Pre-Cracked

[mondragon]

some mistake in quotes in copy command
and need variable for reading [if exist] where game was installed [that what u said already :P]

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but what if someone want only patch /crack game ? and if he run twice or more that bat ? u dont have orginal files but cracked version :P

[FireSokar]

Originally Posted by mondragon

some mistake in quotes in copy command
and need variable for reading [if exist] where game was installed [that what u said already :P]

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but what if someone want only patch /crack game ? and if he run twice or more that bat ? u dont have orginal files but cracked version :P

Actually there is no mistakes in the copy command, Its the exact format ive used for my 200 other games i installed and it works flawlessly. Also when a User execs the bat/exe more then once it will fail upon over writing the bak up file as it allready exists. I did it on purpose this way, you can not rename a file that has that name allready from within a command prompt. If a user wants just the crack/patch if he attempts to install the game it will bring up the same way but 99% of all pc games when the install is exec after it is truly installed it will prompt to uninstall / repair / exit they just simply click Exit.

P.S. Im working on a way to put in a variable for install directory right now, so far ive been able to return a unclean value to the dos window and a clean return via vbs to a prompt but dont know how to return a vbs value to dos as a variable.

[Joe Forster/STA]

I still don't understand what the deal is with struggling to reformat the game into an installable package. Install the game, apply the latest official update, apply the no-CD patch for it, make sure that the game runs from any directory (or hack it to make it do so), export the necessary registry entries into a file and RAR it up. When you wanna play, unRAR the package, import the registry file, run the configuration program, if any, and there you go playing...

[FireSokar]

Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA

I still don't understand what the deal is with struggling to reformat the game into an installable package. Install the game, apply the latest official update, apply the no-CD patch for it, make sure that the game runs from any directory (or hack it to make it do so), export the necessary registry entries into a file and RAR it up. When you wanna play, unRAR the package, import the registry file, run the configuration program, if any, and there you go playing...

While I have done that for one game kill.switch I do not like doing it at all. I personally want to keep it as close to Retail looking as possible, as well as still getting all the work done for me. In a way it makes it more complicated to do it that way. CD-Key, for some games can only be set on install, some games require to create a profile during install, not to mention some shared components some games install / files you dont know about, sure you can monitor where they are installed to but i personally prefer factory installer, but with my own installer for crack / patch working in the background. It's just a option I offered up if its not that well liked its no big deal. I did gain one thing from the forum tho inspiration to make it a dynamically installed crack instead of factory install directory, ive got the scripts written up to return the value for one game so far just need to get it to send a call to a vbs and return that value back to the batch.