Mikep7779 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Well, I would like these to install silently one thier own. I searched and cant find em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverHaze420 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Steam like from Valve? I think you would have to create your own custom install for that. You can try making a backup of your current steam folder and copy that to a CD. Its something like start-->run-->steam://backup/ Check this link outhttp://forums.gamespace.net.au/printthread.php?t=2547 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durex Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Yea.. Silver is partially correct in regards to steam. There isnt a way to silently install it, but all you really need to do is copy most of the files. I would discourage using Steams "backup" function... as all it really does is combine all your *.tcf files into one file.. or several depending on how you configure it.The huge downside to this is that it does absolutely no compression whatsoever... so youre better off rar'ing these files up... or what I do is copy these files to a seperate drive and copy them back after re-install, since theyre so big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilweirddude Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 if you want a new steam install, the switch is /S and then you use taskkill to kill itand iirc, ventrilo is an msi so /qn or /qb will work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep7779 Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 Nice, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durex Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 if you want a new steam install, the switch is /S and then you use taskkill to kill itand iirc, ventrilo is an msi so /qn or /qb will work<{POST_SNAPBACK}>But thats not going to install any games or configs... only the steam portion... so youre still going to need to wait 6 hours to get all of your games after the fact.. unless you back up the files I mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep7779 Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 if you want a new steam install, the switch is /S and then you use taskkill to kill itand iirc, ventrilo is an msi so /qn or /qb will work<{POST_SNAPBACK}>But thats not going to install any games or configs... only the steam portion... so youre still going to need to wait 6 hours to get all of your games after the fact.. unless you back up the files I mentioned.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thats all i need, then ill make a SFX with the gfc's, should i use 7zip or winrar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durex Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 i use winrar, but i hear 7zip does better compression.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilweirddude Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 meh, i just install vanilla steam and backup my games using the backup tooli just keep that on my other drive and restore afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep7779 Posted March 18, 2005 Author Share Posted March 18, 2005 if you want a new steam install, the switch is /S and then you use taskkill to kill itand iirc, ventrilo is an msi so /qn or /qb will work<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Can u give me an example of task kill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekrel Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 What folder do you 7zip up Durex? because you haveValve/steam do you just do the onces in steamapps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durex Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 I sfx everything except for whats in the SteamApps folder.Then I place all of my SteamApps\*.gcf files, my config.cfg files and my HL2 SAVE folder on one of my storage drives. I really dont bother rar'ing / 7zip'ing up these files, as I have a ton of space available on this drive and it would just take longer to extract them during the install/copy.Before I reformat, I always make sure to copy the updated gfc files and my config/save files over to where I store these.. so that theyre up to date. Then as part of my RunOnceEx, I actually copy these files (as well as some other save game files and config files from other games) back to their original location; which is after I have extracted my Steam SFX to its install location.In addition to this, I also exported my reg settings from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ValveandHKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Valvebefore I reformat, then import these settings as part of my RunOnceEx.Hope this makes sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimming_Bird Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 is there a way to silently have it install to a particular directory?if not will installrite work with steam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durex Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Again.. theres absolutely no need to "install" it.. you just can copy the files I mentioned above. For example.. I have mine installed to "C:\Entertainment\Steam". Just make sure you grab the reg settings of an already installed version before you reformat, then apply them after you copy the necessary files into place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codejunkie Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 is there a way to silently have it install to a particular directory?if not will installrite work with steam?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yea there is.steaminstall.exe /S /D=C:\GamesFiles\SteamDoesnt workI ran Steam installer on this PC and came up with the path I already use, got me thinkingSteamInstall.batREM cmdow @ /HIDREM @echo offFOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%i:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i:SET SteamRegKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Valve\SteamREG ADD %SteamRegKey% /V InstallPath /D "C:\Games Files\Steam" /fREG ADD %SteamRegKey% /V Rate /D "10000" /f%CDROM%\APPS\Steam\SteamInstall.exe /SExit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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