Re: Privateer 2: Looking for no-cd crack???

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From: Brian Gale
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 15:11

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scatter wrote:
> I just tried it with FakeCD, it works fine for one cd but not for all 3. 
> Each CD has a file called "CD.DAT" which contains its cd # (1, 2, or 3).  
> So even if you copy all the files to one directory, it still asks for the 
> other cd's.  Looks like it checks for this cd.dat file and not just for the 
> needed files.
> 
> In the "dark.cfg" file, the first line contains the drive letter of the 
> installed CD-Rom drive.  So I made a fake-cd drive for V, and changed this 
> file.  Still can't get around the multi cd issue.  

An easier way (if you actually own the game and don't care that much 
about the movies) is to go to "the home of the underdogs" and download 
it (50 some megs)...

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From: Brian Gale <bmg...@mail.usask.ca>
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Subject: Re: Privateer 2:  Looking for no-cd crack???
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