Installing UT3 from HD.

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Installing UT3 from HD. (Solved)

Before anybody jumps on me: I own the game, didn't lose my CD-Key and have the game here right in my hands.
But my DVD drive is broken and cannot be fixxored before Monday. But I wanna play Prometheus this weekend.

So would it be possible to to ask a friend to push the data on the DVD through WLAN onto my PC and install it on my PC from there? Or is the Installer dependant on the physical DVD?

Maybe somebody happens to know and might save me time if it isn't possible.
 
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hint hint.
 

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So would it be possible to to ask a friend to push the data on the DVD through WLAN onto my PC and install it on my PC from there? Or is the Installer dependant on the physical DVD?

That should be able to work. I've had that sort of method (install from a folder on the hard drive) work with almost everything, but I haven't tried it on UT3 though.
 

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Should work I think. I believe I've been able to install apps off network shared optical drives before without trouble.
 

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Yeah, I suppose the only time it might matter is if the disc has copy protection on it; in such case you'll probably need to use the actual disc to install or run the program. (UT3 has no such protection, though.)
 

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AH HAH!

The old "my DVD drive is broken" trick. I see this one all the time!!!
 

d3tox

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Wanna bet that I played an official UT 3 game before you? ;)

Considering I didnt have a rig capable until 6 months after it came out, no.

Obviously you missed the sarcasm, but gg anyway. :D
 

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