Doom 3 on CD only - not DVD?!!

[user]

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Per this link: http://www2.cex.co.uk/cex_feature.asp?ct=1&id=7600


<<At the same time as they made the release announcement, id Software also
took the opportunity to squash a few of the more tenacious rumours currently
swirling around the net. Doom 3 will not be released on a DVD, instead it
will be shipped on either three of four standard CDs, with id CEO Todd
Hollenshead citing cost issues as reason, "For us the cost of the goods and
the cost of the replication and having to make two masters just isn't worth
it". >>

 

[Eric]

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Yeah. I installed it. Took 10 minutes with 3 CDs -- no big deal.

"####" <NOSPAMsigma@speed-mail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Per this link: http://www2.cex.co.uk/cex_feature.asp?ct=1&id=7600
>
>
> <<At the same time as they made the release announcement, id Software also
> took the opportunity to squash a few of the more tenacious rumours
currently
> swirling around the net. Doom 3 will not be released on a DVD, instead it
> will be shipped on either three of four standard CDs, with id CEO Todd
> Hollenshead citing cost issues as reason, "For us the cost of the goods
and
> the cost of the replication and having to make two masters just isn't
worth
> it". >>
>
>

 

[user]

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Do you have to keep CD1 in the drive while you play it?

 

[Eric]

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Yes -- like all ID games, until the first patch to take away CD check.

"####" <NOSPAMsigma@speed-mail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Do you have to keep CD1 in the drive while you play it?
>
>

 

[Ron]

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"Eric" <Eric@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Yes -- like all ID games, until the first patch to take away CD check.
>

That's been out for awhile already.

 

[Eric]

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Not officially for Doom3 -- maybe some unoffical hack.

"Ron" <rkrebs1@rcn.com> wrote in message
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> "Eric" <Eric@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> > Yes -- like all ID games, until the first patch to take away CD check.
> >
>
> That's been out for awhile already.
>
>

 

[shawk]

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"Eric" <Eric@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Not officially for Doom3 -- maybe some unoffical hack.
>
> "Ron" <rkrebs1@rcn.com> wrote in message
> news:411b881a$0$5908$61fed72c@news.rcn.com...
> >
> > "Eric" <Eric@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:I4udnbmsSZJo5IbcRVn-oQ@speakeasy.net...
> > > Yes -- like all ID games, until the first patch to take away CD check.
> > >
> >
> > That's been out for awhile already.
> >
> >
>
>

ARE there ANY 'official' no-CD hacks? Which previous game patch takes away
the CD check?

 

[GT-Force]

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"Shawk" <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
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> ARE there ANY 'official' no-CD hacks? Which previous game patch takes
> away
> the CD check?

UT2004. Kudos! Now, I do not have to deal with the DVD anymore.

GT

 

[Eric]

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"Shawk" <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
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> ARE there ANY 'official' no-CD hacks? Which previous game patch takes
away
> the CD check?

EVERY game that Id software has released required the CD -- until Id did its
first (or possibly 2nd) offiicial patch to the game.

 

[Guest]

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"Eric" <Eric@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Shawk" <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
> news:1092357662.91580.0@despina.uk.clara.net...
> > ARE there ANY 'official' no-CD hacks? Which previous game patch takes
> away
> > the CD check?
>
> EVERY game that Id software has released required the CD -- until Id did
its
> first (or possibly 2nd) offiicial patch to the game.
>
>
You must be too young to remember the original DOOM then....

 

[Eric]

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I"m not including that obviously -- since it didn't require CD.

"Biz" <biznospam@notatt.net> wrote in message
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> "Eric" <Eric@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Shawk" <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
> > news:1092357662.91580.0@despina.uk.clara.net...
> > > ARE there ANY 'official' no-CD hacks? Which previous game patch takes
> > away
> > > the CD check?
> >
> > EVERY game that Id software has released required the CD -- until Id did
> its
> > first (or possibly 2nd) offiicial patch to the game.
> >
> >
> You must be too young to remember the original DOOM then....
>
>

 

[shawk]

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"Eric" <Eric@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Shawk" <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
> news:1092357662.91580.0@despina.uk.clara.net...
> > ARE there ANY 'official' no-CD hacks? Which previous game patch takes
> away
> > the CD check?
>
> EVERY game that Id software has released required the CD -- until Id did
its
> first (or possibly 2nd) offiicial patch to the game.
>
>
>

Didnt know that - thanks. Kind of defeats the object of puuting this
protection on there in the first place though doesnt it. Shaun