Age of Empires 2 won't Recognize CD when Installed on D: Drive

[TradeDraft]

Installs Fine but when Loading Game it says "Please Insert CD Rom, Select OK and Restart Application"

So how can this Problem be Fixed

Using Windows 10 and latest Core and Retroarch

Update:

Same thing Happened installing to C: Drive

[Winchester95]

its working on my android device

[TradeDraft]

Same thing happened with Red Alert 2 and that when I press to Install

[cbrunner83]

i have same issue with Beavis & Butthead: Bunghole in one Minigolf Game .... so there seem to be several titles that have this issue

[xttx]

Same issue with MotoRacer 3

Update: It actually uses a copy protection, that's why just making an ISO is obviously not enough. So it's a false report, sorry for that.

[schellingb]

As @xttx mentioned, the games reported in this issue all have some elaborate CD copy protection scheme which isn't that trivial for an emulator to support.

A first attempt to satisfy some of the earlier Windows game CD copy protection systems is now in the just released version 0.9.7. In my testing, with a proper raw CD image that preserves bad sectors of the original game disc (usually .BIN file and not .ISO file) I can get Age of Empires 2 to run correctly now. Red Alert 2 (which was released a year after AOE2) though seems to be a bit more clever and doesn't fall for my attempt just yet. Please try any other copy protected games from that era, I'm curious if it helps.

[cbrunner83]

@schellingb well for me this works now in the example of the Beavis & Butthead: Bunghole in One Minigolf title as of version 0.9.7 :)

[TradeDraft]

Found a Video of Someone getting Red Alert 2 working Dosbox Pure.

I asked how he did it and he answered how he did it in the Comments

Video Here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSC1yhMU9Jc&ab_channel=guruemulation

[schellingb]

Yes, running CD emulation in the guest OS like Daemon Tools or Virtual Clone Drive will likely work around the issue. I wish one of these tools were open source so I could see what it is doing. Come on, at least a very old version of these tools for Windows 98 can't contain that many relevant trade secrets nowadays :-)

Ideally it would all work out-of-the-box without the need to install some tool in the guest OS or use copy-protection removal hacks, hopefully we'll get there some day :-)

[TradeDraft]

That would help a lot @schellingb IF was Open Source would make your Job lot Easier

Yeah the OS not even being Supported anymore so they not going to lose Much Money

[cbrunner83]

ah so mounting tools are okay to use in the emulated OS already? i avoided using them since RA has that built in but okay, noted for workaround :)

[TradeDraft]

Tried Age of Empires 2 and still says to Insert CD

Using latest Core

[cbrunner83]

software like Daemon Tools was mentioned to workaround issues with mounting did you try that aswell to mount Age of Empires 2?

[TradeDraft]

I have tried @cbrunner83 but I can get the Image File to.show from a Zip File

[cbrunner83]

@TradeDraft not sure if i understand you correctly so you try to run AoE2 for a Zip File over the RA mounting feature?

i`d go for making custom ISO Files with software like Anyburn (maybe you have to repack the AoE 2 zip files and split them when creating the custom iso)

• mount the custom iso with RA
• transfer the AoE zip file for the custom iso to the Win98 D drive
• then unpack the AoE Zip in D drive and mount the image with Daemon Tools

[TradeDraft]

Thanks @cbrunner83 will do it

Though I did get it working by Putting. Bin/.Cue in Zip File as just mount the .bin File

[RIKUSYO]

Could be a related issue.

The Windows 95 game "The Tower CD Winter Edition" (a later version of the game known overseas as "SimTower") reads and plays movies from the CD during certain scenes while playing the game, but not in Dosbox Pure.

Other information

• The CD is a hybrid of Windows and Mac.
• When creating a CD image (CUE/BIN), you need to skip the error.
• The game that was run in VirtualBox was able to play movies.
• When running the above VirtualBox HDD image with Dosbox-x, the game could not play movies.
• When using Daemon Tools on Windows95 on Dosbox Pure, the movie does not play (it works on VirtualBox).
• The previous version, which is not the Winter Edition, does not cause errors in creating CD images, and movies can be played.

Sorry for the DeepL translation.

[TradeDraft]

Samething Happened with Unreal Tournament and Sid Miers SimGof

[SAM1430B]

Red Alert 2 Installer error fixed by updating the CD-ROM driver , not sure if this gonna work with Age Of Empires 2

[TradeDraft]

Red Alert 2 Installer error fixed by updating the CD-ROM driver , not sure if this gonna work with Age Of Empires 2

How would I do that?

[SAM1430B]

How would I do that?

I don't know what's the difference between Dosbox-x driver and the standard one but once you update to the standard you can't backward the driver by default way. Device Manager>CDROM>what appeared to me something like(Dosbox-x CD ROM)>Properties>Update Driver>The next stepDisplay a list...>select CD ROM Drive...

In addition this might help too update the Hard disk controller Update Driver>Display a list...>Show all hardware>Standard Dual PCI IDE Controller>Next`>...

[TradeDraft]

Where would I get the Dosbox-X CD Rom Driver from @SAM1430B ?

[SAM1430B]

@schellingb might know,. Anyway Dosbox-X CD ROM Driver didn't give me any value from the standard driver. But if you need it just make a copy of your OS image.

[TradeDraft]

I tried the OEM Version and Worked Fine