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Calico Jack · Powder Monkey Posts: 1 **226 Gold** -

hi, i had a version of the game in which you didnt need the CD to play it, but now that i dwnlded the patch, it says i need disc 2, what do i do?? Confused

rupertlittlebear · Helmsman Posts: 4545 **10381 Gold** -

Howie · Helmsman Posts: 4301 **45890 Gold** -

ElderP · Swabbie Posts: 89 **1251 Gold** -

I bought the game and hated putting in the cd all the time so I used the no cd crack but then all my trainers and mods stopped working!! The no cd crack in my opinion is worse than having to have to use the cd all the time.

Starry · Seaman Posts: 235 **194 Gold** -

I just use Pirates! with Alcohol 52%...use that with most of my oft played games.

Howie · Helmsman Posts: 4301 **45890 Gold** -

I don't like using programs like that because they mess with files and you can'y patch the game sometimes. Plus they copy a lot of junk from the CD that I would rather not have on my hard drive. Although I have 100 gigs I don't like having full installs on the drive. Would rather have that stuff on the cd. Plus it doesn't take as long to defrag the drive when it's not all clogged up with excess files... Oops or blush

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Starry · Seaman Posts: 235 **194 Gold** -

I have two hard drives, one for XP and one for XPx64, and my newest is 250 gigs so it can handle the extra CD...I can always patch the game...and I have an extra partition for downloaded files and virtual CDs so I don't need to defrag them at the same time as everything else.

Airsaw · Rigger Posts: 1840 **3281 Gold** -

It's pretty damned lame to be so lazy you can't stick a CD into a drive. You don't even have to pull the drawer out, just push a button, and you don't have to use two hands to pick up the CD. Maybe you hate having to dig through the mess on your computer table to find the CD.

This post takes the cake with pure laziness in a high tech world. I don't like putting in the CD. Maybe you need to go out and get some air, or maybe not.
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Starry · Seaman Posts: 235 **194 Gold** -

I don't like digging through my >50 games to find a CD especially considering sometimes I just want to play a lot of games for a smaller time period.

Especially considering how bad I am with actually getting them back where they belong. My computer is clean, my room is not.

Lazy? Yes. Unreasonable? No.

Do I need fresh air? Usually. Does it ever do me any good when I get it? Not very often.

Airsaw · Rigger Posts: 1840 **3281 Gold** -

Starry · Seaman Posts: 235 **194 Gold** -

You can beg to differ all you want, I'll still use virtual CD programs. Since they exist, and people often use them, I really don't understand why you think it's unreasonable.

And how is it indefensible? Indefensible from what? It's certainly not illegal.

Anyway, seeing as this thread is suddenly becoming hostile, I think I'll unsubscribe to it.

Airsaw · Rigger Posts: 1840 **3281 Gold** -

Wolfwood · Boatswain Posts: 2527 **33917 Gold** -

Personally, I don't like the idea of having to play with CDs and DVDs all the time, because every time you handle them, you risk damaging them. And as they are your only copies of potentially expensive programs, it becomes even more disagreeable.

But I undertand that this is one of those precautions against piracy that forces companies to code such check-ups. I'll prolly accept it for as long as I haven't managed to destroy any of my disks, or they haven't rotted (the famous DVD rot) or otherwise been damaged due to faults in the manufacture.
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Howie · Helmsman Posts: 4301 **45890 Gold** -

I don't like using programs like that mainly because they copy everything from the CD to my hard drive. I like to keep minimal files on the drive. I really don't think this is a case of laziness or not wanting to open the drive or look for a cd. I think it's more of a convenience thing and of a desire to speed up game play. On some games the game will pause while the machine is accessing data from the cd, which is slow. If everything is located on the HD then game play can be faster and seamless. ThatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s only my opinion but thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s why I think folks use these programs. Not because they are lazy but because they just want to make the games easier to access and play. Good ideas all... Wink

Btw... If you saw my computer desk you would be amazed at the clutter. No thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s laziness or just not having time to keep things in place. Let's put it this way not having time is just laziness. Oh well...
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Howie · Helmsman Posts: 4301 **45890 Gold** -