There's a big thread on MATY, N99 and a few other sites regarding the new patch for Bon Voyage.
Maxis has been using securom since April of 2007 to curb piracy, not that it helps. Supposedly the new patch for Bon Voyage uses the newest version of Securom and supposedly the newest version is a bit more spyware like. I've never had an issue with securom in the past, but times change. So I for one am not installing the patch. The patch does not resolve the nvidia issue, it only supposedly fixes the random spawning of tour guides, but the hacks on MATY already covered that. The patch instructions also claim that it may not fix issues with a lot/family and the player may need to create a new family/lot in order to take advantage of the patch.
There is no nocd crack for the new patch as of yet. So if you install the patch and you're using a nocd crack, it'll just screw things up, so don't do it. There may not be a nocd crack for the patch. Maxis doesn't number their patches, ie: they don't call it 1.1. So the scene kids who create nocd cracks often times have no idea the game has been patched. On top of that, the patches take so long to be done, the kids who do the nocd cracks have already moved on to bigger and better games.
I heard the patch also does not resolve the audio clipping. As I've stated in another thread, what fixes that is going with internal sound rather than a creative soundcard. I have a feeling maxis just said "screw testing with soundcards.. lets just test with onboard sound".
Anywho..
Securom is known to cause certain dvd burning software to have issues..
Here's the list..
--Fantom CD Emulator
--Alcohol 120%
--Nero Image Drive
--Phantom CD
--Clone CD
--Ark Virtual Drive
--Veritas DLA
--Daemon Tools