Need for Speed SHIFT (DVD9 to 1xDVD5)

[peterf1999]

Need for Speed SHIFT (DVD9 to 1xDVD5 Multi 10 - All Languages) FREEARC+MSI Custom Actions

1) Make temp folder

'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT'

2) Copy all contents of DVD9 to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

3) Extract & overwrite 'Dummy.7z' contents to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\Pakfiles\'

4) Start FREEARC browse game's folder after installation, or directly from DVD9 select:

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5) Move NFSS_arc.exe to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

6) Extract 'Need_for_Speed_SHIFT.7z' to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

7) Launch patch.bat in 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

8) Burn or make UDF ISO with same label name of temp folder

DVD size 3.50 gb

[peterf1999]

Volume label: Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT is too long :rolleyes:

Use udf file system or a name of your choice :D

[ecik-CZ]

Need for Speed SHIFT (DVD9 to 1xDVD5 Multi 10 - All Languages) FREEARC+MSI Custom Actions


Wow,good work.thanks peterf1999,u are the best

[uglinho]

Well i just tested the game, no problem in instalation and yep its like the original...

compressing game resources and not the videos...? That's brilliant bro. :cool:
why didn't you do this way for mini ninjas too? :p (Just kidding)
regards!

Thanks alot bro!

[BANJA]

Great work. It works perfect!

Thank you;)

[peterf1999]

i got the the dat filesize of 409 kb


:confused::confused:

use this autorun.dat already patched

[g0lf]

First download FREEARC here: http://freearc.org/Download.aspx

The thread starter post is quite frustrating and complicated for some people here.

Let me ease some pain here a bit;

After step 2, skip step 3 for now and compress the 2 folder first "Tracks" & "Vehicles" using FreeArc. Now repeat step 3.

Skip step 6 & 7 get the already modified file from #43 http://fileforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1154&d=1253280616 and overwrite the file in Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT folder.

Done.

that's it!

Step 3 must be after step 4

[silent9]

Thanks peterf1999, conversion tested / working.

[peterf1999]

Good compression and conversation.
Tested on win xp sp3, works without any lose.

Thanks peterf1999

is it able to do unpacking of "NFSS_arc.exe" silently in background of installation ?

no

[peterf1999]

I have followed all instructions, and got an image of 2Gb.

Did 3 after 4, extracted the autorun already patched autorun first though.

Does the dummy tracks and vehicles replace the arc files?

Or should it be the other way around?

Now use freearc to compress the 2 folder "Tracks" & "Vehicles" from dvd9 and then step 5

[Dark_Siegfried89]

Sorry for stupid question but what exactly is compressed here? Is the quality of videos the same?

It compresses only folders with files inside, decompression the files back to the original size ...!!! Best Work !!!:cool:

[pakrat2k2]

Well if you read a little before trying this its EASY to figure it out.

IF you do step 3

3) Extract & overwrite 'Dummy.7z' contents to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\Pakfiles\'

Then you MUST do the last part of step 4

4) Start FREEARC browse game's folder after installation, or directly from DVD9 select:

Otherwise use your games install folder, run freearc, then replace dummy files.

Come on its NOT Rocket Science... just read a little first.

[pakrat2k2]

RE-read his steps.. there NOT backwards... IF you replace the files with dummy ones then you MUST use freearc on original DVD9. IF you dont replace them then use installed games folder. people learn to read properly.

[pakrat2k2]

the program to edit SOME dat files AND most msi files is called "ORCA". Read thru some of the other conversions here, they contain pictures that show the changes made to the MSI file.

NOTE: NOT all dat files can be edited with orca, only those that were msi files but renamed as a dat file by game producer.
do a google search for it. Once installed then right click on your MSI file & edit with orca will be in the list.

[pakrat2k2]

Anyway to make english only 1xDVD5 ?

why bother? Its already on 1 dvd5, who cares how many language choices it gives you.

Probably too much work to try to remove all the extra languages anyways.

Peter does great work :)

[pakrat2k2]

My dvd is only 1.9 GB :confused:

you did the same as others here did, you replaced the dummy files then compressed the folder. thats why its 1.9GB.. go back & start over again.

