Colin McRae DiRT 2 (DVD9 to 1xDVD5)
 

Colin McRae - DiRT 2 (DVD9 to 1xDVD5 1 LANGUAGE) FREEARC+IS loader

1) Make temp folders

temp\DiRT2

2) Copy all contents of DVD9 to 'temp\DiRT2'

3) Extract & overwrite 'DiRT2_1xDVD5.7z' contents to 'temp\'

4) Launch repack.bat in 'temp\DiRT2' & wait...

5) Install the game from DVD9,start FREEARC browse game's folder & select the following folders:
Output archive: DiRT2_arc
Compression: Maximum (192mb decompression) : type in compression field -mx -ld192m
Make exe: Windows GUI: freearc.sfx

6) Move 'DiRT2_arc.exe' to 'temp'

7) Edit 'temp\DiRT2\setup.ini' under [Languages] label:
8) Burn or make ISO from 'temp' folder (temp content is DVD's root) with label name of your choice

DVD size 4.15 gb

Add, Compression, Maximum and then type in -mx -ld192m and cross convert to sfx (make selfextracting sfx-exe - freearc.sfx should alrdy be choosen), then make it in own process, the middle bar, between ok and cancel.

I'll edit soon if it works ;)

Edit: Works fine, thanks a lot peterf1999

Works for me,thanks peterf1999

AWESOME Job Peter!!!

Conversion worked 100% for me, thank you so much... NFS Shift x1dvd5 and this conversion are just amazing...

One little doubt, in step 7, shouldn´t be "temp\setup.ini" instead of "'temp\DiRT2\setup.ini"???

Once again, thank you so much!!!

Kindest Regards

Ps: Step 7 is correct as the rest of this flawless conversion!

It works 100%, thank u Peterf1999.. You saved my one blank media :P

works % 100 , Thank you Peterf1999

@peterf1999 your so nice and talented man

Very easy Convertion...

thanks to your effort

Thanks Peterf1999 work 100% in windows 7 x64

InstallShield (not msi installer) doesn't allow (like the msi version does) to edit the installation database to add a new item to run after install.
However, if the game installs/update DirectX, try to include the arc sfx into the DirectX folder (if available), delete all the content and rename your file to dxsetup.exe.
If there's no DirectX folder and the game still updates DirectX it's because it has it internally.
To do that, rename you arc sdx to DXSetup.exe and then replace it inside the cab with iscab.exe.

this is an example code. You must change to fit your needs:
then run the command: iscab data1.cab -a -i"filename with previous code"

This way, Installshield with run the freearc sfx instead of DirectX

I don't have the game so I don't know the right stuff.
Peterf1999 can help you better with this.

Thanks Peterf1999

step 3 changes as follows:

3) Extract & overwrite 'DiRT2_1xDVD5.7z' contents and then after 'DiRT2_Polish.7z' to 'temp\'

skip step 7

Thanks Peterf1999 for the polish installer

For Polish version works great! XP SP3 x86

hey i'm having a problem with Free arc, i have the setting in place and try to make archive, but it tells me it "can't modify non-freearc archive"

i'm stumped as why it give me this error i follow the first part with no problem

n00dls

Which step are you stuck at? What commands have you executed? Details, please!