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CD Copy Protection & WINE (kbin.run)
submitted 6 months ago by stevecrox@kbin.run to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Recently I have been trying to play my old games (Worms, Sims, Black & White, etc..) on my Steam Deck.

I created an ISO of the various CD's via the dd command, but I have noticed Crossover doesn't support ISO. I needed to mount the ISO to a location.

This worked to install the game but fails copy protection. If I connect a USB DVD drive it detects the disc and works but this isn't particularly helpful.

Does anyone know what I should be setting or doing so the game sees the ISO or ISO mount as the disc?

A lot of the games I want to play simply don't have a steam version to buy

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[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is the correct response 👍

While some software is capable of perfectly copying copy protection "tricks" 1:1 on a iso - it's usually just better to crack the game with a nocd patch as mentioned above. It's a quality of life improvement and can even improve load times (though modern hardware probably makes it trivial.)

[–] K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah I usually scan github or other gits usually find a repo with a crack available as long as you have the game already its just the exe and whatever files are needed