N4 Online With NoCD Patch - Fixed Yet??

Hi all, Just wondering whether anyone has been able to play N4 online with the NoCD patch yet. I don't want to have to keep using the original CD but can't get online with the NoCD patch as I get a message telling me I have an out of date version. I have checked through all the posts relating to this type of problem but haven't found any answers so just checking to see if anyone else has found a work around. TIA PH

On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 10:03:32 +0000, Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi all, >Just wondering whether anyone has been able to play N4 online with the >NoCD patch yet. I don't want to have to keep using the original CD but >can't get online with the NoCD patch as I get a message telling me I >have an out of date version. > >I have checked through all the posts relating to this type of problem >but haven't found any answers so just checking to see if anyone else >has found a work around.

I was able to copy my N4 disk with the CD Copier program (part of Adaptec's CD Easy CD Creator 3.5). It works to start the game and run online. Some have suggested N4 only uses the SecuROM copy protection during installation (I haven't tried an install from the copied disk - no need to), others have suggested that there are different N4 disks out there (with different/no copy protection). Dunno, but it works for me. "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

Thanks for that, I actually have now managed to copy the CD using the latest version of CloneCD. I haven't had much luck using the version of Adaptecs CD Copier that came with my CD-RW to copy game discs. Initially the CloneCD copy didn't seem to work either, it installed the sim fine but when I tried to run it nothing happened. However, after rebooting it now works fine and I am able to join online races via the Sierra button in the game. Many thanks PH On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 13:41:43 GMT, [email hidden] (Jeff Vincent) wrote:

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>On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 10:03:32 +0000, Peter Hooper ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >>Hi all, >>Just wondering whether anyone has been able to play N4 online with the >>NoCD patch yet. I don't want to have to keep using the original CD but >>can't get online with the NoCD patch as I get a message telling me I >>have an out of date version. >> >>I have checked through all the posts relating to this type of problem >>but haven't found any answers so just checking to see if anyone else >>has found a work around. > > I was able to copy my N4 disk with the CD Copier program (part of >Adaptec's CD Easy CD Creator 3.5). It works to start the game and run >online. Some have suggested N4 only uses the SecuROM copy protection >during installation (I haven't tried an install from the copied disk - >no need to), others have suggested that there are different N4 disks >out there (with different/no copy protection). Dunno, but it works >for me. > >"But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was >nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into >a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

Simple Fix... 1. Get a copy of CloneCD from the Net. 2. Get a copy of DAEMON Tools 2.47a from the Net. 3. Install CloneCD. Restart. Do not change ANY options. Create an image of the CD. 4. Change the extension on the CD to .ISO. 5. Put away the N4 CD FOREVER! 6. Install DAEMON Tools 2.47a. Restart. 7. Using the DAEMON Tools System Tray Icon, Set it to Emulate SecuROM. 8. Using the DAEMON Tools System Tray Icon, mount the N4 CD Image. At this point, the CD will automount just like you put it in the CD-ROM Drive. Install N4. Play N4, online and off. I've been doing this for 2 weeks and in fact have imaged nearly all of my game CD's and put them away safely. Nascar Heat, Viper Racing and GPL also work fine. Oddly, I haven't been able to get CloneCD to read the GP3 CD. I'll work on that later, as GP3 is a low priority :) -Larry "Peter Hooper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi all, > Just wondering whether anyone has been able to play N4 online with the > NoCD patch yet. I don't want to have to keep using the original CD but > can't get online with the NoCD patch as I get a message telling me I > have an out of date version. > > I have checked through all the posts relating to this type of problem > but haven't found any answers so just checking to see if anyone else > has found a work around. > > TIA > > PH