And that's before we even get started on the now-discredited DRM and its ill-conceived anti-piracy measures. But are they still around, and why use them when alternative solutions are simpler? Sticking a gaming CD or DVD into your PC or laptop's optical drive might not seem overly complex, but it can prove inconvenient, if not impossible. While publishers have often provided replacement media in these situations in the past, it's not a sustainable plan of action.
If a publisher goes bust, the best you can do is head to eBay to look for a replacement. Then there's the changing pattern of hardware. An ever-declining piece of hardware in portable computers notebooks, ultrabooks, etc.
Moving parts mean extra weight and battery drain, so it makes sense. However, it means that to install a game from disc, you'll need an external optical reader. You don't want to carry this around with you either, which means a no-CD crack is required for on-the-go gaming. And, finally, you might just want to keep your game disc for admiring. To keep the pack together, you might prefer not to use the disc. In most cases, digital distribution services would come in handy here, but there are still a few titles floating about that require the disc.
It usually involves first installing the game, them looking for a registry entry, DLL domain-link library , executable crack file, or a replacement EXE for the original game, or a combination of any of these. The new files are then added to the game directory on the hard disk drive if any are duplicating existing files, these should be backed up in order to make the game run without the disc.
While painted as a straightforward solution, it can get messy, especially if you're a newcomer. When you buy the game over the internet as a digital download there is no disc for the game to require you to insert, so this little annoyance won't crop up in the first place. Most new games, and new software generally, has the option of downloading when you buy online, sometimes through a gaming platform like Steam which also has a range of other benefits. It can be nice to physically have a disc for safe keeping when you spend your money on a new game, but you can probably recognize now that there are advantages to buying digital downloads.
These instructions will not work for absolutely all games, some might check for the disc in different ways. Hopefully you'll have success, and hopefully game creators will stop placing these restrictions in the future, since they aren't an effective guard against piracy and generally there is no other reason for the disc to be in the drive all the time. If I borrow my friend's game disc and download it onto my computer using Daemon Tools, will she still be able to play it on the disc like normal?
Those of you that pirate commercial software are mostly stealing from those of us who have the decency to pay for ours. So i just found this post because i was after the old xbox pirates of the caribbean, and daemon tools worked well for getting me past where it wanted me to insert disk 1 to continue.
However when i hit new game, the whole thing froze, any idea as to why? I haven't had to do it in a while because of the increasing popularity of digital distribution Steam and GOG but it's definitely saved me a few times from losing a disc or scratches leaving discs unusable on my most loved games. No Cd Crack works for me the best, as i have 8 Tb worth of games on two 4 Tb hard drives so to change images in Daemon tools just doesn't work for me and with steam digital downloads i do not like either, cause i love to display my original copies in my Chill Room.
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Steam certainly makes some things quicker and more convenient. I use the CD Image emulation method for a few older games I have. As these older games will perform a CD check. Simulation Games. Mobile Games. Elder Scrolls.
Final Fantasy. Dragon Age. Fire Emblem. Once upon a time, finding No-CD cracks was a dangerous pastime. Online resources were full of NSFW ads, popups and malware risks. Fortunately, things have been tidied up somewhat as trends have developed.
While there is scant use for no-CD cracks on modern games, some sites still offer them for older games. A useful search tool on the right, however, will let you browse the site for older games available on optical disc, and any associated No-CD patches and EXEs.
Also available here are mini-tutorials and utilities to help you to create copies of your game media. This can be a useful alternative to using the original discs. The overwhelming majority of video games are available as digital downloads, mostly via Steam although alternatives are available. Better still, Steam enables you to add CD keys from many older games into your Steam library, thereby running the title without the disc. As great as it is to have physical media for your PC games, its time has almost passed.
Forget about the ritual of opening the box, admiring the disc and the artwork, and popping the media into the optical drive. This is now a thing of the past. Instead, all you need is a double click to launch the game from your desktop, with the minimum of fuss. What do you think? Is this a good development, or does it strip games of their cultural importance when physical art cannot be admired as part of the experience?
Do you use No-CD cracks, or have you abandoned them for Steam and other solutions?
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