Dvd Woes

Snidely

<div class="IPBDescription">Bah!</div> I bought Far Cry at the beginning of the week. Because I got sucked back into Morrowind, I hadn't installed it yet, but decided to play it tonight.

No such luck.

It just won't accept the DVD. Whenever I put in Far Cry, it just makes clicking noises. It can't find the DVD, but <i>it knows it's there</i>.

- It's not the DVD player. Several DVDs were tested, some new, some old. All worked fine.

- It's not the DVD, either. I tried it on another computer's DVD drive, and it worked fine. I can't play it on that computer, though, due to it not being mine.

- The DVD heads were cleaned, just to be sure. No difference.

Any bright ideas? Would a "CD Fender" help, or is it a bad idea to put one on?

CommunistWithAGun

I can't give specific help however have you tried messing around with daemon tools?

Snidely

I'm not very familiar with Daemon Tools, but looking at its site, it probably won't work if the DVD can't be read in the first place. Ah well. Maybe if I swap this copy, it'll work. Here's hoping. ):

Thansal

wouldn't do him any good if it can't detect the dcd in the first place....

BigMadSteve

Give it time. I borrowed a copy of UT2k4 last week and it didn't work because it wouldn't read (it was a DVD). Tried it again the next day and it was all good <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> DVD drives are weird from my experience.

CommunistWithAGun

I read it wrong I thought he said he can view the dvd but not install. Thats why I said daemon tools, so he could copy it to HD...oh whatever Im tired <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

BlackMage

i'm pretty sure you've done this, but clean the disc

[WHO]Them

The great thing about DVD standards is that there are so many to choose from.

Sometimes it literally is possible to find a specific disc that isn't compatible with certain drives.

Neither one is particularly defective on their own, but combine the two to get your massive defect of doom.

BlackMage

oh ... yeah ... that too
dvds have not yet been completely stantardized

understatement of the week award

Snidely

I'm guessing it's the defect of doom. I went in to Game and swapped my copy (they're good about that, I have to admit), but it still won't work. NNNNG

I'm not sure what to do next. Maybe I'll just try it once every day. I hope to fool it into working when its guard is down.

Talesin

I've run into the same problem... fixed it by getting a DVD drive that wasn't the bargain-basement unit. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Grendel

It's an issue with the copy protection used on Far Cry.

Daemon Tools won't work. You <i>have to disable Daemon Tools to run Far Cry</i>, whether the legitimate disc is in the machine or not.

Your options are:

a) Get a new drive

b) Get a different game

c) DL and install Far Cry from the net, then play it, safe in the knowledge you already have a license.