Dobby Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 What are your thoughts on silently installing games?Is it more hastle than it's worth?I've not had very good experience trying to silently install games mainly because:They're big!They are not designed to be silently installedYou have to use something like AutoIT or an install monitor and repackage themPersonally I usually play the single player to completion then play online a bit then move on to the next one. Although there are one or two games I still play like Half Life 2. Maybe those are the ones I should silently install (but how do you know you're going to keep playing them!)Have I missed something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gugutz Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 If im not mistaken, Half-Life / Counter Strike doesn't need to be installed each time you reinstall your system .At least here at home i just make a backup of the the entire (already installed) steam folder, then just make a shortcut to steam.exe on your desktop and you are good to go!Couple of other games works like this too, like WoW or Ultima Online.Maybe if you create a DVD putting the game folders on $OEM$/$1/Games/ you will have your games installed when you install your unattended xp dvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobby Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 Ah yes of course with steam it's pretty easy. I'd forgotten about that. Nice one . Other games are a little more tricky though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp00f Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Im working on a huge iso with lots of games , not for burning, but i can mount it with daemontools and install.few clicks..cup of coffee, and my games are back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobby Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 Can you tell us some of the techniques you used to get them to silently install?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griefage Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 auto it script? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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