Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad (DVD9 -> DVD5)

[BAMsE]

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad DVD9 -> DVD5


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At the very first biggest greetz fly to yener90 'coz this conversion uses his installer.
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NOTE: File needed can be found in Post #33


This method needs the conversion of *.bik files. It takes ~13 hours on [email protected] so be patient or just point to #6 KillerOh's post to learn how to make 2xDVD5 without converting biks.

1. Install the game

2. Download RO2_DVD5.rar, extract to TEMP folder
Note: See Post #33 for file.

3. Go to {game's installation} folder
move:
windows folder
to:
RO2_DVD5 folder

move:
{game's installation}\ROGame\Movies folder
to:
RO2_DVD5 folder

4. Run FreeArc, compress the content of {game's installation} folder:
archive name: data1.cab
compression: -mx -ld800m
SFX: not checked
(finish size: 3.02GB)

5. move:
data1.cab
to:
RO2_DVD5 folder

6. Install RADTools, go to RO2_DVD5 folder, run 1#convert.rlst

You can pause it and resume later.To do this click 'STOP' button in RAD Batch Editor. Let Bink Video Compressor finish actually converted file. Click 'SAVE AS...' button in RAD Batch Editor and save as 1#convert.rlst. Next time you run them, it'll start from next file. (If you must abort conversion immediately there is 2nd method. Click 'STOP' button on RAD Batch Editor and it'll generate "# Error returned:" message at the beginning of line with actually converted file. Delete "# Error returned:" text, click 'SAVE AS...' button and save as 1#convert.rlst. Now click 'CANCEL' button on Bink Video Compressor and answer 'NO' if asking about keeping partially converted file. You can run it lately and it starts conversion from last converted file.

7. After finishing conversion run 2#move.bat

8. Run FreeArc, compress the content of Movies folder:
archive name: data2.cab
compression: -m0
SFX: not checked
(finish size: 1.12GB)

9. Delete Movies folder, 1#convert.rlst and 2#move.bat

10. Make iso/burn content of RO2_DVD5 folder with any label

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Note: See Post #33 for file.

[KillerOh]

WTF!? Gimme time to breath! XD

Too bad you don't have uploaded the installer yet. I'd like to test it! D=
And btw, considering the way that Yener coded his installers, is it possible to do "2xDVD5" by:
- Doing the 1st DVD by following steps 1-5 (Thus having all files but "movies" folder - That will be deleted anyway - and data2.cab)
- Doing the 2nd DVD by following step 8 onwards (Thus skipping the BIK conversion)

Or you made it not possible? :p

Oh, and before I forget, it should be nice if you post the final sizes of the compressed ARC (renamed to cab :)) files and the final conversion.

[yener90]

a new converter is born :D

[BAMsE]

Yes, 2xDVD5 will be available too and with much lighter compression (now data1.cab is ~5.6 -> 3GB, don't know for sure 'coz I'm on work now). I'll post details at home.

Point 5. corrected. Thx yener

[KillerOh]

Yes, 2xDVD5 will be available too and with much lighter compression (now data1.cab is ~5.6 -> 3GB, don't know for sure 'coz I'm on work now). I'll post details at home.
No worries, I'll wait for it.

a new converter is born :D
Quite true, and all thanks to you, Yener!

Both of you, keep the nice work. :D

[KillerOh]

Sorry for "flooooooooding", but it'll be for a nice reason.

The installer worked fine in Win7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit Brazilian portuguese (OM*G!). But I've tested it by changing one line in setup.ini to "enable" 2xDVD5 mode :p

In the 1st time, I did a terrible mistake by using the "windows" folder in my DVD2, thus "skipping" the PunkBuster and "UE3redist" install. Only noticed my mistake by reading the setup.ini again...
I've tested again with the "windows" folder in DVD1 and now everything works again. However, the "UE3redist" has no "silent" switches, so we must "manually accept" the installer before going on.
As an addition, it's possible to UNPACK the "UE3redist" with 7-Zip or Universal Extractor (WinRar won't work) to get the individual installers and use their respective switches.

BTW, is there some "sound" to notify the "DVD 2 insertion"? Because I haven't heard any. The Background music is just so good (and a little loud too) to turn it off...

BTW again, "Red Orchestra 2 - Heroes of Stalingrad" is too much big for a label (In autorun.inf). It only shows "Red Orchestra 2 - Heroes of Stal" in my PC.


For those who aren't even a little happy to wait a fu**3'd time to re-compress all the BIK files, and as a "Thank you very much" for BAMsE's installer and Yener90's released codes, I'll show to you how to do the conversion in 2xDVD5 with no need to annoy anyone else - Not even peterf1999... ¬¬
It's time to do everything by your own, kids! \o\
Oh, before I forget: If BAMsE won't agree with this "modified" conversion post, please PM me and I'll remove the conversion. No, better, ask for Grumpy! :p

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad DVD9 -> 2xDVD5

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At the very first biggest greetz fly to yener90 'coz this conversion uses his installer.
And Thanks for BAMsE 'coz he did the conversion with teh codes.
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1. Install the game

2. Download the RO2_DVD5.rar file from the 1st post (http://fileforums.com/showpost.php?p=396293&postcount=1), then extract to TEMP folder.
You'll see a folder named "RO2_DVD5" in it. This will be our working folder.

