Game Fixes... Good or Bad?

[Kraft]

Okay, for those of you who dont know what game fixes (no CD Patches) are, they are the game EXE file that runs a game (lets use Warcraft III for example)

Once you have the game installed, you download the fix, and you copy it into Warcrafts directory (it is named the same as Warcrafts EXE file) and you replace the one that you installed with the "fixed" one.

The game fixes basically make it so that you dont need the game CD to play the game.

Since most games are directly run off the hard drive (not the CD) you just need the CD to start it. (try starting a game, and then taking the CD out. The game will still work until you close it)

Are game fixes (no CD patches) bad?

I personally use them for games that I own. I have a laptop, and like to play games (I have a lot on there) I also travel a lot, and dont like to carry around a CD case with game CD's.

Comments? Please.

 

[Andy6000]

Post in the right area damnit!

Anyways, I find nothing wrong with no cd hacks. You've still got to install the game, which takes the CD(s), and usually a CD-key along with it. I don't ever really bother doing it myself, but a friend of mine has the worst DVD drive ever, and if it ever has to read anything off the CD during gameplay, it'll just crash the game.

Like Diablo II, before he had a no cd thing, every time he'd kill Shenk, it'd crash because the music file is on the play disc.

Oh and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (that's annoying to type) doesn't have a disc check on it at all to begin with (the US printing at least, I think the UK one does), and this is a fabulous step forward, because I'm very unorganized and can't find things.

 

[arcthemonkey]

There is always the drawback that it's sometimes difficult to keep the game updated, or working online if it's got a no-cd crack on it.

The only game I ever cracked out of necessity was UT2K4. I got the DVD version and my disk drive hated its guts.

All the others were so that I could put the disk in the case and stuff the case in a box in my closet :D

 

[BlueScope]

I don't see the point of this discussion, as there's no question if it's legal or not... it is legal, so you can do it - everything else is personal preference, so no good or bad side...

Personally, I use no-cd's for a couple of games, but several like UT2k4, to name an already mentioned example, are right next to me ^_^

 

[Kraft]

Sorry I posted in wrong place, I thought that is where it shoulda went... ^_^

I just wanted to ask... now I know that it is not illegal! *phew, glad I got that off my conscious!* ^_^

 

[arcthemonkey]

The only game I ever cracked out of necessity was UT2K4. I got the DVD version and my disk drive hated its guts.

I take that back! I lost the GDI disk for Red Alert 2, and I can't find my Sim City 4 disk! (Still has the serial key on it though :D) Anyway, I have cracks on those too. (Well, HAD in the case of Red Alert. I bought the super-duper C&C pack, so I have it again.)

 

[Kururu]

Hmm... I'd use them, for my Sims 2, IF they worked on TS2. You can't put up walls if you have no-CD patch. Pity, my disk is kinda scrached.

 

[arcthemonkey]

Hmm... I'd use them, for my Sims 2, IF they worked on TS2. You can't put up walls if you have no-CD patch. Pity, my disk is kinda scrached.

Yes you can. You just have a crappy patch.

 

[Skyla Doragono]

The older patches used to crash the game when you put up a wall. They've since fixed that problem.

I also use No-CD hacks, mostly because my DVD drive sounds like a rocket launcher when it starts up. @_@ It's highly annoying, and doesn't help when you're playing horror games.

 

[Level10]

I usually just mount disk images rather than use a no-CD crack.

 

[kimpoy2006]

I tried mounting disk images, but they take up too much space. I'll just stick to the CDs.