Need a 2nd installation on my computer....

ÅmñÇhðÐé · 11-10-2002, 09:15 PM

Hopefully i can get a quick answer on this as i have a match tonight.....

I am one of those guys that love to mod and customize my games with skins and such...however, for match play, you need a clean installation....now with CS this was a piece of cake, all you had to do was install Halflife into a seperate folder or Partition/drive....but with BF1942 it detects that it is already installed and will not let you do this.....

so....does anyone have any ideas on how to install a second "untouched" installation for match play while keeping the custom installation for regular play???

CJMello63 · 11-10-2002, 09:20 PM

Would this work? Rename the current BF 42 folder. Edit the reg and try a reinstall.

ÅmñÇhðÐé · 11-10-2002, 10:57 PM

hahaha....well...it was alot easier and simpler than i though....when you brought up the registery, i decided to go have a look at what was there....guess what....nothing references the location of the files....with that in mind i decided to try something....i copied the entire directory to one of my other partitions and renamed the Orginal dir....well, when i tried the copied dir, it worked like a champ....

all i had to do was revert the original back to normal and bingo, two installs....kinda

i look back now and think, DOH!!!!....hehehe

11-10-2002, 09:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
ÅmñÇhðÐé Private Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Antonio Posts: 41	Need a 2nd installation on my computer.... Hopefully i can get a quick answer on this as i have a match tonight..... I am one of those guys that love to mod and customize my games with skins and such...however, for match play, you need a clean installation....now with CS this was a piece of cake, all you had to do was install Halflife into a seperate folder or Partition/drive....but with BF1942 it detects that it is already installed and will not let you do this..... so....does anyone have any ideas on how to install a second "untouched" installation for match play while keeping the custom installation for regular play???

11-10-2002, 09:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
CJMello63 Major Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Raynham, MA Posts: 3,803	Would this work? Rename the current BF 42 folder. Edit the reg and try a reinstall. __________________

11-10-2002, 10:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
ÅmñÇhðÐé Private Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Antonio Posts: 41	hahaha....well...it was alot easier and simpler than i though....when you brought up the registery, i decided to go have a look at what was there....guess what....nothing references the location of the files....with that in mind i decided to try something....i copied the entire directory to one of my other partitions and renamed the Orginal dir....well, when i tried the copied dir, it worked like a champ.... all i had to do was revert the original back to normal and bingo, two installs....kinda i look back now and think, DOH!!!!....hehehe __________________