No CD for Halo CE?

[Patrickssj6]

Someone needs to write a no-cd executable for whatever version is out. 1.07 is it?

I don't know about the American laws but I think they are quite the same as here. We, as reverse engineers, are not allowed to break any copyrighted protection. Breaking the protection alone (...in this case SafeDisc 2.70.030) is already punishable.

BUT...we'll see

[Llama Juice]

I almost always use a fixed exe unless if I'm playing online... which is hardly ever... I have two actual disks, just don't care enough to toss em in when playing.

[AAA]

Is there anyway with a program to make an .img/.iso/...etc file for other games, mount the image to a virtual drive and successfully play the game without the CD needed?

This is a question I've been wanting to ask for a while because of my GTA San Andreas and Halo. I've looked around the internet for the answer, but none with my issue or successful answer.

I want to know how to make these image files without relying on the internet to save my ass every ally I walk into without knowing what's behind every dumpster or Homo's box home.

[Terin]

Making a disc image of it for yourself isn't illegal, as far as I know. As long as you don't distribute it. You can get ImgBurn and Daemon Tools to do that.

That.

[Assault&Battery]

I used to use a No-CD crack for the latest version of CE, but I removed it do to the fact I couldn't view any dedicated servers.

Never tried to mount a disc image before, I'll have to try that. My CE works, but the disc is almost to the point where it's too scratched to work right anymore (Been playing H1 Xbox since it came out, PC since 2004, CE since 2005).

[Patrickssj6]

Is there anyway with a program to make an .img/.iso/...etc file for other games, mount the image to a virtual drive and successfully play the game without the CD needed?

This is a question I've been wanting to ask for a while because of my GTA San Andreas and Halo. I've looked around the internet for the answer, but none with my issue or successful answer.

I want to know how to make these image files without relying on the internet to save my ass every ally I walk into without knowing what's behind every dumpster or Homo's box home.

Yes but for that you would have to break the protection which would be illegal again.

You need CloneCD and ClonyXXL to break the protection.

[EvilLilElmo]

Sorry for bumping this really old thread, but for the people that mounted the Halo image to play the game did the ingame text not work for them? My CD is broken apparently and I wanted to reinstall the game but I can't play it that way.

[jcap]

Run haloupdate.exe in the Halo CE directory as administrator. It will update the game to 1.09 and you won't need a disc.

[Amit]

Sorry for bumping this really old thread, but for the people that mounted the Halo image to play the game did the ingame text not work for them? My CD is broken apparently and I wanted to reinstall the game but I can't play it that way.

If you don't have Halo installed already, you'll need to find a disc to install it. You always try to download one, but I would advise against that. If you only want to play Halo: Custom Edition, you can just download the installer from Halomaps and use your Halo PC product key to install it. Once it's installed, do like jcap said and run the haloupdate.exe file in the folder that halo was installed it.

[supersniper]

just wish all those piraters on hce 1.0 would do it... about 1000 of them play a day :O