Wondering if I transfer ED folders or install ED to my 64GB memory card, will ED run from it?
Anyone tried that?
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Anyone tried that?
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64GB memory card...........ED?
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You mean like a memory card that goes in a camera?
Don't think it will perform like you would expect.
Don't think it will perform like you would expect.
It will run, if you copy the files across and then symlink to them.
Why on earth would you want to? Memory cards tend to be relatively slow devices, especially if they are on a USB connection, and there's a bunch of CPU overhead you don't really want.
If you are going to copy and symlink them anywhere, put them on a RAMdrive or SSD.
Why on earth would you want to? Memory cards tend to be relatively slow devices, especially if they are on a USB connection, and there's a bunch of CPU overhead you don't really want.
If you are going to copy and symlink them anywhere, put them on a RAMdrive or SSD.
If it can read at 100 megabytes a second or over it would be acceptable, this one can and comes in different sizes... http://www.amazon.co.uk/HyperX-64GB...=1452060930&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+3.0+64+gb+ssd
If you have a modern hybrid hard disk, ED will probably be cached on the flash component already due to frequent access.
You'll get better performance out of an old SSD in a USB 3.0 caddy.
I was thinking if I have ED on a Memory card, I could play ED on any PC I have access to, maybe even at work
Or is it all tied to the PC.
Thinking about it, when I install ED on my Laptop, I had to do a validate email.
So probably not worth it.
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Or is it all tied to the PC.
Thinking about it, when I install ED on my Laptop, I had to do a validate email.
So probably not worth it.
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Game doesn't need to have read speed at 100megabytes.
It's not tied to PC. And you don't need 64gb
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I don't see a reason why it shouldn't. But you will have to re-auth.
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Things a bit slow at work eh?
hmmm not really, but one of the Bosses is a EVE player.
He has ED, but no joystick, I think he cannot dock!
I find it tuff to dock without a joystick.
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He has ED, but no joystick, I think he cannot dock!
I find it tuff to dock without a joystick.
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Not sure your plan will work as ED writes and uses files in your windows profile $APPDATA which will be different on every machine you slot the card into C:\users\USERNAME\Appdata\local etc
It "may" work limited, but I highly expect issues with synchronisation.
TBH, I would just install ED on the work machine and save the hassle.
It "may" work limited, but I highly expect issues with synchronisation.
TBH, I would just install ED on the work machine and save the hassle.
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LOCALAPPDATA specifically.
Depending on exactly how the game uses the Windows API (I confess I haven't experimented with this) you might get away with setting LOCALAPPDATA in the environment to point to a directory on the memory card before starting the launcher. Otherwise making a directory junction to the card as %LOCALAPPDATA%\Frontier Developments would work but you would need to ensure that the card was always mounted in the same location otherwise the junction would be broken.
The launcher itself would be better off installed individually on each machine even if the game data files are stored on the external device. That's because the launcher remembers the path it's run from (not its canonical pathname) and will force a reauthentication if that path changes.
In conclusion if you are carting the memory card to a location where the PC's owner doesn't object to you playing games it's probably easier to just install the game but using the card could be made to work.
I was thinking if I have ED on a Memory card, I could play ED on any PC I have access to, maybe even at work
Or is it all tied to the PC.
Thinking about it, when I install ED on my Laptop, I had to do a validate email.
So probably not worth it.
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You also have to synchronize your profile. Usually, that's what windows domains are for. Other than that, you can script your way through.
It would be more performant to use multiple installations and just synchronize the data. You can use rsync for example or a cloud service like owncloud.
The validation e-mail happens regularly, I think it's a bug they haven't fixed yet.
I got a Kingmax USB3 pendrive for quite some time now and it can read with 170MB/s.
Installed Batman Arkham City on it back then and it did run just fine.
Installing will take a lot of time thought.
Basicly a cheap SSD will perform much better and does not cost that much more then a SD card of the same size.
http://www.mindfactory.de/product_i...TA-6Gb-s-MLC-synchron--TS64GSSD37_967775.html
Installed Batman Arkham City on it back then and it did run just fine.
Installing will take a lot of time thought.
Basicly a cheap SSD will perform much better and does not cost that much more then a SD card of the same size.
http://www.mindfactory.de/product_i...TA-6Gb-s-MLC-synchron--TS64GSSD37_967775.html
Got an extra SSD and keep meaning to raid it (well jbod until I have at least 3) but that means trashing the current SSD. Anyway got a copy of Clonezilla and YUMI and a 256Gb usb stick. Cloned the entire drive onto it as a first step.
To make sure everything's OK I booted off the USB stick (USB 3 BTW) and it was fine. Thought I'd try running Elite as I saw this thread yesterday. Yep no problem - now it's not exactly what you asked for but in terms of speed it seems totally OK.
To make sure everything's OK I booted off the USB stick (USB 3 BTW) and it was fine. Thought I'd try running Elite as I saw this thread yesterday. Yep no problem - now it's not exactly what you asked for but in terms of speed it seems totally OK.