Flash Drive Question

senorcoo · 05-27-2009, 09:51 AM

I have an 8 GB Flash Drive. Can I install and run OOTP X off of it?

ajsas01 · 05-27-2009, 10:06 AM

I'd love to know the answer to this also

BMW · 05-27-2009, 10:13 AM

Programs that are capable from running off a flash drive, I believe, need to have all the files and parameters stored locally within its own sub-directories.

The program cannot use the registry or other locations on the install computer (such as My Documents or Local Settings) because that essentially means that when you move your flash drive from the first PC to a different PC, you are not carrying those critical files and parameters with you.

That said, OOTP uses the registry, especially for the eLicense information, as well as storing a great deal of its files outside of the parent directory of the executable.

So in short, you may be able to install it on a flash drive, but it's only going to work on the one computer that you install it on.

senorcoo · 05-27-2009, 10:28 AM

Bummer, I was hoping I could run it off the flash drive as one of my activations.

Wrathchild · 05-27-2009, 11:06 AM

Speaking of flash drives, if you want to run the same league on more than one computer, what files would you need to copy? Can you leave out things like the news and other folders that take a lot of time to copy?

Mosey · 05-28-2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by senorcoo

Bummer, I was hoping I could run it off the flash drive as one of my activations.

Good idea and all, however, kind of makes a license moot since you can plug it into any computer and play it.

Or for that matter, duplicate your flash drive and hand out versions to all your buddies.

senorcoo · 05-31-2009, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mosey

Good idea and all, however, kind of makes a license moot since you can plug it into any computer and play it.

Or for that matter, duplicate your flash drive and hand out versions to all your buddies.

I must be techno-naive as such a thing would never have occurred to me.

Sweed · 05-31-2009, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Wrathchild

Speaking of flash drives, if you want to run the same league on more than one computer, what files would you need to copy? Can you leave out things like the news and other folders that take a lot of time to copy?

If it was me I'd just zip or rar the whole .lg file. That's what I do for a backup and it has saved me on a couple of occasions. It takes my league from about 504mb down to 182mb zipped.

Malleus Dei · 06-01-2009, 10:50 AM

You can keep your league on a flash drive and move it between multiple computers.

Back before I went 100% laptop that's what I did.

Wrathchild · 06-01-2009, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

You can keep your league on a flash drive and move it between multiple computers.

Back before I went 100% laptop that's what I did.

Are you saying that actually stored the league on and stored from flash drive, or just copied it and carried it around?

Giants44 · 06-01-2009, 11:04 AM

for what it is worth - this is how I have solved my problem of using OOTP on multiple PC's without the hassle of moving files around/ worrying about # of licenses.

I have the game loaded on my desktop and play there most of the time.

However occasionally while downstairs, outside or offsite with my laptop I want to be able to play so I use logmein to remotely control my desktop - everything is exactly the way I set it up.

https://secure.logmein.com/home.asp

Of course you can connect via any web connected computer (I even have run it on a linux laptop) the only issue I see is for those times you don't have web access - but even some airlines are offereing that these days - so the places you won't have access are rapidly dissapearing.

Malleus Dei · 06-01-2009, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Wrathchild

Are you saying that actually stored the league on and stored from flash drive, or just copied it and carried it around?

I played it off the flash drive. The game was installed on the hard drive, but the league was on the flash drive.

Wrathchild · 06-01-2009, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

I played it off the flash drive. The game was installed on the hard drive, but the league was on the flash drive.

Maybe I'll give that a try if:

1) it doesn't affect performance

2) I can figure out how to get the league to default to the flash drive when it's created

delux425 · 06-01-2009, 01:24 PM

so if we do save the file onto our flash drive, can we play on multiple computers?

damientheomen3 · 06-01-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by delux425

so if we do save the file onto our flash drive, can we play on multiple computers?

as long as the other computers have OOTP licensed on them, yes

trapper · 06-01-2009, 06:32 PM

Here is another related question someone might be able to help with. I have been around a while but never post, so this is a bit of a newbie question...

I have one computer that I use for SP gaming that is not hooked up to the internet at all. I have another computer hooked up to the internet that I would also like to use OOTP on. Can I download the game and transfer to my gaming computer on a flash drive? Can I run it on both computers at once without having to purchase the game again?

damientheomen3 · 06-01-2009, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by trapper

Here is another related question someone might be able to help with. I have been around a while but never post, so this is a bit of a newbie question...

