Sims 2 Open for business No CD..

[leezer3]

You're digging yourself further & further into a hole here
Just give up, accept the ban & come back having read the rules- They are there for a purpose.

-Leezer-

[robo989]

I'd love to catch you doing something face to face...hehe...

If you dig any further you won't be able to climb out...

I think what I said in me post further up should sort it out...

there's another topic here that says the game defo is Safedisk, just follow the steps.

You might need a program called "Pr0t.Stop" checkout http://www.cdmediaworld.com for that

not sure if they got it actually, if not just google it

[Baloo_Edd]

Ok i got The Sims 2 ... and all the expantion packs and the new one open for busness ... i would like to know if there is anywhy off playing it with out the CD as i got kids and thay write on CD'S with markers and reak my games and thay play the sims on my computer and i been told there is a why off playing the game with out the cd can anyone help me out with this ??

[darthia]

I just found out earlier today how to play my Open for Business game without the cd, so I thought I'd stop by and pass the info on to you people.

Here's what worked for me, and I have been playing the game cd-free for a couple hours now with no problem...if you follow my directions properly, there is no reason it wont work for you as well.

1. Get the Game Jackal Program(the free download)
2. Get the safedisc 4 hider Program
3. Follow the directions in the Game Jackal program to create a profile for the .exe file of the Open for Business game. While creating the profile, if you are using a mdf or mds file, direct the game jackal program to the virtual disk location that you use to mount your images on, then when it finally says to put the cd in, mount the image at that time. Once finished, do not activate the profile yet, but leave the game jackal program open.
4. Start safe disc 4 hider program
5. Click hide on the safe disc 4 hider program
6. Activate the profile on the Game Jackal Program
7. The game should play now
I hope this works for you guys, but let me know if you have any problems.

[WayneBobble]

i didnt use Game Jackal at all, but i simply manually disabled my physical IDE optical drives (actual cdroms/dvd drives, not virtual ones created by 3rd party programs like Daemon tools) and used Safedisc hider 4 and latest Daemon Tools to mount the image and it worked like a charm, its a little annoying but it's a necessity when you've got a set of twins for siblings, buying every game they like twice is just silly...

[BeetleJuice]

I've tried every way that several of you mentioned and none work... Are you using dvd versions of the game oe cd versions if there are cd versions, i used dvd?

I just found out earlier today how to play my Open for Business game without the cd, so I thought I'd stop by and pass the info on to you people.

Here's what worked for me, and I have been playing the game cd-free for a couple hours now with no problem...if you follow my directions properly, there is no reason it wont work for you as well.

1. Get the Game Jackal Program(the free download)
2. Get the safedisc 4 hider Program
3. Follow the directions in the Game Jackal program to create a profile for the .exe file of the Open for Business game. While creating the profile, if you are using a mdf or mds file, direct the game jackal program to the virtual disk location that you use to mount your images on, then when it finally says to put the cd in, mount the image at that time. Once finished, do not activate the profile yet, but leave the game jackal program open.
4. Start safe disc 4 hider program
5. Click hide on the safe disc 4 hider program
6. Activate the profile on the Game Jackal Program
7. The game should play now
I hope this works for you guys, but let me know if you have any problems.

Have you left out any details? I did exactly what you say, but still my game asks for the cd..

can u be more descriptive as step 3 confusesx me, think i did it wrong.. "".. where/how using what?.. think i did, but i get mdsg wanting the cd i cloicked it away, started the hider, then activated the profile and still it wants the cd..

are you using a dvd or cds for open for businss if there is cds, i have a dvd maybe thats why mine wont work, or maybe my image is bad?

[Smpwr2006]

Hi i am new my English sucks a bit
But this is what to do to make sims open for business work
English and Dutch readme

Greats a member from Fryslân Terror

[BeetleJuice]

Still not working here, not even the newly submitted images, must be because one of my installs was from dvd vs. cd?

[vescasiox]

none of these methods work at all i tryed every single one of them no such luck i get "please ensure the disk in the drive, press ok to restart the program" i did everything nothing works

[dziabok]

it's work it realy. tnx

[nowool]

Thanks smpwr,
your fix in the txt file worked like, great!