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[Tutorial] How to Play BW Without a CD

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DeSu
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Australia91 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-30 07:31:52
September 30 2009 07:25 GMT
#1
[Tutorial] How to Play BW Without a CD
By DeSu

edit: ugh disregard this, turns out you can already do this due to the patch. sorry

Hello TL,
After joining TL I was thinking of ways I could contribute. Since I am new to BW I knew I couldn't really write an article on strategy and I can't translate Korean articles since I don't know Korean. So I decided to write this tutorial on how to create a disc image of Brood War and successfully mount it with Daemon Tools.

I'm sorry if most of you already know this and I am pointing out the obvious, but hopefully this may be useful to some people who are not as experienced with this software.

Note that this is completely legal so as long as you do not distribute your copy of Brood War disc image that you burn.

If you are unfamiliar with what a disc image is, a disc image is basically the same thing as a CD, except it is stored virtually on your computer's hard drive. So basically you have a CD on the computer without actually physically having the disc. Disc images come in a variety of formats. The format we will be using is .iso.

What we then do with this disc image is mount it on a virtual drive. A virtual drive is like another fake disc drive (so you can basically have two CDs on your computer at once; one that is in your real disc drive and one on your virtual drive). What Daemon Tools Lite does is create this virtual disc drive.


So here we go:

1. First of all, visit the following link and download the program Daemon Tools Lite v4.30.4. It is completely free. Be sure you click the correct download button, NOT the Start Download button at the top.
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http://www.disc-tools.com/download/daemon

2. Once the download is complete, run the .exe file that you downloaded and follow the instructions provided in the installer. WARNING! This installer has a lot of adware, for example it might ask you if you want to install their toolbar and also if you want to set their website to your homepage. Make sure to double check each step and to only select the necessary options. On the part where it asks you which components you want to install, you can safely uncheck all the options except for the core files. It's all useless anyways.

3. After step two, you may need to reboot. Whether you need to or not, once that is done you should have a Daemon Tools icon on your taskbar in the bottom right. If it is not there, go to where you installed it (default is C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite on Vista) and run daemon.exe.

4. Next we have to create a disc image of BW. You can do this with a variety of programs. I personally used Nero. Here is a free program I found that you can create disc images with:
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http://www.lucersoft.com/freeware.php

Download LC ISO Creator, extract the files and run the program. Insert you Brood War CD into your computer and select from the drop down list the drive it is in. Another window should pop up asking you where you want to save the .iso file. The program will then begin creating the .iso.

5.Once it is done, right click on the Daemon Tools icon in the taskbar, select Virtual CD/DVD Rom --> Device 0: [ X ] --> Mount Image. Then go to where you saved the .iso and Daemon Tools should mount it. If you did this correctly, you should now be able to play Brood War with this disc image!

To double check, go to My Computer. There should be a new disc drive with Brood War in it. Note you can also mess around with the settings and have lots of disc drives. I usually create three virtual drives: one with Brood War, one with Starcraft and one spare in case I want to mount anything else.

If you ever want to uninstall these programs, just run the .exe file you downloaded for Daemon Tools and select Remove. For LC ISO Creator, just delete the extracted files.

I hope this was helpful, and if you need any help feel free to leave a post on this thread or PM me. I'll try to get back to you asap.

Cheers,
DeSu
MuR)Ernu
Profile Joined September 2008
Finland768 Posts
September 30 2009 07:28 GMT
#2
This would have been an useful guide if blizzard didnt release a better way theirselves.

You can just copy "install.exe" or something from the cd to the BW folder and rename it to "BroodWar.mpq".

Voila
caldo149
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States469 Posts
September 30 2009 07:29 GMT
#3
nice effort but actually you can do it without CD emulation ^^;
It was a feature added in a patch:

patch.txt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- patch 1.15.2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Feature Changes

- StarCraft and StarCraft: BroodWar no longer require the CD while playing the
game. To play without the CD, please follow the following instructions:

- Windows Users:
- Make sure you have "Hide extensions for known types" unchecked under
Explorer Folder Options.
- If you own only StarCraft, copy "INSTALL.EXE" from the StarCraft CD to
your StarCraft folder and rename it to "StarCraft.mpq".
- If you own StarCraft: Brood War, copy "INSTALL.EXE" from the StarCraft:
Brood War CD to your StarCraft folder and rename it to "BroodWar.mpq".

