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BF2 disc troubles

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  • 06-10-2005 8:50pm
    #1
    Snow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭


    Bought BF2 an hour ago, come home and pop it into my DVD drive and it wont play.

    I googled BF2 + my DVD drive, and it seems because of BF2's copy protection, it doesnt work with LG 8151B DVD drives.

    So I have a(presumably) valid cd-key, but the DVD wont work on my PC.

    Anyone any ideas of how I can bypass this? I'm downloading a warezed BF2 to install, but im told I still need the dvd to play(stupid stupid)


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    #2
    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Try rebooting the PC with the DVD already in. That's the only way I can get it to read in my drive. If I put the disc in with the PC already up and running, it just won't read it.
    Stupid copy protection.

    A warez copy surely would be cracked? As long as you have a legit CD key I don't see anything wrong with it, but I ain't no lawyer.


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    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    Seen this issue before so not closing the whole big assed warez thread that will possibly spew from this.

    But copy it, mount it and use your original cd key, there is no way of playing the game online on ranked servers without the cdkey.


    kdjac


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    Snow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭Snow


    Stephen wrote:
    Try rebooting the PC with the DVD already in. That's the only way I can get it to read in my drive. If I put the disc in with the PC already up and running, it just won't read it.
    Stupid copy protection.

    A warez copy surely would be cracked? As long as you have a legit CD key I don't see anything wrong with it, but I ain't no lawyer.
    Yeah, but sometimes patches check the .exe/.dll filesize's when they patch, and all in all a crack ends up a PITA.

    One of those mini disc image things might work

    I'll try the reboot thing.


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    The mini images do work

    *cough*


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    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    99% of the warez versions won't help you as you won't be able to patch them and you'll be stuck with a list of 50 odd servers to play on.

    'mini image' is what you need. Go Google or ask on the TotalBF2 forums.


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    Snow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭Snow


    Got it working, but when I try create a new account it says my e-mail/password is previously registered.


    Tried 2 e-mails and 4 passes, still spits it out.

    Then it launches me to a website that gives a 404.


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    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Hey, I think you need to create a fileplanet account so that you can play on ranked servers, and you use the email address and pass you provided to login.


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    Ponster
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    Snow wrote:
    Got it working, but when I try create a new account it says my e-mail/password is previously registered.

    Then you just need to use the 'retrive account' option to log in.


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    The Real B-man
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Real B-man


    create a iso copy of a friends mount never need cd again


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    Scruff
    Registered Users Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭Scruff


    i put up a post about this not being able to make and iso of the cd. the mini image was suggested to me but i havent got round to giving it a try, will do this weekend, but i'd also like to be able to make a backup of the original cd so if anyone knows how to let me know!


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