BEFORE you start #3, DO step#4. people cant read

4) Start FREEARC browse game's folder after installation, or directly from DVD9 select:


Choose either the already installed game folder OR direct from DVD9, start freearc compress the needed files THEN do step #3 ( replace dummy files )
then to step #5.

[Meathos13]

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Need for Speed SHIFT (1xDVD9 to 1xDVD5)
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Need for Speed SHIFT (1xDVD9 to 1xDVD5 Multi 10 - All Languages) FREEARC+MSI Custom Actions

1) Make temp folder 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT'

2) Copy all contents of DVD9 to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

3) Start FREEARC (http://freearc.org/Download.aspx) browse 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\Pakfiles\', or directly from the original DVD9:

http://fileforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1151&d=1253190845

4) Move NFSS_arc.exe to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

5) Extract & overwrite 'Dummy.7z (http://ww1.fileforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1145&d=1253174729)' contents to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\Pakfiles\'

6) Extract 'Autorun.7z (http://ww1.fileforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1154&d=1253280616)' to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

7) Burn or make UDF ISO with same label name of temp folder

DVD size 3.50 gb

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Attached Files
Dummy.7z (http://ww1.fileforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1145&d=1253174729) (2.2 KB, 870 views)
Autorun.7z (http://ww1.fileforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1154&d=1253280616) (11.16 MB, 340 views)
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[xman323]

works flawlessly
Many thanks

[Joe Black]

Is This for any language? Can u post me for italian language 1xdvd5 please?
Tnx!
Alfart

When the compression is done, there are all language ;)

Bye

[victory144]

Thanks very much "peterf1999" keep them up ...

100% working ... Tested on W7 64Bit...

[73532]

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Another choice to get it work with one DVD.
Thank you, Meathos13 and the original from peterf :)
It's tested and work 100%. :D

[Meathos13]

All I did was simplify the syntax...

"But Thanks! Anyway"

Thank You Peterf1999 (http://www.fileforums.com/member.php?u=123714) for being intelligent enough to make the files and write the instruction in the first place!!!


Don't use Crack/s

[mongrel]

@peterf1999:
it worked for me on Win XP/Vista/7...thank u very much
could u share with us what changes u made in the .dat file as I'm new to all the msi editing and I'm liking it very much...if u cud share what u did here it would be very nice...thank you

also, what is the .dlt file and what is xdelta3.0???

[Joe Forster/STA]

what is xdelta3.0???

xdelta is a binary diff program, see here: http://xdelta.org.

[mongrel]

ohh, so xdelta is a patching tool, right??
can anyone tell me exactly what this command does, i tried to find it online but couldn't!
xdelta3.0 -d -v -fs autorun.dat NFSS.dlt "autorun patched.dat"

[Joe Forster/STA]

ohh, so xdelta is a patching tool, right??

Right.

can anyone tell me exactly what this command does, i tried to find it online but couldn't!
xdelta3.0 -d -v -fs autorun.dat NFSS.dlt "autorun patched.dat"

Apply a patch (-d for decode) called "NFSS.dlt" (first filename = input) to "autorun.dat" (value of -s for source, not a stand-alone filename!), resulting in "autorun patched.dat" (last filename = output) which is to be overwritten (-f for force overwrite), and be verbose (-v for verbose) about the process.

(Yes, the command line syntax of this software is not trivial, it's somehow quite confusing...)

[mongrel]

Apply a patch (-d for decode) called "NFSS.dlt" (first filename = input) to "autorun.dat" (value of -s for source, not a stand-alone filename!), resulting in "autorun patched.dat" (last filename = output) which is to be overwritten (-f for force overwrite), and be verbose (-v for verbose) about the process.


Thanks for clearing it out...but I still have doubts.
So, here, does the command decode "autorun.dat" or "nfss.dlt" ??
the source is "autorun.dat", i guess ??
what is the need to force overwrite the file, can't we just write it? :confused:
What is a .dlt file and how do we create it?

