DT vs Starforce 4.7 frontline...

[erosoft]

Any news regarding the new Starforce release ? Some new titles (I.E. Colin DiRT) are implementing this new copy protection.
There are new DT version planned to counterattack ?

Just to clarify, it is not a War, but its just to preserve our Original Copies...

Thanks and sorry for my poor English (i'm Italian)

Bye

[LooDos]

ciao! ^^
so whats going wrong with Colin McRae DIRT?! How did u create the image?! Do u get an error message?

[Vippis]

Hi,

I also have problems getting Colin McRae Dirt (Starforce 4.70.9.3) to run.

I made an image using Alcohol 120% 1.9.6.5403 with DPM High setting. My DT version is 4.091 and SPTD 1.47 beta.

When I mount the image into DT and try to start the game, SF gives me two error messages:

Either

1. Emulation software was found

or

2. Disc cannot be recognized (after a long scanning procedure and complete freeze of my system for 3s)

Things, that I've tried:

1. Deactivating my optical drive through windows or BIOS - doesn't work

2. Enabling Emulation in DT - doesn't work.

3. Completely uninstalling Alcohol 120% - doesn't work.

The strange thing is that there are people who get the game to work by just mounting it and play.


What else can I try ? Thx for help.

[erosoft]

I'm back...
Unfortunately i don't remember exactly which options i used, but DPM was activated during copy.

There is some way to view further information of the created image using Alcohol ?

The weird thing is that at First Launch of the Game (on Windows Vista), protection test passed and game started normally... When i changed Graphic Option and Game restarted, Starforce restarted too and crashed... So i restarted the System and the Game don't start anymore...

On DT all EMU was on. I tried to reinstall the Game and removed SF with the Utility "sfdrvrem"... But nothing changed.

SF protection error was "Insert original CD..."

What can i do ?
Please let me know if there is some way to check property of my Image...

[LooDos]

@both: in order to create a good image u have to uninstall SF drivers first as they interfere with the image creation.

@erosoft: u can use MDS-Viewer to see if the MDS is good (smooth curve).
IMPORTANT: DISABLE all DT emulations in order to get the game working.

[erosoft]

Ok, thanks alot i'll try it tonight with fingers crossed...
See you

[Terramex]

@erosoft
Please also have a look at this thread

If it's only the mds-file you can try this one

[erosoft]

@erosoft
Please also have a look at this thread
If it's only the mds-file you can try this one

Thanks i'll try your MDS, because mine its a little bit BAD, the First time SF check the Disk Fail and it only pass the second time... bit annoying.
Thanks

[Sunnyjendro]

I've got the same problem, but Colin DiRT didnt start. It shows 2 errors: "Emulator found" and "Error reading disc (something like that)" I dont know what to do...

[eyelids]

hi
i have a problem with dirt.. but it has nothing to do with "emulation detction" error:



i'm out of ideas... anyone has a solution?

[Jonny F]

Well, this is a first for me anyways...

I have a backup of DiRT running on Vista32 with the latest DT4.09HE and everything is working fine.

I was wondering when DT beat SF protection, but it seems that not everyone has the same results.

FYI I have a SATA RAID setup, a standard IDE drive and an IDE DVDROM connected.

No other protection work arounds are in place, only DT.

Let us know what you think,

Jon.

[Vippis]

Back again,

I made a fresh installation of Windows XP SP2 to look if it might help.

But the game still does not start.

Once I got it to work when I mounted the image from an external USB harddisc, but after reboot this didn't work anymore.

I get the same message like eyelids most.

[dermoritz]

my images of colin mcrae dirt is working "nearly" fine. sometimes i have to try it 5 times, sometimes it starts after 5sec checking.

i also used an "external" mds. what me impressed most is it still works after updating to version 1.1 (it also updates starforce - had to reboot). like i mentioned before after this update it took sometimes few more times to run the game.

[msantosrs]

My image fo Dirt is OK, my problem is autosave forever corrupted...ideas?

[eyelids]

I did a very silly mistake
I didn't notice that there was a .mds
so I mounted .mdf all the time - that was the problem

woks like a charm if .mds mounted with DT 4.09HE and SPTD 1.47