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So you don't have a lot of hard drive space? Most of us don't. Here are a few
tips that can save you hard drive space. Note the this was done on a new
install of TW2002, after BIGBANG had been run, but before TEDIT or EXTERN
had been run.
TW2002 dumps 83 files totaling 1,294,153 bytes in your TW directory. You can
pare this down by removing the following files:
EMS40.SYS - delete - needed only if you have 1meg+ of memory, see TWDOCS.
If you can use it copy it to your DOS dir and install
it as a device in CONFIG.SYS
INSTALL.DIR - delete - list of command line options to start TW2002, check
to see what one you need to use, and then scrap it.
TEDIT.DOC - delete - Doc file for TEDIT, which I've never used. TEDIT is
easy to use. If you aren't sure keep one copy.
TWZAPPER.DOC - delete - Documents for TWZAPPER database fixing program, at most
you need one copy.
TWZAPPER.EXE - special, see below - TWZapper itself
This will bring you to 1,254,707 bytes per universe. You can also delete
Bigbang.exe once you've made the universe - the game doesn't call it.
OK, now we are at 1,221,459 bytes, and we get crazy. Make a directory called
TWEXE off of your root, and ADD IT TO YOUR PATH in AUTOEXEC.BAT. Copy *.EXE
to the new directory, and delete all of them from every universe. Also put
TWZAPPER, AEXTERN, and TWUNBUG there. Each TW2002 game now takes up 1,064,539
bytes, and yes, it will run.
So for 10 games you'd need 10,645,390 bytes, as compared to 12,941,530 bytes,
or a saving of just over 2 megabytes.
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You are really tight still? This one is dangerous.
DO NOT USE THIS IF YOU ARE RUNNING WINDOWS, DESQVIEW, DOUBLE DOS, or any
other multitasking software unless you read everything here!
This trick revolves around use of the APPEND.EXE command that comes with
DOS. APPEND should be the first thing in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, before
you call your multi-tasker. IF IT ISN'T IT CAN SERIOUSLY MESS UP YOUR HARD
DRIVE TO THE POINT WHERE YOU MAY HAVE TO FORMAT IT!
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If you call it after you call your multi-tasker your hard drive will be toast!
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Make a directory called \ANS, doesn't matter where it is on your hard drive,
or even if it's on the same computer (we had this running across a LAN one
night, EXE files on the BBS computer, and the data files on another machine
across the room). Add a line in your Autoexec.bat saying:
C:\DOS\APPEND C:\BBS\ANS
Now copy the following files into the C:\BBS\ANS directory and delete them
from the TW directories.
*.ANS (in other words all files ending in ANS) - TW2002 ANSI pictures
OATHTEXT.DAT - oaths used by destroyed traders
TRADER.DAT - The Old Trader's information
MENUFILE.TXT - Menu
TWHELLO.MSG - Non-ansi logon message
TWINSTR.DOC - On-line help files
SHIPSTAT.DAT - Ship stats
You now have 701,516 bytes used per universe, and 576,079 bytes that are common
to all the universes. So you wanted to run 10 universes? Your total space
required would be 7,591,239 bytes , plus the expander. A lot better than the
12,941,530 bytes that would be required for 10 universe otherwise...
A 5 megabyte saving - now what can we do with five megabytes? Hum....
I should mention that Stacker works quite well too, saving an absolutely
amazing amount of HD space. Superstore should give simular results, as does
DOS6.0 DoubleSpace. However I would only recommend running these on IDE
drives. I've heard of problems with MFM, RLL, and SCSI drives.
A warning about Stacker/Doublespace/Superstore - if you are multitasking
Windows/OS2 and are using a swapfile, make sure it's a permanant one and that
it's on the uncompressed partition. If it isn't, you'll have some very
interesting errors show up, including lock ups, file allocation table
problems, etc. I just upgraded to DOS6.2, and if you haven't already, do
so. It has some really nice features, and is more than worth the $12.95
Canadian it cost me.