That sounds like the way to go. But what is the "setup.exe" that you
mentioned (registry hack)? That's what I'm concerned with, not having to
reinstall (to make the registry changes) and just unzip everything to the
hard disk.
Please let me know, and thanks for your suggestion ;-)
L.S.
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Hi all....
It occurs to me that most of us who play GPL do so with our own heavily
patched versions (i.e., 1.2 patch, D3D patch, GPLEA cars/dashes, custom
sounds, etc., etc.). There should be a way to back up a GPL installation
(take "snapshot" of it, if you will, so that we don't have to go crazy
looking for all this stuff when we want to reinstall after reinstalling
Windows, for instance.
Is it enough to make a copy of the game directory (I would imagine there are
registry entries that would need to be copied, as well) and then just copy
it back to the HD, or do you install it fresh from the CD and then copy (and
replace) from your backed up files? Or better yet: Has anyone figured out
how to make a custom install CD that, in place of the original files,
contains our very own customized GPL?
I'd do it myself, but I have neither the knowledge or the time to get into
it. Perhaps someone more resourceful could tackle this project?
L.S.
all i do is zip up the sierra folder and burn it to a cd..
ive done this over 10 installs of my os, ive *never* had to reinstall the
game
i click a setup.exe (registry hack i think) and all works great after the
install
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> registry entries that would need to be copied, as well) and then just copy
> it back to the HD, or do you install it fresh from the CD and then copy(and
> replace) from your backed up files? Or better yet: Has anyone figuredout
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> Hi all.... > > It occurs to me that most of us who play GPL do so with our own heavily > patched versions (i.e., 1.2 patch, D3D patch, GPLEA cars/dashes, custom > sounds, etc., etc.). There should be a way to back up a GPL installation > (take "snapshot" of it, if you will, so that we don't have to go crazy > looking for all this stuff when we want to reinstall after reinstalling > Windows, for instance. > > Is it enough to make a copy of the game directory (I would imagine thereQuoted text (9 lines)
> how to make a custom install CD that, in place of the original files, > contains our very own customized GPL? > > I'd do it myself, but I have neither the knowledge or the time to get into > it. Perhaps someone more resourceful could tackle this project? > > L.S. > >What worked for me (several times) is
1. To copy the whole GPL dir over the fresh installed one (therefore the
whole GPL folder is the backup)
2. After uninstalling GPL copy whatever is left in the GPL folder for safe
keeping, but this way you will have to patch the game every time... when
installing it over again..
Oliver
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> registry entries that would need to be copied, as well) and then just copy
> it back to the HD, or do you install it fresh from the CD and then copy(and
> replace) from your backed up files? Or better yet: Has anyone figuredout
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> Hi all.... > > It occurs to me that most of us who play GPL do so with our own heavily > patched versions (i.e., 1.2 patch, D3D patch, GPLEA cars/dashes, custom > sounds, etc., etc.). There should be a way to back up a GPL installation > (take "snapshot" of it, if you will, so that we don't have to go crazy > looking for all this stuff when we want to reinstall after reinstalling > Windows, for instance. > > Is it enough to make a copy of the game directory (I would imagine thereQuoted text (9 lines)
> how to make a custom install CD that, in place of the original files, > contains our very own customized GPL? > > I'd do it myself, but I have neither the knowledge or the time to get into > it. Perhaps someone more resourceful could tackle this project? > > L.S. > >Just copy the whole GPL directory. It works fine. I have 2 copies of GPL
on my HD. When new stuff comes out (cars, dashes, tracks) I sinstall it
on my 'test' copy first to make sure all is ok before installing it in
the main 'working' copy.
Kev
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> > Hi all.... > > It occurs to me that most of us who play GPL do so with our own heavily > patched versions (i.e., 1.2 patch, D3D patch, GPLEA cars/dashes, custom > sounds, etc., etc.). There should be a way to back up a GPL installation > (take "snapshot" of it, if you will, so that we don't have to go crazy > looking for all this stuff when we want to reinstall after reinstalling > Windows, for instance. > > Is it enough to make a copy of the game directory (I would imagine there are > registry entries that would need to be copied, as well) and then just copy > it back to the HD, or do you install it fresh from the CD and then copy (and > replace) from your backed up files? Or better yet: Has anyone figured out > how to make a custom install CD that, in place of the original files, > contains our very own customized GPL? > > I'd do it myself, but I have neither the knowledge or the time to get into > it. Perhaps someone more resourceful could tackle this project? > > L.S.Doesn't help you with the patches, but:
all the small adjustments I backup frequently by zip-ping all the *.ini files.
Jens
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>
>It occurs to me that most of us who play GPL do so with our own heavily
>patched versions (i.e., 1.2 patch, D3D patch, GPLEA cars/dashes, custom<snip>
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