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Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 18:19
by Raymond.Reiloff
Would PR run as good from my external HD if i installed it there??? my xp partition got to small :(

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 18:35
by supahpingi
i heared there were programs to make games runnable from extern HD,if this is true then i dont see why PR wouldnt work

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 18:41
by Raymond.Reiloff
hehehe thx guys...darn C# course i am taking enforces us to use visual studio 2008 which is about 6GB ish with help files and API's...i wasn't prepared for that when i re-installed my comp...

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 18:44
by Deadfast
C#, my god...


Anyways, it should be possible, but expect some really long loading times and possible stuttering.

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 19:16
by Raymond.Reiloff
Deadfast wrote:C#, my god...
lol does it suck or is it just complicated?



oh and by the way its an USB 2.0 external drive...

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 19:27
by Dunehunter
I know that someone got PR SP running from a usb stick, so this should be possible. Can't find the thread though for some reason.

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 19:39
by Raymond.Reiloff
sounds great thx all i am downloading now WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!


any additional info will be appreciated!

/t

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 19:42
by Deadfast
Raymond.Reiloff wrote:lol does it suck or is it just complicated?
It's a hybrid between Java and C.

If there wouldn't be for Microsoft pushing it wherever they can it would of died out long ago ;)

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 19:45
by Levesly
I dont see how u cant. I used to play BF2 and other games off an External Hard drive.

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 21:31
by Raymond.Reiloff
woot thx for all replys

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 21:41
by martov
as any instalation uses the registery, if your drive changes its letter due to the use of other hardware, you will have to re-install it, and you cant install on 1 computer and run the game later on anothere one, you will have to re-install

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 21:53
by Raymond.Reiloff
awesome that means im good ...and D/L is fast too (torrent) ill be seeding all night and when im not playing :D

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 21:58
by Deadfast
martov wrote:as any instalation uses the registery, if your drive changes its letter due to the use of other hardware, you will have to re-install it, and you cant install on 1 computer and run the game later on anothere one, you will have to re-install
That's not entirely true.


You could simply import the BF2 registry entries onto any PC you'd like to play on and change the InstallDir value to suit your path.

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 22:31
by Raymond.Reiloff
That settles it!!!...I will install vBF2 +1.41 patch and PR 0.85 on the Ray Longo Partition of my external HD which is approximately 32GB so there will even be some over for PR to grow :wink:

thx for all input people :D


btw nice petition link in your sig DeadFast..../signed

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-25 23:16
by White Rock
We'll as long as you have USB2 you should be fine i think. I've seen WOW and other games being played on externals.

Check here for speed differences.
Universal Serial Bus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-26 00:29
by Raymond.Reiloff
cool man...so now its down to if PR(BF2) needs to access more than the capacity of as said in the wiki article
A High-Speed (USB 2.0) rate of 480 Mbit/s (60 MB/s) was introduced in 2001. All high-speed devices are capable of falling back to full-speed operation if necessary.
anyone have a clue?

Re: Pr Runnable from external HD???

Posted: 2009-01-26 08:27
by cyberzomby
I run Mirrors Edge, Medieval Total War and some other games of my external HD. Installing takes a long time but it runs smoothly