I don't play MP and haven't purchased DW. For the sub versus sub play I want to do, SC/SCXIIC/SCU seems more than adequate. In some regards SC/SCXIIC/SCU makes for a better sub experience when compared to DW. Of course, DW has a playable diesel/electric with battery simulation. However, since I have three WWII subsims, I have no shortage of diesel/electric if I want it.
You can easily have two installs of stock SC 1.08 and SC/SCXIIC/SCU. Directions below:
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HOW TO SET UP A DUAL INSTALL
THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE was contributed by Tinman 5842. Thanks Tin!!
-Install Sub Command (install and patches and mods that you want)
-Create a shortcut to your desktop. This should be renamed to indicate what version of the
game this shortcut will be starting.
-Go to "Start" then "Run" and type in "regedit" w/o the quotes.
-Open the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" folder, then open "Software" folder, then open the
"Electronic Arts" Folder. Two sub folders will appear in the "Electronic Arts" folder.
Highlight the "Sub Command" folder (a bunch data will appear in the right hand window).
-With the "Sub Command" Folder Highlighted, go to the "Registry" Tab in the top menu and
select "Export Registry File", give this a name of something like "1.05" or "SWP" or to
indicate what version of this game it is. Now save this .reg file to your hardrive.
(Do not put this file on your desktop or into a folder).
-Put your Sub Command CD into your CD-rom drive and right click on the drive and select
"Explore"
-Go to the "setup" folder and click on the "setup.exe." file to begin installing the
second version of the game. Select "reinstall" and then either install this new game onto
another Drive and/or rename the destination folder to something else. (Both games must
have a different path way for this to work).
-When you are finished installing the game, install whatever patches and mod that you want
this version of the game to be. Create a desktop shortcut for this game as well and rename
it to suit whatever this game will be.
-We need to go back to "Regedit" and repeat the following steps.
-Go to "Start" then "Run" and type in "regedit" w/o the quotes.
-Open the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" folder, then open "Software" folder, then open the
"Electronic Arts" Folder. Two sub folders will appear in the "Electronic Arts" folder.
Highlight the "Sub Command" folder (a bunch data will appear in the right hand window).
-With the "Sub Command" Folder Highlighted, go to the "Registry" Tab in the top menu and
select "Export Registry File", give this a name of something like "1.5" or "SWP" to
indicate what version of this game it is. Now save this .reg file to your hardrive.
(Do not put this file on your desktop or into a folder).
-Now you should have two versions of Sub Command installed with two differently named
.REG files and Two desktop shortcuts.
-To play one version of the game, you need to click on its appropriate ".reg file" and
answer "yes" to "Are you sure you want to add ..... to the registry"
-Now click on the appropriate SC start desktop icon to play that version of the game.
-To play the other version you would need to click on that versions ".reg file" and
then click on that versions SC start desktop icon.
NOTE: if you run Norton or a registry checker, you will be told that there is an invalid application
path. DO NOT ALLOW Norton or the registry checker to fix this!!
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