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    Easy way to play games?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mtness, Mar 12, 2009.

  1. mtness

    mtness loitering

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    Hey guys

    im really new to pc gaming only beeen at it for acouple of months, in that time ive brought a heap of new games for the notebook: morrowind, SoaSE, oblivion goty, CoH gold, dawn of war anthology, masseffect, c&c generals, fallout3, and CoD WaW, i was given advice that i could mount the isos of these games and play them without having to keep on putting in and pulling out the discs, im back in india now and i dont have pc internet connection and all of a sudden CoH asked for the disc to be put in to continue the same thing happens with CoD WaW.

    i havent tryed it with all my games yet, but is this a normal thing to happen and is there any way i can get things back to the way they where? I hate having to keep on changing the discs over, oblivion still works fine and so to does fallout3, im wondering if it has to do with not having a online connection which means my account doesnt get verified at startup.
    Any info or tips on this issue would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks
     
    mtness, Mar 12, 2009
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Some discs are going to use SafeDisc or a similar protection method, so it can tell that the ISO is not the original disc.
    Rather, most discs will have this.
    Fallout 3 requires no disc to play, which is why it works. Probably the same with Oblivion.
    You need something else to play with no disc, but I doubt it's allowed to be discussed on NBR.
     
    Hep!, Mar 12, 2009
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  3. ARom

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    Oblivion requires a disc... very annoying.
     
    ARom, Mar 12, 2009
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  4. jeremysdad

    jeremysdad Notebook Evangelist

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    If you have no internet, how did you post this?

    Also, I am afraid that the solution to your problem is against the rules here on NBR. So there may be no good way for us to tell you how to play games with NO CD.
     
    jeremysdad, Mar 12, 2009
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  5. terminus123

    terminus123 Notebook Deity

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    there are solutions, just not allowed to discuss.
     
    terminus123, Mar 12, 2009
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  6. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    Yeah with NO CD I'm not sure how to patch the situation. Like if you can borrow a game copy of World in Conflict from a friend, it may help.
     
    HTWingNut, Mar 12, 2009
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  7. Exostenza

    Exostenza Notebook Evangelist

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    I like to play a mega amount of games.

    I am sure there is a game that you can copy in this world.

    Honestly my best advice would be to buy your games on Steam and then you would never need a disc, but that is assuming you actually buy your games which it sounds like you don't.
     
    Exostenza, Mar 12, 2009
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  8. dukka

    dukka Notebook Consultant

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    Hehe don't know if mtness can understand or not :p :) :D
     
    dukka, Mar 12, 2009
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  9. be77solo

    be77solo pc's and planes

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    OK, just gotta say, you guys cracked me up reading all these replies :D This is hilarious, has to be one of the best threads ever ha.
     
    be77solo, Mar 12, 2009
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