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Title: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 16, 2007, 16:40:09
I can't help it :'(, I worry about my Ship Simulator 2008 disc (CD) all the time... scratches scratches scratches... :'(
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Ship Sim on August 16, 2007, 19:50:07
Pu it in a padded zipped case and store it in a safe place. ;)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 16, 2007, 19:58:52
Thank you :), as long as the SS08 disc works, I guess it's just fine :).
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Gertjan on August 16, 2007, 20:00:12
copy the cd and use that one, store the original in a safe place with your serial.
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Ship Sim on August 16, 2007, 20:09:52
copy the cd and use that one, store the original in a safe place with your serial.
Also a good Idea. Or If you get the download you could store it on a CD and your computer. ;)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 16, 2007, 20:20:02
Also a good Idea. Or If you get the download you could store it on a CD and your computer. ;)

I bought my on EB Games here in Gothenburg.
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: andy_m on August 16, 2007, 20:40:51
You do realise the game runs without the CD dont you?

Regards,
Andy
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 16, 2007, 20:51:23
You do realise the game runs without the CD dont you?

Regards,
Andy

Yes, but without the disc, I carry it with me in a backpack where ever I go! I do that with all games I like, taking them with me everywhere. Well... my CD-drive can still read it, that's the main thing I guess, as long it works, but scratches have always annoyed me :'(, always... I can't stop worry :'(!
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Orinoco on August 16, 2007, 20:58:56
You should see EA discs, I don't know what they're made of but it must be cheap. I'm very careful with all of my things - but my BF2142 disc looks damn awful these days.  :'(
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 16, 2007, 21:00:56
You should see EA discs, I don't know what they're made of but it must be cheap. I'm very careful with all of my things - but my BF2142 disc looks damn awful these days.  :'(

I'm on your side there :), you have my support, I know how it feels to worry about game disc's :'(, awful...
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Hudizzle on August 16, 2007, 21:39:14
Ahh, I'm in luck. I bought the download  ;D

But, many of my other games are not so lucky..
Countless games of mine are no longer usable due to scratches. DVD movies as well. I'm very irresponsible when it comes to discs. But it seems they could be more scratch resistant...
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 16, 2007, 21:41:22
Ahh, I'm in luck. I bought the download  ;D

But, many of my other games are not so lucky..
Countless games of mine are no longer usable due to scratches. DVD movies as well. I'm very irresponsible when it comes to discs. But it seems they could be more scratch resistant...

I'm the most careful on earth with the discs I like, SS08 for example, I panic everytime I see a scratch on 1 of the discs I like :o...
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 16, 2007, 22:54:48
I had a deep scratch on my old msfs discs and they polished out using a kit bought at the local pc retailer. Stop worrying.

If you're carrying all your fav discs around with you all the time... you need help ;)

Stu
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 16, 2007, 23:00:55
I had a deep scratch on my old msfs discs and they polished out using a kit bought at the local pc retailer. Stop worrying.

If you're carrying all your fav discs around with you all the time... you need help ;)

Stu

You're right :), the SS08 disc works, every time I put it in the CD-drive, it works :).
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Captain Spencer on August 17, 2007, 16:11:02
I wonder if VSTEP would replace your disc if you sent the damaged one to them? This doesn't involve me as I bought the download version. I'm always going to backup my setup file though.
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 17, 2007, 18:15:35
I wonder if VSTEP would replace your disc if you sent the damaged one to them? This doesn't involve me as I bought the download version. I'm always going to backup my setup file though.

So far my Ship Simulator 2008 disc works fine :), I'm currently playing Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time :D.
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 20, 2007, 10:54:21
I wonder if VSTEP would replace your disc if you sent the damaged one to them? This doesn't involve me as I bought the download version. I'm always going to backup my setup file though.
Don't quote me on this, but I would be very surprised if they didn't- provided they were satisfied that you had a licence key.

