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(OT sort of) Question
With the new USB drives is it possable to install SE4 onto one and run it on different computers? so long as the computer see's USB (uses for PBW  )
[ May 27, 2003, 18:42: Message edited by: mottlee ]
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Re: (OT sort of) Question
good idea, as long as no DLL's are not installed in the Windows directory (or other files), I will have to check later. But those USB flash drives are so cheap now, they are great, I dont use floppies any more, heck the Last 2 systems I built, I did not install a floppy drive *shrug*.
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May 27th, 2003, 07:52 PM
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Re: (OT sort of) Question
If SEIV checks the registry for a path you might have to bring a REG file a long to update it.
(just guessing)
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Re: (OT sort of) Question
SE4 will not be able to load the fonts properly if you try to run it from a folder it was not installed to. Well, more accurately, SE4 tries to load the fonts from the fonts subfolder of whatever folder SE4 was installed in Last. If SE4 was never installed on the computer, the game won't be able to find it's font files. I do not know if it would work with a USB drive, but I suspect it places something in the registry to tell it where to look.
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Re: (OT sort of) Question
Which means that as long as you have it in the same spot, you're fine should be fine. (i.e. all the computers see the USB drive as the same letter)
I zip my entire SE4 installation to back it up, and only very rarely do I have to reach for the disk.
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Re: (OT sort of) Question
So I should be able to do this IF I run the install to install it to the (say "F") drive then I should be able to take it with me (evil grin) I can see SE4 on the work system 
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Re: (OT sort of) Question
well try it out and see what happens... Then post your results.
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Re: (OT sort of) Question
it should work fine... i KNOW SE4 does not require any reg files to run... dont know if there are any, but i know it doesnt REQUIRE them...
the patch doesn't even check the registery, so there probably aren't any...
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Re: (OT sort of) Question
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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
well try it out and see what happens... Then post your results.
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I will give it a go as soon as I
1, get a computer that runs on something other than 95
2, get a USB drive (was thinking about this)
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Quote:
Originally posted by openair:
it should work fine... i KNOW SE4 does not require any reg files to run... dont know if there are any, but i know it doesnt REQUIRE them...
the patch doesn't even check the registery, so there probably aren't any...
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the only thing I think it "Looks" for is an internet conn or maybe just a way to do so
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