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Alien Trilogy - cd detection issue

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First post, by exofreeze

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Installed Alien Trilogy in 0.74 using an IMG of the cd.

Install worked fine, however once I try to launch the game it requests that I insert the CD.

CD is obviously mounted properly, otherwise I could not have installed the game from it.

So this leads me to believe it is a DRM issue. Suggestions?

I see others have run the game with no mention of this problem, which leads me to believe there is either a work around, or they were using a cracked version.

Reply 1 of 7, by ripsaw8080

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Works fine here with default settings in 0.74 and SVN. The game does check the volume label (ALIEN_TRILOGY_PC, which can only be fully read with MSCDEX function to read the VTOC), and it checks all audio tracks. Perhaps the audio tracks on your image have some timing inaccuracy. There is a version 2.0 patch on Patches Scrolls, but I wouldn't expect it to resolve a CD-check problem.

Reply 3 of 7, by blacknail

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Hello all,

I had exactly the same problem, exofreeze. In case you're using Linux, do you know which software can I install to convert the IMG/CCD image directly to BIN/CUE? Or the only possible solution is to burn (and waste) a CD, and then rip it again to BIN/CUE? I've searched google all over but can't seem to reach a conclusion on both questions. Thanks!

Reply 4 of 7, by ripsaw8080

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Instead of burning a disc, maybe mount the CloneCD image in a virtual disc drive and then image that to BIN/CUE format. I know it can be done with Daemon Tools or Alcohol in Windows, but dunno if there are CD emulators for Linux that support mixed mode discs (necessary for the audio tracks).

Reply 7 of 7, by Dominus

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So, it's likely an illegal download and I'll have to lock this topic. We can't support that here. If I'm wrong somehow, pm me.

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