However, once, back in the dark ages (before many of you were born) I had a commodore 64 with 'stealth fighter' (silly name as the f19 was never a fighter...) anyway, Microprose replaced the tapes for me as I wore them out... after handling charge though, it was only a couple of quid less than the new box price.

Stu
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: [RWP]DJM on August 20, 2007, 10:56:30
However, once, back in the dark ages (before many of you were born) I had a commodore 64 with 'stealth fighter' (silly name as the f19 was never a fighter...)

Careful, showing your age now my friend :P
/me keeps quiet about what systems he 'used to' own ;)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: AlexKall on August 20, 2007, 11:34:17
I have never worried about a disc, they can take more beating then you think.  ;)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: [RWP]DJM on August 20, 2007, 11:47:00
I have never worried about a disc, they can take more beating then you think.  ;)

Well, my 'Scream 3' DVD has just broken on me :'( and I look after my discs like they are gold ::)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 20, 2007, 12:06:15
My Titanic Explorer, I found it :D!!!
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Captain Spencer on August 20, 2007, 12:43:34
Well I have Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 which is a great game and somehow I put a small crack in the disk. Sometimes it would run and other times it would not. However I contacted Atari to see if they could replace the disk if I sent them my authentic broken one and they refused. I was furious because it's like they don't care about their customers. It wasn't the fact that I had to buy another disk as I could get one off eBay for about £4 but the fact that they refused on the spot and didn't ask any questions  :'(
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 20, 2007, 12:51:20
Probably because the replacement disc is so cheap to buy new...

I had the same thing with MSFS- they refused to sell a 1998 version (I asked early 2002) which I wanted for the concord (not the missing E ;) )

They refused (ok- there was a new version available) but the reason for it 'it includes the twin tours in New York... and it is a risk that terrorists may use that version for training). Not meaning to be disrespectful, but banning the version AFTER the attack...

Stu
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Orinoco on August 20, 2007, 12:51:44
Well I have Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 which is a great game and somehow I put a small crack in the disk. Sometimes it would run and other times it would not. However I contacted Atari to see if they could replace the disk if I sent them my authentic broken one and they refused. I was furious because it's like they don't care about their customers. It wasn't the fact that I had to buy another disk as I could get one off eBay for about £4 but the fact that they refused on the spot and didn't ask any questions  :'(

EA replace broken discs - but it will set you back £7.50 (and your original disc) and a SAE. This wouldn't be too bad, if their discs weren't such poor quality to begin with. Like DJM, I treat my discs like Gold, but the way my BF2142 disc looks these days, just from playing it... :'( :'(
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Orinoco on August 20, 2007, 12:52:39
Probably because the replacement disc is so cheap to buy new...

I had the same thing with MSFS- they refused to sell a 1998 version (I asked early 2002) which I wanted for the concord (not the missing E ;) )

They refused (ok- there was a new version available) but the reason for it 'it includes the twin tours in New York... and it is a risk that terrorists may use that version for training). Not meaning to be disrespectful, but banning the version AFTER the attack...

Stu

There are mods for all versions of Flight Sim that put them back in any way.  ::)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 20, 2007, 12:53:25
Careful, showing your age now my friend :P
/me keeps quiet about what systems he 'used to' own ;)

Whose to say I don't STILL use the C64  >:( Whats wrong with it?

What is the betting that someone takes that seriously and explains it. You know someone will. It is bound to happen. Stating the obvious is a past time for some people.
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 20, 2007, 12:55:17
There are mods for all versions of Flight Sim that put them back in any way.  ::)

Oh right, thanks Orinoco. I'm not worried whether the towers are there in the game or not... But I did want the Concord in it... I tried importing it into 02 but couldn't get the cockpit to work :( and some of the download ones are ****.

Stu
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Orinoco on August 20, 2007, 12:58:55
Oh right, thanks Orinoco. I'm not worried whether the towers are there in the game or not... But I did want the Concord in it... I tried importing it into 02 but couldn't get the cockpit to work :( and some of the download ones are ****.

