#2651736 - 01/13/09 03:11 PM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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For the next person who might ask. Go to Positive G's Longbow 2 install guide http://www.speichts.com/games/lb2/follow the directions in the preamble about NO-CD Installs. In a nutshell you create the ISOs then you mount them. Be sure to name your ISOs the same name of the real Longbow disks.
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#2652146 - 01/14/09 04:26 AM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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+G is correct. The campaign takes place in the Azerbaijan region. CD1 only has the NTC area maps. It needs the second CD to decompress the AZR maps. I generally keep one CD mounted and if I want to switch theaters, I mount the other one. Either CD will allow the game to work.
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#2652234 - 01/14/09 10:36 AM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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Hmm, you should have both ISO's mounted, disk 1 and disk 2, what tool are you using? Daemon tools? I am using Daemon Tools Lite, and I just found out how to mount 2 drives. i will give that a try.
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#2652239 - 01/14/09 10:51 AM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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+G is correct. The campaign takes place in the Azerbaijan region. CD1 only has the NTC area maps. It needs the second CD to decompress the AZR maps. I generally keep one CD mounted and if I want to switch theaters, I mount the other one. Either CD will allow the game to work.
Recluse Something more is going on. I can do a single mission with the original disk in, exit to desktop. Remove the disk and mount an image and try to start the game and I get the "No CD" message. Then immediately put in the original CD and it will still give me the "No CD" message. The only fix is to copy my whole backup (thanks for that tip) Longbow folder to the Janes/Longbow folder. It is like some flag gets set after trying the mounted drive and it will not go back to the original CD. The good news is I can play the game with the CDs and I can poke around with the ISOs in my spare time. Thanks for all the help.
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#2652274 - 01/14/09 12:57 PM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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#2656661 - 01/21/09 04:10 AM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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This could just be superstition, and I do not know what level drivers Daemon installs, but I and many others have reported drives going dead after using Daemon tools (or at least, the SPTD driver that comes along with it). How long after installing Daemon did your drive stop working? It might be this issue you're running into ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060), that Daemons really does FUBAR drives, or pure dumb luck. Most people never seem to have problems with it though.
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#2657053 - 01/21/09 07:01 PM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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Isn't there a method to decompress all of the map files onto the HD so you do not need the CDs at all?
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#2657779 - 01/22/09 06:47 PM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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Yes, but you need to flip between compresses based on the map sets. It wasn't practical, manual if anything. The ISO method seems to work best, given todays drive speeds and capacities (can't wait for SSHDs to become cheap). Concur! For many years I used Hatchet's Longbow Toolshop to swap in pre-decompressed maps and it worked very well. Caveat was, you had to know which map you were flying before starting the game or you could screw up your folder structure with an on the fly decompression. In order to use some of Hatchet's experimental terrains (Kossovo, Bosnia) it was required to use this method as the terrains had to be combined with some of the pre-decompressed LB2 terrains to work and could NOT be directly used if decompressing terrains on the fly. There was also a NOCD .exe which also required copying of the decompressed files to the HD where they would be decompressed as usual, but from the HD. THis worked and was fast With mounted .iso files, the decompression is similarly incredibly fast, satisfies the CD check and I now prefer that method. The advantage over the NOCD method,other than not relying on a hacked .exe, is that you can locate the .iso files ANYWHERE (e.g. on an external or network drive) but I pretty much keep them on my main drive so there is no real disk space savings over the NOCD method. Recluse
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#2657846 - 01/22/09 08:05 PM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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Agreeing with Recluse about ISO use, and adding that using the ISO method co-op multiplay has not appeared to be hindered when changing and decompressing new maps.
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#2664131 - 02/01/09 11:27 AM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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This could just be superstition, and I do not know what level drivers Daemon installs, but I and many others have reported drives going dead after using Daemon tools (or at least, the SPTD driver that comes along with it). How long after installing Daemon did your drive stop working? It might be this issue you're running into ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060), that Daemons really does FUBAR drives, or pure dumb luck. Most people never seem to have problems with it though. I have to admit the timing was "about the same time," but I did not get the same messages. My problem was not that I lost access to the drive. I could still see the drive, but is kept asking for a disk. When put a disk in it would not recognize the disk. I have a new PC now (employer replacement), so we will see what happens.
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#2664234 - 02/01/09 04:03 PM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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This could just be superstition, and I do not know what level drivers Daemon installs, but I and many others have reported drives going dead after using Daemon tools (or at least, the SPTD driver that comes along with it). How long after installing Daemon did your drive stop working? It might be this issue you're running into ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060), that Daemons really does FUBAR drives, or pure dumb luck. Most people never seem to have problems with it though. I have to admit the timing was "about the same time," but I did not get the same messages. My problem was not that I lost access to the drive. I could still see the drive, but is kept asking for a disk. When put a disk in it would not recognize the disk. I have a new PC now (employer replacement), so we will see what happens. OK the problem seems to be the "quality" of the optical drive itself. I tested a few CD and DVD before loading Daemaon tools. Much to my surprise it (new drive in new PC) had difficulty reading some DVDs and CDs my old XP box has no problem reading. Matter of fact my old XP box can read every CD/DVD I tested, but the new CD/DVD had problems with some. I loaded up Daemon and everything was the same. So the bottom line is I think the model/manufacture of optical drive is a bit flaky. I am back in business with everything Longbow wise.
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#2877213 - 10/10/09 04:18 PM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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Sorry to bring up a long lost link guys. However, I wanted to try this ISO process now.
I am using Active ISO Burner.
I am guessing I make an ISO of disc 1, call it CD1, and save to my hard drive. I then make an ISO of disc 2, call it CD2 and save to my hard drive. I then start the set-up from the ISO called CD1.
Is that how this works?
I hear people use the term "mount" when talking about ISO, not sure what that means.
Any help would be appreciated.
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#2877464 - 10/11/09 12:08 AM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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You are missing one step. You need software that will mount a virtual CD. The one most of us use is Daemon Tools (as would be suggested by your subject) http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloadsYou can call the ISO anything you want. You don't necessarily need to install from the .iso either. Daemon Tools has a 'MOUNT' command which lets you browse for an image to create a virtual drive from. Works great. I've used it for any number of games. The Lite Version of Daemon Tools (I assume this one is still free) allows you to mount 4 drives simultaneously, but generally I unmount the one I don't need and mount the one I want to use.
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#3377411 - 08/29/11 04:27 PM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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Hmmm my recollection was that the game searched through available "optical" drives looking for the disc. I don't think there is any setting that locks it to the install drive. You mounted the ISO with Daemon tools to a drive letter, right?
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#3377544 - 08/29/11 07:44 PM
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Douh... problem found auto start was checked, but auto mount wasn't... now it's perfect!
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#3378733 - 08/31/11 11:33 AM
Re: Is there a guide for the ISO Daemons process
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Hey hey
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