Blur DVD9 -> DVD5

[Szaby59]

Blur DVD9 -> DVD5

1, Install the game from the original DVD9.
2, Compress "cache" and "levels" folders with FreeArc:
-mx -ld192m
3, Extract the DVD9 to a temp folder f.e.: D:\BD5
4, Delete Group1.cab, Group11.cab and WW_CAB.cab, only Group2.cab needed.
5, Delete Setup folder from this temp dir.
6, Copy and overwrite existing files downloaded from attachment.
7, Move the copressed Freearc archive to nGame folder.
8, Make an ISO with Blur_DVD lablel.
9, Install Game with LAUNCHER.EXE (this very important).
10, Final ISO size: 4,36 GB.

The game will create registry keys with the original installer, so you can apply updates.
Uninstall also works.

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[yener90]

Szaby59
good work mate.
but you can also include exe extractor into your msi

can you explain for what the all exes are??
i will make a simple script for you.

[Szaby59]

but you can also include exe extractor into your msi

I tried, but not working, it's a different installer than other IS+MSI.
Launcher.exe launches install.exe with /silent /suppressmsgboxes commands, Install launching setup, after setup finished install.exe launches the nGame\decomp.exe with /silent /suppressmsgboxes commands the program reads the game folder from registry and then extract the freearc archives.

[pman626]

ok. tried it.

works fine. decompression uses 50% cpu, and ~360MB of ram.

decompression took about 5 minutes. so i'm glad installation didn't take long

[peterf1999]

BLUR (DVD9 to 1x DVD5) *Multi 5 FULL*

1) Make 'temp' folder

2) Copy DVD9 contents to 'temp' folder

3) Extract & overwrite 'BLUR_1xDVD5.7z' contents to 'temp' folder

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

levels
cache

Output archive: BLUR
Compression: -mx -ld400m

5) Move 'BLUR.arc' to 'temp'

6) Burn or make ISO with label name 'BLUR_DVD'

DVD5 size ~ 4.27 GB (without patches)

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[DiverseConverse]

Conversion works flawless :P thanks

[elbubi]

THANKS Peter!!!!!! :D

I was looking forward for your awesome conversion (as always)

Regards!!!

PS: Szaby59, thank you too for your kind contribution.

[Edrich]

Thanks Szaby59...

Work fine 100% in Win7 x64

[peterf1999]

Helo!
Thank you for this conversation peterf1999.
After installation can I update this game?

Sure, its like the original ;)

[loader1]

Thanks peterf1999, the Convert will Work on Vista 64 ...

[Szaby59]

Can we use auto extract archive (exe), because if I use in a computer without FreeARC installed can´t extract the archive, right?

The arc extractor is attached, and it will run automatically, when the "main" setup finished.

[peterf1999]

in my freearc is not compression-mx-ld400m which use or how do I put-mx-ld400m thanks :mad:

type -mx -ld400m switches in compression field ;)

[Bilizome]

perfect, thanks peter

[copernic]

Tested on Win XP SP3 x86, it works.
on Win 7 x64 installed but gives error.

Arc extractor generates txt, dll and a lot of files on hdd D:\

files;

eula1028.txt (also eula1031,1032,1033,1036,1040,1041,1042,2052,3082)
globdata.ini
install.exe
install.ini
install.res.1028.dll (also files with the same numbers 1031,32..)
VC_RED.cab
VC_RED.MSI
vcredist.bmp

[kyrotech]

thank you peterf1999 for another good conversion. OK with Win7 enterprise x86 :cool:

[85e]

Hi senseman

Your conversion works fine, however, i got this message

Whats happening? :confused:

My OS is Win7 SP1 x86

Please help :D

I must end with Task Manager.

Uninstall option also didn't work in control panel; it said something like "gameuxhelper.dll"

My 2nd attached pics shows whats was inside the .ISO :)

[patko1610]

first time any of yours conversions worked for me .. hopefully this means that otheres are going to finaly work as well ...

[Leo7s]

Thanks Peter, good conversion runs smoothly :cool:

[HailStonE]

Tested on Win XP SP3 x86, it works.
on Win 7 x64 installed but gives error.

Arc extractor generates txt, dll and a lot of files on hdd D:\

files;

eula1028.txt (also eula1031,1032,1033,1036,1040,1041,1042,2052,3082)
globdata.ini
install.exe
install.ini
install.res.1028.dll (also files with the same numbers 1031,32..)
VC_RED.cab
VC_RED.MSI
vcredist.bmp

I am also getting that error ( To insert install disc). I simply start task manager & then close the process from there..

But I am also getting those files created by arc generator... :(


EDIT :-

I found the solution for the problems faced above. The way this conversion was created is that a custom installer was made which unpacks the BLUR.arc file. This installer was renamed "vcredist_x86" while the original vcredist_x86 was renamed "vcredist_x86_inst". When the installer finishes then it unpacks the "vcredist_x86_inst" in any other partition on the HDD so that one can manually install the original vcredist_x86 if the need arises. That's why so many files were created.

Now vcredist_x86 (*original* which was re-named vcredist_x86_inst inside the downloaded custom archive BLUR_1xDVD5.7z) is just Visual C++ redistributable which is most probably already installed by any other game & may not be needed. Unless you need to install Visual C++ to run the game (provided BLUR is the first game you installed) you can safely delete it when creating the ISO file after copying the supplied archive content from BLUR_1xDVD5.7z. Or maybe create a folder naming anything like "VC++_x86" while making the ISO & move the "vcredist_x86_inst" file there so that you can manually install it if needed...

Tested on Win 7 SP1 x86 It works. You can install & uninstall the game. You can even use Updates if the need arises.. :)

Thanxx peterf1999for the conversion...

[kamatbab]

Thanks peterf1999. Worked flawlessly with win 7 32 bit