Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad (DVD9 -> DVD5)

[KillerOh]

Sorry for "flooooooooding", but it'll be for a nice reason.

The installer worked fine in Win7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit Brazilian portuguese (OM*G!). But I've tested it by changing one line in setup.ini to "enable" 2xDVD5 mode

In the 1st time, I did a terrible mistake by using the "windows" folder in my DVD2, thus "skipping" the PunkBuster and "UE3redist" install. Only noticed my mistake by reading the setup.ini again...
I've tested again with the "windows" folder in DVD1 and now everything works again. However, the "UE3redist" has no "silent" switches, so we must "manually accept" the installer before going on.
As an addition, it's possible to UNPACK the "UE3redist" with 7-Zip or Universal Extractor (WinRar won't work) to get the individual installers and use their respective switches.

BTW, is there some "sound" to notify the "DVD 2 insertion"? Because I haven't heard any. The Background music is just so good (and a little loud too) to turn it off...

BTW again, "Red Orchestra 2 - Heroes of Stalingrad" is too much big for a label (In autorun.inf). It only shows "Red Orchestra 2 - Heroes of Stal" in my PC.


For those who aren't even a little happy to wait a fu**3'd time to re-compress all the BIK files, and as a "Thank you very much" for BAMsE's installer and Yener90's released codes, I'll show to you how to do the conversion in 2xDVD5 with no need to annoy anyone else - Not even peterf1999... ¬¬
It's time to do everything by your own, kids! \o\
Oh, before I forget: If BAMsE won't agree with this "modified" conversion post, please PM me and I'll remove the conversion. No, better, ask for Grumpy!

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad DVD9 -> 2xDVD5

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At the very first biggest greetz fly to yener90 'coz this conversion uses his installer.
And Thanks for BAMsE 'coz he did the conversion with teh codes.
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1. Install the game

2. Download the RO2_DVD5.rar file from the 1st post, then extract to TEMP folder.
You'll see a folder named "RO2_DVD5" in it. This will be our working folder.

3. Go to {game's installation} folder

move:
windows folder
to:
RO2_DVD5 folder

move:
{game's installation}\ROGame\Movies folder
(the "Movies" Folder located in "{game's installation}\ROGame\" folder)
to:
RO2_DVD5 folder

At this point, the {game's installation} folder will have ~5,67Gbytes.

4. Now run FreeArc:
(Download it here: http://www.freearc.org/Download.aspx )
Then compress the content of {game's installation} folder:

archive name: data1.cab
compression: -m3 -s96m
SFX: not checked

Final size: ~3,77GB

5.

move:
data1.cab
to:
RO2_DVD5 folder

6. Run FreeArc again, compress the content of Movies folder (The one inside the "RO2_DVD" folder):

archive name: data2.cab
compression: -m0
SFX: not checked

Final size: ~2.30GB

7.

move:
data2.cab
to:
RO2_DVD5 folder

8. Delete converted and Movies folders, 1#convert.rlst and 2#move.bat

9: Open the setup.ini file in the "RO2_DVD" folder.
Now, search for this line:

FreeArcFiles={src}\Data1.cab;DestDir:{app};Disk:1|{src}\Data2.cab;DestDir:{app}\ROGame\Movies;Disk:1

(The "bold" and "red" number will be what we'll change; scroll the "code" line to the end to see it!)

Modify the last "Disk:1" to "Disk:2". It'll look like this:

FreeArcFiles={src}\Data1.cab;DestDir:{app};Disk:1|{src}\Data2.cab;DestDir:{app}\ROGame\Movies;Disk:2

Now save the file.

10. After that, open "autorun.inf", then change:

[autorun]
Open=Setup.exe
Icon=icon.ico
Label=Red Orchestra 2 - Heroes of Stalingrad

to

[autorun]
Open=Setup.exe
Icon=icon.ico
Label=Red Orchestra 2 - Disk 1

(Only the last line)
Now save the file.

11. Make iso/burn of RO2_DVD5 files:

windows folder
autorun.inf
Data1.cab
icon.ico
setup.cab
setup.dll
setup.exe
setup.ini

(That is, everything except the "Data2.cab" file)
For your 1st DVD. You can use any label you want.

12. After that, open "autorun.inf" again, them change:

[autorun]
Open=Setup.exe
Icon=icon.ico
Label=Red Orchestra 2 - Disk 1

to

[autorun]
Open=0
Icon=icon.ico
Label=Red Orchestra 2 - Disk 2

(The 2nd and the last lines)
Now save the file.

13. Make iso/burn of RO2_DVD5 files:

autorun.inf
Data2.cab
icon.ico

For your 2nd DVD. You can use any label you want.

Final notes of advise:
@ Step 4: As suggested by BAMsE in the post below, we'll use the "fast" compression (-m3 -s96m) for FreeArc , however you can use the compression you prefer. As long as you get a "data1.cab" with MAX of 4Gbytes (Or a Max of 3,99Gbytes to... by saying so, "avoid the hassle" of creating a ISO with UDF settings) will be fine.
So, for everyone who:

• already did the compression for 1xDVD5 conversion (with -mx -ld1600 for a data1.cab of ~3,01Gb)
• or tried my previous suggestion (with -m9x -ld192m -s256m for a data1.cab of ~3,37Gb)

and don't want to recompress everything again (Even despite with -m3 -s96m took only ~10min to compress in my Core2Quad @2,33Gb), just keep the already compressed file and enjoy the bigger free space.

@ Compression steps: You can make FreeArc save the compressed file directly in "RO2_DVD" folder. Just point the Path along with the filename.
So, if you use E:\RO2\RO2_DVD as a working folder, then you can write:

archive name: E:\RO2\RO2_DVD\data1.cab

For "Data1.cab" and

archive name: E:\RO2\RO2_DVD\data2.cab

For "Data2.cab"

To Remember: Always remember to thank Yener90 for the codes and BAMsE for the compiled installer. They did this nice job for you.

... And screenshots!
Language selection (Doesn't mean it's the game language. It's just the installer lang. And it'll automatically select the language of your Windows OS)
ro2_001.jpg

Using Disk 1, music ON. And yes, I've installed the "UE3redist" when it appeared.
ro2_004.jpg

Oops! The setup is asking for Disk 2...
ro2_005.jpg

Now running with Disk 2 and music OFF.
ro2_006.jpg

... And that's it! Another top-quality, "Games For Windows"-ready custom installer for all your gaming and backuping needs!
Be happy, people!