DOOM3 copy protection....

[MJCfromCT]

Got doom3 at bestbuy this morning...

installed it

went to play it....

"cannot find disc 1, cd/dvd emulation software detected, please disable all cd/dvd emulation software and restart"

so i disable my alcohol virtual drives, and retry

same thing...

...the game must have so much copy protection built in that it can't even see its own cd's :confused: :confused: :confused:

[fishybawb]

I heard about FarCry and Painkiller having similar problems. Apparently you have to uninstall the software in question completely, although people have reported that installing it on a different partition/drive will work too.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Is this when installing or actually trying to start the game?

--Jakk:t

[MJCfromCT]

Jakk,

Its when trying to start the game...the splash screen comes up, then the activity light on the cd drive blinks a bunch, and that error comes up...the install went fine no prob...here's my setup in case anyone else experiences this problem...

A7N8X-E
2700+
1GB DDR400
9800Pro
Sony CD-RW
NEC DVD+RW

I tried putting the cd in both the cd and dvd drive and got the same results...instead of reinstalling, I made a trip over to gamecopyworld, and at least now I have the problem "bypassed" for now

*edit*

The game looks incredible! I'm running it at 1024/medium detail and its very playable...AA is off tho..

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Glad to hear you got it sorted

--Jakk:t

[MJCfromCT]

Jakk,

I followed your advice from a previous thread and tried running at high quality instead of medium quality...i expected a big framerate hit, but to my suprise i couldn't notice a significant framerate drop

[Bigjakkstaffa]

A lot of people have noticed that performance is better in high quality mode than it is on medium.

Spooky

--Jakk:t