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Re: D2 on Windows 2000

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From: Mark Price
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 09:15
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Thanks
Mark
"Florian 'The Outrider' Piesche" <outrider@mag-murphy.net> wrote in message
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> 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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