Up to date client DVD

[fiach]

Is there a way for me to copy Ryzom onto a DVD, so if I needed to reinstall, rather than use my original release copy, I could reinstall from a DVD containing the client in its current up to date form?

Thanks :)

[akicks]

copy the ryzom folder to a dvd, and just move it back if you ever need to.

[acridiel]

Sure, just make a Data Copy of your current Ryzom Folder. It needs no "installing" as you surely know, so I guess you can just put it on CD/DVD without any problem. :)

Okay, I´m not that into Sorftware but I think it should work.

Acridiel

[kibsword]

Or download the torrent installer, and burn that to DVD.

[truce1]

Or download the torrent installer, and burn that to DVD.

Ding ding ding.

Thoe, i used it the other day, there was like 3 seeders. =(

[iphdrunk]

It would be nice if Nevrax could keep an up to date installer with Ryzom at special Milestones (like the Ring :) ) and even have the possibility to press a nice DVD and send it to players that request it, for a fee.

I had a few issues patching 2 days ago, to the point that the patcher kept on crashing (ryzom has made an illegal blah bvlah, do you like to send report?) systematically, tried the std procedure as removing the unpack, running ryzom recover (got an assertion nel window saying it could not unzip the ryzom_client_rd.exe.gz) and I am considering redownloading the full installer. Unfortunately a 1.X Gb download can not be easy (few seeds in torrent, problems and stalled connections with direct download, lack of md5 sums? plus a crappy cable ISP that loses link every now and then, etc.). I would have paid happily a few euros for a 2 day "up to date" DVD pressing and shipping :)

Otherwise, if I am not mistaken, *if* I manage to download June installer, I still need to get a few hundreds of megs of patches. Also, it seems to me that if a "patch" is made of 3 or 4 files and the patch procedure fails at the third, it redownloads the first two again (:?)

[amitst]

Point of clarity: Ryzom is completely self-contained in it's own directory.
IMO this is an extremely admirable and dignified way to to do things.

so what they said
So once you have patched for the ring, if you burn that whole folder to a DVD, well then you would have an install DVD.

[ydyp1978]

So I take the game then doesn't write away something in my registry? Woah my windows is smarter then I thoughed and put the pointers to an uninstaller itself :D

[fiach]

Yeah I was wondering about the registry, it just seemed too simple, OK we have Ignition :)

[kostika]

Val Baby!!!

[iphdrunk]

Sure, just make a Data Copy of your current Ryzom Folder. It needs no "installing" as you surely know, so I guess you can just put it on CD/DVD without any problem.

Yes, but with a few "issues": according to the web page, "Installed client : 6 Go", but easily affordable DVDs have a 4.5Go limit (not going into the details about double layers), you may not be able to make a full file to file copy. You may use several methods, after downloading Ryzom installer, and install the game; patch the client until it's up to date and then:

1) is complicated, but has a "cool/geek/custom" factor, use wise or installshield or any other (free) installer to create a set of CDs or a DvD, and you have your own custom installer, put a few of your screenshots and use it. Some are really easy to create, just drag your "tree", and fill in a few forms, adding screenies at will (I do think that this may be illegal to distribute tho, I would think that only the unmodified file can be redistributed). It can create a set of 2-3 nice CD with standalone installing interface.

2) Use winzip/winrar/winfoo to compress the file and burn the .zip(s) file, creating as many pieces as your media constrains. Just make sure (I haven't tried myself, but I'd guess compressed it would be 2 Go max, but some players could go way above that if you keep your screenshots as well) you don't create files too big (e.g., remember that FAT32 has a limit of 4Go).

A ryzom "backup" is handy, in case of a failure and when you start getting the shakes no need to redownload again :o)

[jarko]

i think its a good id to maybe think about a new dvd copy of the game idd that we can buy somewhere somehow, as most of you my cpoy is soooo outdates and used pretty much by me and friend to let em try the game that well...i could use a new copy for sure :D

[fiach]

Val Baby!!!

Hey Kos, how my favourite boss :)