etpro gu-id's
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- Demanufacturer
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etpro gu-id's
yo
just an inquiry in regards to etpro gu-id's
i want to set up ET to run from a lan center (coming from the same IP) which has standardised hardware (same model mobos/video cards/ram, etc) that all run from a base image. whats the best way to install/run ET in such a way that each machine has a unique etpro gu-id? (already running a launch batch which deleted the etmain etkey) - for the purpose of lanning to compete online
thanks in advance
-dman
just an inquiry in regards to etpro gu-id's
i want to set up ET to run from a lan center (coming from the same IP) which has standardised hardware (same model mobos/video cards/ram, etc) that all run from a base image. whats the best way to install/run ET in such a way that each machine has a unique etpro gu-id? (already running a launch batch which deleted the etmain etkey) - for the purpose of lanning to compete online
thanks in advance
-dman
AFAIK, it's based on the HDD serial on Windows and the MAC address on Linux. Since those will be unique even among "identical" machines*, there's no problem.
*Except on Win9x, as stated above.
*Except on Win9x, as stated above.
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- Demanufacturer
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- Joined: Thu Mar 18, 2004 4:36 pm
Afaik, since the ETPro guid is based on hardware IDs, when the ETPro guid is created it should always be the same each time it is created (unless you change the hardware).
Each machine at the LAN place will have different hardware IDs so each computer will have a different one (that stays the same when its recreated).
Delete all their etkeys, so you dont get a "cdkey in use" message, and I'm not sure about pbguids, but I think you'd want to make them different too. ETPro guids should be different (on each computer) without having to do anything.
Each machine at the LAN place will have different hardware IDs so each computer will have a different one (that stays the same when its recreated).
Delete all their etkeys, so you dont get a "cdkey in use" message, and I'm not sure about pbguids, but I think you'd want to make them different too. ETPro guids should be different (on each computer) without having to do anything.
Useless info I discovered while reconfiguring my box: On an EIDE setup, the ETPro GUID appears to be based on the first enabled HDD on the ribbon (i.e. the slave drive, if present and enabled in Windows, will determine the GUID).
Please direct all gameplay-changing feature requests here.