DuFF MaN U.S.O. Rep Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Okay when i try to open up the cds contents in windows explorer using win 2000 pro it locks up the app and will only allow it to die once i eject the cdrom from the tray.. Ive also encountered similar beahvior on a win98 machine but to a less dramatic but also disruptful effect.. It's a brand new v1.02 cd and i was able to successfully install using the Run menu. It play great and i'm very much enjoying the game and looking to find my first opponent. But i have 2 optical drives and this happens with both. Now I believe that I mightve gotten a bum cd because ive seen this before with a cdrw that contained errors and bad files.. Has anyone else out there encounterd something like this and is it really a bum cd? If so I should be able to get a replacement huh??? _-/ Just My 2 Cents \-_ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSColonel_131st Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Definitly sounds like a bad CD, or a copy protection causing problems with your drives. Locking up WE happens most often with dirty CDs that can not be read proberly. Strange, though, that you could install from it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuFF MaN U.S.O. Rep Posted April 2, 2003 Author Share Posted April 2, 2003 Yes tis very strange that the run cmd was able to browse the drive adn execute the installation prog. might it be something in the file listing and orginzation tables on the cd??? Maybe the run cmd just has a quiuk peek at the contents and doesent get to see the problem. Where as WE looks more deeply at the cd's FAT/structure and is getting hung up on some inconsistency. In any case looks like i'm halfway to a coaster, But I'm happy that it still reads the cd and lets me play the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 The BTS/Internet version of the game has only one file on the CD; it's one big, self-extracting RAR archive. The file is around 656Mb in size, which isn't beyond the max that can fit on a CD (which can be 700-800Mb, depending on the particular media and the drive's capability to read it). When CMBB first shipped (v. 1.0 only) there were a few manufacturing problems that prevented a number of CD/DVD drives from reading it properly (i.e. - some drives could read the CD, while others wouldn't). Only a small batch of the CD's were effected, but enough people had problems with it that BTS had to send out some new CDs once a replacement batch was manufactured. I don't know if your CD actually has a manufacturing defect or not. Occasionally a drive may have problems reading a CD that is close to maximum capacity, however this is usually true of a drive that has problems anyway and it should usually happen as you try to read near the end of the CD and not the TOC/FAT/etc of the CD. Do you have any 'explorer file extensions' that could be interfering with reading a directory ? In other words, has a program been installed that provides extra file functionality within Explorer ? Also do you have any programs installed that automatically read/detect the CD/DVD beyond what Windows has built-in ? These may have problems with some CDs and cause Explorer to lockup. If I understand you correctly, apparently you can get a directory from the command-line without any problems. If that's the case, then I wouldn't assume that you have a defective CD, especially since you can extract the files without problem and play the game. Most of the early-run defects had problems that popped up during the extraction of the file, often near the end of the CD, where the scenarios/ops would extract or a large sound file wouldn't extract. It's still possible that you may have a defect (near the center of the CD ?). But I assume that those types of manufacturing defects are a bit more rare. [ April 02, 2003, 07:06 PM: Message edited by: Schrullenhaft ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuFF MaN U.S.O. Rep Posted April 4, 2003 Author Share Posted April 4, 2003 Win RaR has a few extentions in to aid in my achive mgmt. other than that maybe a virtual drive extension that i use to load my cds as images on the hdd and function like drives. This allows me to play my many games without finding and switching discs, all i do is click and its loaded. Anyway i'm at the point of wiping my win98 partion clean and starting anew, its that time ya know. I'll try it on the fresh install and let you know. Is there any issues with newer nvidia drivers and win9x systems??? I guess i'll just ghost the install up to the vid drivers and try both and see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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