LaserLock (LASERLOK) protected game

[PulseDriver]

I buy my games, and so I like to use copies instead of the orgininal CDs to save my originals. I usually copy all CDs needed to my harddrive if I tend to play a game activly so I don't have to swap CDs all the time. And yes, before you say or discover it, I know there's a Baldur's Gate DVD on the market.

One of my games is the complete series of Baldur's Gate with:

Baldur's Gate - 5 CDs
Baldur's Gate - Tales of the Sword Coat
Baldur's Gate II - Shadows of Amn
Baldur's Gate II - Collectors Edition
Baldur's Gate II - Throne of Bhaal

I know I missed the pre-order CD, which contains another vendor which spawns ingame, but I downloaded it as a zip-file from a site somewhere...

However, I've manage to make ISOs out of all these CDs except "Baldur's Gate II - Throne of Bhaal" which is and addon/partially a game by it self (you choose if you've played through it), but this CD is protected by a game protection called LaserLock (LASERLOK) which makes it hard for CloneCD to read.

So I wonder, with all the brains in this place and all the technicians around, is there someone here that could aid me to backup this disc? It's so freaking annoying that this is the only CD I can't backup..

I've read some about it, and I can use an addiotional program to make custom methods of reading for CloneCD, but as far as I gone, I had no luck.

Hope there is someone out there which can help

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I just steal most of my games so I know nothing about copying CD's.

And the few games I have bought have cracks so there is no need.

If I find a Baulder's Gate crack i'll tell you though.. but i'm guessing you looking to find a way to replicate the CD as opposed to just getting it running without having to keep the disc in the CD drive.

EDIT:

Nope couldn't find anything anywhere. But i'm sure someone here will come along and give you more information than you ever wanted to know about LaserLock ...

[gaekwad2]

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Circumventing copy protection is illegal and a it is a crime. Downloading, copying or distributing movies, music or other type of art like computer or console games should stop.

If you want a backup, buy another copy.
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[matt_69]

under law [well in aus anyways], technically, as soon as you write the words backup on a cd, it immediately becomes legal.

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Originally posted by gaekwad2
Circumventing copy protection is illegal and a it is a crime.

I don't think it is.. everything else is when it comes to games, but I don't think cracks are illegal if you own the game. And I know for sure making backup copies isn't.

Besides, if you own the game you should be allowed to do what you want with it as long as you are not giving it to anybody else.

Game developers need to learn not to force you to have to have a CD in your drive.. it's not like it really does much for piracy these days.

Oh and as for music.. like i've said many times, it's legal where I live to "share" music. So anybody want some free mp3's?

[psyfive]

Originally posted by The Blueprint
Besides, if you own the game you should be allowed to do what you want with it as long as you are not giving it to anybody else.

Should is the key word there. A little while back valve disabled 20k versions of Half Life 2. Most of the deactivations were because of illegal piracy but a number of them were people who bought a legit copy of the game and decided that they'd rather not have the cd in the drive. So you might watch yourself with no-cd cracks.

[gaekwad2]

@Blueprint: Note the tags (it's a modified quote originally posted by the thread starter).

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Yeah I saw the tags.. I just decided to babble on...

Originally posted by psyfive
Should is the key word there. A little while back valve disabled 20k versions of Half Life 2. Most of the deactivations were because of illegal piracy but a number of them were people who bought a legit copy of the game and decided that they'd rather not have the cd in the drive. So you might watch yourself with no-cd cracks.

Oh well, i'm not really all that big on gaming anyway. I'm kind of a half-geek - games require too much atttention for me (unless i'm up all night with nothing to do)..

And if any game company were to keep me from playing a game I payed for.. well i'd be seeding as many torrents as possible of their software shorty after.. simply out of spite.

[PulseDriver]

I was hoping it would come to a moral discussion. As I sit right here, I am doing nothing illegal. As long as I don't give that CD to anyone outside my house.

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Moral huh?

I got a nice ban warning for linking to the game crack page.

I didn't even think twice because I do not see game cracks as 'warez'.

No-CD cracks are just cracks for people who do not wish to keep the CD in their drive or keep an extra 700MB of data on their HD just to make some piece of code happy.

Do I believe people should pay for their games - yes. Do I steal games - yes. So i'm not perfect.. but I don't really game that much so I don't want to drop $60 on something I might play off and on for a few hours.

I payed for GTA: SA on PS2 because I knew I was going to play it.. In the console world I would just rent a game I want to briefly play, but since I can't do that in the PC world I just download it.

To me the warez part comes in when you are sharing software or information of value.. not helping people who have purchased software, in making that software so it can run without the CD.

[But I agree with any decision made not to discuss game cracks here, it can be viewed as warez and I respect that.. just know that was not my intention.]

[PulseDriver]

Yeah, but freaking cracks isn't a backup of you CD now is it? We talk about doing backups, not craking games.

I want to backup my stuff the way which isn't questionable. I probably could find the game out there somewhere with a nice crack following, but that's not the point. All I want is to learn how to back-up my protected CD.

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Originally posted by PulseDriver
Yeah, but freaking cracks isn't a backup of you CD now is it? We talk about doing backups, not craking games.

When you have a 40GB harddrive like I do, having all the files a game needs plus and extra 700MB for the CD is just stupid.

A crack is just a smaller backup in my opinion .

[PulseDriver]

My DVD reader nor my DVD burner is particuallry quiet when reading so having CDs on disk saves me a lot of annoying sound....

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I just hate having to switch around CD's.. that's all.

Awhile back when I only really had time to focus on one game (which was Diablo II), I just kept the 'play disc' in the drive.

But nowadays, (even though I still play just as little), I have about 3-4 games i've paid for installed on my computer. And since I only play them each every so often, it's much easier to just have the .exe file cracked so no CD is needed. What's wrong with that?

Making a 1:1 copy of a disc and storing it on a hardrive has the same end effect as using a crack.. they're both just ways of playing without a CD. One just happens to modify some code while another tricks that code. So why is one wrong and one is right?

[PulseDriver]

Well, I want a backup. I happen to format my disks sometimes, which brings me to the point of re-installing. I either have to use the original or a backup, and done enough times, the CD will eventually be damaged enough so I cannot be used anymore.

Obviously you haven't figured out the purpose of having backups..

I didn't want to dicuss wether a crack is legal or not, I didn't want to dicuss the moral of doing backups, I just wanted help doing a backup.