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[tyeomer]

Aeshyn Stormsinger wrote...

The problem is if they make the DVD check removal, even if only for people on the SN, someone will leak it out to people who haven't registered, it'll spread around on torrents and warez websites, and it won't just be limited to legit users then - anyone will be able to remove the disc check/protection.

There is no logic in this. There is no "leak" risk, since the fixed executables _exist already_. The question is only: is it better to run an official version of the binary, with the DVD check removed by Bioware, or to run a fixed exe from somewhere? I'd prefer to run the bioware "no-DVD" binary. Which could be activated automatically on online registration.

There was a comment further up about using a fixed .exe, why not try that, as it will solve your problem and it'll be somewhat similar to what would be released if it were.

I am using that solution right now. I'd prefer a Bioware-provided official binary though.

[Titius.Vibius]

I found a better way without downloading those fixed exes and I think this is better and its even legal. I found it out of desperation because of a crack that appeared on the center of my disc, it was small at first but got really big when I used it again to reinstall. Anyway the dvd-check is easily fixed without using a fixed exe.

[vometia]

vometia wrote...

If you're all that concerned about it, you can simply reinstall the game using the EADM version.  Uses the CD key from any PC version (Steam, Impulse, D2D or DVD) and no disc check.

"Invalid product code".

Got to love DRM.  I don't think.  After all the grief I've had with it, I sometimes wonder why I'm still buying legit copies of all my games.

Well, after some searching, it turns out that Steam will only accept the codes from a very limited number of non-Steam purchases - of which the retail version of DA:O isn't one.  So it wasn't just a glitch, attempting to use my CD key to get a Steam download would've never worked.

The EA downloader will probably work, however.  For values of "probably".

Edit: which, to be fair, is probably what the post I originally replied to was suggesting anyway.  But I'm not quite ready to uninstall the CD version to test out that theory just yet, at the risk of losing my DLC - though next time the DVD drive mysteriously goes nuts when I insert the "DRM-free, honest" DA:O disc I suspect I'll be tempted.

Modifié par vometia, 30 décembre 2009 - 12:08 .

[Valaskjalf]

vometia wrote...

vometia wrote...

If you're all that concerned about it, you can simply reinstall the game using the EADM version.  Uses the CD key from any PC version (Steam, Impulse, D2D or DVD) and no disc check.

"Invalid product code".

Got to love DRM.  I don't think.  After all the grief I've had with it, I sometimes wonder why I'm still buying legit copies of all my games.

Well, after some searching, it turns out that Steam will only accept the codes from a very limited number of non-Steam purchases - of which the retail version of DA:O isn't one.  So it wasn't just a glitch, attempting to use my CD key to get a Steam download would've never worked.

The EA downloader will probably work, however.  For values of "probably".

Edit: which, to be fair, is probably what the post I originally replied to was suggesting anyway.  But I'm not quite ready to uninstall the CD version to test out that theory just yet, at the risk of losing my DLC - though next time the DVD drive mysteriously goes nuts when I insert the "DRM-free, honest" DA:O disc I suspect I'll be tempted.

your box CD Key can be used in EA Download Manager. From there you can download DA:O as many times as you want (the DD version uses one-time online authentication)

[ach_ja0815]

The disc check is an annoying 'feature'. I do understand, why they use it, I used to accept it back in the days of Baldurs Gate or Starcraft (especially because you could save some precious hd -space by not installing music and cutscenes).

But nowadays i find those copy protections annoying (like the "piracy is crime"-spots on german movie dvds ... you cannot skip them properly and get them every time you chose to watch the dvd you bought) or extremly frustrating, like the DA:O disc check, because it's causing trouble with your hardware.

I installed DA, registered, got the patchs and the dlc, played the game for about 3 weeks without problems till the disc check encountered a problem with my dvd-drive's firmware...

And this is an restraint I do not want to deal with... I accept problems running programms (its software an I use Windows after all), but not that protection mechanisms prevent me from utilising a legally acquired product (music cd, movie dvd or software)

[muswellcreek]

I would like to play my DA:O without any disk check. I bought the game on DVD and registered it with the EADM. At the time the website (https://activate.ea....usActivation.do) said registering would give me an option to reinstall my game if my DVDs ever got lost or damaged. And some people here have mentioned that a copy of the game can be downloaded freely and activated with a DVD key. But I can't find anywhere in either the EADM or the EA store to download/reinstall a copy of DA:O. The store won't even let me purchase a copy because I'm a registered owner. Then I found on the EA support site it specifically says:

(http://support.elect...l/a_id/1045#008)

"If you purchased Dragon Age: Origins at retail, it does not include EA online activation, but instead has a disk check, which requires the disk in drive to play and the entry of a serial code upon installation."

It feels like EA is yanking my chain with this disk check/registration nonsense. Can someone please clarify?