Require CD=no means yes

HuangShang · August 14, 2002, 12:30

for a while i actually didn't need the CD but once i turn the music on... the game crashes w/o its disk...
can u modders help me on this

thanx
-theDivineEmperor

Immortal Wombat · August 14, 2002, 12:48

RequireCD=Yes means (I think) that you need the CD to open CtP2.
RequireCD=No means you can get all the way up to the point of loading the actual game, or it seems, changing the sound settings, before you need the CD.

Or its the setting for which install you did. Whether the sound and video is on the CD or not.

HuangShang · August 14, 2002, 13:07

well... changing the music doesn't cause a crash
the game just won't load/start w/ the music on

Immortal Wombat · August 14, 2002, 13:29

will it load with it off?

HuangShang · August 14, 2002, 18:18

i know that... but then its boring...
i wrote the post in the first place to see if anyone can help me start w/o CD and have the music on the HD

isn't there a file telling the CtP2 where to get music?

J Bytheway · August 14, 2002, 19:33

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Originally posted by HuangShang
i know that... but then its boring...

You mean you actually like the CTP2 music? IMHO it's insanely frustrating. Though that probably has a lot to do with the fact that I couldn't stop it playing the same track over and over and over... I never heard the other tracks.

HuangShang · August 14, 2002, 19:43

theres a random order otion... but it does.nt work

HuangShang · August 14, 2002, 19:47

its too boring w/o music

mapfi · August 15, 2002, 03:25

Doesn't the music change when you enter a new age? It's the same melody, though. Actually I like the melody and once in a while I even watch the intro again because I think it's actually pretty good for a low machine specs intro (compare it to the civ3 one, there you'll now already before civ3 has started that you won't like the game...

)
I never play with the music. Funny thing is I just tried to turn the music back on yesterday though, but it seems that you can't do that when you're already playing.

ahenobarb · August 15, 2002, 09:49

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Originally posted by mapfi
Doesn't the music change when you enter a new age? It's the same melody, though. Actually I like the melody and once in a while I even watch the intro again because I think it's actually pretty good for a low machine specs intro (compare it to the civ3 one, there you'll now already before civ3 has started that you won't like the game...

)
I never play with the music. Funny thing is I just tried to turn the music back on yesterday though, but it seems that you can't do that when you're already playing.

I don't mind the music either, but it does always seem stuck on the same song. Perhaps it does change with eras, but J and I are playing Cradle, so it takes longer to get out of ancient?

J Bytheway · August 15, 2002, 10:41

I turned it off after about 20 turns on my first ever game (when I was playing slow to get used to it, so that was probably about 30min), and have never turned it on since. So I don't know if it changes with the age. Many mods increase the number of ages, so that could have strange effects...

HuangShang · August 15, 2002, 12:35

when acually in game... i only notice a change the first time i open the library

Zaphod Beeblebrox · September 14, 2002, 14:54

well, just a hint:
after getting the game started turn music off, replace the cd by an audio-cd of yours and turn the music on. you will listen to fine music while playing, at least if you like your cd :-P

SMIFFGIG · September 29, 2002, 07:26

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RequireCD=Yes means (I think) that you need the CD to open CtP2.

RequireCD=
Where is this found, I looked in the userprofile.txt but it isnt in there so where is it?

ETB · September 29, 2002, 14:06

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Originally posted by SMIFFGIG
RequireCD=
Where is this found, I looked in the userprofile.txt but it isnt in there so where is it?

It's on the 50th line in my Userprofile.txt file. Here it is with the lines above and below it:

Quote:

UseRedbookAudio=Yes
RequireCD=No
Prophylaxis=No

Keep looking, you should find it in your userprofile.txt.

SMIFFGIG · September 30, 2002, 16:10

Thanx ETB

HuangShang · January 28, 2003, 01:53

a bump for DoT... at least i think this is what he asked for

Devil of Truth · January 28, 2003, 04:50

Thanks HuangShang.

HuangShang · January 28, 2003, 10:38

i missed this before, i want to ask whats UseRedbookAudio=Yes

Locutus · January 28, 2003, 10:53

Redbook is a CD format standard. It represents regular music CDs, like the one you put in your audio CD player. I assume that UseRedBookAudio=Yes means that it will play the regular Audio tracks on the CD in the CD drive, if they are found (your CtP2 CD should have 11 tracks: the first contains all the data, the other 10 the in-game music tracks; the audio tracks should play on your sound installation as well). If it's No, it won't play music from CD, allowing you to play your own music in the background instead (with WinAmp or whatever).

I never tested this though, so I'm not sure if this is accurate. Disabling the music in-game has the same effect, so there's no real need to...

HuangShang · January 28, 2003, 10:58

ohh, ok

The Big Mc · January 29, 2003, 06:03

There is a way to play the game without the cd but it depends on hard disk space. It is possible to get software that allows you to save the cd to hard disk and run it from there. However if you have a small hard drive you can't realistic do it.

Locutus · January 29, 2003, 06:48

Erm, you can play the game from HDD anyway, no need for special software. Just do a regular install (full or compact, doesn't matter) and apply the no-CD hack. The only reason why you need the CD is so the game can check if you're not using a pirated version (and in the compact version for the movies as well). Of course, the only disadvantage is that without CD you won't have the music but ripping the audio tracks to MP3 and playing those in WinAmp is easily done as well (I actually prefer this above playing from CD)...

Zaphod Beeblebrox · January 29, 2003, 08:18

so where is that no cd-hack?

Locutus · January 29, 2003, 08:22

It's against the rules of this site to post no-CDs hacks, or anything else potentially piracy-related. But if you PM or email me (or some of the other regulars), I'll see what I can do for you.

HuangShang · January 29, 2003, 21:15

arent they called cracks, a hack is more cheating in-game right?

ahenobarb · January 30, 2003, 11:19

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Originally posted by HuangShang
arent they called cracks, a hack is more cheating in-game right?

Yes, technically it's a crack. A crack is program that circumvents a security feature of a program.

A hack though is not cheating, it is when you modify the program either by altering the source code (if you have it available) or editing the binary file. The essence of a hack, is that the modification it is not authorized/endorsed by the producer of the software. You could hack a program to cheat (although usually you hack a save file to give yourself extra ... whatever you want), but hacking is not necessarily cheating. Sometimes you have to hack a program to get it to work properly.

QED

child of Thor · January 30, 2003, 13:53

I've seen such software given away on the coverdiscs of some pc magazines recently - sadly i didn't buy any, still i got two CTP2 origonal game disks and use the spare one to listen to the music(with track 1 on skip), this is another way to get over the repeat music bug.

HuangShang · January 30, 2003, 21:37

Quote:

Originally posted by ahenobarb

Yes, technically it's a crack. A crack is program that circumvents a security feature of a program.

A hack though is not cheating, it is when you modify the program either by altering the source code (if you have it available) or editing the binary file. The essence of a hack, is that the modification it is not authorized/endorsed by the producer of the software. You could hack a program to cheat (although usually you hack a save file to give yourself extra ... whatever you want), but hacking is not necessarily cheating. Sometimes you have to hack a program to get it to work properly.

QED

thought so