Tranferring PWI

ElvenKnight - Sanctuary
ElvenKnight - Sanctuary Posts: 8 Arc User
edited July 2010 in General Discussion
Are you able to transfer a fully updated pwi with usb to a different computer and just play or are you only able to transfer the pwi download and have to dl all the updates.
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  • _Pale - Sanctuary
    _Pale - Sanctuary Posts: 210 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Dunno, but would be a great way to promote PWI ..., maybe put on a cheap USB and give out at promotions

    PWI plug and play b:victory

    If it were possible, I think PWI would have done something like that already... can't really see why it can't work though
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  • ElvenKnight - Sanctuary
    ElvenKnight - Sanctuary Posts: 8 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    thats what im doing coz my fren doesnt have the best download speed and im giving it to him coz i want him to play it:)
  • Kephras - Heavens Tear
    Kephras - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,472 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Yes you can copy your PWI directory to a removable drive, and run it without having to go through the full "install" process.
    But you're gonna need a pretty big USB drive for that. Last check, my PWI directory was about 5gb, not counting screenshots. To run PWI on my other computers, I rely on my backup External, since I haven't got a jump-drive with enough capacity to hold it.

    Also: you'll have to keep it updated once you copy. Probably an obvious point, but let me tell you, keeping three copies of the game updated can be quite a hassle sometimes, especially with large patches (for filming: my PC, my Acer netbook, my old Dell laptop which runs PWI from the external).

    Hope that helps :)
  • Lesthar - Heavens Tear
    Lesthar - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,045 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    There is a simple way to it and I advised that tech once to another, but never got any reply on it. QQ.

    Anyway.

    Download the full installer (there is even an updated one; I had the one when the munchkins -I mean genies- were first released), then the patches, you can find them in the download section.

    Save them all on a DVD, along other stuff you want to backup.

    Now, not only you can let your friend benefit from an easy game install, but you also have a game backup! b:victory
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  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    You can get cheap USB drives for under $40 that are either 8 or 16gb and can easily run PWI off one. I haven't tried, but I'm sure it's easy enough to do.
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  • Kephras - Heavens Tear
    Kephras - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,472 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Lesthar, that's great advice for a backup, but not really what the OP was asking about.

    The key point here is that you can install PWI on a removable drive, for plug & play on any computer.

    *Technically, you don't even need to install; just copy the current-version PWI install to the drive. You can run the launcher/patcher.exe's, or even elementclient.exe if you know you're updated and just want to get in the game.
  • Lesthar - Heavens Tear
    Lesthar - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,045 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Ah, removable drive. Sorry Kephras, I did not read properly.

    USB... SD cards with a big capacity are fine too, cheap and create less mess, imo.

    And to return to the main subject, if that one is patient, have the thing done in multiple waves (copy-paste-delete, rinse and repeat). First the main installer, then the patches, as about all materials are available, easily transferrable since they do not take so much space in the end.
    Patching from there to the latest version would be a breeze.
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    - Will we get sales? I got a ton of gold to spend.
    - I'm bored, I'll create a useless thread to annoy Opkorock.
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  • ElvenKnight - Sanctuary
    ElvenKnight - Sanctuary Posts: 8 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    awesome ty for all the info, now i feel like this can work. hope my fren enjoys pwi :)
  • Esnemyl - Dreamweaver
    Esnemyl - Dreamweaver Posts: 3,079 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Bookmarked this thread, my freind wants to play it at her house ^^ great advice guys!
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  • DrDrakkentre - Lost City
    DrDrakkentre - Lost City Posts: 55 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Kephras - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Yes you can copy your PWI directory to a removable drive, and run it without having to go through the full "install" process.
    But you're gonna need a pretty big USB drive for that. Last check, my PWI directory was about 5gb, not counting screenshots. To run PWI on my other computers, I rely on my backup External, since I haven't got a jump-drive with enough capacity to hold it.

    Also: you'll have to keep it updated once you copy. Probably an obvious point, but let me tell you, keeping three copies of the game updated can be quite a hassle sometimes, especially with large patches (for filming: my PC, my Acer netbook, my old Dell laptop which runs PWI from the external).

    Hope that helps :)

    If you can't transfer all of it in one go, you could divide it into several sections, copy it to another computer and set it up there. b:victory You won't be able run it from the drive then though..
  • azurluen
    azurluen Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I burned a DVD the Game Client when I downloaded it. And save all Patchs [sometimes, changing to one of those big ones, so they are less in number].

    So each time I need it on another computer, I just install and patch it. Or when I have to restart all my computer if changing OS, virus atack [too bad it doesnt run that good on Ubuntu, I only use Windows because of this game] or something.

    But don't know about doing it like Portable Version. Doesn't it use the System Registry? [the regedit thing]
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  • Ursa - Dreamweaver
    Ursa - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,634 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    guys, guys, don't go that far.
    Just get a USB Flash of 10 gigs or more.
    Game is about 5.6 now, with all the updates (and prolly the screenshots i have, lol)
    Put the game directory on USB flash, run it on whatever computer u feel like.
    I'm running it at home on a laptop from a USB Flash. Ran it on a USB flash on a friend's PC, on a PC and laptop at work also.
    Works like a charm, no instalation needed.
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