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[Lord Method Man]

[Dushmany]

Huh?
Restart PC after a game install?
Since When?

[Nothing Here]

Lol! Isn't that one of those torrent specials? LMAO!

[z0phi3l]

Like it's a big deal, 30 seconds to a minute, time to get up and stretch some

[Blackhearted]

Most of the time games and programs will say that but then work just fine without a reboot.

[darkrats]

Unless it runs as a service in the background, I don't see why a game install would require a reboot.

Some pet peeves:

1. Software that requires access to the net in order to complete an install.
2. Software that brings up a webpage at the end of an install.
3. Software that requires a reboot of your computer before completing an install.
4. Software that needs net.framework in order to run.
5. Software that looks for updates even when you disable updates.

Games that won't run on my old IBM Netvista S42 with a GeForce 6600 video card!
(I'm going to be buying a really new system after the new year, if my plans all work out.

[Xahid]

maybe that patch updated the Directx or something ?

[+Crisp]

z0phi3l, on 17 December 2012 - 05:21, said:

Like it's a big deal, 30 seconds to a minute, time to get up and stretch some

Under 10 seconds with SSD and Win8.

[Deranged]

The game does install .NET and a few other things, but usually when something tells me to reboot I just ignore it and launch anyway.

[+SharpGreen]

Xahid, on 17 December 2012 - 06:14, said:

maybe that patch updated the Directx or something ?

Quite a few games do that, and never seem to actually require a reboot.

[The_Decryptor]

It's most likely just a safe guard, to ensure that if anything loaded any data into memory, that it'll be cleared before starting (So something like a DirectX update, it wouldn't like old + new versions in memory at the same time, etc.)

Lo Tec, on 17 December 2012 - 05:18, said:

Lol! Isn't that one of those torrent specials? LMAO!

Uh, no. It's just the normal version of the game now.

[Nothing Here]

The_Decryptor, on 17 December 2012 - 08:55, said:

It's most likely just a safe guard, to ensure that if anything loaded any data into memory, that it'll be cleared before starting (So something like a DirectX update, it wouldn't like old + new versions in memory at the same time, etc.)


Uh, no. It's just the normal version of the game now.

Was just joking. Bad joke.

[compl3x]

Admittedly annoying, although taking, cropping, and posting that image probably took more time than a reboot

[Lord Method Man]

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Admittedly annoying, although taking, cropping, and posting that image probably took more time than a reboot

Alt+PrintScr -> Ctrl+V -> Save As.. -> tinypic.com

[LUTZIFER]

Crisp, on 17 December 2012 - 08:39, said:

Under 10 seconds with SSD and Win8.

About 10 seconds with SSD and Win7.