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Best software to backup unreal tournament 2004?

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just wanted some input on the best software i can use to back up my game
thanks




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Brad enlightened us with:
> just wanted some input on the best software i can use to back up my
> game

Knowing your OS would be nice. You also don't mention what exactly you
want to have backed up. From my point of view, you only need to save
your ~/.ut2004 directory.

MeltDown
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just wanted to make backup disks image files
last time i messed up a unreal cd and had to purchase it again
not too cheap for me lol

"MeltDown" <meltdownUSE@YOURunrealtower.imagination.org> wrote in message
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> Brad enlightened us with:
> > just wanted some input on the best software i can use to back up my
> > game
>
> Knowing your OS would be nice. You also don't mention what exactly you
> want to have backed up. From my point of view, you only need to save
> your ~/.ut2004 directory.
>
> MeltDown
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> !For all your UT99/2k3/2k4 questions visit UnrealTower's FAQ section:
> ! http://www.unrealtower.org/faq
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Brad enlightened us with:
> just wanted to make backup disks image files

Ah, a backup of the disk... I thought about backing up your downloaded
files, settings, single-player progress, etc.

> last time i messed up a unreal cd and had to purchase it again not
> too cheap for me lol

Auch... IIRC Epic can send you replacement CDs for less than the
original purchase cost.

You might find http://www.unrealtower.org/faq/40 interesting. It's
about UT2003, but it might also work on UT2004. Also note you still
didn't mention which OS you're talking about, even though I asked you.

Please, next time, think about the way you post. Many people don't
think about this and put their reply at the top of their post, quoting
all of the original post below it. Now take a look at this:

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If people do it the other way around, things will clear up instantly:

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if its windows.. just use 'alcohol 120%' backs it up fine..



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> just wanted some input on the best software i can use to back up my game
> thanks
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On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:20:00 -0400, "Brad"
<xxxxxxxball15360@roadlynx.netxxxxxxx> wrote:

>just wanted to make backup disks image files
>last time i messed up a unreal cd and had to purchase it again
>not too cheap for me lol

The latest patch negates the need for the CD to be in the drive during
play.
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Brad wrote:

> just wanted some input on the best software i can use to back up my game
> thanks
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The best way is to just rar the whole folder. You'll need all your files
in texture, sound, static meshes, music and system folders. If you need
you cache then you might as well want to add it to the list too. UT
files compress very good but it takes time. I compressed 8GB of UT2003
maps to a 1.2GB rar file.

Ali,