- Mac users:
- If you own only StarCraft, copy "StarCraft Archive" from the StarCraft CD
to your StarCraft folder.
- If you own StarCraft: Brood War, copy "Brood War Archive" from the
StarCraft: Brood War CD to your StarCraft folder.
Hellions are my homeboys
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
September 30 2009 07:32 GMT
#4
^ are totally right =( This would have been useful a few years ago. Still WELCOME TO TL!

A even faster way to install...starcrack installation! Comes with ICCUP and everything =)
Jaedong :3
Patriot.dlk
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Sweden5462 Posts
September 30 2009 08:07 GMT
#5
You can burn an .img file directly from nero and run that with deamon tools. And hate to say it because you put effort into this but this is really old news. Basically every pirated game require deamon tools and everyone knows how to do this =p

And yeah it's also obsolete due to patch.

Nice try though!
Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
September 30 2009 08:12 GMT
#6
you can also download bw from the iccup website too which requires no CD or anything

but ya lol nice try
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
September 30 2009 09:54 GMT
#7
nice try..but yeah, we learn something new everyday.
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dirtnap
Profile Joined March 2009
United States20 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-30 10:17:11
September 30 2009 10:15 GMT
#8
you can also register your cd keys at battle.net and then download the client from the website and it requires no cds. same with d2 and wc3.

im sorry you spent time typing 10 paragraphs lol
Symmetry
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada294 Posts
September 30 2009 13:06 GMT
#9
It's not entirely useless - if people without a CD want to watch older replays, they'll need some sort of no-cd option.
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
September 30 2009 13:09 GMT
#10
or you can upload your cd key and then get the download, which is cdless xD

poor guy


@symmetry there is a bw patcher that can change your patch (and does not effect your cd option i think)
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
disco
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Netherlands1667 Posts
September 30 2009 13:14 GMT
#11
Aww, such a waste of time
this game is a fucking jokie
Symmetry
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada294 Posts
September 30 2009 14:58 GMT
#12
@symmetry there is a bw patcher that can change your patch (and does not effect your cd option i think)


I'm well aware, but versions prior to 1.15.2 will require you to use your CD unless you use a patcher that has no-cd functionality (the only one I'm aware of that does this is BWAIDowngrader, and it doesn't support every patch - there could be other patchers that support it but I'm not aware of them).
andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
September 30 2009 15:01 GMT
#13
lol 2 years late
Nightmare1795 wrote: I played a guy in bronze who said he was Japanese. That was the only game I ever dropped a nuke, which was purely coincidental.
Eiii
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2566 Posts
September 30 2009 15:18 GMT
#14
This was a fantastic failure of a post. Keep up the good intentions! :D
:3
Phrogs!
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Japan521 Posts
September 30 2009 16:03 GMT
#15
A waste of time but still really cool that people will look to contribute to TL in whatever way they can.
NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8748 Posts
September 30 2009 16:26 GMT
#16
awww so cute
"Fucking up is part of it. If you can't fail, you have to always win. And I don't think you can always win." Elliott Smith ---------- Yet no sudden rage darkened his face, and his eyes were calm as they studied her. Then he smiled. 'Witness.'
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
September 30 2009 16:33 GMT
#17
On September 30 2009 19:15 dirtnap wrote:
you can also register your cd keys at battle.net and then download the client from the website and it requires no cds. same with d2 and wc3.

im sorry you spent time typing 10 paragraphs lol


Lol who wants to register their keys?
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
September 30 2009 16:34 GMT
#18
On September 30 2009 22:06 Symmetry wrote:
It's not entirely useless - if people without a CD want to watch older replays, they'll need some sort of no-cd option.



There is a feature that can let you view old replays i believe, if that doesnt work then there is a BW patcher that allows you to switch between teh patches you want.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
prototype.
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada4200 Posts
September 30 2009 16:37 GMT
#19
On October 01 2009 01:33 GreEny K wrote:
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On September 30 2009 19:15 dirtnap wrote:
you can also register your cd keys at battle.net and then download the client from the website and it requires no cds. same with d2 and wc3.

im sorry you spent time typing 10 paragraphs lol


Lol who wants to register their keys?

you'll be registering your cdkey on blizzard's site so it's safe.
( ・´ー・`)
mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-30 16:40:00
September 30 2009 16:39 GMT
#20
desu you are adorable

i've seen posts from you like 15 times in the last couple days, and i think it's cool that you're all over the whole contributing to TL thingy, it's like a cute toddler coming to the construction site with his plastic hammer

(>^_^)> +1 <(^_^< )
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