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Originally Posted by Potoroo
There was never any problem having multiple installations of SH3 or SH4 as long as you used the game installer once and only once. That was your vanilla installation. You could then Copy and Paste the vanilla installation using Windows Explorer or My Computer as many times as you wished.
You would end up with a file structure something like this:
\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific (vanilla)
\Ubisoft\SH4 Mod Set 1
\Ubisoft\SH4 Mod Set 2
\Ubisoft\SH4 Development
etc.
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Just thought I'd add a little info in case anyone else happens along with the thought of trying out this idea.
I think it's safe to say I'm what you'd call an obsessive mod tester, and as a result, I've developed more corrupt installations than I care to deal with. With this in mind, I finally decided to wise up and save myself a lot of time and trouble by implementing the idea quoted above.
In a nutshell, you run the SH5 installer
once and then you never touch the 'stock' installation ever again, except to copy the entire contents into a newly created 'SH5 Mod 1' folder.
Once you have an exact duplicate in the 'Mod 1' folder, you then proceed to enable your mods (via JSGME), and also create a desktop shortcut to access the sh5.exe found inside the new 'Mod 1' directory.
Last but not least, you need to edit several paths in the registry so that Uplay will launch the modded version rather than the stock installation.
In my case, I'm running Windows 7 (64 bit) so the relevant keys are as follows:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\GameUX\Games\{CA929F60-9E7B-4EB7-87B9-3A0DA5FBD5CF}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AC61C594-5F86-4BE9-ABAF-763C6A8E23}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Ubisoft\
Silent Hunter 5\{GameUpdate02}
Before you make any changes, please be sure to backup your registry first, (or at least export the affected keys), so you can undo any changes in the event something should go awry.
Once you access the listed keys, (via regedit), you simply need to update the paths so they point to the new 'Mod 1' folder.
Once this is done, you can test and play to your heart's desire, without ever having to go through the ordeal of a fresh install. If and when things get corrupt, (Only enable in port you say? Bah humbug!
), you simply copy the stock installation folder into a 'SH 5 Mod 2' folder and repeat the above steps to get back out to sea lickety-split.
It's a far cry from multi SH5, but until we get one, it will save multiple fresh installs on an ongoing basis.
