gpl nocd patch

I'm trying to make a cd of my entire gpl folder, including all patches setups and stuff so that I can just copy the entire folder to my new hd. I want to make 1 single disk with all stuff on it so that I don't have to mess around with 2 cd's everyime I have to reinstall it. I just need the no-cd patch so hat I can copy it all from the cdr to my hd and play right away. This is not for piracy issues as I have the original disk, I swear! ;) TIA!

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> I'm trying to make a cd of my entire gpl folder, including all patches > setups and stuff so that I can just copy the entire folder to my new hd. > I want to make 1 single disk with all stuff on it so that I don't have to > mess around with 2 cd's everyime I have to reinstall it. > I just need the no-cd patch so hat I can copy it all from the cdr to my hd > and play right away. > This is not for piracy issues as I have the original disk, I swear! ;) > > TIA! > >

Just two things to consider. 1st, From what I've been told you'll first need to run install from the original disk otherwise the controller systems won't be set up in the registry and GPL won't see your controller. 2nd, If you copy all your files from a CD to your HD, they will have the attributes set to read only so you will not be able to alter your setups, your player.ini won't record your best lap times etc. I would add the GPL folder to a self extracting zip before burning to a CD, then you can unzip from the CD to your HD and that will keep the attributes as they were. In fact, that's such a good idea, I'm going to do it now ! :) -- Ian P <email invalid due to spam> Tim Vanhee <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4tYA6.31378$[email hidden]... > I'm trying to make a cd of my entire gpl folder, including all patches > setups and stuff so that I can just copy the entire folder to my new hd. > I want to make 1 single disk with all stuff on it so that I don't have to > mess around with 2 cd's everyime I have to reinstall it. > I just need the no-cd patch so hat I can copy it all from the cdr to my hd > and play right away. > This is not for piracy issues as I have the original disk, I swear! ;) > > TIA! > >

"Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9b25j9$s7l$[email hidden]... > 2nd, If you copy all your files from a CD to your HD, they will have the > attributes set to read only so you will not be able to alter your setups, > your player.ini won't record your best lap times etc. I would add the GPL > folder to a self extracting zip before burning to a CD, then you can unzip > from the CD to your HD and that will keep the attributes as they were. > In fact, that's such a good idea, I'm going to do it now ! :) Everybody who is serious about GPL should do something like this. I zip my entire GPL folder and save that Zip file on a separate partition. I then FTP that Zip file to my work PC so if my hard drive dies I can recover GPL easily. (Almost nothing else on my PC is backed up...)

Better than that I just burn the C:\Sierra\GPL directory to a CD-R (minus the replay directory) and it all fits on one handy CD-R. The only bad thing is when you restore, everything is read only. SLG "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>"Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:9b25j9$s7l$[email hidden]... >> 2nd, If you copy all your files from a CD to your HD, they will have the >> attributes set to read only so you will not be able to alter your setups, >> your player.ini won't record your best lap times etc. I would add the GPL >> folder to a self extracting zip before burning to a CD, then you can unzip >> from the CD to your HD and that will keep the attributes as they were. >> In fact, that's such a good idea, I'm going to do it now ! :) > >Everybody who is serious about GPL should do something like this. I zip my >entire GPL folder and save that Zip file on a separate partition. I then FTP >that Zip file to my work PC so if my hard drive dies I can recover GPL >easily. > >(Almost nothing else on my PC is backed up...) > >

(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers)

Yeah, that was Ian P's point - if you Zip first you don't have any problem with read only files. (I don't have a CDR but I do have a fast Net connection, so FTP is my alternative). "Steve Garrotto" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Better than that I just burn the C:\Sierra\GPL directory to a CD-R > (minus the replay directory) and it all fits on one handy CD-R. The > only bad thing is when you restore, everything is read only. > > SLG > > "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >"Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:9b25j9$s7l$[email hidden]... > >> 2nd, If you copy all your files from a CD to your HD, they will have

the > >> attributes set to read only so you will not be able to alter yoursetups, > >> your player.ini won't record your best lap times etc. I would add theGPL > >> folder to a self extracting zip before burning to a CD, then you canunzip > >> from the CD to your HD and that will keep the attributes as they were. > >> In fact, that's such a good idea, I'm going to do it now ! :) > > > >Everybody who is serious about GPL should do something like this. I zipmy > >entire GPL folder and save that Zip file on a separate partition. I thenFTP

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> >that Zip file to my work PC so if my hard drive dies I can recover GPL > >easily. > > > >(Almost nothing else on my PC is backed up...) > > > > > > > (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new > and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are > due to too many English classes/teachers) > >

Ian P <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws 9b25j9$s7l$[email hidden]... > Just two things to consider. > > 1st, From what I've been told you'll first need to run install from the > original disk otherwise the controller systems won't be set up in the > registry and GPL won't see your controller. So I still need the 2 disks...no problem, I can't patch gpl.exe with the nocdpatch anyway because the gpl.exe isn't original anymore. Obviously I've done something that changed the gpl.exe, dunno what though.

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> > 2nd, If you copy all your files from a CD to your HD, they will have the > attributes set to read only so you will not be able to alter your setups, > your player.ini won't record your best lap times etc. I would add the GPL > folder to a self extracting zip before burning to a CD, then you can unzip > from the CD to your HD and that will keep the attributes as they were. > In fact, that's such a good idea, I'm going to do it now ! :) >

So if I zip my entire gpl folder to a cdr, what should I do next to make gpl work exactly the same? Install gpl from the original disk and replace everything in the gpl folder by the zip on the cdr, right??

