Out of luck?
Hi,
I tried some other things but did not get it to work. The key seems to be the SETUP.INS file. I can edit it, but it becomes unusable/corrupted after that.
If there is something to get it to work or to unpack/repack and or convert the original setup files and create a new uncorrupted SETUP.INS with the new filepath.. That would be great, but i have no idea how to accomplish that.
I've basicly given up. If someone has an idea?
Even the creators of the game (HyperBole Studios), tried to help but couldn't get it to work, their 2nd mail:
"Nils-
We're glad to hear you enjoyed The X-Files Game. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any way to do what you're attempting on a PC. If you were on a Mac, you could make a Disc Image of each CD and keep the disc images mounted (which would be exactly like having 7 CD-Roms online).
The good news is that on a PC, you only have to do the Full install (swapping CD's) one time - from then on it will run directly, and completely, from your hard drive (which, ironically, would probably have taken less effort than everything you've tried - but we like a challenge as well). The installer will prompt you when to switch discs and will then copy all the necessary files to your hard drive.
If you have a utility that will, like Apple's approach, mount a virtual disc image so that it looks like a discrete cd drive for each disc, then that might work - but we're not aware of any utility that will do this on a PC.
The DVD version is, more or less, identical to the CD version, but certain non-interactive video sequences are encoded/decoded using MPEG2 and the DVD hardware, so there is an improvement in the quality of some of the video on the DVD version.
Anyway, best of luck and thanks for your interest. If you do find a scheme that will work - please let us know!
best
-Greg
Greg Roach
CEO HyperBole Studios"
Well, for now that's it..
Thanks,
Allegro.
*UPDATE*
Used MkCrc.exe to recalculate the crc after editing it.
Now it seems to work, and install. However it STILL askes voor the next cd, even i remove or change the call.
To be continued..
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