[Wine] DRM status?

[James McKenzie]

On 12/18/10 2:50 AM, paulthetall wrote:
> Hi guys question:
> In many games there is still need for a no cd Patch/Crack.
> How is the status of fixing those. The reason because is, that even games from online stores like gamersgate and Direct2Drive sell games but cant  be started without a no cd patch then it will or crash or ask to put the cd in the drive.
> The one i know it works is
>
> - SecuRom
This is because it recognizes Wine as a legitimate.
> The ones who do not work for example is:
> - Tagés (Is with Beyond  Good and evil for example)
> - Uniloc (Alphaprotocol for example)
>
> The one i dont know at the moment is:
> - SafeDisc
> - Starforce
> - LaserLock
>
These read several Windows files and then determine if you are indeed 
running an unhacked version of Windows.  Wine will NEVER match these 
values, nor should it.  Vitamin stated that you should use friendlier 
programs that do not use this broken functionality....

James McKenzie