so much.
Why such an old version? Daemontools is up to 4.09, which was recently released and works fine. I've been using the 4.x versions since they were released with no problems at all.
Tyyppi:
I always crack my games. It gets so tiresome to insert the disc and then take it out and then insert it and so on. It also lowers the risk of your disc exploding into smithereens...
J. M. Pescado:
Disks are now very cheaply made, high-speed drives spin them much faster than CDs were originally specced to be used at, and copy protection keeps them spinning unnecessarily. They WILL eventually explode. Virtual drives, however, do not use real disks and if a CD image explodes, you just put a new copy in. I don't think virtual drives actually emulate the CD exploding, though.
However, note that if your actual CD explodes, the results can cause injury or death by shrapnel. Which is bad.
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