What Game Copies ?

[RoyBatty]

The default launcher sets them when you run it once.

jlf, you haven't pirated new vegas have you?

[jlf65]

[quote=RoyBatty]The default launcher sets them when you run it once.

jlf, you haven't pirated new vegas have you?

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Hell no! I purchase all my games... when the GOTY/Ultimate/Legendary is available in Walmart for $30. By that time, you get all the DLCs, all the bug fixes, and a good assortment of mods at a reasonable price. I never buy a game at launch time. Anywho, yes, FONV would normally install to the Steam directory, even from the DVD, but I do a manual install, which I can put anywhere, so I put it next to FO3 for convience.

And like I said, I checked the xEdit code to find why no version of xEdit worked in Windows 7 Pro x64 Edition (not FO3Edit, not FNVEdit, and not TES5Edit). The reason was they looked for registry entry that didn't exist in 64-bit Windows. So I added the extra xEdit entry the game wants for my manual install. And yes, I did check the registry from an "official" install in W7Pro x64 to double check that it wasn't my manual registry entries. W7Pro x64 was making those WOW64 entries, which was not what xEdit was looking for... it was looking for the other entries - the ones you get if you install in 32-bit Windows.

It's much less work manually installing the game, especially if you keep a 7zip arc of the game folder in its pristine state. I also generally keep a 7zip arc of the game with all the "standard" mods like the script extender and UI mods and misc other goodies like unofficial patches and the like. Once I totally hose the game by adding too many mods (or get a particularly nasty mod for testing), I can just delete the whole damn directory and go back to my pristine arc rather than break out the DVDs and run their installer. I own the games, so it's all perfectly legal, even moral. It's certainly less work. Just keep an arc of the game folder, the ini files from the MyGame doc folder, and those manual registry entry files and you're all set! Takes a couple minutes to be back to a clean install of the game.

[RoyBatty]

Just checking, because usually only pirated versions install in that path. :)

[jlf65]

[quote=RoyBatty]Just checking, because usually only pirated versions install in that path. :)

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I didn't realize it wasn't the "right" path at first since I manually installed it, I naturally thought it would be the same as FO3. I had some trouble and did the official install and couldn't find it... until I looked and it was next to Skyrim in the Steam directory. I was like WTF! I hadn't realized it was a Steam game until right that moment.

After doing the official install, I could see how everything was installed and had all the proper decompressed files, so then I could move it to wherever I wanted... as long as Steam got killed. Now THAT is getting close to piracy, so I won't talk about that, but I run Steam on linux, not Windows. I just wish more stuff was available for linux Steam. Maybe now with Vulcan catching on, maybe we'll see more in linux.

[GrantSP]

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... but I run Steam on linux, not Windows. I just wish more stuff was available for linux Steam...

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Nows there's a salient piece of information that was missing from the previous posts! That explains why you would need to fiddle with the registry. In all other Windows installs there should be no need to add entries to get xEdit, or anything else for that matter, to recognise your games.

That being the case it's probably wise to refrain from offering advice about Windows installations to new users when your system doesn't match their config! Or at the least mentioning that your setup is different and the advice is purely from memory or conjectural and may be flawed.

[jlf65]

Rude remarks removed. - Roy