Virtual CDROM solution in OS X

I have warcraft III and I made an image of the disk using Alcohol 120%. In Windows, I can just to load it into my virtual CDROM (either alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools) so that I can play without the disk in the optical drive.

Is there a similar software in OS X that'll enable me to mount (.mdf .mds) image files?

If there are other ways to enable me to play without the CD, please let me know.
Thanks

 

.... welcome to the mac world...

this is one of the things you can't do around here... well at least not with that copy protected game image...

 

I Haven't tried it, but I am quite sure it is possible... make a copy of the CD with Disk Utility. It should create a DMG file, that is mountable just like an ISO file. I am not sure if there is some protection in the Warcraft 3 CD that makes a copied image fails a checksum or something, but I guess it works. If it fails, you can try making the image using commandline utility "dd", or even use Alcohol in Windows and generate an ISO file that OS X can mount just as well.

 

Warcraft III has copy protection--so disk utility doesn't work.
ISO files are plain images (without the protection information) so they don't work either.

I guess I'll have to put in my CD... I am always paranoid about getting scratches on my Warcraft CD...

BTW, wooky, I liked the GIF in your signiture.

 

To mount an ISO or similar disk image, simply double click on it. However, as the posters have stated above, Warcraft 3 has some sort of protection that prevents copies of the disk or images from working with the game.
However, there are no-CD cracks for Mac for some versions of Warcraft 3. Not sure if posting them here would be legal however.

 

Not being a Mac user myself - so Daemon tools won't work on OS X? How about going the Boot Camp option, running Win XP for your gaming needs? I suppose I should read up more about Boot Camp, but are there generally any features that are not supported in this area?

 

Parallels?

 

Just exactly why would you want to install an additional tool to do exactly the same thing a double click would do on the Mac? Do you enjoy wasting your computer's resources and HD space for extra software that does exactly the same thing? If so, then I'm afraid that there is no OS X version of Daemon Tools that you can install in OS X to waste HD space and resources. In fact, there is also a lack of viruses and spyware for OS X that would satisfy your needs. I would recommend you to stick to Windows in this case.

 

And Budding you should also stick to being a prick, seeing as how being helpful and providing some advice is beyond your nature. I clearly stated I am not a Mac user, though am interested in some of the MBP's features. As a PC/Windows user, I only know from Daemon tools when it comes to CD-ROM virtualization and do not know how one would go about achieving the same means on a Mac. Didn't realize it was such an impractical question to ask on this thread - then again the topic was gaming on a Mac so I suppose the question answers itself.

 

What a fantastic response! Yes, there is absolutely no reason to want to have several games installed on the laptop so when you go on a trip you don't have to bring CDs (which get scratched, damaged, etc...) along. No, this double click solution will magically defy copy protection and mount the image.

I do give you +5 for trolling. It's quite nice how you got the "lack of viruses and spyware" in there to respond to straightforward question about gaming. In short: "asshat".

 

The thing is Warcraft III can also run in OS X and I don't want to switch OS all the time. (Parallel's gaming performance is kinda low so it's out of my consideration)

 

Is it true that games that can run on both OS X and Windows generally get better performance on Windows?

Not sure I understand the "double click" procedure that was mentioned previously. How about a game that is not easily available on OS X but needs Windows?

 

Yes I think game performance is slightly less, but I'll put this in perspective.

I play on an X700 laptop, my friend plays on a 1.33 G4 ibook, and we do everything the same. He has no lag at all.

So, yeah.