JrMasterModelBuilder Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 As you might have noticed, I've been having trouble with my LEGO Racers disc not working. I've tried to make a disc image, but it tells me to insert the disc. I've finally found the problem! Now I need help beating it. My copy has been encrypted with SafeDisc (V1 from the description and my CD's files [see attachment] I guess). I read a lot of confusing info from Google about who know what version, and have only confused myself. So, any help in how I may go about defeating this irritation? I would really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Would this be a bad time to tell you that my copy of LEGO Racers 1 also runs without a disc like my LRR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrMasterModelBuilder Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 Would this be a bad time to tell you that my copy of LEGO Racers 1 also runs without a disc like my LRR? Not if it can somehow help me. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Lego Creator Lego Loco Lego Rock Raiders Lego Racers All of those run diskless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrMasterModelBuilder Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Lego Creator Lego Loco Lego Rock Raiders Lego Racers All of those run diskless It would seem original releases like mine do not. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Lego Creator Lego Loco Lego Rock Raiders Lego Racers All of those run diskless It would seem original releases like mine do not. There is a simple solution to games that don't run without a disc called no-cd patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 There is a simple solution to games that don't run without a disc called no-cd patches. Could our "fearless" administrator be suggesting Piracy? I'm just kidding. Although I have noticed No-CD patches are over-used for Piracy reasons, despite the great use they have when you have broken or lost the disc or are to lazy to find it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrMasterModelBuilder Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 As I said before, I don't like download something that I feel is illegal. And I know they're illegal. BTW, does anyone know if SafeDisc able to know which drive is the optical one? That would explain how it always looked at the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 It should be using the one you run the disc from automatically. But, then again, that might be your problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 As I said before, I don't like download something that I feel is illegal. And I know they're illegal. Evading SafeDisc isn't so... legal either. But I was just stating there are alternative solutions, not asking you to actually do it though or that is is legal to do. Just a simple informative post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartvbl Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I never really trust those cd patches. They are usually packed with a few viruses if the guys developing them don't have the best intentions annoying people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrMasterModelBuilder Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 As I said before, I don't like download something that I feel is illegal. And I know they're illegal. Evading SafeDisc isn't so... legal either. But I was just stating there are alternative solutions, not asking you to actually do it though or that is is legal to do. Just a simple informative post. It's certainly more justifiable. I have the legal right to make copies of my own game and this sort-of gets in the way. I never really trust those cd patches. They are usually packed with a few viruses if the guys developing them don't have the best intentions annoying people... Which is another reason why I don't like that idea much. . . I tried using the SafeDisc option on Daemon Tools (not sure what that does) but it didn't help with mounting or copying my disc. Does anyone know how it knows if the disc is orriginal? Somewhere where they gloat about their program, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockmoddeR Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 OR you could do the smartest option: Drag all the files off the disc (The main data folders ONLY, nothing else) and re-burn the disc. That's how I got an original RR from the library to work discless before I actually got the game. IDK why no one else told him this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 OR you could do the smartest option: Drag all the files off the disc (The main data folders ONLY, nothing else) and re-burn the disc. That's how I got an original RR from the library to work discless before I actually got the game. IDK why no one else told him this... Doesn't always work. Remember SafeDisc is designed to stop people burning copies. Also you have to burn the game music as a audio disc and the rest as data if you want the game music to work. What I find funny is how some licenses say you are allowed to make 1 backup, but the disc is copy protected so you can't just burn a backup. With more newer games, your are not even allowed to back them up at all (EA Games obviously). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrMasterModelBuilder Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 OR you could do the smartest option: Drag all the files off the disc (The main data folders ONLY, nothing else) and re-burn the disc. That's how I got an original RR from the library to work discless before I actually got the game. IDK why no one else told him this... Doesn't always work. Remember SafeDisc is designed to stop people burning copies. Also you have to burn the game music as a audio disc and the rest as data if you want the game music to work. What I find funny is how some licenses say you are allowed to make 1 backup, but the disc is copy protected so you can't just burn a backup. With more newer games, your are not even allowed to back them up at all (EA Games obviously). There doesn't seem to be a data folder. I'm guessing the installer copies the files from withing itself. There's also the trouble with the ICD file that the EXE executes for the game to run. I wouldn't exactly call that funny. . . BTW, can they really dictake if you copy a game you own? I always wondered about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockmoddeR Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 IDK...I don't think the technology for that was even cheap enough back then. Also, there's an ICD folder in the RR folder too...hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acmex Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 It depends on your point of view on the rights. Did you pay for the disk itself and the right to copy files off of it once, or did you pay for the full legal rights for the files on the disk. Also, on the subject of No-CD patches, the FS9 patch I have has never given me a problem or virus. It depends on the area of the interweb you get the patch off of, if you get it from 4chan then, yeah, it probably has a Virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 It depends on your point of view on the rights. Did you pay for the disk itself and the right to copy files off of it once, or did you pay for the full legal rights for the files on the disk. Also, on the subject of No-CD patches, the FS9 patch I have has never given me a problem or virus. It depends on the area of the interweb you get the patch off of, if you get it from 4chan then, yeah, it probably has a Virus. Visiting 4chan will give you a virus... So the whole ICD and EXE thing is from SafeDisc v1. From SafeDisc 2 they were embedded into each other. Other then emulation, you can't remove it without certain removal tools, this of course would be not the right thing to do however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrMasterModelBuilder Posted July 10, 2010 Author Share Posted July 10, 2010 Well, I decrypted the ICD file, and it works great now without the disc. Annoying that I would have to do that just to play my game, but all's well that ends well I guess. They really got to stop making anti-theft devices that prevent the owners from using it. Can't wait for that JAM extractor now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Well, I decrypted the ICD file, and it works great now without the disc. Annoying that I would have to do that just to play my game, but all's well that ends well I guess. They really got to stop making anti-theft devices that prevent the owners from using it. Can't wait for that JAM extractor now! Good to know you got it working. As for the JAM tool... yea about that, I'll talk about in the other post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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