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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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[–] somenonewho@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago
  1. You've got Black and White working? I've smashed my head against that one before but never got it going.
  2. The issue is that the copy protections check for a physical disk (with various methods) sometimes "Windows" ISO tools work better (CDEmu CloneDrive...) you would need to run them in the same wine prefix. But the easier way might be to find a nocd "patch" for your application ;)