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windex82
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 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:38 pm Post subject: I can't belive I just did that... |
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ARRRRRRRRRRRRG!!!! I just rolled over my original non-goty ORIGINAL unreal tournament game disc!!! WHHHAAAAA!!
Its not all bad, it cracked in a real cool pattern cause of the casters on this chair.
='(
Ok now that i got that out, Thank you, carry on. |
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annex
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Contact the company and tell them it was one of those CD-ROMs that blows CDs to shit. I don't know if they even exist anymore but I remember hearing of some a year back I think  |
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markfl
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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possibly you should take better care of your cd's 
i know i should
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Gibberx
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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Tehehehe, I still have mine...
On the other hand, if you have it installed under Linux, you don't even need the CD to play . Also, is it so bad to find a copy of the GOTY edition from the bargain bin? I can't imagine that this game still costs much, what with UT2k4 coming out soon. |
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windex82
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| markfl wrote: | possibly you should take better care of your cd's
i know i should |
Yeah, but i had just taken it out of the cd-rom and it slipped out of my hand and rolled behind me, i didnt think anything about pushing my chair back to reach for it =(
Luckily i had just finished installing it, but im getting ready to build a new system and plan on wipping this installation out, so itll be gone again =( |
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occe
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:37 am Post subject: |
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if u have bought it, it shouldnt be that illegal to download a copy from the net?
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TheMole
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:23 am Post subject: |
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| windex82 wrote: | | markfl wrote: | possibly you should take better care of your cd's
i know i should |
Yeah, but i had just taken it out of the cd-rom and it slipped out of my hand and rolled behind me, i didnt think anything about pushing my chair back to reach for it =(
Luckily i had just finished installing it, but im getting ready to build a new system and plan on wipping this installation out, so itll be gone again =( |
If you plan on only installing it on a linux system, it should be sufficient to burn the /usr/games/UnrealTournament directory to the root of a CD, and you _should_ still be able to install...
Worst case scenario: you install the binary without the data, and you copy the data yourself.
PS: On windows, you can also copy an existing install to a CD, and reïnstate it afterwards... don't forget to turn of read-only though...
Greetz,
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windex82
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interesting, ill have to give copying the directory a try.
Thanks for all replies and suggestions, I had only intended to vent about my stupidity, but the suggestions on how to salvage the game are definitly appreciated. |
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Matje
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| TheMole wrote: | | PS: On windows, you can also copy an existing install to a CD, and reïnstate it afterwards... don't forget to turn of read-only though... |
And what about, uhm... I don't know... winblows registry entries???
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CDLM
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| Matje wrote: | | TheMole wrote: | | PS: On windows, you can also copy an existing install to a CD, and reïnstate it afterwards... don't forget to turn of read-only though... |
And what about, uhm... I don't know... winblows registry entries??? |
and, uhm, for a lot of games (like quake3) you don't need, you know, winblows registry entries
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Matje
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| CDLM wrote: | and, uhm, for a lot of games (like quake3) you don't need, you know, winblows registry entries
-Dave - |
But for some games, you do They (sadly) save info about savegames and other stuff like your serial in there, and won't start if the key doesn't exist. Nothing better as a fresh install
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Malek
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| Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:32 am Post subject: |
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I've bought UT GOTY 3 times so far. Sad but true.
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