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CD / DVD Protections Overview

Commercial CD/DVD Protections

• Alcatraz
• Alpha-ROM
• Alpha-DVD
• CD-Cops
• CD-Lock
• CD-Protect
• CopyLok/CodeLok
• CrypKey
• DBB
• DiscGuard
• DVD-Cops
• FADE
• HexaLock
• LaserLock
• LaserLock Marathon
• LockBlocks
• Phenoprotect
• ProtectCD / ProtectDVD / ProtectDISC
• Ring PROTECH
• Roxxe
• SafeDisc
• SafeDisc v2
• SafeDisc v3
• SafeDisc v4
• SafeCast
• SecuROM
• SecuROM Business Edition
• SmarteCD / SmartED
• SoftLock
• Star Force
• SVK Protector (SVKP)
• TAGES
• The Copy-Protected CD
• The Bongle

Games and Software using Copy Protection

Battlefield 1942 ......................................... Safedisc 2.60.052
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Battlefield 1942 v1.2 .................................... Safedisc 2.80.010
  protected dll
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Battlefield 1942 - Secret Weapons of World War II ........ SafeDisc 2.90.040
  protected mod.dll
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Battlefield Vietnam ...................................... SafeDisc 2.90.040
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F.E.A.R. v1.02 ........................................... SecuROM 7.00.00.0149
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F.E.A.R. v1.03 ........................................... SecuROM 7.00.00.0190
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The Sims 2 ............................................... SafeDisc 3.20.020
  USA release CD  (disc one protected)
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The Sims 2 ............................................... SafeDisc 3.20.022
  International releases CD (disc one protected)
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The Sims 2 ............................................... SafeDisc 3.20.022
  USA release DVD

User Comments from Newsgroups and Forums

ace x
09-15-2004, 01:49 AM

I know much about hacking and cracking but this was simple, if you have the original WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE! get the latest version of Alcohol (1.92) and Alcoholer 4.2 set it to copy Safedisk V2 not Safedisk 2, its called Safedisk V2 and copy, now some people will say it wont work, but it depends on the drive ALL CD/DVD drives are differant some have the capabilites to do it and some dont all of the LITE oN cd drives that are 52x and above will NOT read it liteon does not make the 52x and above they are made by the crap company goldstar, the three drives that definatly will read it are LITE ON CDRW 32x - 48x, Sony DVD reader any after 2002, Sony DVD RW +- Dual Layer burner

i hope this helps you guys

DEV!ANCE or Razor1911 <- good nocds
nuked <- crappy nocds

Darkness2k
09-16-2004, 07:29 AM

For all you people saying Alcohol can't run the game... maybe you should try again.

On two different PC's, both with Alcohol 1.9.2 and custom installs giving the SCSI devices different names to the defaults, Sims2 runs fine from Alcohol! I.e. in device manager, go to SCSI and RAID controllers. See what name your Alcohol device has got. I called mine ALCOSOF2. (The other device is called ALCOSOF1 but I don't think thats listed in Device manager)

I believe you will need to uninstall, reset, and install Alcohol again, but choose advanced/custom install to choose your own device names. Hope they helps you all... else I have no idea why it runs fine on Alcohol on mine :)

Game Monkey
09-17-2004, 12:36 PM

To anyone trying to figure out how to play with an image of the first cd, I managed to do it and can confirm how to do it.

At first it gave me the "Virtual Drive program detected" message, so I messed around with both Alchool and Daemon tool without success, then I figured it. For some reason, what it didn't like was Clone Cd. I don't know why, as my version of it has no virtual drive option, but oh well...

I uninstalled Clone CD and mounted the image in Alchool, and when I started the game it didn't see the cd. I tried it in the newest version of Daemon tool, and it worked. I'm emulating the protection, by the way.

So, in short: Clone Cd installed = Will give you the "Virtual Drive" message. Alchool = The cd won't be detected. Daemon tools = Will work.

Proby
09-17-2004, 10:40 PM

Ok, here is an easy way to play with everything working...

http://chiam_ck.spymac.net/sims21_mini.zip

Download that stripped down image of CD1, then mount it in Daemon Tools (or Alcohol if it works for you), with SafeDisk emulation on.

Then you can play with building working perfectly using the original Sims2.exe

This cut-down image is very small so you dont have to have the whole CD1 image on your PC.

http://members.cox.net/liquidmassprod//work.txt instructions on how to set up Daemon Tools... only mount the above MDS file instead of CD1.ccd

daemon tools 3.47 is working for most people

Delta2
09-18-2004, 01:16 PM

Ok all you have to do to get the Sims 2 to work without the cd all you need to do is:

1. Install the sims 2.
2. Download Daemon Tools
3. Download the attached file and extract them
4. Make sure all options and emulation or not ticked
5. Have the set number of devices to 1
6. Mount the extracted file.
7. Just Run the Game!!!

Enjoy! And btw all credit goes to b314x for providing this for us!! I no nothing about hacking!!

This thread has been merged with the OFFICIAL Sims 2 crack thread. No need for 2 threads regarding this game & it's crack.

Solving 'CD/DVD Emulation Software Detected' Error [Back To Tips] [View Full Thread & Comments] This issue crops up quite a lot and honestly it's happened to me a few times with newer games with the new copy protection algorithms (from Doom 3 to The Sims 2).. One way to get around it would be a No-CD patch but here's how you can do it:-

If you have the Alcohol 120% installed you need to turn off all of the emulation options.

1. Go to File > Options.
2. Click on Emulation in the menu to the left.
3. Uncheck all options in the window to the right.