03-06-2002 20:48									#1
	Playing civ without cd Increase the size of your Attachments

I have a laptop and I can only use the cd-rom for about an 1 or 2 before the laptop powerdown from being heated. I can leave the laptop on all day and no problem or I can work on the laptop all day without having it shut down. just when I play games using the cd-rom. My question is there a way for civ3 to be played without the cd-rom like changing the ini file or something or did they not allow this because of a piracy scare. Thanks.

	03-06-2002 20:59									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

It is surely possible with the adequate 'cracked' civilization.exe file. But I do not think Firaxis has implemented such a feature.

	03-06-2002 23:09									#3
	Solution Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

Simple as this. If you have a real version of the game then I don't think anyone would consider this illegal. Get the .iso image from the civilization CD (This can be done with CD Clone) then gte a virtual drive (Daemon Tools is a great program) then insert the iso into the virtual drive and play!

Or I did see a hacked exe the other day on a forum. I think it was at Game World or something like that.

	04-06-2002 01:58									#4
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There is a no-CD crack available. If you're interested, PM me and I might email it to you...

	04-06-2002 03:32									#5
	No CD Crack Increase Your PM Length

I got a no CD crack from FIRAXIS because I was having trouble with the safedisk 2 protection they are using on their CDS. IF you want you could e-mail me at chrispoliquin@hotmail.com and I will send it to you. It is an EXE file that you use to replace the current EXE in the Civilization folder.

	04-06-2002 04:43									#6
	Re: No CD Crack Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

quote: Originally posted by Sheik I got a no CD crack from FIRAXIS because I was having trouble with the safedisk 2 protection they are using on their CDS. IF you want you could e-mail me at chrispoliquin@hotmail.com and I will send it to you. It is an EXE file that you use to replace the current EXE in the Civilization folder.

Or you could just get in touch with Firaxis to make it all legal...

	04-06-2002 14:30									#7
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If you do a full install the game should only look at the CD at the start. After that the laptop really should power down the CD reader in minute or two.

If you have done a full install maybe its the constant hard drive access thats the problem. The game is pretty CPU instensive as well.

	06-06-2002 23:45									#8
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Another possibilty is that there isn't enough memory in the laptop, and it's having to access the hard drive more often in order to use virtual memory.