patch switch

(Sphinx) #1

well, i need to be able to switch back and forth with the patches, for league play and pub play, is there an easy way to do this?

(Kendle) #2

Install ET twice (into different folders obviously) and patch one of the installs but not the other.

(Ragnar_40k) #3

Create a second installation of ET into a different direcotory.
Don’t forget to:[ul][]Copy the “etmain\Profiles” subdirectory (this includes your settings) to the new installed ET.[]update Punkbuster manually with pbweb.[]Create a second shortcut on your desktop for the new version.[]Copy all downloaded map .pk3s from your old etmain-subdirectory to the new one.[/ul]

(twiFight) #4

And don’t try to run them at the same time :wink:

(Rippin Kitten) #5

Actually, you can run two instances of ET on the same computer in windowed mode. Its laggy, framerate sucks, but its possible. =)

RK

(Ragnar_40k) #6

Wow, so you can play against/with yourself.

(DrGonzo) #7

well, u don’t even need ET for that!!! :bump:

(skinner) #8

have one on low res and low settings and join as a spectator :stuck_out_tongue:

(DrGonzo) #9

hehe, i found a tool that makes it possible to switch between 1.01 and 1.02 with ONE installation of ET!!

http://www.babylonbase.de/downloads/ETswitch.zip

(haven’t tried it myself but it should work)

(Sauron|EFG) #10

That “tool” is just two batch files and the files et.exe and mp_bin.pk3 for version 1.00 and 1.02. I can’t see it working unless you also replace the .dll files with the correct ones, at least not on vanilla servers…
:moo:

(DrGonzo) #11

really? as i said i didn’t try it (cause i don’t need it!!), but if it is like u say then it’s crap … :disgust:

(Rain) #12

The correct DLLs [for the client] are in mp_bin.pk3, and they’ll get extracted and overwrite the old ones if the checksum doesn’t match the checksum that the server has (e.g. 2.55 vs. 2.56.) This will be a problem with the qagame (server) dll, though.