I have one computer that I use for SP gaming that is not hooked up to the internet at all. I have another computer hooked up to the internet that I would also like to use OOTP on. Can I download the game and transfer to my gaming computer on a flash drive? Can I run it on both computers at once without having to purchase the game again?

you can't transfer the game on a flash drive period, but each license works twice, so you can just download the setup for whatever OOTP you have on ur 2nd pc and license it

trapper · 06-01-2009, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by damientheomen3

you can't transfer the game on a flash drive period, but each license works twice, so you can just download the setup for whatever OOTP you have on ur 2nd pc and license it

So you're saying I can play it on both computers but I will have to actually download it twice, once on each computer? That seems really strange and would a pain in the ass.

damientheomen3 · 06-01-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by trapper

So you're saying I can play it on both computers but I will have to actually download it twice, once on each computer? That seems really strange and would a pain in the ass.

download only takes a couple of seconds, and they have to do that to prevent people from putting it on a flash drive and putting it on their friends' computers, thus scamming markus out of money

Siv · 06-01-2009, 10:11 PM

trapper I think you can download it in the zip file, save it on the flash and move it to your other computer. Install on the other computer and off site license that one. Then the computer with internet access could have the other license.

05-27-2009, 09:51 AM	#1
senorcoo Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 103	Flash Drive Question I have an 8 GB Flash Drive. Can I install and run OOTP X off of it?

05-27-2009, 10:06 AM	#2
ajsas01 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Saline, MI Posts: 441	I'd love to know the answer to this also __________________ Go Tigers!

06-01-2009, 11:04 AM	#11
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,408	for what it is worth - this is how I have solved my problem of using OOTP on multiple PC's without the hassle of moving files around/ worrying about # of licenses. I have the game loaded on my desktop and play there most of the time. However occasionally while downstairs, outside or offsite with my laptop I want to be able to play so I use logmein to remotely control my desktop - everything is exactly the way I set it up. https://secure.logmein.com/home.asp Of course you can connect via any web connected computer (I even have run it on a linux laptop) the only issue I see is for those times you don't have web access - but even some airlines are offereing that these days - so the places you won't have access are rapidly dissapearing. __________________ "In a text sim - Immersion is everything" -Me "Judge a man not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" -Martin Luther King "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Einstein "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -Muhammad Ali "Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything." -Toby Harrah

06-01-2009, 01:24 PM	#14
delux425 Bat Boy Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 5	just to make sure so if we do save the file onto our flash drive, can we play on multiple computers?

05-27-2009, 10:13 AM	#3
BMW Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,030	Programs that are capable from running off a flash drive, I believe, need to have all the files and parameters stored locally within its own sub-directories. The program cannot use the registry or other locations on the install computer (such as My Documents or Local Settings) because that essentially means that when you move your flash drive from the first PC to a different PC, you are *not* carrying those critical files and parameters with you. That said, OOTP uses the registry, especially for the eLicense information, as well as storing a great deal of its files outside of the parent directory of the executable. So in short, you may be able to install it on a flash drive, but it's only going to work on the one computer that you install it on.

05-27-2009, 10:28 AM	#4
senorcoo Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 103	Bummer, I was hoping I could run it off the flash drive as one of my activations.

05-27-2009, 11:06 AM	#5
Wrathchild Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 421 Infractions: 0/3 (3)	Speaking of flash drives, if you want to run the same league on more than one computer, what files would you need to copy? Can you leave out things like the news and other folders that take a lot of time to copy?

06-01-2009, 06:32 PM	#16
trapper Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 114	Here is another related question someone might be able to help with. I have been around a while but never post, so this is a bit of a newbie question... I have one computer that I use for SP gaming that is not hooked up to the internet at all. I have another computer hooked up to the internet that I would also like to use OOTP on. Can I download the game and transfer to my gaming computer on a flash drive? Can I run it on both computers at once without having to purchase the game again?

06-01-2009, 10:11 PM	#20
Siv Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Minnesota Posts: 365	trapper I think you can download it in the zip file, save it on the flash and move it to your other computer. Install on the other computer and off site license that one. Then the computer with internet access could have the other license.