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Article #94020Re: cd not recognised
From: dusty
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:37
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:37
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and before anyone corrects me,it`s IL-2 sturmovik,not IL-76...but i just tried loading that onto my laptop(meets the min. requirements) but WIN-ME and same problem...so i d/l a no-cd patch and it works fine now.... (geuss the actual games was faulty) oh,well... :-} "dusty" <dusty66@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:uK6gf.22721$Hj2.10165@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > yep,sure did....asked the same question on newsgroup for `windows xp` and > amongst all the abusive replies (i DARED to mention a game and thought XP > was at fault) i recieved 1 reply from a kindly gent who suggested that D3 > (and a few other games)have an anti-piracy thing built-in that reads hdd and > looks for any sort of cd-burning software eg. NERO,ADAPTEC etc.(so i > formatted and put XP on again-this time without my cd burner plugged in and > only my cd player)AND GUESS WHAT....bugger me,it works...he was > right!!!!!but the full game runs unplayably sluggish (just like the demo > did)and i`m thinking that its jammed on max resolution...even if i click on > 640 by 480 and NO to fullscreen and `apply changes` it still looks too good > for min.res and stays in full screen ...if i go to D3 folder and right-click > on all 3 items,click properties then un-click read-only and apply etc. it > still goes back to `read-only`....is that what`s jamming the res. onto > max????this is a game i`d been looking forward to,and i`m very > disappointed...any help with the graphics problem is appreciated ( the ATI > card SHOULD be more than sufficient) many thanks :-} > "h" <h@@at@@howiem.com> wrote in message > news:aQHff.11418$Lw5.1074@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk... > > "dusty" <dusty66@bigpond.com> wrote in message > > news:kFfef.17961$Hj2.15263@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > > hi,all...finally got hold of a faster system capable of running d3.had > the > > > demo for a few months and finally loaded it up,but the graphics setup > > > seemed > > > stuck on 1600 by 1200 and totally unplayable.so i went and bought the > full > > > game on cd,rushed home and loaded the 3 cd`s in.then it asks for cd1 > > > again,and loads some more files.when i click on shortcut,it comes up > with > > > something like `can`t find doom 3 disk 1`...uninstalled and tried > > > again-same > > > thing....after waiting these few months,well i`m pretty pissed off!! > > > my system is a little bit old by todays standards,but is above the > minimum > > > requirements > > > athlon xp 2600+,512 ddr ram,ati radeon 9200 128mb video direct x > > > 9.0b,windows xp pro > > > my thinking is that it`s windows,in that i also purchased the old game > > > `IL76 sturmovick` and when i click that shortcut,it can`t find the cd > > > either...please someone shed some light on this...thanks :-} > > > > OK, sorry if this sounds like a stoopid question but better safe than > > sorry - you do know you have to have disk 1 in the drive in order to play > > (unless you download a no-cd crack)... > > > > h > > > > > >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!peer01.west.cox.net!cox.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "dusty" <dusty66@bigpond.com> Newsgroups: alt.games.doom References: <kFfef.17961$Hj2.15263@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <aQHff.11418$Lw5.1074@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> <uK6gf.22721$Hj2.10165@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Subject: Re: cd not recognised Lines: 65 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: <sU6gf.22724$Hj2.11064@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:37:12 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.138.57.126 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1132526232 144.138.57.126 (Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:37:12 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:37:12 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit