Post by: BenJeremy on April 13, 2003, 03:25:00 PM
This wouldn't really save much, and it would take FOREVER to load a game.
It could be done with my menu app, MXM, if I added it... but I'm not terribly convinced it would be worthwhile.
I am, however, planning on adding a feature to install games from the DVD compilation to the HD.
Post by: Videogamebuyer14 on April 13, 2003, 06:04:00 PM
Post by: dasslock on April 14, 2003, 05:38:00 AM
Post by: BenJeremy on April 14, 2003, 07:00:00 AM
| QUOTE (dasslock @ Apr 14 2003, 08:38 AM) |
| If there is problem with the unpacking program, Y not use a x86 emulator with a menu |
Um, no.
Really, when a couple of us, experienced programmers on the Xbox, tell you it's impractical, try and keep an open mind that we just might know a thing or two.
Unzipping is not the problem per se, it's the ungodly LONG time to unzip even the smaller games. The DVD drive is slow, and you are writing to the hard drive (which is a much slower operation than reading)... plus there's the issue of fragmentation (some worry about) and eventual cleanup (no app is around to delete the app after the user is done playing it - best solution is to keep a single temp directory, but then you have to add the time to DELETE the old game before loading the new game)
You obviously do not want to hear this, but Videogamebuyer14 is exactly right when he tells you your loading time will be, at a MINIMUM, in the order of several minutes - and for what? To save a few hundred megabytes off of a DVD-R?
It ain't happening.
Post by: dankydoo on April 14, 2003, 08:54:00 PM
Post by: vizi0n on April 16, 2003, 12:20:00 AM
with the iso contentim pretty sure that this is more do-able than the previous idea
Post by: lucas on April 16, 2003, 03:28:00 AM
| QUOTE (vizi0n @ Apr 16 2003, 06:20 PM) |
| what about some kind of software like Daemon-Tools which would mount a .iso game image from a dvd or hard drive? create something like a T: drive as in "temporary" with the iso content im pretty sure that this is more do-able than the previous idea |
sounds like something that would require multi-tasking to me