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Game Installed & now: "CD-ROM Drive Not Found"

Unable to find a CD-ROM/DVD drive on this computer.

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kaffean Saturday 17 March 2012 at 19:06
kaffeanAnonymous

-Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
-Wine 1.3.28
-Gnome (Unity) desktop
-Morrowind: Game of the Year Edition (The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Tribunal and Bloodmoon. The Construction Set).

All three CDs (Morrowind, Tribunal and Bloodmoon) installed fine to the Virtual Drive with no problems.

I have two Virtual Drives:
-TES3_Morrowind          <---- Selected
-ElderScrolls3_Morrowind
When I try to change to the second, ElderScrolls3_Morrowind, a warning states that I am likely to break it...

When I try to play:
I start the game either by Double clicking the games Desktop icon or from within PlayOnLinux by selecting game and click RUN.

Then the game menu opens (Play, Data Files, Exit). I click play then...
error: °_°
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CD-ROM Drive Not Found
Unable to find a CD-ROM/DVD drive on this computer.
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What would I need to do at this point? :)

Edited by kaffean

kaffean Tuesday 27 March 2012 at 2:23
kaffeanAnonymous

bump
S. Chapelin Sunday 15 April 2012 at 17:17
S. ChapelinAnonymous

I have the same problem. Got a no-cd patch. How do I install it in PlayOnLinux?
Quentin PÂRIS Sunday 15 April 2012 at 18:56
Quentin PÂRISAnonymous

No-CD patch are not supported here. Anyone who gives instructions about it will be banned.
dumle Tuesday 8 May 2012 at 23:51
dumleAnonymous

Have the same problem here, and have an original CD :-)

First time using play on linux, so not sure if the error is a show stopper or not.

Any chance of some advice on this please?
Quentin PÂRIS Wednesday 9 May 2012 at 16:48
Quentin PÂRISAnonymous

You need to install a no-cd patch, but it's not supported here
Bear_Cavalry Saturday 24 November 2012 at 6:40
Bear_CavalryAnonymous

Look, I know I probably shouldn't argue with an Admin, but...

If one has legally purchased a copy of their game, it's entirely legal to use a no-CD/DVD crack to run the game. There's no law against it, in fact the supreme court ruled we could.

So, now I came here for this exact issue, after installing the no-CD crack for my legally purchased morrowind copy, and you tell me that because you're scared of something you shouldn't be scared of, I can't use my legally purchased software in the way I want to use it. So we're defeating the entire concept and idea behind using linux in the first place. GOOD. JOB.
kamil652 Saturday 24 November 2012 at 15:39
kamil652Anonymous

No, it is because by buying a copy of game you have accepted license which reads that no code manipulation is allowed. No-cd is code manipulation, so why would you want to break the terms of use by using it? You known what you buy and that anyone asked in public if you can violate the agreement you made, will say that he/she doesn't support such a behaviour.
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Bear_Cavalry Wednesday 28 November 2012 at 16:27
Bear_CavalryAnonymous

No, it is because by buying a copy of game you have accepted license which reads that no code manipulation is allowed. No-cd is code manipulation, so why would you want to break the terms of use by using it? You known what you buy and that anyone asked in public if you can violate the agreement you made, will say that he/she doesn't support such a behaviour.

Quote from kamil652


No code manipulation... really? Because... ya know... there's these things, called Modifications. There's websites dedicated to them. Specifically for Morrowind, in fact, and every other TES game since. I'm pretty sure Bethesda would have politely asked that these not exist a long time ago if they didn't want you to manipulate their code. But, instead, they included the tool they used to make the game, with the game. Specifically so we could manipulate the code.

If this were, say, Diablo II, or Warcraft 3, I'd have kinda nodded and gone, "Yeah, that probably is in the ToS/EULA." But, not with a Bethesda game. No, they actually provide you tools to go and do this, and encourage you.
petch Wednesday 28 November 2012 at 19:48
petch


At that point I don't expect anything worth reading to come out of this thread.