You think you hate MOO3?

Newbreed · September 4, 2003, 20:36

After pre-ordering the game and being bitterly disappointed by the end result, I set my cds aside and decided to wait for the patch. Cue yesterday, when I decided to down load the 1.25 patch and give it another chance.
I put the cd into my new DVD-ROM, close it and wait for the autorun to kick. I hear a pleasant whirring sound and then a harsh crack. I open my drive to find that the poxy cheap cd has shattered and destroyed my DVD-ROM. Bastard game, I give you a second chance and this is how you repay me. Honestly, you can complain all you want but no-one can hate this game more than me.

Vince278 · September 5, 2003, 03:21

Never heard of anything like that happening before.

Grumbold · September 5, 2003, 04:59

I blame your DvD rom for destroying a quality product!

krait23 · September 5, 2003, 06:18

How nice of MoO3. I guess thats what you get for putting coasters into your DVD drive

Though I once had Fantasy General crack up on me, which was indeed a quality product (xcept for the CD apparently). Ahhhh those better days...
But it didnt hurt my drive at all...

Lata
Krait

Vince278 · September 5, 2003, 23:28

Sounds like the physical quality of the CD vs. the condition of your drive. Old disks may get brittle but MOO3 isn't old. I'd blame the drive.

Newbreed · September 6, 2003, 04:29

The drive was barely a month old.

ChaotikVisions · September 6, 2003, 13:18

Either the cd or drive must have had a defect. Not sure which, but neither of my MoO3 cds have cracked. I'd contact Infogrames, pretty sure it can be replaced if you're sure the cd was defective. Really odd though, I haven't heard of anything like that before either.

asleepathewheel · September 6, 2003, 19:37

huh, that's certainly awful luck. what brand drive was it?

Vince278 · September 7, 2003, 00:17

I've seen alot of head crashes with the old (circa 1988) 40MB Bernoulli drives (the head would literally etch grooves in the disks). I guess you can't have head crashes with lasers but perhaps the spindle can go slightly out of alignment. With CDs spinning as fast as they do anything could happen. I still think it very unlikely unless you insert the CD then throw the PC out the window.

General Ludd · September 7, 2003, 09:09

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Originally posted by ChaotikVisions
Either the cd or drive must have had a defect.

All the MOO3 CDs are defetive. It's called copy protection.

Newbreed · September 7, 2003, 17:24

It's an A-Open drive. Never heard of them either but the drive is wrecked. Fragments of MOO3 everywhere. Can Infogames replace my copy because the shop is hardly going to replace the cd after all this time? And will they charge me for it?

H Tower · September 11, 2003, 01:04

Only one way to find out, send them an email

MichaeltheGreat · September 17, 2003, 02:08

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Originally posted by Newbreed
It's an A-Open drive. Never heard of them either but the drive is wrecked. Fragments of MOO3 everywhere. Can Infogames replace my copy because the shop is hardly going to replace the cd after all this time? And will they charge me for it?

A-Open is a Taiwan/China based clone company - I've used there stuff on occasion, and never had problems with it. How do you know the drive is dead though?

A lot of times, the gear drives for the trays can get messed up, or if you have broken media, a piece could lodge somewhere. I've taken apart and repaired plenty of CD and DVD drives, but I've yet to see one actually killed by the media, broken or otherwise.