HALF LIFE 2 question (not a crack request)

[FarCry]

hey i thought of using orca.msi in order to change the steam.msi installation if i can add the new files because valve is giving only an installer and not an msi like the one on the dvd. is there any way to alter the setup.exe file in order to put an installation of half life deathmatch? in order to extract the gcf in the steamapps folder like the other source games with an ico too!!!!

it would be great if this can be vital. anyone has tried this? if the setup checks for cab file size then i cant do that. only if i can alter the setup. i will give a try. any prog that makes cab files do you know? i found out that cab files are microsofts compression so its embended on cmd. type makecab/?

god show mercy

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi FarCry,

Dunno... If I were you, I wouldn't bother with trying to create an _installable_ version of the game. With old games, whose development has been stopped and therefore no more updates are to be expected, I simply install the game, apply all official (!) updates, addons etc., then the no-CD patch for the last update, compress it with RAR (http://www.rarlabs.com ) and burn it onto (back then CD, now) DVD.

Now, if I need some nostalgy, get the DVD, unRAR, (for Windows games) import the .REG file, run the setup/config (not installation!) program and there I go playing!

Joe

[BarryB]

It might be easier to use the backup function in STEAM to archive the files to a DVD or Dual Layer DVD.

There are so many files updated I don't think you could make a new install.

It's probably better to filecopy (or archive) the folder where all the STEAM files are to a DVD. This way you get all the updates too. When you want to reinstall, just filecopy/unarchive it back to you hard drive. I think you have to delete the ClientRegistry.blob file before running STEAM as this stores all the paths of the previous install. When you log into your STEAM account it will create a new ClientRegistry.blob file and you will be able to play the game again. It might also apply any updates you missed in the meantime so you may have to back it up again