HALF LIFE 2 question (not a crack request)

[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