The World of Layonara
The Layonara Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Vyris on June 27, 2005, 11:43:00 PM
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I am playing NwN without the CD. I didn't give it much thought at all, it fired up and played fine, my HotU CD is sitting on top of a stack right next to my monitor, and I have a DvD in the computer. I am curious, would the game search network drives for the CD, my wife has her HotU CD in her laptop right now. Thats the only thing I can think of it being.
Anyway, just thought it was kindof odd.
Vyris
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If you had mapped a network drive that would be picked up I expect.
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Does her CD-Rom spin up when you start the game and login?
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with the update to 1.66 the CD is no longer needed to play NWN
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Must have been an oversigth from Bioware. Cannot believe that they would allow play without the CD.
Interesting.....
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i don't think it was an oversight, the latest update also allows multiple coppies of the same CD key to be connected at the same time
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Very interesting...
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Same thing was done to Europa Universalis II (and I think other games from paradox), it seems quite common for companies that support their games for a long time after the initial release to make them playable without the CD after a few years (when I presumme only the diehard fans still play the game).
Another issue has been that some copy-protections would work fine at the release, but a few years later it turns out they don't work with new drives and/or software. For this reason I cannot play Wizardry 8 on my new computer (without using a crack). Hence companies probably cuts down complaints and support costs without affecting sales much when they remove the copy-protection.
Wish all companies would remove them in the later patches. *sighs*
:) :) :) :)
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I noticed this too and looked into it. Thunderpants is right, they pretty much opened it up on this release. I believe they did this because right now their monetary focus is on the premium modules. So since they have that system locked down pretty well to their satisfaction, they did a pretty nice thing and opened up the protections on the regular game so their long time users won't have to use the CD all the time.
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Well gee.
It would have been nice to know this BEFORE I went and spent 40.00 on Platinum last week so my GF could get on and play...
*grumbles*
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Well, Vyris, I guess that means my hypothesis about you being extremely clever was wrong...
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I think its good, I noticed too after the update you don't need a cd. Thats good because everytime my sis plays she changes the disks and scratches it to hell. Now I can leave the disk in its like cozy case with the other 4.
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(to Gulnyr)
WA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
*ducks when Vyris looks over*
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Gulnyr - 6/28/2005 11:01 AM
Well, Vyris, I guess that means my hypothesis about you being extremely clever was wrong...
Well, if you can't dazzle them with brilliance... baffle them with....
Vyris