Multiple Install Instances
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I’ve searched through some of the threads regarding installation and updates, but I am getting confused regarding the following…
Is it possible to install 2 instances of BMS 4.32 on the same machine and apply the update patches to each?
I have an instance of BMS 4.32 installed on an external drive, with the patches applied, and would like to install another instance on my
drive and apply the updates so that I can compare performance of the 2 instances.Are there registry issues involved when doing this? Do I need something like a Falcon Switcher program? Or is it ok to just run the setups from the base version of 4.32 on each drive, and apply the updates to each?
I noticed that at one time Zelegend provided a launcher that provided switching, but I can’t find it anymore.
Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere.
Thanks,
Ilmars -
Install once and then make a copy of the complete Install rename it so you know which it is then do updates as you wish,
When you want the unmodded rename the updated folder and then make the originals folder name look like it did at install.I used to have 3, 4 and some times 5 copies for the different modded campaigns, they often didn’t play nice together.
The active one is allways “Falcon BMS 4.32” and is in the same drive/partition.
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Also, may want to include a text file in each install to describe what is modded in that version. That way, if you get confused as to what is what, you can look at your text file for a description of that version.
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Thanks guys for the info.
It appears that what you are saying is that the active version is always in the same named directory, and always on the same drive.
What I wanted to do was to have an instance of the installation that is currently on my external drive put on my internal
drive, and switch back and forth between the versions on the different drives – and have BMS actually run locally on each drive. That way I can see how much of a performance hit the external drive contributes. I expect I would likely have to tweak the registry pointers to do that?Ilmars
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Correct. In your Benchmark Sims registry folder, you would double-click on the baseDir entry and change the Drive from C to D , etc., to activate which install you want to be active.
C9
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@Cloud:
Correct. In your Benchmark Sims registry folder, you would double-click on the baseDir entry and change the Drive from C to D , etc., to activate which install you want to be active.
C9
Thanks C9, that’s what I was hoping.
I think it’s this key that is involved…. "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.32]
“baseDir”=“C:\Falcon BMS 4.32"”Hopefully, that’s the only key that needs to be changed.
Ilmars
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An external drive is not going to help with performance, not unless the internal is failing & needs to be thrower in the bin
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An external drive is not going to help with performance, not unless the internal is failing & needs to be thrower in the bin
Yes I understand, Shadow. I’ve been running BMS for the last few years on an external USB 2 drive. I’m interested to see what the difference will be on the internal. I wasn’t using the internal for BMS or other games due to space limitations – so I’m going to free some space up and see what improvement I can get.
Ilmars
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I’d be surprised if you can’t notice any difference in performance/settings possibilities, USB 2.0 have a theoretical transfer rate of 60MBps, but in reality it’s below 40. Internal HDD read/write speeds are about 150-250MBps, and SSDs will double that number. Granted, Falcon isn’t a very demanding piece of software, even with the amazing facelift it’s recieved from the BMS team, but I can’t imagine running it externally without performance penalties.
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Yes I understand, Shadow. I’ve been running BMS for the last few years on an external USB 2 drive. I’m interested to see what the difference will be on the internal. I wasn’t using the internal for BMS or other games due to space limitations – so I’m going to free some space up and see what improvement I can get.
Ilmars
Still won’t make a difference as long as you have adequate ram. 15 years ago I used A "ram disk’ to get rid of map loading stutters.
Unless the USB drive is cutting into your CPU cycles.
