A few game programs still, as an anti-piracy measure, require that
the player (each player, in a networked context) have their own copy
of the CD-ROM.  Even though the software loads and runs from the hard
drive, it checks to find a copy of its CD in a/the [*] CD-ROM drive
before it will allow play to start.
  (Circumventing this measure is probably *possible*, but as a
violation of the manufacturers license terms, is not acceptable for
discussion on this list.)

[*] I own a couple of multi-disk changers, and would love to be able
to keep all of the games I like to play loaded up at one time.
Unfortunately, in many cases the code only checks the *first* CD-ROM
drive letter found....

David Gillett


On 13 Oct 2001, at 12:23, K.W. Kraning wrote:

> Can you tell me how to change the "ini" file so that a software program will run from the HD instead of asking for the CD.
>
> I have loaded all of the CD content into a subdirectory on the HD.  I then installed the software from the subdirectory and it completed the installation but when I try to run the software it still asks for the CD.  The only file created with today's "installation date" is "Game.ini" and the
contents of the file are:
>
> [GameMPCDrive]
> Drive=C
> [volume]
>
> Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken

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