T1/T2 Portability of installs?

voodoo47 on 18/8/2018 at 08:49

some (now very) old and slow intel gpus have problems with anti-aliasing, but that shouldn't be of concern on anything from the last half decade or so - basically, if you are (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units#Fifth_generation) 5th gen or newer, you are safe.

snobel on 18/8/2018 at 11:44

Quote Posted by Arcatera

As far as I am concerned, Sneaky Upgrade relies on Windows Registry and stores some additional files in some hidden folders of Windows.

When making the SU it was a deliberate decision to not make the game any easier to pirate. And although Ion Storm effectively removed DRM with the editor release, because of the original game's registry dependence you can't just move the install to another machine. And so you can't just move the SU-patched game either.

But now there's the GOG installer, which can be freely copied, so I don't know if that self-imposed restriction is important anymore? I'll add 'portability' to the (still very long) to-do list and have a look at some point.

Quote Posted by robthom

I had to reinstall Sneaky upgrade 4-5 times to get it to stop spreading folders all over the place

The installer has a "customize paths" option (I guess you found it the fifth time? :p), which lets you move everything but the uninstaller stuff into subfolders within the game install (which can be in Program Files - the installer will relax permissions).

If you install it that way it's portable as long as you recreate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Ion Storm\Thief - Deadly Shadows\SaveGamePath registry value on the new machine.