Activision isn't the worst. UbiSoft has this dubious distinction, IMO.
I've seen where POP-SoT would *not* install on some computers IF it had
a CDRW-DVDRom drive in it. There was more furor over that than all the
Doom3 excitement. They didn't fix it either. One person I know didn't
know what to do. I gave that person an older IDE 8X cdrom drive. They
installed that, unplugged their burner, no problem. I don't think that
Doom3 is the only game that has a similar problem with installed
software it doesn't like. I feel fortunate I haven't had that problem
myself.
--
McGrandpa [AGQx]
Eric wrote:
> Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a shot, but still, who are they to
> tell me what I can and can't have installed on my PERSONAL computer?
> Hey, I paid for this f***in game, and when I pay, that means I don't
> have to put up with advertising, some jerkweed trying to tell me what
> to do, adware, or whatever else. They have a lot of nerve. What
> they're saying is, 'Gee, you have CloneCD installed on your system.
> Even though you paid $50+ for our game, we still have to say 'go
> screw yourself' and deny your usage of the product that you
> generously PAID us for.' They can go to Hell, and I say that if
> these damn companies start pulling this kind of crap, WE in turn stop
> buying their damn games. The ONLY way a company or organization
> listens to YOU is by hurting their profit margins!
>
> I STILL say we should file a class action suit against them. They
> have NO RIGHT whatsoever to deny people usage of a product that we
> PAID FOR, and all because we have something on our PERSONAL f***in
> computers that they don't like. F*** them!!!
>
> ID, you will never get another dollar out of my damn pocket again.
>
>
> "Michael-NC" <NoAddress@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:8tSSc.252309$2o2.14772942@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Uninstall Clone CD then go in the registry and search for cloneCD
>> and delete all entries.
>>
>> "Eric" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:411bf046$0$67728$ad3619e8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Don't feel so bad. Myself, and MANY others can't even get the game
>>> to run. I keep getting a stupid 'DVD/CD Emulation' BS error
>>> message, and no matter what I do I still can't get the damn game to
>>> run.
>>>
>>> I think we should all ban together and file a class action suit
>>> against them!! I want my damn money back!!
>>>
>>>
>>> "Cabinets Everywhere" <foo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:10CK3rC0de345@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> The problem with DOOM3 is that it just isn't
>>>> all that much fun to play. I was in awe of the
>>>> original DOOM in it's day and long awaited this
>>>> latest release, but the fact is DOOM3 is kind
>>>> of boring. Condition Zero was fun and had replay
>>>> value -- Not DOOM3, just try going through it
>>>> again, yawn. UNREAL 2004 looked rather cartoony,
>>>> but it was fast paced and fun too. DOOM3 was just
>>>> a maze of dim twisty passages all the same with some
>>>> dark shapes they you had to shoot out of the way
>>>> so you could get to more dim twisty passages.
>>>>
>>>> Problems with DOOM3:
>>>>
>>>> Dark: Hear me out, I tried the duct tape patch
>>>> and hated it, I dumped it and got used to the
>>>> flashlight. But later as I looked at web sites
>>>> telling of the different enemies I was stunned
>>>> to find out that there was the Imp, Wraith, Maggot
>>>> and the Flame guy. Heck, during the game they
>>>> all looked the same in the dark, just a humanoidish
>>>> shape that sometimes leaped and sometime shot
>>>> stuff at you. Why have different monsters when it's
>>>> too dark to be able to tell one from another?
>>>>
>>>> PDAs/CODES: This slowed things down big time, there's
>>>> weapons and ammo and health everywhere, but you're
>>>> supposed to spend time trying to get in cabinets
>>>> for more. What do you need more weapons for? 90%
>>>> of the kills can be easily done with the shotgun,
>>>> the BFG is overkill in a world where so little is
>>>> more than three feet away from you.
>>>>
>>>> THE LOOK: Think the bloody factories from Quake2, but
>>>> with no lights on and you got it. Oh, except parts of
>>>> hell looked like the Alien landscape from Half-Life,
>>>> except, of course, with the lights turned off.
>>>>
>>>> THE STORY: Cliche-City, "Ha, ha, ha Marine, you can
>>>> never stop me!" "Destroy him!" "You can't stop me
>>>> marine!" "Ha, ha, ha, You'll never get away Marine!"
>>>> They hired a writer for that?
>>>>
>>>> Something sad about the "Thank you" emails from id,
>>>> at the very end...they read more like apologies for
>>>> making you trudge through this slow, dark, not very
>>>> novel game.
>>>>
>>>> I just had such high hopes. :(
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