12-10-2002 19:34									#1
	CMBB Oh no not again!!!!! Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

Ok you guys. Can anybody help me? I've just received my copy of Combat Mission 2(thought the first was great). I installed it and then.....nothing. It comes up with an error looking for a file. I've already posted on the battlefront website but had no joy yet. I was hoping that somebody here could shed some light on the problem....before the red mist descends and I start ranting and raving again(see my UT2003 post).
Just as an aside. It seems that a batch of faulty CDs was dispatched so mine might be one of those. Which, as I begin to rant, is quite ironic. Here I am, owning the retail version which I can't use(probably because it's a CD recognition error) while somewhere out there in Cyberspace, a pirate is sitting playing his cracked copy of the game which doesn't need the CD in the drive. Makes you wonder about CD protection cutting down on piracy.

	12-10-2002 21:39									#2
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Down with copy protection

	13-10-2002 00:48									#3
	Inflate your Upload Space

Yeah! I'm with you Urban(err ..we are on first name terms here, aren't we?)

	13-10-2002 07:39									#4
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Try getting a no-cd crack and see if it works then. If yes, then great. If not, then at least it eliminates that possibility.

	13-10-2002 10:46									#5
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Unfortunately, I can't find a no-cd crack and I've tried the solution posted on the Battlefront website. That worked for some but not for me. That's 2 games in one week that I can't get working and I'm really beginning to think that I'm jinxed.

	13-10-2002 13:02									#6
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

The problem could be that you have a weird drive that is somehow incompatible with the new SecuROM protection or whatever.

	14-10-2002 00:11									#7
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I wondered about that Asher but I have two machines with different makes of drive in them so I thought it unlikely that I would have exactly the same problem on both machines. I don't suppose it rules out the possibility completely - which is why I think a no-cd patch is probably the answer(if I can find one). Thanks anyway for the suggestion.

	14-10-2002 03:32									#8
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

if you want to pirate I would reccomend edonkey


Jon Miller

	14-10-2002 03:44									#9
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

I have a pirate version of Warcraft 3 installed on my computer, despite the fact that I have bought the full version from the store. But in my case it is because I hate having to search for a cd every time I want to play a different game.

	14-10-2002 10:02									#10
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

Skanky I totally understand where you're coming from. I hate hunting for the CD and, in fact, why should we have to? Your statement just goes to show how ridiculous and futile these anti-piracy attempts are when they force their own customers to go looking for a pirated version because the published version is such a pain in the arse. I would have no guilt trip about using a pirated version to save hunting for the CD - if I had already bought the retail copy.