New Age Santa Posted September 25, 2001 Share Posted September 25, 2001 I just recently updated CM to the latest version and when I up and fired it up...it says CD-ROm required yet I have my cd in the cd-rom drive. What the hell is going on???? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Age Santa Posted September 25, 2001 Author Share Posted September 25, 2001 ok, so I downgrade and all of a sudden it works again. Wtf? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted September 25, 2001 Share Posted September 25, 2001 Did you just recently insert the CDROM into the drive before starting up CM ? If so, then the CD drive hasn't had time to spin the CD up to speed for reading and hence CM will not recognize that the CD is in the drive for copy protection purposes. If the CD has been in the drive for a few minutes and you still get this problem, then check to see if you can actually read the CD in the file manager/explorer. Is this a copy of the CD or the original CD ? Some CD copies may not be written correctly for copy protection purposes. You can delete your Prefs file to see if this makes a difference, but I don't know why it would. CM should recognize the CD being in any drive that's accessible. The version shouldn't make a difference. [ 09-24-2001: Message edited by: Schrullenhaft ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Age Santa Posted September 25, 2001 Author Share Posted September 25, 2001 Nope, the cd is the original copy, it's been in my cd-rom drive for about 40 minutes, it's clean and well-kept and is being read. I deleted the prefs and tried again, nothing. Something is seriously freaky.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeWary Posted September 25, 2001 Share Posted September 25, 2001 Sometimes I have to open the "My Computer" window and hit F5 to refresh. This should always refresh the icon for the CD (in essence, Windows redetects the CD in the drive). If it doesn't show the correct icon, then right-click on the CD-drive icon and "eject" the CD. Reinsert, wait for it to spin up, and hit F5 again to refresh. I have to do this sometimes, and I don't know if it's a quirk of Win98SE or my drive. I think it's my drive. I have a Pioneer DVD 114. Hope that works for you. BeWary 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Age Santa Posted September 29, 2001 Author Share Posted September 29, 2001 Ok I decided to try one more time and lo and behold, it's happening again. Can someone from BTS help me out on this or anyone for that matter... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Age Santa Posted September 29, 2001 Author Share Posted September 29, 2001 TTT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalistdoginchina Posted September 29, 2001 Share Posted September 29, 2001 After you update the CM file you will need a new .exe icon or shortcut, delete the original and make a new one, i usually label it "Combat Mission 1.12" so that you don't get confused. Rename your original icon "Combat Mission 1.1" so that you know which icon is new and which is old. CDIC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Age Santa Posted September 29, 2001 Author Share Posted September 29, 2001 still nothing, it works when I use the original .exe but it fails to detect a cd whenever I run CM using the new .exe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalistdoginchina Posted October 3, 2001 Share Posted October 3, 2001 I can only think that you must have a sensitive CD Rom Drive, i have 2 computers here, in each i have 2 CD Drives (One DVD and one CDRW) I made a disk copy of my CM so i can play on my LAN, the copied disk plays in 3 of the 4 CD Drives, it refuses to play on my Toshiba DVD Rom drive, i switch the 2 CD's from one PC to the other and its ok. The Toshiba always asks me for the CD Rom insertion even though the disk is in the drive - the same problem you have. All i can suggest is to either Copy your original disk and try the copy, or try another CD Rom Drive. CDIC PS. The copied disk worked fine for one year in the Toshiba DVD Drive, for some reason it started playing up last month - i don't really know why. [ 10-03-2001: Message edited by: Captitalistdoginchina ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted October 3, 2001 Share Posted October 3, 2001 What OS are you running ? Re-download the CM 1.12 patch. Delete all of the files in the CMBO root directory (but obviously not the directories themselves). Delete your shortcut that you use to launch CM. Extract the 1.12 patch; make sure that it is installing to the correct directory if you're not using the default directory. Re-create your shortcut with the new executable. Hopefully this should work. If not then there is something wrong with your system or the downloaded patch. CD-R's are different from standard, silver-colored, manufactured CDROMs. They use a dye in the substrate to alter the reflective properties; while a manufactured CDROM actually has the pits built into the aluminum reflective surface. Older CDROM drives (and I've seen this with some older Toshibas myself) have a hard time reading the dye-based CDROMs because their lasers don't do a good job with reflecting/deflecting with the dye (not a broad enough laser light frequency ?). Almost any CDROM drive that is 16X or faster should be able to read CD-R's, but that isn't consistently true (and there are some variations with CD-R's that prevent every drive from reading them). I've also seen DVD drives have a problem with some CD-R's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted October 4, 2001 Share Posted October 4, 2001 I had the exact same problem a while back. Installed the upgrade and bam, "cannot read cd-rom, please insert the correct cd-rom." I just said screw it and reinstalled. BTW, how can i change the resolution? It gives u the option of which resolution u want when u install the game or get a new graphics driver. Anyway to change resolution? Meaty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted October 4, 2001 Share Posted October 4, 2001 Edit - Uh... I see you got your answer in another earlier thread. MeatEtr - you need to delete the Combat Mission Bynd Ovr Prefs file in the CMBO directory (which is defaulted to the C:\PROGRAM FILES\CMBO). When you launch CM again you will be prompted for the resolution to run at, starting with your current resolution and refresh rate (though there is a possibility that it may start out with a refresh rate higher than what you're currently running). If you don't select (or if you manually skip) the resolution the next lower resolution and/or refresh rate will be offered. [ 10-04-2001: Message edited by: Schrullenhaft ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted October 5, 2001 Share Posted October 5, 2001 Hey, yeah i got the answer earlier. But thanks anyway Schrullenhaft. I'll be installing windowsXP in about a week. So i might be back. I hope i dont have any problems. Meaty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Von Bayern Posted October 5, 2001 Share Posted October 5, 2001 Hi, I just bought the program and to be honest had REAL problems with it!!!! BUT and I happy but I solved the problem... ONLY run the game fron the CD I repeat the CD icon!!!!!! It runs perfectly thereafter!! Good luck and hope this helps you!!!! Took me a while to figure it but am now a VERY happy tank commander lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeWary Posted October 5, 2001 Share Posted October 5, 2001 What exactly do you mean, "From the CD icon"? Do you mean only use the autoplay of the CD? I don't remember if the CD even has autoplay. I never use autoplay. If you could be more specific on how you got it working, it might help us get to the bottom of this. Thanks, BeWary 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted October 5, 2001 Share Posted October 5, 2001 The CMBO CD doesn't have autoplay. I'm at a loss too as to what Von Bayern is speaking of 'running from the CD'. This is typically the most problematic and slowest method of running CM. It shouldn't be any better than running CMBO from the hard drive unless your hard drive (or its controller) has problems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compassion Posted October 7, 2001 Share Posted October 7, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Von Bayern: ONLY run the game fron the CD I repeat the CD icon!!!!!! It runs perfectly thereafter!! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> So... are you saying that you run it from the CD? Don't play dowloaded scenarios or hth with anyone then, huh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.