Switching database/doctrine.

Fish · 01-20-06, 06:54 AM

Switching database/doctrine.
I have stock + 101, and 101+LWAMI.
Can I do the same with 101+103beta?

MaHuJa · 01-20-06, 12:50 PM

Best you can do is the dual install - it's been documented how elsewhere on the forum.

Essentially, you install the first, patch it as you want it, save the registry entries to a file, remove said entries, and install a second copy. Save the new registry entries to another file. Then load up the registry entries of the version you want to play.

I think it's somewhere around - local_machine\software\sonalysts combat simulations - or if you need the walkthrough search the forum for something like "beta dual install"

If you want to minimize the extra space used, you can junction the folders not modified by the patch - such as the world folder, and probably the audio folder. (Requires NTFS; which requires win2k or XP)
See http://www.elsdoerfer.info/ntfslink/ for the software needed for that.

Fish · 01-21-06, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by MaHuJa

Best you can do is the dual install - it's been documented how elsewhere on the forum.

Essentially, you install the first, patch it as you want it, save the registry entries to a file, remove said entries, and install a second copy. Save the new registry entries to another file. Then load up the registry entries of the version you want to play.

I think it's somewhere around - local_machine\software\sonalysts combat simulations - or if you need the walkthrough search the forum for something like "beta dual install"

If you want to minimize the extra space used, you can junction the folders not modified by the patch - such as the world folder, and probably the audio folder. (Requires NTFS; which requires win2k or XP)
See http://www.elsdoerfer.info/ntfslink/ for the software needed for that.

Thanks MaHuJa, but not what I asked.

LuftWolf · 01-21-06, 01:01 PM

No, you cannot swap 1.01 with 1.03b as if it were a mod, it overwrites too much stuff to make that viable.

It's much better to do the dual install.

Fish · 01-21-06, 01:37 PM

Thanks Luftwolf.
II don't like to pore in the registry, easy for you perhaps but scary for me.

LuftWolf · 01-21-06, 01:55 PM

Interestingly, once you export the registry file (which is totally safe, you can't mess anything up in the registry like that) and save it to your desktop, it really is very simple, as you only have to click on the .reg file you created to install it into the registry.

So if you have two versions of DW .reg files, swapping them out is as easy as clicking on one or the other and saying yes.

01-20-06, 06:54 AM	#1
Fish Eternal Patrol Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,923 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Switching database/doctrine. Switching database/doctrine. I have stock + 101, and 101+LWAMI. Can I do the same with 101+103beta?

01-20-06, 12:50 PM	#2
MaHuJa Sonar Guy Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 59.96156N 11.02255E Posts: 385 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Best you can do is the dual install - it's been documented how elsewhere on the forum. Essentially, you install the first, patch it as you want it, save the registry entries to a file, remove said entries, and install a second copy. Save the new registry entries to another file. Then load up the registry entries of the version you want to play. I think it's somewhere around - local_machine\software\sonalysts combat simulations - or if you need the walkthrough search the forum for something like "beta dual install" If you want to minimize the extra space used, you can junction the folders not modified by the patch - such as the world folder, and probably the audio folder. (Requires NTFS; which requires win2k or XP) See http://www.elsdoerfer.info/ntfslink/ for the software needed for that. __________________ Teaching DW newbies how to climb the food chain.

01-21-06, 01:01 PM	#4
LuftWolf Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: Free New York Posts: 3,167 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	No, you cannot swap 1.01 with 1.03b as if it were a mod, it overwrites too much stuff to make that viable. It's much better to do the dual install. __________________ LW

01-21-06, 01:55 PM	#6
LuftWolf Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: Free New York Posts: 3,167 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Interestingly, once you export the registry file (which is totally safe, you can't mess anything up in the registry like that) and save it to your desktop, it really is very simple, as you only have to click on the .reg file you created to install it into the registry. So if you have two versions of DW .reg files, swapping them out is as easy as clicking on one or the other and saying yes. __________________ LW

01-21-06, 01:37 PM	#5
Fish Eternal Patrol Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,923 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks Luftwolf. II don't like to pore in the registry, easy for you perhaps but scary for me.