3. Go to {game's installation} folder
move:
windows folder
to:
RO2_DVD5 folder

move:
{game's installation}\ROGame\Movies folder
(the "Movies" Folder located in "{game's installation}\ROGame\" folder)
to:
RO2_DVD5 folder

At this point, the {game's installation} folder will have ~5,67Gbytes.

4. Now run FreeArc:
(Download it here: http://www.freearc.org/Download.aspx )
Then compress the content of {game's installation} folder:
archive name: data1.cab
compression: -m3 -s96m
SFX: not checked
Final size: ~3,77GB

5. move:
data1.cab
to:
RO2_DVD5 folder

6. Run FreeArc again, compress the content of Movies folder (The one inside the "RO2_DVD" folder):
archive name: data2.cab
compression: -m0
SFX: not checked
Final size: ~2.30GB

7. move:
data2.cab
to:
RO2_DVD5 folder

8. Delete converted and Movies folders, 1#convert.rlst and 2#move.bat

9: Open the setup.ini file in the "RO2_DVD" folder.
Now, search for this line:
FreeArcFiles={src}\Data1.cab;DestDir:{app};Disk:1| {src}\Data2.cab;DestDir:{app}\ROGame\Movies;Disk:1 (The "bold" and "red" number will be what we'll change; scroll the "code" line to the end to see it!)

Modify the last "Disk:1" to "Disk:2". It'll look like this:
FreeArcFiles={src}\Data1.cab;DestDir:{app};Disk:1| {src}\Data2.cab;DestDir:{app}\ROGame\Movies;Disk:2
Now save the file.

10. After that, open "autorun.inf", then change:

[autorun]
Open=Setup.exe
Icon=icon.ico
Label=Red Orchestra 2 - Heroes of Stalingrad

to

[autorun]
Open=Setup.exe
Icon=icon.ico
Label=Red Orchestra 2 - Disk 1

(Only the last line)
Now save the file.

11. Make iso/burn of RO2_DVD5 files:

windows folder
autorun.inf
Data1.cab
icon.ico
setup.cab
setup.dll
setup.exe
setup.ini

(That is, everything except the "Data2.cab" file)
For your 1st DVD. You can use any label you want.

12. After that, open "autorun.inf" again, them change:

[autorun]
Open=Setup.exe
Icon=icon.ico
Label=Red Orchestra 2 - Disk 1

to

[autorun]
Open=0
Icon=icon.ico
Label=Red Orchestra 2 - Disk 2

(The 2nd and the last lines)
Now save the file.

13. Make iso/burn of RO2_DVD5 files:

autorun.inf
Data2.cab
icon.ico

For your 2nd DVD. You can use any label you want.

Final notes of advise:
@ Step 4: As suggested by BAMsE in the post below, we'll use the "fast" compression (-m3 -s96m) for FreeArc , however you can use the compression you prefer. As long as you get a "data1.cab" with MAX of 4Gbytes (Or a Max of 3,99Gbytes to... by saying so, "avoid the hassle" of creating a ISO with UDF settings) will be fine.
So, for everyone who:

already did the compression for 1xDVD5 conversion (with -mx -ld1600 for a data1.cab of ~3,01Gb)
or tried my previous suggestion (with -m9x -ld192m -s256m for a data1.cab of ~3,37Gb)

and don't want to recompress everything again (Even despite with -m3 -s96m took only ~10min to compress in my Core2Quad @2,33Gb), just keep the already compressed file and enjoy the bigger free space. :D

@ Compression steps: You can make FreeArc save the compressed file directly in "RO2_DVD" folder. Just point the Path along with the filename.
So, if you use E:\RO2\RO2_DVD as a working folder, then you can write:
archive name: E:\RO2\RO2_DVD\data1.cab
For "Data1.cab" and
archive name: E:\RO2\RO2_DVD\data2.cab
For "Data2.cab"

To Remember: Always remember to thank Yener90 for the codes and BAMsE for the compiled installer. They did this nice job for you.

... And screenshots!
Language selection (Doesn't mean it's the game language. It's just the installer lang. And it'll automatically select the language of your Windows OS)
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Using Disk 1, music ON. And yes, I've installed the "UE3redist" when it appeared.
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Oops! The setup is asking for Disk 2... :D
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Now running with Disk 2 and music OFF. :(
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... And that's it! Another top-quality, "Games For Windows"-ready custom installer for all your gaming and backuping needs!
Be happy, people!

[BAMsE]

-m3 -s96m for data1.cab gives 3.77GB (packing ~15min, unpacking ~3min)

[KillerOh]

-m3 -s96m for data1.cab gives 3.77GB (packing ~15min, unpacking ~3min)
Way better, thanks for the tip. I'll update the guide.