"Tim Vanhee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bfmB6.33813$[email hidden]... > So if I zip my entire gpl folder to a cdr, what should I do next to makegpl > work exactly the same? Install gpl from the original disk and replace > everything in the gpl folder by the zip on the cdr, right?? Even easier, you don't need to bother installing from the original. Just unzip the CDR to a folder on your hard drive and create a shortcut to GPL.EXE. GPL doesn't really need anything from the Registry. GPL-related tools like ReplayAnalyzer may not be able to find GPL without you telling them where it is, but that's no big deal. I'm not sure if the add-in track installer will work, but it should as long as you tell it where GPL lives. I've done this with my work PC and it works fine. I don't run GPL here, I just use it as a backup and sometimes to watch replays - my boss doesn't think a wheel at work enhances productivity...

You don't have a wheel at work, that's why you don't have any problem with installing by copying direct :) The wheel (so I've heard) needs to use the driver which is linked via the registry. I haven't actually tried it though, just going on rumours ;) -- Ian P <email invalid due to spam> Rob Adams <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:xfnB6.669$[email hidden]... > "Tim Vanhee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:bfmB6.33813$[email hidden]... > > So if I zip my entire gpl folder to a cdr, what should I do next to make > gpl > > work exactly the same? Install gpl from the original disk and replace > > everything in the gpl folder by the zip on the cdr, right?? > > Even easier, you don't need to bother installing from the original. Just > unzip the CDR to a folder on your hard drive and create a shortcut to > GPL.EXE. GPL doesn't really need anything from the Registry. > > GPL-related tools like ReplayAnalyzer may not be able to find GPL without > you telling them where it is, but that's no big deal. > > I'm not sure if the add-in track installer will work, but it should as long > as you tell it where GPL lives. > > I've done this with my work PC and it works fine. I don't run GPL here, I > just use it as a backup and sometimes to watch replays - my boss doesn't > think a wheel at work enhances productivity... > >

You can copy the original GPL.exe from the original GPL CD to your GPL folder, uncheck read only then you can run the no CD patch on it. You can run any other addon programs that alter the GPL.exe after the no CD patch. Once you have everything how you like it you can zip it and put it on CDR. When you come to reinstall, install GPL from the original disk, then unzip your CDR to the GPL folder, it will overwrite all the files in there. You may want to try just unzipping the CDR to your HD and see if it works, as I said, I've been told you need something in the registry to make the steering work but I can't guarantee that. If it doesn't work just move that folder to a temporary foler eg C:/Temp/Sierra/GPL , install GPL normally then move C:/Temp/Sierra/GPL back to C:/Sierra/GPL and let it replace the files already there. -- Ian P <email invalid due to spam> Tim Vanhee <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bfmB6.33813$[email hidden]... > So if I zip my entire gpl folder to a cdr, what should I do next to make gpl > work exactly the same? Install gpl from the original disk and replace > everything in the gpl folder by the zip on the cdr, right?? > > >

Yes, that was my point :) -- Ian P <email invalid due to spam> Rob Adams <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wqkB6.302$[email hidden]... > Yeah, that was Ian P's point - if you Zip first you don't have any problem > with read only files. (I don't have a CDR but I do have a fast Net > connection, so FTP is my alternative). >

Maybe the Papy wheel driver does (I dunno), but I'm using DirectX drivers because I have a force feedback wheel. Hopefully that doesn't rely on GPL Registry settings. I've introduced my boss and a couple of co-workers to GPL, so I hope soon to have a GPL LAN day here, and I can try my wheel here. GPL on my work PIII 733/GeForce should be nice compared to my home PII 333/Voodoo3! "Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9b50sp$dun$[email hidden]...

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> You don't have a wheel at work, that's why you don't have any problem with > installing by copying direct :) > The wheel (so I've heard) needs to use the driver which is linked via the > registry. I haven't actually tried it though, just going on rumours ;) > > -- > Ian P > <email invalid due to spam> > > > Rob Adams <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:xfnB6.669$[email hidden]... > > "Tim Vanhee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:bfmB6.33813$[email hidden]... > > > So if I zip my entire gpl folder to a cdr, what should I do next to

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> > gpl > > > work exactly the same? Install gpl from the original disk and replace > > > everything in the gpl folder by the zip on the cdr, right?? > > > > Even easier, you don't need to bother installing from the original. Just > > unzip the CDR to a folder on your hard drive and create a shortcut to > > GPL.EXE. GPL doesn't really need anything from the Registry. > > > > GPL-related tools like ReplayAnalyzer may not be able to find GPL

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> > you telling them where it is, but that's no big deal. > > > > I'm not sure if the add-in track installer will work, but it should as > long > > as you tell it where GPL lives. > > > > I've done this with my work PC and it works fine. I don't run GPL here,

I > > just use it as a backup and sometimes to watch replays - my boss doesn't > > think a wheel at work enhances productivity... > > > > > >

In article <9uoB6.1025$[email hidden]>, "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> writes: >I've introduced my boss and a couple of co-workers to GPL, so I hope soon to >have a GPL LAN day here, and I can try my wheel here. GPL on my work PIII >733/GeForce should be nice compared to my home PII 333/Voodoo3! My boss and co-workers are hooked on Diablo 2. I've never been able to get people interested in driving games... :( Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

If you try it, let us know how you get on. I would be interested to know :) -- Ian P <email invalid due to spam> Rob Adams <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9uoB6.1025$[email hidden]... > Maybe the Papy wheel driver does (I dunno), but I'm using DirectX drivers > because I have a force feedback wheel. Hopefully that doesn't rely on GPL > Registry settings. > > I've introduced my boss and a couple of co-workers to GPL, so I hope soon to > have a GPL LAN day here, and I can try my wheel here. GPL on my work PIII > 733/GeForce should be nice compared to my home PII 333/Voodoo3! >