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[Veritable Sage]

First off, my game is loaded on my D: drive.  Mass Effect loaded beautifully on my D: drive and I don't need a disk to start it up.  But DRAGON AGE ORIGINS, which also loaded without any problems, requires the disk each time I want to load the game. 

I had this same issue with Spore and contacted EA who gave me such misleading advice that I lost everything three times over and finally became so frustrated with them and the game that I took it off my machine and gave it away.  I DON'T want to go that route with DRAGON AGE ORIGINS. 

I own a massive, brand-new gaming computer and I'm certain there are no issues there.  So how do I get the game to load straight from my desktop?

Any suggestions?

[Rayne Myria Solo]

This probably doesn't help you now..but, that's part of why I forwent the boxed version of DAO this time, and bought from Direct2Drive (still got a preorder item, and the collector's stuff). I can tell you, I don't have to have a disc in my drive...

[Guy4142]

Really? Its a disc check, thats all the DRM DA:O has.

Have you never encountered this before?

[Rayne Myria Solo]

There's that too, disk checks aren't a huge deal, Jade Empire has it, Neverwinter Nights has it, in fact, I'd venture so far as to say every Bioware game UNTIL Mass Effect had it, and that actually upset some people (that they went to the online version of SecureRom). BW has always used SOME version of SecureRom or another. Really though, given how much DAO reminds me of a MSPORPG (Massively Single Player Online Role Playing Game), with 90% of it's content, pre-order items, and things tied to your EA/Bioware account, it's almost virtually pirate-proof so it probably doesn't NEED any better protection, since it has to be activated with your account, and the key only works once. I mean sure, even if someone pirated it, they'd end up with JUST the base game, and would probably be unable to download or purchase ANY DLC, so...that heavily damages the playability and enjoyment of the game, IMO...sorry, sort of rambling there, but I was thinking as I was reading your post, Guy4142.

[flem1]

Because too many people complained about the Mass Effect copy-protection. I preferred it myself.



If you want something without a disc check, you can get a digital download version.

[Guy4142]

I think every game i've ever played has atleast a disk check, it's what i expect to find as minimum and it's all i would want from a retail version of a game. games that don't have annoying DRM in my experiance with the expection of MMO games.



Im not sure what the rules are on this forum but if you own the game and your worried about damaging the disk, there are easy ways to get around a simple disk check, just google it.

[Tobebech1307]

Well, the thing you want to do, can not be done legally....

[Chragen]

But is absolutely doable and I've too gotten cracks to remove the disk checks even if I bought the game. Especially when I used a laptop for most of my gaming. It just made more sense to be able to play the games straight of the hard drive.

[RatedRRazgriz]

You can always make an iso of the cd and

use a program to mount it to a virtual drive. But. If I recall it's fround apon

[Veracruz]

Maybe you prefer Steam and to be forced to be online to play your single player game (no, the option to play offline requires you to be online to activate it).



Or maybe limited times of activations a la Spore (3 and out!).



Or Starforce...



A disk check is the second best (legal) option out there.

[Arto]

Did I read that right....the CD key can ONLY BE USED ONCE? I really hope I read that wrong. I am playing the first run on a laptop, but eventually when the bugs are worked out I would return to the game, but on a different machine. Of course it would be removed from the laptop first.



*scratches head*

[Jab0r]

The keys for DLC and the like can only be registered to one Bioware Social account.

Your Bioware Social account is not at all related to whatever computer you choose to play the game on.

[Arto]

ok, thanks. i've always avoided draconian DRM (by skipping the game altogether), but then publishers try and sneak something past you. glad that is not the case here.

[Faerell Gustani]

I suppose the irony is that if you have DLC, it forces you to log into your account so that you can play your game. Thus there's an online check to make sure you are who you say you are. A disk check i superfluous, and inconvenience, and actually inferior to the DLC/log-in restriction.