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[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.
+ Show Spoiler +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:
+ Show Spoiler +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
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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
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nice effort but actually you can do it without CD emulation ^^;
It was a feature added in a patch:
patch.txt
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- patch 1.15.2
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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.
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^ 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 =)
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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!
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you can also download bw from the iccup website too which requires no CD or anything
but ya lol nice try
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nice try..but yeah, we learn something new everyday.
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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
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It's not entirely useless - if people without a CD want to watch older replays, they'll need some sort of no-cd option.
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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)
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Aww, such a waste of time 
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@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).
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This was a fantastic failure of a post. Keep up the good intentions! :D
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A waste of time but still really cool that people will look to contribute to TL in whatever way they can.
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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?
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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.
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On October 01 2009 01:33 GreEny K wrote:Show nested quote +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.
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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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On October 01 2009 01:33 GreEny K wrote:
Lol who wants to register their keys?
Why wouldn't you?
It's not like your key becomes worthless after you register the game with Blizzard. You can still use it to install a disc copy of the game. It just gives you another means to install if you don't have a disc on hand.
Also, DeSu, don't worry so much. I'm 1300 posts in, and what contributing have I done? I've just trolled and flamebaited my way around the site for the last year and have no real contribution to show for it. 
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On September 30 2009 16:28 MuR)Ernu wrote:
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
Didn't know about this, thanks ! :o
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Still a good guide to creating a disc image from a disc you own, even if it's not useful for BW 
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lol, they made a patch for this
thanks for the guide anyway :D
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On October 01 2009 03:47 Gann1 wrote:Still a good guide to creating a disc image from a disc you own, even if it's not useful for BW
yep^^ +1 for good intentions too :p
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On October 01 2009 01:39 mOnion wrote:
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 <(^_^< )
haha thanks. out of curiousity what is the average age of a TL user? People seem more mature on here and actually type properly most of the time. Just curious, because it feels like I'm a little 5yo kid hanging around in a huge crowd.
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Hate to bump this super old post but is there a way to do this without the disc?
Can I just download the disc image from somewhere?
I moved and I dont have a bw disc anymore (left it at home) but I have bw installed...
To mods: I've been searching all over and I couldn't find an answer please dont ban ~_~
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if you have your CD key registered on your battle.net account you can download broodwar from there (i own the anthology, maybe it's different if you bought SC then BW)
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On June 10 2010 05:10 mainerd wrote:
if you have your CD key registered on your battle.net account you can download broodwar from there (i own the anthology, maybe it's different if you bought SC then BW)
I actually did that last night and it still prompts me for the CD...
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On June 10 2010 05:01 TheComeback wrote:
Hate to bump this super old post but is there a way to do this without the disc?
Can I just download the disc image from somewhere?
I moved and I dont have a bw disc anymore (left it at home) but I have bw installed...
To mods: I've been searching all over and I couldn't find an answer please dont ban ~_~
Daemon Tools Lite + ISO = Brood War without a disc.
I'm sure there is a simpler way, but it works for me. Unfortunately my original Brood War CD is scratched beyond recognition.
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On June 10 2010 05:01 TheComeback wrote:
Hate to bump this super old post but is there a way to do this without the disc?
Can I just download the disc image from somewhere?
I moved and I dont have a bw disc anymore (left it at home) but I have bw installed...
To mods: I've been searching all over and I couldn't find an answer please dont ban ~_~
Yes, there are several ways. You have 3 options that I can think of off the top of my head (ordered from easiest to hardest, though they're all relatively simple):
1) Download and install from the Blizzard store. You said you already did this and it didn't work, but I'm almost positive that I've done this 4+ times and it's always worked fine. Perhaps my memory's playing tricks on me. Well, if you can't get this to work there are two solutions that I'm 100% sure work following this suggestion.
Edit: I just tested this, and it definitely works. My guess is that you already had Broodwar installed, ran the installer, and then tried to launch it. Just uninstall broodwar completely, then run the store downloaded installer, and make sure you open the installation that you installed with the installer. This is your best option and you should try this again before you start fiddling with (2) and (3), since both of those options require additional software and probably additional downloads, which is a pain, plus they require more user input time to get them working.
2) Install with CD as normal. Patch up to the latest version of Starcraft, then put your SC CD in, and find INSTALL.mpq. Copy this to your hard drive install and rename it to Starcraft.mpq. Put your BW CD in, and find INSTALL.mpq on that one. Again, copy it to your hard drive and rename it as BroodWar.mpq. Put both of the renamed .mpq files into your installed Starcraft directory folder.
If all you want to play is BroodWar online, you don't need the INSTALL.exe from original Starcraft (you only need that for the campaigns).
3) Install with CD, patch to latest version, and then mount the BroodWar disc using Daemon Tools Lite. You will first have to create an ISO image of the disk, which can be done with a tool like Alcohol 120% or UltraISO. I wouldn't recommend this option, since you have to mount the .iso before you want to play, which can sometimes be a pain--but it works.
In steps (2) and (3), you can replace "install with CD" with "install with .iso files downloaded from PirateBay and mounted with DaemonTools," if you wish (won't affect the install / CD-less play). Also note that even though you already have BW installed, you still need the disks (either in physical or .iso form) to get the INSTALL.exe files.
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Sorry to go off topic, but i'm a new member and can't make my own topic.
Does anyone know where I can find the cutscenes form SC and BW? Either a torrent or a website?
NM: FOund them on youtube. Don't know what I was typing originally that didn't bring them up...
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