Does the EA Downloader NEED to be on the PC the game will be installed on?

[vbl]

Re: Does the EA Downloader NEED to be on the PC the game will be installed on?

Indeed. A friend of mine bought the game but EA downloader keeps crashing on his machine, so we're burning the EF setup files to a CD and he's installing from that.

His account is already flagged as being "EF enabled" so he'll be able to play as usual.

[LoganX]

Re: Does the EA Downloader NEED to be on the PC the game will be installed on?

You can download the files on any machine and then move them to any other computer and install from there.

Look here for the files to copy:

C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\EA Downloader\cache\<Your EA Username>\eagamesbf2-2006online_map_contentbf2euro

OK Talus...I'm downloading EF as I type this.
I see the file as you listed it. It has an ".eac" extention. Is that just temporary while it's downloading? Will it "turn" into an ".exe" when it's done?

[keenie]

Re: Does the EA Downloader NEED to be on the PC the game will be installed on?

OK Talus...I'm downloading EF as I type this.
I see the file as you listed it. It has an ".eac" extention. Is that just temporary while it's downloading? Will it "turn" into an ".exe" when it's done?

Yeah. when it's finished it should turn into a folder with 10 files in it (including a Setup.exe)

[LoganX]

Re: Does the EA Downloader NEED to be on the PC the game will be installed on?

Hmm...well it finished and I don't see any new folder.
The file is still named eagamesbf2-2006online_map_contentbf2euro.eac.
Now...I haven't turned off the downloader yet. Do I nee to do that for it to create this folder you speak of? I'll try it now.

[keenie]

Re: Does the EA Downloader NEED to be on the PC the game will be installed on?

Hummm.......

maybe you need to use the "install now" button in the Downloader before it will extract the files?

[LoganX]

Re: Does the EA Downloader NEED to be on the PC the game will be installed on?

OK..Got it.
You were right. Once I hit "Install" it "unpacked" the .eac file and created the folder eagamesbf2-2006online_map_contentbf2euro.
Once it completed the unpack there were 10 files in the folder.
I copied all those files to a Folder of my choosing on my file server, went to my game PC and started up the "setup.exe". It installed normally.
Thanks.