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#67407 - 03/20/05 06:21 PM Re: Help!!! DVD Rom won't read the disc....  

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If I buy SHIII I probably won't get bitten by this issue because I have a Liteon DVD-ROM drive and a Liteon DVD-RW drive in the same machine. The DVD-ROM drive reads anything thrown at it and is why I bought it. You can check this stuff out before you buy your drives. But I bought it before Safedisk even existed so I won't buy SHIII just incase I do get bitten in the rear by it because where I live I won't be able to return it if it doesn't work. That's Safedisk at work for Ubisoft, losing sales day by day.

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#67408 - 03/20/05 06:50 PM Re: Help!!! DVD Rom won't read the disc....  
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It appears that it's a fine line as in DVD-ROM or *nothing*
This is definitely not the case as I have an HP DVD-RW and have not had any issues whatsoever with this game installing or playing related to it. I know others also have DVD-RWs and have had no issues. So please don't spread this kind of false information. I'm sure it's not intentional on your part. If you also read the "notice" part area (colored yellow to help make it noticeable) of the system requirements that you quoted above in your post it clearly states "This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some CD-RW, DVD-RW, and virtual drives" (emphasis is mine)

I hope this clears up any worries that some people may have. So if you have a CD-RW/DVD-RW it may be a "luck of the draw" for you whether it will work or not. S!


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#67409 - 03/20/05 07:42 PM Re: Help!!! DVD Rom won't read the disc....  
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Hi,I have too agree with 609, SH3 installed with no problem using my Creation dvd/rw drive.The sim continues to run with no problems.I think if your using a dvd/rw drive you may get lucky & the sim will work.Would have been nice if UBI had advised which dvd/rw drives SH3 supports.Asking too much I guess,which is too bad,as the sim is great,just ask anybody who can get it too play-Cheers-Cody

#67410 - 03/20/05 07:56 PM Re: Help!!! DVD Rom won't read the disc....  
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Avatar i aint spreading *any* false info, there's enough of that about without me! All i did was state on the box what it said, the mere fact that it states that it "may conflict with some CD-RW, DVD-RW, and virtual drives" is pretty much why i said *stick with a DVD-ROM* and not a DVD-ROM/RW. Do you think people are going to gamble buying a DVD-RW after reading the box or the posts around here? So it works for you with a RW, well what do you have to say to the folks above who also have DVD/RW and even a DVD/CD-RW and it *doesn't* install?? isn't that what you quoted as "spread this kind of false information" erm it doesn't work for them and you've more or less called the kettle black.
You've not exactly benefited them with info -other than "it works on MY DVD-RW"
I have a DVD-ROM -what is stated on the box- and it works perfectly, ok some DVD-ROM drives still have problems but i can assure you -by reading here and other sites (check out the thread in Wolfbiscuits post) that there's a damn site more people with problems installing this from a DVD-RW/Combo than from a DVD-ROM *ONLY*
Try looking at it from the whole perspective ;\)

#67411 - 03/20/05 11:53 PM Re: Help!!! DVD Rom won't read the disc....  
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NEWSFLASH:

It works! I took the game back to the store and exchanged it for another. No problems (so far) whatsoever. I have rebooted twice (point at which it messed up last time) and launched the game 8 or 9 times without a hitch. I suspect there may be a bad batch out there. I hope it continues to work for me but the 'read disc' protection has passed the test all these times so here's hoping. Please spread this around. I may have been hasty in blaming the protection thingy.

Thanks again for everyone's help.

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#67412 - 03/21/05 01:47 AM Re: Help!!! DVD Rom won't read the disc....  
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I'm glad to hear that Compans.

Perhaps I'll get one exchange from EB before asking for the refund, just in case its a dud copy.

#67413 - 03/21/05 01:55 AM Re: Help!!! DVD Rom won't read the disc....  
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So does this mean I can't run the game on the new IBM T42 notebook the company just shipped me because it has a DVD/CD-RW?

#67414 - 03/21/05 02:45 AM Re: Help!!! DVD Rom won't read the disc....  
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See? This is why Tracer's comments were so confusing...

No it doesnt mean you won't be able to, it may mean that you might not. It's luck of the draw depending on what brand drive is in there.

If/when you have problems, it now seems that Starforce are issuing alternate keys that work for people with this problem.

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