Please insert Master of Orion 3 Disc 2, the Play CD.

[Boris Godunov]

Yes, thank you, I did that. Disc 2 is in the CD ROM drive.

SO WHY THE @#$%! DO I KEEP GETTING THAT MESSAGE?!

It won't let me start the game!

Any ideas?

[bakalov]

May be the disk in your drive is not the original one ....

[Boris Godunov]

It's the disc that came in the box, labeled "Disc 2." What other disk could they mean?

[ChristopherC]

I dont understand your problem, either. Disk 1 (Green) should install the game and you use Disk 2 to start it up! Though the booklet I have seems (at the bottom of page 13) to suggest you should have CD Disk1 in the drive in order to play which seems to me to be plain wrong! It is Disk 2 (Red) which boots the game (for me at least)!

If you havent solved your problem already, I recommend un-installing, then reinstalling with CD Disk 1 (Green) and then inserting CD Disk 2 (Red) to start the game (hopefully!).

Live long and prosper.

[Boris Godunov]

I installed with Disk 1, and am trying to play with Disk 2. But neither disk will let me into the game. I didn't get a manual with mine, funny enough. All that came in the box were the disks and insert for installation that referred to the game as "Monopoly." And this is from EB games, mind you.

[Daz]

Download a no-play-cd crack and install it.
No harm done and youll be able to play the game....

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Daz
Download a no-play-cd crack and install it.
No harm done and youll be able to play the game....

Where would I get such a thing?

[player1]

Sorry, but forum policy doesn't allow links to no-cd cracks.

Try using search.

[Daz]

oooooo, thanks for the info.....

Šta se pravis toša?! Ti kao da nisi kupio od pirata... Pravi se našo da mi moralizuje....

[Incidiousmrmoo]

Have the same probelm on mine after i install the patch unsure why, havent been able to find any help yet

[Daz]

Ask player1. He knows.

[Boris Godunov]

Tech support is also baffled by the problem, it seems, as they were unable to help me. The problem is caused by the patch, as I can run the game unpatched. Something about the patch creates copy protection problem.

Tech support e-mailed me an "alternate executable," but that didn't even work. I finally had the tech guy acknowledge that I should just get a no-cd crack until there was "maybe" an official fix.

Humph. Not a good start to my MOO3 experience.

[Daz]

Boris, I thought we told you not to get on the Moo3 train....
I cannot help myself, but you could have avoided it...

[Anguille2]

are you sure you have the 1.25 patch?


What happens when you just enter cd2 into the computer? Does something show up?

You should have a menu with things like: play game, read text, go to the official page etc...

[Boris Godunov]

Daz: It was $10, so I figured, why not? No big loss.

Angiulle2: Yes, I had the 1.25 patch--read above, that's precisely what is causing the problem. The autorun gives the same problem. The menu comes up, but when I press "Play Game," I get the message asking me to insert Disc 2.