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Alcohol 120% / 52% Manual

A.C.I.D. - Alcohol Cloaking Initiative for DRM

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Introduction

Created for Alcohol 52%/120% v1.9.8.7117 (or newer, will NOT work with older versions).

Current version of A.C.I.D v1.2.10090 was tested with Alcohol 52%/120% v2.0.1.2033 with SPTD 1.74.

Run A.C.I.D (you can find an icon for A.C.I.D Wizard on Alcohol folder in Windows Start Menu), click "Cloak" to hide your devices, run your game without any hassles from the protection scheme (SecuROM/SafeDisc). To restore your settings simply click "Uncloak" and/or close/quit A.C.I.D.

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Commandline Parameters

-s

Silent mode (Using this when A.C.I.D is active will hide A.C.I.D in the system tray).

-a

Add to system start up.

-r

Remove from system start up.

-x

Terminates/Closes A.C.I.D (only works if A.C.I.D is already active).

-c

Enables A.C.I.D Anti-Blacklist(s) for SafeDisc & SecuROM.

-uc

Disables A.C.I.D Anti-Blacklist(s).

-nosd

No SafeDisc. A.C.I.D will NOT hide any devices from SafeDisc.

-nosdi

No Intelligent SafeDisc. A.C.I.D will NOT use intelligent SafeDisc Anti-Blacklist(s).

-nosr

No SecuROM. A.C.I.D will NOT hide any devices from SecuROM.

-nopc

Disables A.C.I.D permission checking.

*NOTE: Using -nosd & -nosr together will just terminate A.C.I.D (unless A.C.I.D is already running).

 

Games Tested

World of Subways v1.4.8.0
Far Cry 2 v0.1.0.1 (Original (7.38.0007))
Far Cry 2 v0.1.0.1 (Direct from SecuROM (7.38.0012))
Pro Evolution Soccer v1.0.0.0
Space Siege v1.0.0.0 (SafeDisc 4.90.000 & 4.90.010)
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix v1.0.0.0
NecroVisioN v1.0.0.0
Tomb Raider: Underworld v1.0.0.0
Tomb Raider: Underworld v1.1.0.0

 

Protections Tested

SecuROM:

7.38.00xx
7.39.00xx

SafeDisc:

4.60.0xx
4.70.0xx
4.80.0xx
4.85.0xx
4.90.0xx

 

Version History

* NOTE: Please close any previous version(s) of A.C.I.D before running a newer version, failing to do so MAY cause problems and/or system instability.

1.2.10090:

Fixed device detection (SPTD version 1.74).

1.2.10010:

Fixed device detection under Windows® Vista and Windows® 7.
A.C.I.D will force uncloaking of devices when entering Standby or Sleep mode.
Fixed detection of newer versions of Alcohol (> 2.x.x.x).

1.1.9044:

Fixed a bug with (some) non-English locale systems.
Fixed a bug which caused A.C.I.D to fail to run when added to the system startup.
Various other minor bug fixes.

1.1.9040:

Enhanced device detection/restoration routine(s).
Overhauled and updated SafeDisc & SecuROM cloaking routine(s).
A.C.I.D will attempt to automatically detect and repair damaged/corrupted/deleted registry data caused by other programs (i.e "DAEMON Tools Extensions").
A.C.I.D will detect and use the System's current font, opposed to "Tahoma".
Updated Log output, will now display more/additional information.
Fixed minor issue with Tray Icon Popup menu (when about dialog is visible).
Fixed minor bug with Balloon Tips (Tips will ONLY show cloaked drives).

1.1.9033:

Fixed SafeDisc cloaking issue(s) with nVidia ForceWare drivers.
Fixed tab order of controls.
Fixed minor bug with Log (ListView) Popup menu (Right-Click).
Minor GUI enhancements.
(Released for internal testing)

1.1.9032:

Fixed issue with SafeDisc 4.90 not cloaking correctly under Windows XP (32bit).
A.C.I.D will now prompt for Administrator credentials under Windows XP (If required).
A.C.I.D's log can now be copied directly to the windows Clipboard.
Added option to A.C.I.D's log to only save/copy selected item(s).
Save log dialog will now specify a file name ("ACID_Log_(%Date%).txt"), opposed to "*.txt".
Upon saving a log, the user will be prompted to open the saved file.
(Released for internal testing).

1.1.9030:

Fixed SecuROM 7.38/9 Blacklist of A.C.I.D.
Updated SecuROM Anti-Blacklist(s) for version(s) 7.39.0004+.
Updated SafeDisc Anti-Blacklist(s) for version(s) 4.90 & 4.90.010.
Modified A.C.I.D's main window, window is sizeable.
Minor GUI fixes.
(Released for internal testing).

1.0.8111:

Fixed Tray Icon hint(s).

1.0.8102:

The birth of A.C.I.D.
Current version of A.C.I.D is based on Y.A.S.U (Yet Another SecuROM/SafeDisc Utility) v1.5.8102.
Released for Alcohol Soft internal testing

 

Information

Created for Alcohol Soft.

By: sYk0.

 

Additional Copyrights

SecuROM - Copyright (C) Sony DADC.

SafeDisc - Copyright (C) Macrovision Corporation.