EA Downloaded Version of 2142: Can I burn a hard-copy onto DVD?

[Benjamonous]

I'm wondering if I order BF2142 through the EA downloader, whether I can then burn a copy of the game to install whenever. For example, if I reformat my hard drive, can I then install it from the burned DVD, or do I have to download it again?

Thanks

[Chasepwner]

Somewhere around TotalBF2 there is a tutorial on how to backup BF2 from EAD which should be similar for 2142... don't have a link handy though.

[jackal22]

iirc, it stores you purchase information so if you reformat, you just type in the stuff and it downloads for you for free.

DONT quote me on that, thats what i remember reading somewhere.

[Sir. kaheiyeh]

iirc, it stores you purchase information so if you reformat, you just type in the stuff and it downloads for you for free.

DONT quote me on that, thats what i remember reading somewhere.

Yea, I think he knows that you can redownload again, but he wants to burn to a hard copy, so he won't have to download the whole thing again.

If it's anything like EF and AF for BF2, then you should have a folder for it under this directory: "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\EA Downloader\cache\xxxYOUR USERNAME HERExxx".
They may have wierd names so just open some folders and try search for a setup.exe file. For example, AF had a file name of "eagamesbf2-2006online_map_contentbf2af".

I'd say you just backup that entire folder for BF2142 onto a disk.

[Beerman]

Nope not the way you want

[Koen]

*Search search*
"how do i burn my download copy to disk?" (http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44099)