Stu

True, but there are probably payware ones about. I tend to have payware airports and textures, but free planes (I can't justify paying £18 for one plane..)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 20, 2007, 13:01:30
I have not seen my James Cameron's Titanic Explorer for ages, not since 1997...
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Hudizzle on August 20, 2007, 16:05:25
Haha, wow, they refused to give you that disc because the world trade centers were in the game?
It's amazing how their thought patten works. For a country that wants to "never forget", they sure are doing a good job of forgetting. (Yes, I'm also an American, but, I should be able to offer critique on my own country as well  :P  )
Couldn't the terrorists use other versions for training? And also how you said that, Stu,... banning it AFTER 9/11? The towers are gone, they have already brought them down, so why would the terrorists be training to run planes into the towers if they're already gone? Seems pointless on Microsoft's part to do anything about it, seeing as how it can be modded to put them back in. I guess they just don't want responsibility for anything, and are afraid that they will "offend" someone.. ugh..

And what I mean by that, about never forget/forgetting, is how they are always taking the towers out of media, and not showing other things with the towers in it. I just hope they don't make a movie where it takes place in pre-9/11 New York, but the towers aren't there, as if they never existed.

Sorry, the thing about the towers and 9/11, and how media and games and all of that has to change because of it... it just kinda.. annoys me. It's a "pet peeve" of mine, if you will. If the towers are in there, I say leave em' in. So anyway, my rant is over  :D

Anyway........

C64? Reminds me of N64. I still have the old Nintendo 64, but I never use it. In fact, I'm not even sure where exactly it is.
Now that I think of it, I had ONE boat game! In fact, I think they even had the Titanic in it  ;D
I also had a neat little game called "Beetle adventure Racing". But, then I got the computer. That was way back, a long time ago, around summer of 2001. Later I got PS2. But, I ONLY got the PS2 because Grand theft Auto 3 was on it  ;D :D
And now I have San Andreas for the PC, but now that disc/DVD is all scratched up  :(

And R.M.S. TITANIC, what's this "Titanic Explorer" you mentioned?
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 20, 2007, 16:31:14
And R.M.S. TITANIC, what's this "Titanic Explorer" you mentioned?

Titanic Explorer CD-ROM from 1997 contains TONNES of information about the ship of dreams: R.M.S. Titanic :).

I have:

1. Titanic Explorer

2. Titanic: An Interactive Journey

3. Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time

4. Ship Simulator 2006

5. Ship Simulator 2008
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Captain Spencer on August 20, 2007, 16:45:30
Titanic Explorer CD-ROM from 1997 contains TONNES of information about the ship of dreams: R.M.S. Titanic :).

I have:

1. Titanic Explorer

2. Titanic: An Interactive Journey

3. Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time

4. Ship Simulator 2006

5. Ship Simulator 2008

A collector then I'd say  :D ;D ;)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 20, 2007, 16:48:17
A collector then I'd say  :D ;D ;)

Yes :), I've been a HUGE Titanic-fan since 1997.
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Captain Spencer on August 20, 2007, 17:34:47
Yes :), I've been a HUGE Titanic-fan since 1997.

If you don't mind how old are you?
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Orinoco on August 20, 2007, 17:43:26
If you don't mind how old are you?

A quick look at his profile says he's 16.  ;)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Captain Spencer on August 20, 2007, 17:51:41
A quick look at his profile says he's 16.  ;)

It's been a tough day. GF was in hospital  :'(
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 20, 2007, 18:26:42
A quick look at his profile says he's 16.  ;)

1991-01-29 :).
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Lanedre on August 20, 2007, 18:35:42
It's been a tough day. GF was in hospital  :'(
Something serious?
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Captain Spencer on August 20, 2007, 19:22:27
Something serious?

Yeah Cancer  :'(

She had a checkup to see if she'd still got it. Luckily shes had the all clear until next year  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 20, 2007, 19:30:49
Hudizzle: I think that was MS code for wanting me to buy the newer version (which I did... minus the Concord)

Stu
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Orinoco on August 20, 2007, 19:32:33
Hudizzle: I think that was MS code for wanting me to buy the newer version (which I did... minus the Concord)

Stu

What version do you use now? FS9, or FSX?
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 20, 2007, 19:33:17
04 i think. haven't played it for ages. maybe a couple of years back at least. bores the rump out of me.

