Newbie File Transfer ???

trishtren18 · 2010-03-05 01:38:39

hey guys just wondering if it is 100% possible to take something like a world of warcraft install from one computer and put it on another and have it work fine. same usernames and set up just different hardware. just wondering if i should even try(since it would take way less time them re-downloading it = read lazy). thanks in advanced for any help you can give me.

Anikom15 · 2010-03-05 01:49:26

*Looks up wow on wikipedia*
*Sees it's not available for linux*
*leaves*

trishtren18 · 2010-03-05 01:50:50

its installed via wine. you can play wow or any number of games like it(FFX11, Guild Wars, Halo, CODMW2...etc) on linux with not to many issues.

thestinger · 2010-03-05 02:03:33

thanks to the windows registry you can't just transfer over installed programs

the unix "everything is a file" philosophy is a great thing

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Neheb · 2010-03-05 09:18:13

That depends on what game it is. World of Warcraft works fine with just copying the game folder, not sure if you get all the configs but I think you do. If there is any files missing, they are usually somewhere in my documents.

thanks to the windows registry you can't just transfer over installed programs

I have almost or never come across a game that depends on entries in the registry besides direcx version and stuff like that. Most games just needs its own folder and maybe a folder in my documents.

Ashren · 2010-03-05 09:51:07

thanks to the windows registry you can't just transfer over installed programs

I've played WoW from ntfs-3g mounted windows partition via wine and it worked just fine.

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IncredibleLaser · 2010-03-05 13:12:59

I have a prefix for every game installed. That way, I can just copy the folder (e.g. $HOME/wineprefixes/Warcraft III) from an old to a new partition. This works.

trishtren18 · 2010-03-05 13:56:50

you use playonlinux for that or are you doing strait wine @incrediblelaser. im using strait wine and intalled wow, and FFXI all from command line(obviously). I know where all of the folders are concerning both games. i wonder if i just copy over the entire wine directory if it would take. i see no reason why it shouldn't.

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