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MaruDestroyer
04-20-09, 09:03 AM
I need to purchase the UBM add-on today (download thru the link on this site), but I have a question beforehand. I know the add-on works with my SH4 CD hard-copy, but the regular SH4 is installed on my C: drive. This drive is full now and I want to start using the second hard drive, D: drive. If I install the add-on to the D: drive, will everything still work? Or is it better to cut and paste the SH4 program file to the D: drive first to keep it all together? Likewise, if I want to move it to my external hard drive, can I do so? If it helps, this is on my laptop and plain SH4 on C: only tends to bog the computer down after an hour or two. I know, I'm making it too complicated.

Further, is it required to put the CD in the drive to run SH4? I have to, which is a little inconvenient, but wondering if you can install it w/o using the CD to run the game everytime.

Thanks all-
Steve
DarkFish
04-20-09, 09:43 AM
First of all welcome to subsim:yeah:
UBM only gives you the option to install in the directory you installed SH4 in. The game'll still work if you copy it to your 2nd drive. I don't know though if you can install UBM if the game isn't in its original directory so it'd be best to uninstall SH4 and reinstall it to your D: drive before installing UBM.

Before I got UBM the game wouldn't run if I didn't have the DVD in its drive. But with UBM it isn't required anymore.
I've got the European version, it might be different on the US version.
ReallyDedPoet
04-20-09, 09:47 AM
Since 1.4 you don't have to have the DVD in the drive. I know how to do multiple installs on a single drive, not sure about more than that though,
somebody will.

Welcome to SUBSIM by the way!
MaruDestroyer
04-20-09, 11:05 AM
Hi guys. Thanks for the welcome and help. If I uninstall SH4 from my original, C: drive, and reinstall it in the D: drive, will it retain my current patrols/medals/etc? I think these are in My Documents on the C: drive in the SH4 folder.

I didn't know about the v1.4 and no-disc-needed thing. Thanks! Time to upgrade to a Voodoo laptop - the HP is doing OK, but the mods and add-ons are taking their toll...