I need help making Jedi Academy portable

[Yustynn]

Hi, I've been trying to make Jedi Academy portable so I can just put it on my external HD and I can just play it anywhere I go, but it won't work. I've already no-cd cracked it but strangely when I play it everything seems okay...except that there's no player - you're moving an invisible guy, and after a while it just crashes. Any ideas?

PS: I don't know how legal this is. All I know is that I own the game and I wanna play it wherever I go.

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

what your trying to do may or may not be legal under the terms of the EULA for Jedi Academy (likely it isn't because usually the EULA will only allow for installation on 1 PC) but even if it was legal under the EULA, dicussing circumventing copy protection here is against the rules

1. This is not a warez site! Links/Requests to warez and/or illegal material (porn, cracks, serials, etc..) will not be tolerated. Discussion of circumventing WGA/activation/timebombs/keygens or any other illegal activity will also not be tolerated.

I realize you aren't pirating anything but rules are rules so it would be best if you didnt discuss circumventing the copy protection anymore.

[phkninja]

as gek says, this cannot be discussed. Even if you own the game what you request is outside the EULA, and also "no-cd crack" is illegal even if you own the game (it too is ouside the EULA, no-cd cracks circumvent the copy protection)

Edited January 6, 2008 by phkninja

[avaricewithin]

technically you are abiding to EULA's rules, considering the drive is only being plugged in in one place at one time. it is not installed on multiple computers.

correct me if i am wrong, but i don't see a problem with that if this is the case.

[jcarle]

Against the EULA as defeating copy-protection is not only against the EULA but also against the law in most countries.

[twig123]

Ditto for the above.

However, it sounds like system files are not being transfered to the new system.

Suggestions: Carry the Game CD instead of the Hard Drive...

[TranceEnergy]

Jedi Academy is built on the quake 3 engine or something isn't it? Then it already should be portable.

All you need to know to make any game portable is if it installs any codecs or such, and what registry entries it need.

Checkout application data f.ex under profiles folder (d&s) for any file there.

Once you know where everything is, you could just setup two batches for copying eventual savegames\config from profiles dir to a bakup dir to your game dir, so you can take your current savegames/config with you.

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

YAWN. when Force unleashed hits in a few weeks I dont think anyone will care about Jedi Academy anymore.

IMO if youre really trying to make a game portable, that means your prolly running it on a machine that you should be playing games on anyways (school/work PCs) if it wont allow you to install it, i doubt its gonna be high end enough to truly enjoy playing a 3d game on anyways.

[TranceEnergy]

geek:

Excuse me but that is a load of BS if you're saying what i think you are..

Why does the wish for having software portable automatically equal slow computer in your thinking is beyond me.

Can you explain? At current state i have 28 unpacked games, i say unpacked, because when i install a game, i make sure it runs of its own folder and nothing else, then i archive it with winrar or 7zip, with any reg files or batches i made for that game, so i can easily go unpack a game if i feel nostalgic and without hazzle pick up where i left off with configuration set the way i like it and any savegames if so.

As for legal issues, as long as he uses a plain no-cd work around i dont see the problem, he bought the game, want to play it without hazzle.

As far as i know, using a nocd for a game isnt illegal. For one, game updates are free to download for anyone, and you would still need the game to play it, and still need to go through the installation procedure at least 1 time.

Now if only game developers could realize it isnt funny to keep inserting media into computer for each game one plays, its getting there tho, albeit slowly.

Edited September 7, 2008 by TranceEnergy

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

I think your looking for an argument where there isnt one to be had.

All I was saying is if you dont have admin rights or permission to install a game on a given computer, its probably not yours (a school/work PC) in most cases, these types of computers arent going to provide a good gaming experience anyways.

as for my initial post from january, that was created to steer the topic away from CD cracks. Which regardless of how legal and necessary you think they are, are against the forum rules and any topic which promotes their use will be locked/deleted.