[peterf1999]

Thanks for clearing it out...but I still have doubts.
So, here, does the command decode "autorun.dat" or "nfss.dlt" ??
the source is "autorun.dat", i guess ??
what is the need to force overwrite the file, can't we just write it? :confused:
What is a .dlt file and how do we create it?

xdelta3.0 -e -fs oldfile newfile deltafile (create delta diff. bin file)
xdelta3.0 -d -fs oldfile deltafile newfile (apply the bin patch)

-f if it already present overwrite it

the source is always the oldfile

[mongrel]

@peterf1999
Thank you very much, I now understood evrything and thanx for telling all the commands (now I can create patches too...yippee)
Also, I compared the patched file and the original file, but I didn't find a line that said to extract "NFSS_arc.exe"...all I could find was a line that was added to unpack an "exe".
I have attached the differences between both patched and original files.

1295

[sumant30]

Thanks meathos :):):) working fine on win 7 x64.

[jm2k7]

Thank you very much, perfect running Windows 7 Home Premium x86,
I followed the instructions to the letter and it worked perfectly.

Great contribution.

[Marcio J da Silva]

Need for Speed SHIFT (DVD9 to 1xDVD5 Multi 10 - All Languages) FREEARC+MSI Custom Actions

1) Make temp folder

'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT'

2) Copy all contents of DVD9 to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

3) Extract & overwrite 'Dummy.7z' contents to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\Pakfiles\'

4) Start FREEARC browse game's folder after installation, or directly from DVD9 select:

http://fileforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1151

5) Move NFSS_arc.exe to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

6) Extract 'Need_for_Speed_SHIFT.7z' to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

7) Launch patch.bat in 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

8) Burn or make UDF ISO with same label name of temp folder

DVD size 3.50 gb

I used to wake up soon but gave error at installation time (it was asking the original disc), changed the order of some steps and it worked really well. I like this:

Need for Speed SHIFT (DVD9 to 1xDVD5 Multi 10 - All Languages) FREEARC+MSI Custom Actions

1) Make temp folder

'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT'

2) Copy all contents of DVD9 to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

3) Start FREEARC browse game's folder after installation, or directly from DVD9 select:

http://fileforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1151

4) Move NFSS_arc.exe to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

5) Extract & overwrite 'Dummy.7z' contents to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\Pakfiles\'

6) Extract 'Need_for_Speed_SHIFT.7z' to 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

7) Launch patch.bat in 'temp\Need for Speed(TM) SHIFT\'

8) Burn or make UDF ISO with same label name of temp folder

DVD size 3,41 GB gb

The end result of the DVD was even smaller :p

Sorry for the English decadent, I used the Google translator.

[tuszyn]

I don't see, how writing the steps in not exactly the same order, is changing the conversion itself? As I see it it didn't! Your compressing the same files, with the same compression method, followed by using the same files.
The steps or just marking what to do, for the conversion to work, and, witch thing to do one after the other it's just logical, don't You think, or do You disagree?

[Marcio J da Silva]

I don't see, how writing the steps in not exactly the same order, is changing the conversion itself? As I see it it didn't! Your compressing the same files, with the same compression method, followed by using the same files.
The steps or just marking what to do, for the conversion to work, and, witch thing to do one after the other it's just logical, don't You think, or do You disagree?

Instead of following the sequence 3 - 4 - 5 used 4 - 5 - 3.

[Munizig]

peterf1999, DVD9 to 1xDVD5 worked perfectly! :D Installation and normal running play. Even with patch 1.2 and translation into Portuguese. Thank you!

Thanks! :)

Sorry for my bad English.

[kamatbab]

Thanks.

[ecz3]

I'll start by apologizing for necro'ing this topic and then go on to thank peterf1999 for this guide!

I was wondering if there was a way to get the 1.02 patch integrated with the setup (unfortunately "slipstream" appears to be a term used in racing as well, making the search for this even harder).
I installed the game and patched it, compressed the Tracks & Vehicles folders (that covers half of the new stuff in the patch), but I'm at a loss as to how to add the other patched files into (what I'd presume would be) the Group#.cabs.

Since I haven't been able to find a topic on the matter, I'm guessing it's too much of a hassle and it's easier to just patch manually after installation.

Anyways, thanks again!