Medal of Honor: Airborne (UK) (DVD9 to 2x DVD5)

[BarryB]

Medal of Honor: Airborne - UK RETAIL DVD9 to 2 x DVD5
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The conversion by poseden is not based on the UK RETAIL DVD as some of
the CABS are named different to the UK version, so I've made this for
the UK version.

Also note this cannot be put on 1 DVD5 by removing foreign files for two
reasons:

1. After removing all foreign languages from the CABS it totals about 4GB
but there is still 1GB left on the DVD that needs to be installed!

2. The game installs ALL Foreign languages as part of the install even
if you chose your native language, so you CANNOT get this on a DVD5.

After playing with this for 2 hours and getting nowhere, install
would always rollback at the end, I found out from the EA Forums that
your Windows Firewall service needs to be running as the numpties who
coded the installer try to add MOHA to the Windows Firewall Exception
list even if it's not running. If this service is not running then the
installer errors and rollsback the install without telling you WHY,
EA you bunch of fucking tossers!!

So, if your Windows Firewall service is disabled like mine was, you'll
have to goto Start --> run and type 'services.msc', then locate the
'Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)' service and enable
it then start the service, this will allow the game to install.

Instructions:
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First DVD (3.83GB):

Make a temp folder, eg DISK1, and copy the following folders/files
from the DVD into it:

Folders:

Autorun
DirectX
PhysX
Punkbuster
Redistributable
Support
UnrealEngine3\MOHAGame\CookedMovies
UnrealEngine3\MOHAGame\pb

Files:

autorun.dat
AutoRun.exe
autorun.inf
Config.cab
Content1.cab
Content3.cab
Content5.cab
EASetup.exe
Group0.cab
Group1.cab
Localiz4.cab
MOHA.ico
Setup.exe
Splash.cab

Second DVD (3.57GB):
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Make a temp folder, eg DISK2, and copy the following folders/files
from the DVD into it:

Folders:

UnrealEngine3\MOHAGame\CookedPC

Files:
Content6.cab
Content7.cab
ContentA.cab
ContentM.cab
ContentN.cab

Now, edit autorun.dat like poesedens post mentions:
http://fileforums.com/showpost.php?p=345592&postcount=1

except you edit DiskId 23 to 28 to say 'DISK 2' instead of DiskID 10-17!

Alternatively you can just delete all the 'DISK 1' entries and the installer will
error asking for 'Content6.cab', just put the 2nd DVD in and click 'Retry' and
the install will complete.

Burn the contents of folder DISK1 to a Re-Writable DVD with volume label
'DISK 1' then burn the contents of folder DISK2 to a Re-Writable DVD with
volume label 'DISK 2'. Test the install making sure the Windows Firewall
service is running! To fully test the install then uninstall the following
Software:

AEGEIA PhysX
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable

and run the install, it should install the above two programs for you proving the installer is working!

If it installs OK then put any cracks on whatever disk you want and burn to
2 x DVD-R. If you want English to be the default install language then
download the attached 'localization.zip' file and extract it into the support
folder, overwrite the existing file!

That's it! But why not just back it up to a DVD9 and save the hassle you cheap fucks