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"DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> wrote in message 
news:t1w0i.18939$LJ3.6796@trnddc02...
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> "Peter Huebner" <no.one@this.address> wrote in message 
> news:MPG.20ac63e048dec812989cd0@news.individual.net...
>> In article <1178663783.399648.324320@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, 
>> kahuna12
>> @hotmail.com says...
>>>
>>> Now this is why I always defer to the experts.  I would never have
>>> known that JoWood games were substandard.  I'll lurk in the Rogue
>>> Universe forums and watch to see if the complaints ever see resolution
>>> before buying (much the same as I did for X2 - I haven't bought X3
>>> yet).
>>>
>>
>> X3 is worth getting, i.m.o.. I bought (for the price of a song) and 
>> downloaded
>> it off Steampowered.com and I can just start the .exe file without going
>> through the steam launcher. Fine. Neatly sidestepped the whole Starforce
>> crapola issue (would never have bought the game with Starforce in it).
>>
>> I didn't like X2, or at least I should say that the demo put me off so 
>> badly
>> that I never bought the game; the interface in X3 is much nicer to learn. 
>> And
>> the game is going to give me a lot of bang for buck, I can tell that 
>> much.
>> After all, I only spent a couple of weeks with it before I got 
>> sidetracked.
>>
>> -P.
>>
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>
> For those that buy it on DVD, patch 2.0.02 does the following among other 
> things:
>
> "Finally, this update includes the NoCD/NoDVD patch, so you can put your 
> disk back in its box."
>
> Does this mean no Starforce driver installation, if you patch before 
> running the game for the first time?
>
Reinstalled X3 from my original CD's, patched to 2.0.02, and then ran it. 
No SF drivers were installed.