Re: portable space empires???
 

Yeah, but that was including a whole heap of mods and shipsets. Remove those (or scale down the BMPs, something I was unwilling to do) and you could squeeze se4 onto a USB key no probs.

I wish se4 could have supported zip files for mod and shipset folders , I'd have a gig more space on my HD than there is now.

Re: portable space empires???
 

You know, I'll bet someone could make a "Mod picker" style utility that would store the mods as zip files and only unzip the one you are currently playing.

Re: portable space empires???
 

The only saving grace for purchasing a boxed external hard drive is the backup/recovery software you usually get.

Approach 1) Save money, use time, no software = buy the drive and enclosure and put them together

Approach 2) Waste money, save time, get backup/recover software = buy a boxed LaCie or Maxtor hard drive.

Personally I like the Maxtor One-Touch for its' utterly painless backup system (push the button stupid!). This is what I use on the majority of my client installations.

Re: portable space empires???
 

I operate a lot of my work now from a portable hard drive, as a gift a few months ago, it was a 100gb Seagate Portable Hard Drive and it was all enclosed and that good stuff. Works great too. I accidently found the receipt for it at my parent's home and it cost them about 90 bucks after shipping and freight insurance.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...36|&Sort=4

That is where they bought it from and this is it, looks like the price went up or it was on sale.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...93&CatId=0

Re: portable space empires???
 

Woah. Hadrian is back. Welcome back, amigo.

Re: portable space empires???
 

Oh wow, I didn't even recognize you! Hadrian as in SpaceEmpires.org? Or are you going to kill me because I remembered that? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Re: portable space empires???
 

I dunno if you already bought your hdd, but Dell has a 160 GB external drive for $79 with no shipping. Still a little pricier than a good deal on a IDE + enclosure, but it beats the other prices posted earlier. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

http://bensbargains.net/deal/7611/

Re: portable space empires???
 

Fyron,

Thanks man, Ill look into it.

Re: portable space empires???
 

Ouch, 79$ for a 160? I am so glad I live near a Fry's. I picked up an external 250 for that price after rebate.

Re: portable space empires???
 

Hmm... this deal is more like it! 160 GB external for $50 after rebate.

http://bensbargains.net/deal/8022/

(hdd link in case the "click here" button doesn't work)