posted on May 13th, 2009, 7:33 am
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Saerain on May 13th, 2009, 7:49 am, edited 1 time in total.
Here's an odd little story.
I only recently reinstalled Armada II because this mod came to my attention. I'm running Windows 7 x64 RC, which I suppose may or may not be the source of this problem for me, but I'm assuming not because Google has shown me a few old threads here about this issue from others running older Windows builds.
'You need your own CD to play.'
I received this the first time I installed the mod and the 3.05a patch. It was late at night and I simply gave up and went to sleep. The next day, after a little bit of tinkering with Bridge Commander for the sake of some of its mods, I tried Fleet Operations again, for the hell of it, and behold! Success.
I played for a hypnotic two hours before moving on to other matters. The next day, being today, it returned: 'You need your own CD to play.'
I've just spent the last three and a half hours stressing out over this. I uninstalled and reinstalled many times in several different ways, I made sure it was cleaned completely out of my registry, I did everything I could think of, all the while wondering, 'What the hell changed? I haven't touched it!'
But just a few minutes ago, I remembered that yesterday I had the Bridge Commander disc in one of my two drives while playing. In a last-ditch attempt, crazy as it seemed, I popped in BC.
It works. While somehow unsatisfied by my Armada II disc, Fleet Operations is quite happy if I pair it with Bridge Commander.
Go figure.
So, for anyone experiencing this error: if you own Bridge Commander, give it a shot. You do need to have Armada II inserted at the same time, so it's not exactly the most accessible solution, but it does work.
It doesn't make any sense...