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What should i back up?
Well, 2 things happened today: my main comp, runing widows Xp, now refuses start up right. I get a screen with the options for 3 different safe modes, your last known settings, and to just start windows normally. (i'm trying safe mode #3 now...). I also found out that my parents are looking at getting a new computer anyway, because its about 8 years old now anyways.

Anyway, what i need to know: Once  get it working again, what files do i have to copy so that i only have to do the SCP installer o my new comp, rather then buying the original files from GoG? (Well, i have them, don't I? It's not like i'm asking you to post illegal downloads...)
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Offline FUBAR-BDHR

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Re: What should i back up?
Just backup the whole fs2 directory.  You'll have everything that way and the installer will only need to update what's been updated not everything.
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Re: What should i back up?
And wait several hours?  :doubt: I don't even have time for that, seeing as my computer time is broken up into about one hour periods, every day. It isn't like rules or anything, it just happens that way.
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: What should i back up?
  • \freespace2\data\ directory
  • root_fs2.vp
  • sparky_fs2.vp
  • sparky_hi_fs2.vp
  • stu_fs2.vp
  • tango1_fs2.vp
  • tango2_fs2.vp
  • tango3_fs2.vp
  • warble_fs2.vp
  • smarty_fs2.vp

and possibly FS2OGGcutscenepack.vp, multi-mission-pack.vp and multi-voice-pack.vp, if you have them.

Depending on the method you use to back things up, it shouldn't take several hours to back everything up.
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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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15:51 < Achillion> yes
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00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

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Re: What should i back up?
Uhm... 2 gig SD card we got for our wii, but never put a thing on?  :nervous:
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: What should i back up?
Then I'd recommend the list in my previous post (plus maybe the retail .exe files, just for nostalgia's sake). Those are the bare minimum files you need, concidering that you don't want to buy FS2 from GOG. Everything else can be redownloaded.

Of course, if you 7-Zip the whole ****, you could squeeze some other items in there, like the MediaVPs, for example.
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 FUBAR-BDHR

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Re: What should i back up?
So basically you don't want to fork out 6 bucks to own the game and want to redownload everything eating up someone else's bandwidth on their nickel because you too lazy to toss a disk in the burner and leave or do more than one copy?   :mad2:

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Offline captain-custard

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Re: What should i back up?
i have my fsopen folder backed up 3 times , once on 5 dvd's the same on an external hard disc and just the essential files on a 4gb thumb drive 

the time i takes to dl everything agan just scares me (nearly 20gb)

so if i was you id invest in a small external hard drive which you an keep all of your stuff and games on which will keep your parents happy as well
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Re: What should i back up?
I'll never get the attitude "I want to save my data.... but I don't want to be bothered to back it up!"

Seriously, writting a few gigs through USB shouldn't take hours unless you have a 1.0 port. Even then if it's a REAL problem just do it overnight or something.