why do game makers make you insert the cd.....

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
if you don't want to crack it because you have to reinstall, here is what i do

rename the original .exe file to, for example, war3_orig.exe

then when i need to patch i rename the crack to war3_crack.exe and the original back to war3.exe

after patching, i get the new crack, rename the original war3.exe to war3_orig.exe, then put in the crack

I do that.

 

[WhiteKnight77]

Swapping the original .exe out may work if it is just patches for regular game file, but when the .exe is ammended for other reasons. The crack that you used previously wouldn't work after all.

 

[Nohr]

In the latest patch for UT2003 the CD check got removed. Maybe other game makers will follow suit.

 

[0roo0roo]

its not much considering what they used to make you do.

look up x word in x sentence on x page in x paragraph, what word comes after? lol

that or a colored decoder wheel and other madness

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Is cracking the .exe to negate the CD requirement illegal? I didn't think it was...