Need for Speed - The Run (2DVD9 to 3 DVD5) * INNO Setup*

[The-revenge]

i think it can be fit in 2xdvd5. I try tomorrow. My version is Origin version, not needed registry key; infact if you right click in origin and select "repair" origin check and download the missing files, in this case don't download nothing if you extract the backup, and after check and insert the registry key.
I think can fit in 2xdvd5 deleting the other langues for a total of 1,7 gb saved (origin will not download the other languges file, but only your default language!!). I will try with Precomp+Srep+Freearc and then simply divide in 2 .rar archive with compression fast and size limit for fit in a DVD5.
But I need your help, because i don't know how to make an installer. BTW this installer is so simply, there aren't registry to insert, only script to run winrar, frearc, srep and precomp. Button install, repair and unistall don't need, this game is in origin and can be managed from it.
If someone would help me, write it.
Sorry for my english.

[KillerOh]

Originally Posted by The-revenge

I think can fit in 2xdvd5 deleting the other langues for a total of 1,7 gb saved (origin will not download the other languges file, but only your default language).

Please, read properly.

Originally Posted by KillerOh

BTW again, you can enable "freeArc" compression and do something like this AND reduce your backup for 2xDVD5 (But only one language, of course).

I just don't know how to do that with Peterf's script, which was the "base" script used by REV0 - Unless you have "data1.arc" and "data2.arc", and each of them with enough size to fit in a single DVD.

Originally Posted by KillerOh

I will try with Precomp+Srep+Freearc and then simply divide in 2 .rar archive with compression fast and size limit for fit in a DVD5.

No need to try. It WON'T fit...
Or, at least, PreComp + FreeArc in Maximum (-lx -m800) settings won't fit in a single DVD, even with a single language, but was far from enough to compress it to a 1 DVD5 + 1 CD (About 500-600 mbytes above the DVD5 maximum capacity), so maybe PreComp + SRep + FreeArc in ULTRA settings (-lx -md1600) will compress to 1xDVD5.

Originally Posted by KillerOh

But I need your help, because i don't know how to make an installer.

While I never did a installer by myself nor tried Yener's codes, if you want a pretty easy way to do an installer and NOT be called a "retard" by some kids, then you MUST try Yener's script:
http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=91563
Download the "CI 6.8.rar", change only the game data (Like game title, default folder and the like in the INI file) and compile with InnoSetup. I don't remember if it works with ANSI or UNICODE, but use ANSI just to be safe.

Then:
- Install FreeArc

- From here on, locate the game files and folders by yourself.
You may thing I suck doing this, but HEY! Testing which files you should compress and the ones you shouldn't are just part of fun that I've "stripped" for you!

- Delete all uneeded languages from "loc" folder (Unless you have only one language)
--> But just to be safe, make sure you have the "GDFBinary_(language).dll" file that MATCHES the language you want to backup in the game folder.

- Use MAXIMUM (-mx -ld800) settings to compress the "_c4" folder and save as "data1.cab" (Notice that you must save the file as ".CAB" and NOT as .ARC, which is the FreeArc's defaults)

- Use NO COMPRESSION (-m0) settings for the file "Chunks2.sb" and save as "data2.cab"

- Grab these two, all "redist" installers and make DISK 1

- use "-mx -ld400" (Write it in the "compression settings" in FreeArc) to compress all the files inside "Win32" except "Chunks2.sb" and save as "data3.cab"
--> You can use "MAXIMUM (-mx -ld800) for these files, but it won't compress too much more than "-mx -ld400", so why bother with ULTIMATE compression?

- use NO compression settings (Or any compression you want) for all and every remaining file that you haven't compressed until now and save as "data4.cab"
--> Optionally, you can "compress" separately all these remaining files and//or folders with no compression and saving them as "data4.cab", "data5.cab" and so on. As long as they're "declared" in the .INI file along with the compiled custom installer, it'll be fine.
Heck, if you find a way to compress the game in a single DVD with FreeArc + PreComp + SRep you can easily CHANGE the settings with NO NEED to re-compile the installer again. Just change some lines in INI file and we're fine again! AND THAT IS DAMN FU***N' SERIOUS!

- Now grab these files for DISK 2.

And just to be safe, READ THE ENTIRE THREAD and see all the tips posted here. Everything, even the "wrong" data. Grab all relevant data before "go nuts" with InnoSetup. And don't ignore the "registry" keys posted here. They are useful enough to "force" the language, and **MAY** be useful for a 3xDVD5 multi-language backup.

Last thing: Notice that I've posted the "instructions" in the simplest way possible. Maybe they aren't THAT simple in pratice, but I haven't done a installer, as I said before, so I'm not the best person from here to help you. But I've already give you a "North" to follow. At this point, you are by your own, but trust me, this isn't the "rocket science" you think it is. And not even "school science" with the "north" I gave in this post. Good luck!