Burning Downloaded Game to CD
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I'm sure this has probably been covered already, but nothing came up in my search of the forums. What is the best way to burn hard copies of my downloaded games?
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Re: Burning Downloaded Game to CD
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It depends on where you get the games from. With GOG and DotEMU you just copy the installation files to the DVD. If the game is too large for one DVD, you can use 2 or more -- or back up the game on a USB drive with enough space for the game. If you use multiple DVD's for the installation files, you'll have to copy all the files on all the DVD's to the hard drive before installing. With Adventure Shop games, you also copy the installation files to the DVD. However you'll still need to activate the game after installing (unless you're reinstalling on the same computer and the hard drive has not been replaced or reformatted between times). Steam has their own procedure for backing up games, which you can find on their website. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-yphv-2033There's no good way to back up Big Fish games for installation on a new computer. However if you zip up the game folder of most of their games and copy it to DVD and reinstall it on a computer where the game has previously been installed, the computer will "remember" the game has been successfully activated on that computer before. Gamersgate has a procedure to back up their DRM-free games http://www.gamersgate.com/info/faqHowever if you want to back up the "entire" game, you'll need an extra file that disappears during the installation. Otherwise the game will require a connection to Gamersgate before it will install properly. For details, check Frazap's post #841038 at http://www.gameboomers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/841038/Re_Any_DRM_on_1953_KGB_Unleash.html
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Re: Burning Downloaded Game to CD
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Wow.....I didn't realize it was so complex. So.....are you saying I would have to burn it to a DVD instead of a CD?
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Re: Burning Downloaded Game to CD
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Depends on the size of the game file. CD's hold about 700 MB of data and DVD's hold about 4.7 GB of data.
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Re: Burning Downloaded Game to CD
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I want to copy 2 advenure Shop games to DVD and I see above you say to copy the installation files, forgive my ignorance but do you mean the whole game or do I have to find certain files, since it seems to me that unless I copy the whole game it won't play if I try to reinstall it?? You copy the installation files that you download from Adventure Shop. At the time you install the game, if the installation files needed to be copy to 2 or more DVD's because of large file sizes, you'll have to copy the files from the DVD's to a folder on your hard drive before running the install file. If you try to install the game from a DVD that only has some of the files, the installer will complain because it needs access to ALL the installation files in the same location. Oh yes one more question, I found some DVD-R 470gb (verbatim make) on Amazon Uk, would these be alright for use?? You must mean either 4.7GB or 4700MB. They don't make DVD's in 470GB. I'd use DVD+R's instead of DVD-R's because DVD+R's are meant for data, but you can use either. If you have a dual-layer DVD burner and are looking for dual-layer DVD's, then 4.7GB is not the size you want. 4.7GB is the regular single-layer DVD size.
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Re: Burning Downloaded Game to CD
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do I go to the Adventurer Shop Downloader and copy from there I've never used the Adventure Shop downloader, but as long as you can find the installer files, those are what has to be burned to the disc. Copying the installed game folder will result in an unplayable game (except for casual games). The game folder does not contain any of the registry settings that the game installs.
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Re: Burning Downloaded Game to CD
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Re: Burning Downloaded Game to CD
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02/26/13 05:33 PM
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monbron, Another idiot here. Here's what I do. I activate the GOG downloader (which usually needs updating first), then I go to my game shelf and use it to download the game. It goes to a separate GOG folder in My Documents. (Stop me if this is too much detail. ) If I had downloaded Riven, I would just click on that folder and hit Burn to Disc up on the computer task bar. And take it from there. If the game is already installed and you haven't removed that folder from My Documents, you can still just copy the entire folder of files "there", not from the installation folder in Program Files X86. HTH? Edit: I just happened to think. Don't laugh. I've downloaded files from The Adventure Shop before and can't remember where they end up. However, they usually send you more than one link and all the links equal the entire game. "Before" you install anything, just burn those...um, I'll call them "link results" to a disc, that way you'll know you have everything you need. And you can always check by poking that disc in the computer and telling it to install the game. If you can, you've done it right. And you will, trust me. Gil.
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Re: Burning Downloaded Game to CD
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Double left clicking the icon for the game should be all you have to do to start the installation process, monbron. If you did that and even autoplay doesn't help, NO-expert here sees two possibilities. 1. The file is corrupted. 2. You don't have all the files for that game burned to disc. If nothing helps, start over. Go get the GOG downloader and activate it on your desktop then go to GOG and get the game. Use the downloader and you'll be sure you have all the files you need because it will grab them all. When that's done, just navigate to the GOG downloads folder in My Docs, then to Riven's folder, poke a blank DVD in the computer and tell it to Burn that game to disc. Then try installing it from the DVD. Autoplay should bring it up when you put the disc in your computer but sometimes autoplay has hiccups so you can navigate to D and double click on the icon to start the ball rolling. If all that simplistic stuff doesn't work, kidnap InlandAZ. Gil.
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Re: Burning Downloaded Game to CD
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Well, no. Mine doesn't show them either. I don't think the GOG downloader retains any of the game files once you close it, which makes sense. Why would you want them there (all those megs, sometimes gigabytes) in two places?
Couldn't say what the AS downloader does as I prefer to dl any game I buy from them in my browser.
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