Metal Gear Solid 2 DVD to CD backup Guide

[cdkiller]

here is a summary how to backup the Metal Gear Solid 2 DVD to CDs.

what you need:
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* Metal Gear Solid 2 DVD
* GimpsRus MGS2 NoDVD Crack
* WinRAR 3.x
* Regedit.exe (in your C:\Windows dir)
* 14 GB free disk space
* some cds for backing up the game


let´s repack this game:
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* insert CD and click "Install" on the Autostart Application
* make a full install with 7.6 GB (!)
* drink something and wait till setup has finished
* when finished extract the GimpsRus NoDVD Crack to your MGS2\bin directory
* open WinRAR
* click "Add" Button
* Browse -> goto your MGS2 dir
* Filename -> MGS2 -> Open
* Archive format -> RAR
* Compression method -> Store (you can also choose "Best" and you won´t need
as much cds as the "Store" method, BUT it will take more than 12 hours
on a AMD T-Bird 1.4 GHz to compress)
* Split to Volumes -> 650M
* Create SFX Archive must be enabled
* switch to File-Category
* click "Append"
* browse to you MGS2 dir
* select "cdrom.img" and "bin" -> OK
* change back to "General" Category
* press OK to start Compressing

* when compression is completed it is time to save the registry entries
* run the Regedit.exe (C:\Windows\RegEdit.exe)
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> KONAMI -> MetalGearSolid2 Substance -> 1.00.00
* you see this entry is empty
* we must fill this place
* right click on 1.00.00 -> new -> DWORD
* a new DWORD will be created and you have to give him a name
* double click on it -> enter "1"
* right click on the DWORD -> rename -> "Full Install"
* now do a right click on KONAMI and select "Export"
* name: "MGS2_reg" -> save to Desktop

* but there is another registry entry for you waiting to be exported
* this key is very important cause it points to your DVD-ROM drive
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> SOFTWARE -> KONAMI -> MGS2S
* right click on MGS2S and export
* name: "MGS2_reg2" -> save to Desktop
* now it´s time to burn the 650 MB splitted-files to CDs
* burn MGS2.exe & the MGS2_reg to the first CD and the rest to other CDs

* if you want to install the game from backup CDs run the MGS2.exe from CD1
* after all files are installed do a double click on the MGS2_reg to import it
* right click on MGS2_reg2 and select edit
* here you have to change your installpath like this:
"InstallDir"="D:\\MetalGearSolid2 Substance"
"SrcDrive"="D:\\MetalGearSolid2 Substance"
* InstallDir & SrcDrive must include the path where MGS2 is installed on your HD
* save changes in this file and close it
* new double click on the MGS2_reg2 to import it into your Registry

* run MGS2SConfig.exe (from bin dir) to configure the Game and select Play to play

you can download this guide including all registry fixes on my website.

greetings
/cdkiller

[ash2dust2]

Nicely spelled out, I've been wondering what lengths one has to go thru to do DVD to CD.

Possibly a sticky as an example for future DVD games?

[Radeon]

Hi@all

thanx for you big work, cdkiller !
I've also tried to make a copy of MGS2 to CD

here is my way:

I've made a image with the help of alcohol 120% (it works with clone cd , too)
Now i have an 7,48GB Image (mdf and mds file)
With the help auf WINRAR 3.11 I compress this file and cut this file in 4 or 5 archives a 700 MB (depend on compression) and write this files to cd !

You can play this Image with virtual drives (clone CD or Alcohol)
and it really works !!! It is a very simple solution !!!

[Monty Burns]

@Radeon:

This should not work. You need the registry settings, I guess.

[KiwiCom]

@ cdkiller

I was wondering...
is the game really 7.6GB big, I mean are all the files game relevant or is it just using dummy files to blow up the volume? In that case, couldn't it be possible to make a nocd that takes out the checks for these dummies? Well, so far I've never seen a pc game installing this much data before.

KiwiCom

[JoyBoy]

The reason why its so big is because of all the speech and the movies. Konami could have done a better job with compressing the speech, but chose not to. The movies could not have been compressed though, because its all done in-game. Its basically a straight port of the Xbox version of Substance.

[KiwiCom]

Thanks for the info BountyWarrior.

I was just thinking about this as there's this german game "Anstoss 4" that was released on DVD, using several gb on the disc, but when you installed it, it was just a few hundred mbs.

[GLH]

@Monty Burns:
Why RADEON's way should not work ?
He has made a backup of the DVD and mount it in a virtual drive.
He can also install the game from there.

Or i'm wrong ???

[cdkiller]

it won´t work when the registry settings aren´t included !
cause there is the install and cd-path stored.
i tried it without the registry settings and i can´t configure the games hardware settings...
and future updates won´t work without registry keys.
(like installshield updater are always looking to the gamepath in
your registry)

btw, i´ve compressed the gamedate so it fits on 6 cds

[Radeon]

Hi@all

I really confirm, my way, i explained, workes 100 % , because
I don't install the game !

I don't need any registry entry, because I compress the image of
alcohol !
If u want to install the game, u have to copy all rar.archives to harddisk, unpack, start alcohol to put the image in your virtual drive !

and again: IT WORKS !!!!!!!

I need 4 or 5 Cds (depend on compression)

Cya
Radeon

P.S. @cdkiller - Do you have already a working crack for DTM or can I use the crack from deviance ???

[Monty Burns]

Allright, seems I was a little bit tired or too drunk () yesterday or just confused, anyway I got Radeons post wrong somehow..., sorry.

[Hiron]

Can someone tell me where i can download the GimpsRus NOdvd crack? Or plz send it to me via email vincewd**********com.

[JoyBoy]

Hiron, HERE is the gimps crack.

[Monty Burns]

The use of the Search Button could have led you here !

Edit: BountyWarrior, this time it was you

[cdkiller]

@ Radeon

with your method you need some more free disc space cause you have to install the Game (7.6 GB) and mount the image (7.6 GB) from your HD.
so you need more than 15 GB free discspace !