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Offline FSHero

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Manual install of WC Saga Prologue - possible?
Hello,

I am trying to install Wing Commander Saga Prologue, but due in part to Windows Vista's disk-space greediness and naievety on my part, my C: drive does not have enough space to complete the install (~1.5 GB). I notice that lots of copies of prologue-setup.msi files appear during the install (investigated using WinDirStat).

I wish to install the game to my second partition, which has upwards of 50GB free.

I could further free up space on my my first partition (c:), but this would require much time and effort. Thus, I was wondering if there is a way of installing WC Saga Prologue manually? e.g. from a zip file, then drag-and-dropping.

Can't wait to try out this fantastic game!

 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Manual install of WC Saga Prologue - possible?
Just a second. I'll download it, install it, pack up the installation and try to upload it somewhere.
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23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

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15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []

 

Offline FSHero

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Re: Manual install of WC Saga Prologue - possible?
Never mind, I managed it myself.

After freeing up as much space as I could on the first partition, I ran the prologue_setup.exe installer. I went as far as the 'splash screen', so all extraction had taken place, I had to click Next.

Instead of clicking next, I used WinDirStat to discover a nice large ~270MB "Wing Commander Saga Prologue.msi" file somewhere in a temporary folder. I copied it onto my second partition, used 7-zip to open it, then extracted all files to the second partition.

I would like to suggest to the makers of WC Saga: please consider that people may not use their first partition as their data/programs partition! Thus, please provide an alternative installation method: e.g. zip file!

Thanks Jeff Vader! This will be useful for others!
« Last Edit: December 29, 2010, 05:49:40 am by Jeff Vader »

 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Manual install of WC Saga Prologue - possible?
Well, for those still interested, a .7z version. Might upload to FreeSpaceMods later today.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []

 

Offline Tolwyn

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Re: Manual install of WC Saga Prologue - possible?
I would like to suggest to the makers of WC Saga: please consider that people may not use their first partition as their data/programs partition! Thus, please provide an alternative installation method: e.g. zip file!

If you do not have 280 MB of free space on your systems partition, it is your fault. :p
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Re: Manual install of WC Saga Prologue - possible?
here is an idea
recent versions of windows (Vista and up ) have stolen an old idea from UNIX and Linux you can mount a new drive as a sub directory of an exiting drive letter.
so in theory you could install it on a flash drive.

run "C:\Windows\System32\en-US\diskmgmt.msc" as an Administrator
select the partition on the drive and right clock on it and choose "Change Drive Letter and Path..."
click on the change button you cna chose to mount it as a directory from the window that opens
note you may have to unmount it first or it may not let you do it.