More then 1 copy

I know I am going to get flamed for this, but I saw a post someplace on the boards about running more then 1 copy of NTW on your system. I have looked and looked. Could someone please point me in the right direction.

Dreamthief

nope

PLease?

still a no

This is, of course, a pain and a result of DRM trumping customer rights. I routinely run multiple copies of games for my own amusement with different sets of mods installed. Using Steam seems to prevent this for the honest amongst us.

Originally Posted by Akmatov

This is, of course, a pain and a result of DRM trumping customer rights. I routinely run multiple copies of games for my own amusement

Oh, so do I with NTW.
one on my desktop, one on my laptop, one on my parent's desktop...

Hmm, thinking about it; I wonder if you could run different installs on different hard drives?

Originally Posted by Akmatov

Hmm, thinking about it; I wonder if you could run different installs on different hard drives?

That’s a really good question I’d also like to install NTW on my other hard drive and use different mods in it. Anyone have the answer to this? +Rep if someone can tell me how to do it.

Originally Posted by Dartanianx

That’s a really good question I’d also like to install NTW on my other hard drive and use different mods in it. Anyone have the answer to this? +Rep if someone can tell me how to do it.

Sorry as far as I remember, steam also preventing you from do that

Originally Posted by Dartanianx

That’s a really good question I’d also like to install NTW on my other hard drive and use different mods in it. Anyone have the answer to this? +Rep if someone can tell me how to do it.

Sure.
First, find your Steam installation directory; for me, it's c:\programs(x86)\Steam.
Below, you will have the folders "steamapps\common\" which is where "napoleon total war" is located.
Rename this folder ("napoleon total war").
Now, if you try to start NTW from Steam, you will get the error message "game currently unavailable; try again at a later time".

If you check, Steam will have created a new folder "napoleon total war" where the old one was before...
copy all the files from the one you renamed so you have the same installation version there.
Here, you can now install your mod.

If you want to play the previous version, just rename the folders so that the version you want to play is called "napoleon total war" because this is the folder where Steam is looking for the game.


EDIT:
I did miss the original question a bit; this will not install it on different hard drives, but it is a way you can keep different installations which I believe is what you wanted.

Thanks Daniu I + rep anyway. What if you make another steam account can you run two accounts from one computer? Then install NTW on the other hard drive but would that involve buying another copy.

I'm pretty sure you can, but you simply can't play them at the same time as you would be using your steam account. The game is bound to your steam account, not your computer, atleast I think so...

Originally Posted by ♔Luckylewis♔

I'm pretty sure you can, but you simply can't play them at the same time as you would be using your steam account. The game is bound to your steam account, not your computer, atleast I think so...

correct

so...if I am going out of town, can I take my laptop and play de game there? I originally downloaded the game from steam to my pc. as long as I used it at different times Iam able to do it?

Just copy your napoleon TW folder in your steam folder. Place two sets of mods in the two data folders and name the folder you want to use "napoleon total war" and the one you dont.. something random until you want to swap.

Then no unistall/reinstall/10 steam account stuff...

Simples'

yep.

you can play the game at a lanhouse pc, you can play anywhere you want, in any pc you want. you need of course to have only one copy active at a time

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Hi there. What you are asking is not allowed since it is basically bypassing copy protection of steam. Only one copy per steam account. As long as you have steam installed on your computer/laptop and have the game downloaded you can play it anywhere, just not more than one copy running at the same time.

From ToS:

Originally Posted by ToS

• Obtaining or providing ways to circumvent copy protection. This includes no-CD hacks, key generators, hacked ROMs, etc.

Please PM me if you have any questions.
Closed.

Reopened because of a misunderstanding. However, this is ONLY for a game to have more than one copy on the same machine & the same steam account (testing mods/backup for example). Please do not explain how to make the game run on two computers or more at the same time or to be copied to another hard drive.

I wish I knew how.

@ Daniu
Yes that is what I wanted. I want to be able to play different mods and test things to make sure they work!
@ YD23
Thank you for reopening the thread!