[branaaa]

I am reciving error:

Internal error: Cannot find utCompiledcode record for this version of uninstaller.

Windows XP, Service pack 3

:confused:

[BAMsE]

@up :D :D :D
I've recived the same few days ago.
You packed data1.cab with original unins0000.* files. Delete them from archive

[THADEADMAN2011]

First of all thanks for this conversion i am starting to learn more how these work
and i do have dvd9 blanks but i only like certain brands an they have not been availible as lately so dvd 5 is awesome
DVD9 -> DVD5 works great after long conversion of the biks jus good i have a second pc to do all that work for me lol i edited the setup ini just for my language (english) as i never use any other under [InstallOptions] it shows
Lang=cz,de,en,es,fr,it,jp,nl,pl,pr,ru,tr
just pick your language so it shows
Lang=en (english for me) or jus leave it an pick it when setup starts
but myself i prefer it straight away

[BAMsE]

You can even skip choosing the language by deleting 'setup.exe' and renaming 'setup.dll' to exe and it'll run in your OS language :)

[Petroludo]

BAMsE, Is necessary this line in the Setup.ini file?

[InstallSettings]
;External files on DVD
;CheckSource1=StarCraft II.exe
;CheckSource2=Mods\Liberty.SC2Mod\base.SC2Assets
;GDFBinary=gdf.dll

Or you can delete without any risk to the installer fails?

[pakrat2k2]

the ; at the beginning of the line, basically says to 'skip' this line ( its actually commented out by the ; at the front ) so deleting the line will make no difference to the installer itself, it deiregards the line altogether.

[dostane]

6. Install RADTools, go to RO2_DVD5 folder, run 1#convert.rlst

You can pause it and resume later.To do this click 'STOP' button in RAD Batch Editor. Let Bink Video Compressor finish actually converted file. Click 'SAVE AS...' button in RAD Batch Editor and save as 1#convert.rlst. Next time you run them, it'll start from next file. (If you must abort conversion immediately there is 2nd method. Click 'STOP' button on RAD Batch Editor and it'll generate "# Error returned:" message at the beginning of line with actually converted file. Delete "# Error returned:" text, click 'SAVE AS...' button and save as 1#convert.rlst. Now click 'CANCEL' button on Bink Video Compressor and answer 'NO' if asking about keeping partially converted file. You can run it lately and it starts conversion from last converted file.

What to do you tell?

[BAMsE]

dostane I don't understand what you can't understand :D

[dostane]

I could not do the rest was up to 5 items

6. RADtools ?

[BAMsE]

Are you banned on google.com? ;) First result says:
http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm

[dostane]

I was now .. ok.. thanks BAMsE ..

[playboy2029]

when the instalation is started,the program pop up a sign of windows error,saying something about msvcrt.dll windows xp-sp3

[BAMsE]

Try to reinstall MS Visual C++ Runtime or simply delete this file (it'll be restored by system). Also check it for viruses. If something blocks deletion try to use Unlocker 1.9.1

[Chompower]

Thank you! conversion to 1 DVD5 worked 100% on W7 x86!
End of the DVD Size: 4.19 GB.
data1.cab: 3.02GB.
data2.cab: 1.12GB.
Thank you very much Yener, BAMsE and also to KillerOh!;)

[sarmadi]

I am recieving error:

"Internal error: Cannot find utCompiledcode record for this version of uninstaller."

Yes ,I deleted the original unins0000.* files but this error still coming. Any solutions???

[pakrat2k2]

check the archives if any uninstall files there .

[sarmadi]

check the archives if any uninstall files there .

I did but the error still..:o:confused:

[pakrat2k2]

check your registry for any leftover entries from uninstalling original version. then read posts 9 & 10... same error as you, how to fix it.

[hendra13042004]

can i use this conversion for GOTY edition ?

[pakrat2k2]

yep :)

[Chompower]

can i use this conversion for GOTY edition ?
Can .. but it only works conversion to 2DVD5 ;)
Because the file data1.cab ends weighing 3.87GB.
By the way BAMsE.. to make it more complete, how to make the game created and installed in the folder "Red Orchestra 2 GOTY". Is´t possible?
Greetings and thanks!

[BAMsE]

Chompower open setup.ini and edit name of the application
ApplicationName=Red Orchestra 2 - Heroes of Stalingrad
to whatever you want
It is also default install path (Program Files\{Publisher}\{ApplicationName}\)

[soumakun]

check your registry for any leftover entries from uninstalling original version. then read posts 9 & 10... same error as you, how to fix it.
how to clean any leftover entries from uninstalling original version
i got "Internal error: Cannot find utCompiledcode record for this version of uninstaller." before

[BAMsE]

soumakun you probably include your original unins000.* files in cab. Remove them from cab, install once again

[Grumpy]

File:

[Maxgrilo]

There's no way to leave with 2 DVD5 without compressing the video.