dmjohn0x Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 So I have an old i3 system 3120m 2.5ghz computer that I want to run BigBox on. However, It doesnt have a NIC and I dont want to hook it up to the internet. Is there a way to install bigbox on the system with all the media scraped and installed onto an external 6tb HDD that i can update via my laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Should be doable. Easiest way is to make one folder called Launchbox for example and install all your emulators and roms in sub folders. Then configure all your stuff so all the paths are all in the same place once moved over. Folder structure would look something like this: Drive Letter -Launchbox -emulators -emulator 1 -emulator 2 -roms -roms 1 -roms 2 I hope this makes some sense. Basically you are keep everything contained in one main folder in sub folders so that all the paths remain relative to each other and not hard set paths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromlostdays Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) Quick tip if you're using Dolphin, create a text file in the main dolphin directory named "portable" and that forces dolphin to save everything in that directory and makes it portable. The above pretty much outlines everything else. Think of it like turning your external hard drive into a portable plug and play gaming rig. The pinnacle of HTPC emulation. The only problem I can foresee is that for some reason PCs can assign different drive letters to externals when they are connected. I'm not sure why. But pick a drive letter for your external that no other PC really uses, and just familiarize yourself with how to change drive letters in windows. It's really easy. I just so happened to see this on the RL forums. "You don't need a portable version of pcsx2. Just create a blank file called portable.ini in your pcsx2 folder. When pcsx2 runs, it will see this file and go into portable mode." To be clear, the reason you need to do this is because some emulators will try and save files/settings on your C:/ drive by default, usually in appdata or something like that. Making these portable means the settings will instead be saved directly to your external. Edited August 23, 2016 by fromlostdays 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjohn0x Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 appreciate the advice, guys. im going to start working on my modular build now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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