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ease-of-cdrom

Discussion in 'Baldur's Gate (Classic)' started by Bloodtitan, Feb 2, 2004.

  1. Bloodtitan Gems: 8/31
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    hi folks.

    just wanted to know if it is possible to play BG + TOTSC without cds. i'm tired of switching and i know there was a way to do so in torment.

    (i tried to find a no-cd-key crack but the game is too outdated ... plz inform me if there is a more so-called legal way to ease this ...).
     
    Bloodtitan, Feb 2, 2004
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    Aldeth the Foppish Idiot Armed with My Mallet O' Thinking Veteran

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    I think if you do a full installation it really cuts down on changing the CD's, but I could be wrong - I've never done a full install.
     
    Aldeth the Foppish Idiot, Feb 2, 2004
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    AFAIK you still have to swap sometime.
     
    Bloodtitan, Feb 2, 2004
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    Baronius Mental harmony dispels the darkness ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    In baldur.ini, you can also set the location of the content of each CD. This can be useful if you did not do a full install originally and e.g. copied the content of CDs into your hard drive later.
     
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    now would this circumvent the initial cd check when starting the game ?
     
    Bloodtitan, Feb 2, 2004
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    Full install is easily done - simple select custom when asked for what type of install and select all components. No more CD swapping.
     
    Sojourner, Feb 2, 2004
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    Baronius Mental harmony dispels the darkness ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    Its easy but he needs to reinstall the entire game then.
    No it wouldn't. The initial CD check uses the path defined in baldur.ini.
    In fact, you can make the game seach the specific CDs in more than one location!
    Here is a part of my baldur.ini, this is the place where you can change CD settings after the game has been installed.

    [Alias]
    HD0:=D:bad:BG\
    CD1:=G:bad:CD1\;H:bad:CD1\
    CD2:=G:bad:CD2\;H:bad:CD2\
    CD3:=G:bad:CD3\;H:bad:CD3\
    CD4:=G:bad:CD4\;H:bad:CD4\
    CD5:=G:bad:CD5\;H:bad:CD5\
    CD6:=G:bad:CD6\;H:bad:CD6\

    So my Baldur's Gate will check the content of each CD in two places, in drive G: and H:
     
    Baronius, Feb 3, 2004
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    Loerand My heart holds no fear for death

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    Or just perform a full install, then download a no-CD crack from somewhere.
    Quite easy actually :)
     
    Loerand, Feb 3, 2004
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    [​IMG] We don't allow discussions on no-CD cracks here, so no more of that, please.
     
    Taluntain, Feb 3, 2004
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    Maertyn There's nothing I cannot embrace! Veteran

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    [​IMG] After a full install you only need one CD to startup the game. BUT that is my experience from BG2 only - because I, most luckily, have the BG1 DVD! :p
     
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    [​IMG] but what if you get the CD aliases to refer to the hard drive that contains the installation?
     
    drowling, Feb 4, 2004
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    Baronius Mental harmony dispels the darkness ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    That would be no matter at all, those are totally independent of each other.
    You can refer to any path if the complete content of the specific CD is there.

    For example, if you copy the content of CD2 to C:bad:CDS\GAMES\CRPG\BEST\BG\CD2, and refer to this path in baldur.ini, it will work!
     
    Baronius, Feb 4, 2004
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    thx for infos and as i tried to say i didnt want any crack-info
     
    Bloodtitan, Feb 5, 2004
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    I did a full install and played BG1 with only the TotSC CD and never had to switch.

    :confused:
     
    Aces, Feb 5, 2004
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    yes i checked now too ... i did not fully install but that was ages ago so i didnt remember.
     
    Bloodtitan, Feb 6, 2004
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