EPTPlaying starcraft without a DVD drive
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skyprodigy
Canada28 Posts
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D1sturbance
United States30 Posts
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im a roc
United States745 Posts
This is your answer. | ||
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Polska
Canada83 Posts
On July 23 2010 00:25 skyprodigy wrote: As some of us will have laptop without DVD drives, how in the world would we be able to run SC2 on launch? will they provide a download version if we bought the game itself or should we just forget about that and buy it online? You will likely be able to dl it from Battle.net. If not I am sure there will be torrents of the iso up in no time. Just dl that and mount with something like daemon tools to install. | ||
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n3mo
United States298 Posts
On July 23 2010 00:27 im a roc wrote: http://us.battle.net/en/info/digital-purchase This is your answer. +1 right here. this is also how im getting it, since i have no access to a car for a long while (no game stores within walking distance of my university) | ||
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Dwomir
Sweden14 Posts
On July 23 2010 00:26 D1sturbance wrote: Considering you can download every other blizzard game, i'm going with yes, just add the CD key to your battle.net account and download the installer. just like this guy said buy SC2 in store and throw that dvd CD away then add the CD key to battle.net and download the installer or buy it online the easy way. | ||
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skyprodigy
Canada28 Posts
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Marou
Germany1371 Posts
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Joe12
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Holy_AT
Austria978 Posts
I mean its gotta be pretty old if its got none ? ^^ But blizzard stated that there will be a downloadable version and I doubt you need the dvd to play (maybe for the campaign for video ?) so you can maybe just copy the client like in WoW. | ||
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phil.ipp
Austria1067 Posts
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Krissam
Denmark189 Posts
On July 23 2010 00:48 Holy_AT wrote: the question is, will starcraft even run on computers without a dvd drive ? I mean its gotta be pretty old if its got none ? ^^ But blizzard stated that there will be a downloadable version and I doubt you need the dvd to play (maybe for the campaign for video ?) so you can maybe just copy the client like in WoW. I bought my computer when I got a beta key, because my old pc was unable to run it. I opted to save those couple hundred DKK and not get an optical drive for anything but installing windows. So I chose to install windows from a USB key on my current computer. | ||
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MangoTango
United States3670 Posts
Also, there are also Interwebulartron-based ways to install. QATC? | ||
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skyprodigy
Canada28 Posts
On July 23 2010 00:48 Holy_AT wrote: the question is, will starcraft even run on computers without a dvd drive ? I mean its gotta be pretty old if its got none ? ^^ But blizzard stated that there will be a downloadable version and I doubt you need the dvd to play (maybe for the campaign for video ?) so you can maybe just copy the client like in WoW. Actually, i'm running on a notebook, i can run the game perfectly on medium grafix. But on another note, if i just download the downloader and use the cd-key that i get from the actual physical, would that work? | ||
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Roniii
United States289 Posts
On July 23 2010 01:37 skyprodigy wrote: Actually, i'm running on a notebook, i can run the game perfectly on medium grafix. But on another note, if i just download the downloader and use the cd-key that i get from the actual physical, would that work? i think that it should... do i know for sure? no. I downloaded the digital version already and am going to pick up my copy at 12:00am at gamestop. im going to try abd plug in the key into the already downloaded version of sc2 and hope that it saves me a little time. but like someone else said you can get an external dvd drive for cheap. think like 30-40 dollars | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Belegorm
United States330 Posts
I'm definately buying sc2 as a digital download. | ||
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ChickenLips
2912 Posts
Or if that doesnt work, create an .iso on a PC with a DVD drive and then transfer that .iso and mount it with Daemon Tools. | ||
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BlkDagger
Canada3 Posts
On July 23 2010 00:48 Holy_AT wrote: the question is, will starcraft even run on computers without a dvd drive ? I mean its gotta be pretty old if its got none ? ^^ But blizzard stated that there will be a downloadable version and I doubt you need the dvd to play (maybe for the campaign for video ?) so you can maybe just copy the client like in WoW. Well, I think if you download it off bnet, blizzard might assume that you don't have a dvd drive for it so i guess it shouldn't be a problem. We didn't need the disc for the campaigne in sc1 if i rmb correctly, and all you really need for bnet is a cd key. When you buy sc1, you are basically paying only for the cd key since you can download the game from a friend or off bnet and it can still play as long as your friend isn't on bnet with the same key. PS. Gaming laptops nowadays sometimes don't have DVD drives, like the alienware gaming laptops. A laptop without a CD/DVD drive is not old in anyway. But if it only has the CD drive then i guess you can only dl from bnet | ||
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Santriell
Belgium151 Posts
On July 23 2010 00:28 Polska wrote: You will likely be able to dl it from Battle.net. If not I am sure there will be torrents of the iso up in no time. Just dl that and mount with something like daemon tools to install. Herm... The Bnet downloader/updater actually IS a bittorent client | ||
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