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Old 26 November 2020, 18:20   #49
DamienD
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I got to thinking about this..

From a fresh full pack to updates... you could extract the updates in reverse order and then extract the full pack and just don't overwrite anything?

May get an occasional extra file, but it would probably not be a problem?

Thoughts?
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You would get duplicates as @DamienD often renames a game so that it's name is corrected. This would then create duplicates of the same game with slightly different names.
Exactly, whatever you do don't apply "Update Packs" in reverse order.

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I've got the Packs 1-30 bundle, then all subsequent updates, along with a text file containing all of the update instructions, in case I ever have to reinstall it.
You know there's "Base install plus "Update Packs #1 - 40" incorporated"; you only have to ask for it via PM

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Unless you're regularly rebuilding your PC, you only have to follow the process once - and then if you were doing a regular rebuild, you could follow it once to get up to a certain level, then zip up the folder as your own "base" installation.


This is what I do... when a new "Update Pack" is released, firstly I unzip the last complete WinRAR'd files, apply the "Update Pack" and then re-WinRAR
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