Deus EX - Invisible War

[Sko]

Any ideas how to combine the two CD's onto one DVD?

Is there a way to put more than one game with multiple CD's on a single DVD for later installation? I'd like to archive (Box up) my games with multiple CD's and put them on DVD's.

Thanks,

Sko

[reddragon105]

yeh of course you can do it. i've done this with a few games lately. although doing it with Deus Ex: Invisible War isnt going to save you much space.

just make a folder on your hard drive and copy all the files from all the disks of the game into the same folder. its best to do disk 1 *last* as it will have the autorun files and menus etc that you will need to use, and you'll want to overwrite any that have come from the other disks.

then burn it to DVD and give it a shot. should work with most games. use a program such as Magic ISO to create an image of the DVD first, then mount it in Daemon tools or whatever to test it, so that you dont waste any DVDs in the event that it doesnt works.
some games may ask you to browse to a directory part way through installation, thats no problem, just point it to the correct place on the DVD. some (like the recent case of Doom 3) actually ask for the disks and check the volume titles so you've got to edit the install file, which is a simple job.

so far i've done this with Enter the Matrix, Secret Weapons Over Normandy, Knights of the Old Republic, XIII, Thief Deadly Shadows, Splinter Cell 1 & 2, Gothic 2, Dungeon Siege Legends of Aranna, all successfully. i also tried Mafia but that wouldnt work and i couldnt figure it out.

i used to have the USA version of DE:IW on 2 CDs, when it came out in the UK i got the DVD version here. i compared the files of the 2 versions and they were so similar that i see no reason sticking the 2 USA CDs together wouldnt work. remember to stick the patch(s) and crack(s) on the DVD for convenience

[Sko]

Excellent, I'll give 'er a try this weekend. What's this I keep reading about in regards to the custom .MSI files and such?

I'm trying to make Doom III fit on one DVD. No such luck yet.

[Eagle]

dont know whats about messing around with .msi's

if a game uses the install shield setup routine (and nearly every game does!) i simply copy all the additional data (from cd 2 - cd x) into the main directory of cd 1.

then write an image with nero (recording device -> image writer) and test it. always worked for me.

[reddragon105]

yeh eagle thats exactly what i said, *most* games do just work but

some (like the recent case of Doom 3) actually ask for the disks and check the volume titles so you've got to edit the install file, which is a simple job.

[Eagle]

i even got Doom3 working that way...

[Kyle2k]

I have the same issues trying to combine the 4-game-CDs Emperor: Battle for Dune. There are two files in the #2, #3 and #4 volume with diferrent sizes and i was no able to solve this issue

Any ideas (maybe you, reddragon105??)

[rice_crust]

I was wondering where u got the torrent for the game? searched around for it for a month now...... thx

[GLH]

Bye, bye RICE_CRUST !
Read the board rules and buy the game!!!

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