Nezza46 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 hi guys, thought it was about time I updated into the next century of ukdirt, so just bought rfactor on dvd (version 1.255) rather than download it as it was only 17 quid off amazon. brand new and works fine. got a wheel and pedals on order as well so hopefully be joining you all online soon. Just wondered if there is any way of playing it without the cd being in the cd drive? I have had a search on here, rfactor central and googled it, but have not found anything? so apologies if there is a glaringly obvious one that i have missed lol cheers for any help, nez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker363 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) Not sure if I will be any help. I don't think you will need the cd in the cd drive to play it as it should be installed on your pc and should have a desktop icon to load it up when you click. Have you tried loading it up without the cd in the cd drive ? Thought I might ask. Good to hear you may be doing rfactor soon Walker Edit: Heres a dvd patch,not sure if its what you looking for http://downloads.imagespaceinc.com/rFactor...F-SD-Update.zip Edited January 3, 2009 by Walker363 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezza46 Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 thanks Walker, but i am not sure what to do with that lol. there seems to be three things in that update, 2 are .exe's but I dont know what they do? do you have any more info on what they are at all? on dvd the game does install onto the harddrive with a desktop icon, but the game will not run without the disk in the disk drive. I am a bit concerned that running with the disk in the drive may use up some of the processor power, and ultimately don't want to cause any warp by having unneccesary things running in the background. any advice on this will be gratefully recieved. cheers, nez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutch#331 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Its a no cd exe one for the game one for the dedicated server, ps your dvd drive wont use any cpu power whilst rf is running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezza46 Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 sounds stupid but do i not need to worry about having the disk in the drive then? it wont cause any problems running online etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasser233 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 sounds stupid but do i not need to worry about having the disk in the drive then? it wont cause any problems running online etc? No, should be fine...a lot of sims out now use the disc in the drive. GTR2 and GT Legends to name 2. Both run online fine with it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutch#331 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 You only need the disc in the drive for it to check its a legit copy for the initial start up of the game, rfactor runs from your hard drive having the disc in is just a security check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezza46 Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 thanks lads thats great.. ta for the help also i m doing the updates needed and I frequently see ....You will also find in your rFactorUserData"Your Player Name" folder a file called F1Stockcars.cch and F1Stockcars_league.cch. It is highly recommended that you delete these files!!!! ... I do not have a file called nezza46 in this location for some reason ..do i need to activate something first to create this folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezza46 Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 found them in 'my documents' for some reason. just looked at another thread and this seems to be a vista thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasser233 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 found them in 'my documents' for some reason. just looked at another thread and this seems to be a vista thing? If you are installing from fresh (ie - never run the mod before at all on your pc) then you don't have to delete any files like that...its only if you have been running a previous version of the mod as it keeps a record of what you've bought in game etc. This conflicts sometimes so it's best to delete this prior to any update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezza46 Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 thanks guys for all the help blimey i feel like a newbie again with so many 'probably' daft questions lol just need my wheel to turn up now as the pad is making me dizzy going round in circles, and will see you all online soon thanks again, nez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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