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Article #88774Re: D2 on Windows 2000
From: Mark Price
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 09:15
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 09:15
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Thanks Mark "Florian 'The Outrider' Piesche" <outrider@mag-murphy.net> wrote in message news:bm2mao$hvl4e$1@ID-3837.news.uni-berlin.de... > Mark Price wrote: > > I was asked during installation how much I wanted to keep on disc and how > > much to put in the hard drive . I picked crazy because I have the room. Is > > there one level that is better than another? I guess when 1 gig HDs were > > cutting edge that was more of a concern. It said that the play would be > > better if I put more of it on my HD. Is this true? > Sort of. The two highest levels, as far as I know, only differ in > "Crazy" having the movies installed to the hard disk as well. That is, > the level below "Crazy" probably won't make much of a difference. The > lower levels leave more data on the CD, which will consequently have to > be loaded off the CD at the start of the level. In short, play itself > won't change much, but the loading times will. Even then though, with > nowadays' CD drives, that won't make much of a difference. The main > advantage of the "Crazy" install is that you can use a no-CD crack or > D2x and play without the CD. :) > > > Bye, > > Florian > > -- > Florian "The Outrider" Piesche > outrider@mag-murphy.net - http://www.mag-murphy.net > "Ein Würfelbecher für Shadowrun hat in etwa die Größe eines handelsüb- > lichen Flugfrachtcontainers. ;)"
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