In fact, I bought 02/04 whatever it was then never played it after a couple of goes. Disappointed that the flight dynamics are so unstable.

Stu
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Lanedre on August 20, 2007, 19:37:33
Yeah Cancer  :'(

She had a checkup to see if she'd still got it. Luckily shes had the all clear until next year  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Good to hear that she is fine now then ;)
Cancer is some really c**p(not sure if I am allowed to use that word so I censored it)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 20, 2007, 19:41:04
Capt. Spencer.

Sorry I didn't see your post... here's me ignoring your comment and talking total rubbish right over you.

I can assure you that this is me needing to get glasses rather than a lack of sensitivity.

Apologies. Glad she is OK

Stu
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Captain Spencer on August 20, 2007, 20:52:59
Capt. Spencer.

Sorry I didn't see your post... here's me ignoring your comment and talking total rubbish right over you.

I can assure you that this is me needing to get glasses rather than a lack of sensitivity.

Apologies. Glad she is OK

Stu

Don't worry Stu I'm just glad shes ok. I've been worried all day  :'(

Thanks for showing some support guys, really appreciate it  :)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 20, 2007, 21:32:18
Scares like that certainly stop you taking people for granted, don't they? Hope that makes something positive come from it.

Stu
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: AlexKall on August 21, 2007, 16:16:14
Well, my 'Scream 3' DVD has just broken on me :'( and I look after my discs like they are gold ::)

I don't and my nephew had some fun with one including a floor and sand (can probebly guess the rest) but it still plays. I guess you're too carefull  ;) :D

Good to hear that she's okey spencer!

Have a father and an uncle with cancer. I have cancers on both sides of my familiy so it doesnt look to good if I look into my future ;)

My father has a tumour on the tissue sarounding the brain, my uncle got spinal cancer which he just operated on and recently went in for radiation treatment.
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: [RWP]DJM on August 21, 2007, 16:17:49
I don't and my nephew had some fun with one including a floor and sand (can probebly guess the rest) but it still plays. I guess you're too carefull  ;) :D

I guess so, better rethink my strategy then ;)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: AlexKall on August 21, 2007, 16:21:37
To a certain point of course  ;)
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: [RWP]DJM on August 21, 2007, 17:40:13
To a certain point of course  ;)

Indeed, I would actually find it too difficult to rethink any strategy like that anyway........it's habit now ;)

All my DVD's and games are stored in alphabetical order and I know exactly where all my files are on my PC AND what these files are too lol (3 Hard Drives).  I know, it's a little obsessive, but that's me ;D
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: saken41 on August 27, 2007, 13:31:50
I found some scratches on the Ship Simulator 2008 disc, but it still works :-\.
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: AlexKall on August 27, 2007, 18:36:58
Indeed, I would actually find it too difficult to rethink any strategy like that anyway........it's habit now ;)

All my DVD's and games are stored in alphabetical order and I know exactly where all my files are on my PC AND what these files are too lol (3 Hard Drives).  I know, it's a little obsessive, but that's me ;D

I'm the oposite, I don't know where any of my CD's are (not DVD's either ;)) and I defenetly do not keep track of the files, you sound alot like my brother  :D
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: [RWP]DJM on August 27, 2007, 22:48:19
I'm the oposite, I don't know where any of my CD's are (not DVD's either ;)) and I defenetly do not keep track of the files, you sound alot like my brother  :D

 :o That would seriously scare me :o

You sound a lot like my Uncle :D
Title: Re: Disc scratches
Post by: Ship Sim on August 28, 2007, 06:33:55
Yea I have been Protecting my Silent Hunter 4 Wolfs of the pacific disc. I got is last Thursday and it has no scratches on it. ;D ;) Other than Ship Simulator Its the funest game I have ever played. ;D