Colin McRae DiRT 2 (DVD9 to 1xDVD5)

[peterf1999]

Colin McRae - DiRT 2 (DVD9 to 1xDVD5 1 LANGUAGE) FREEARC+IS loader

1) Make temp folders

temp\DiRT2

2) Copy all contents of DVD9 to 'temp\DiRT2'

3) Extract & overwrite 'DiRT2_1xDVD5.7z' contents to 'temp\'

4) Launch repack.bat in 'temp\DiRT2' & wait...

5) Install the game from DVD9,start FREEARC browse game's folder & select the following folders:

tracks
cars

Output archive: DiRT2_arc
Compression: Maximum (192mb decompression) : type in compression field -mx -ld192m
Make exe: Windows GUI: freearc.sfx

6) Move 'DiRT2_arc.exe' to 'temp'

7) Edit 'temp\DiRT2\setup.ini' under [Languages] label:

from

[Languages]
Default=0x0009
count=5
key0=0x0009
key1=0x040c
key2=0x0007
key3=0x0010
key4=0x000a

to (for English)

[Languages]
Default=0x0009
count=1
key0=0x0009

to (for French)

[Languages]
Default=0x040c
count=1
key0=0x040c

to (for Italian)

[Languages]
Default=0x0010
count=1
key0=0x0010

to (for Spanish)

[Languages]
Default=0x000a
count=1
key0=0x000a

to (for German)

[Languages]
Default=0x0007
count=1
key0=0x0007

8) Burn or make ISO from 'temp' folder (temp content is DVD's root) with label name of your choice

DVD size 4.15 gb

[ShadowDuke]

Add, Compression, Maximum and then type in -mx -ld192m and cross convert to sfx (make selfextracting sfx-exe - freearc.sfx should alrdy be choosen), then make it in own process, the middle bar, between ok and cancel.

I'll edit soon if it works ;)

Edit: Works fine, thanks a lot peterf1999

[jerc]

Works for me,thanks peterf1999

[elbubi]

AWESOME Job Peter!!!

Conversion worked 100% for me, thank you so much... NFS Shift x1dvd5 and this conversion are just amazing...

One little doubt, in step 7, shouldn´t be "temp\setup.ini" instead of "'temp\DiRT2\setup.ini"???

Once again, thank you so much!!!

Kindest Regards

Ps: Step 7 is correct as the rest of this flawless conversion!

[yayluu]

It works 100%, thank u Peterf1999.. You saved my one blank media :P

[emrahcey]

works % 100 , Thank you Peterf1999

[dogyutz]

@peterf1999 your so nice and talented man

Very easy Convertion...

thanks to your effort

[Aldo_73]

Thanks Peterf1999 work 100% in windows 7 x64

[nando2002]

What edit in installer to load DiRT2_arc.exe after installation?
InstallShield (not msi installer) doesn't allow (like the msi version does) to edit the installation database to add a new item to run after install.
However, if the game installs/update DirectX, try to include the arc sfx into the DirectX folder (if available), delete all the content and rename your file to dxsetup.exe.
If there's no DirectX folder and the game still updates DirectX it's because it has it internally.
To do that, rename you arc sdx to DXSetup.exe and then replace it inside the cab with iscab.exe.

this is an example code. You must change to fit your needs:

[ISCAB Info]
Product=ISCAB
Version=2.0

[DirectX]
FileXPTO=DXSetup.exe

then run the command: iscab data1.cab -a -i"filename with previous code"

This way, Installshield with run the freearc sfx instead of DirectX

I don't have the game so I don't know the right stuff.
Peterf1999 can help you better with this.

[trykecs]

Thanks Peterf1999

[peterf1999]

@Peterf1999
Please, edit polish installer.
http://hotfile.com/dl/20144092/d5c9f7a/DiRT2_polish_installer.rar.html

step 3 changes as follows:

3) Extract & overwrite 'DiRT2_1xDVD5.7z' contents and then after 'DiRT2_Polish.7z' to 'temp\'

skip step 7

[lozo]

Thanks Peterf1999 for the polish installer

[tuszyn]

For Polish version works great! XP SP3 x86

[n00dls]

hey i'm having a problem with Free arc, i have the setting in place and try to make archive, but it tells me it "can't modify non-freearc archive"

i'm stumped as why it give me this error i follow the first part with no problem

n00dls

[Joe Forster/STA]

hey i'm having a problem with Free arc, i have the setting in place and try to make archive, but it tells me it "can't modify non-freearc archive"

Which step are you stuck at? What commands have you executed? Details, please!