Installing Unreal Tournament 3
When you install games and software in Windows Server, some installations will say that server operating systems are not supported and abort the installation. In this tutorial we will modify the .msi file of Unreal Tournament 3 as an example, but for other games and software you can do this the same way!
Patching msi packages can be done either manually or automatically.
Manually
1. Create a new folder somewhere on your harddisk, select all files from the UT3 dvd and copy them to the newly created folder.
2. Download the Orca MSI Editor from FreeUNH.org, unlimitednethosting.com, Rapidshare, Megaupload or 4Shared, and install the tool.
3. Right click on the Unreal Tournament 3.msi setup file in the folder you copied the UT3 dvd files to, and click Edit with Orca.
4. In the Orca MSI Editor click the table LaunchCondition on the left, next right click the condition that was preventing us from installing UT3 and click Drop Row. Click OK when asked if you want to continue.
5. Now save the change by clicking Save in the File menu. You can close the Orca MSI Editor now.
6. Launch the Installation of Unreal Tournament 3 by double clicking SetupUT3.exe from the installation folder of UT3 on your harddisk.
7. Play UT3!
Automatically
Thanks to Sky_Dynasty for the tip!
1. Download MSI File Install Fixer.zip from Win2008Workstation or MSI File Install Fixer.rar from MediaFire.
2. Read the ReadMe.txt inside the archive.
3. (Hopefully) install the game or application!
Tags Server 2008 Workstation
March 29th, 2008 at 13:54
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March 29th, 2008 at 18:12
Great, thanks a lot! Will try immediately
March 31st, 2008 at 2:48
Alternatively, you can remove the launch conditions by using a .vbs script which you can download from here http://www.mediafire.com/?cvjdxncmdjb
(VB script discovery thanks to “Revere” from SRN)
April 8th, 2008 at 21:12
hello fellow UT3 players i need desprate help i havent read the top yet but it proibly will solve my problems but i have tried installing this game on 3 computers and it is not working it is brand new. I tried it on my labtop and it said data5fil not found? what does that mean? On the other computers it didnt work either it just froze up and didnot work so plz if anyone can help me that will be a big woop for me.
April 19th, 2008 at 1:37
yes it works ..sweet..you guys are the best so good i searched on google for ut3 2008 server help and two links later im at success ..GR8
April 19th, 2008 at 19:23
One thing about UT and UT games is if it is installed on a system and running you can just copy the installed directory to your new PC. Run the EXE and it will ask for the CD key and you can play.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:30
Thank you for sharing this. I will refer those in need of help on one of my websites here for UT3 installation
Admin: You’re welcome!
May 17th, 2008 at 9:34
instaliing
June 6th, 2008 at 15:18
it works
June 25th, 2008 at 13:16
always getting an error saying UT3 cannot load the LaunchConditionTable from the SQL- database.
tried patching automatically and manually, no difference…
any ideas?
July 14th, 2008 at 3:15
It means the SQL table got mangled or deleted somehow. Should never happen. The fact that both Orca and VBS are failing indicates something is broken in MSI itself at a low level on your computer. MSI.DLL may be busted. Try re-installing the MSI installer.
July 17th, 2008 at 0:13
Un grand merci !!!! superbe astuce !!!