From d0b84d9112927ee8cb8aeffb7a297961e6e33146 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fierelier Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:08:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e8a488c..1c6eacf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ -**A fair word of warning!** After using this utility, ordinarily replacing files inside EFLC will also replace the same files in GTA IV and vice-versa. To prevent this, **delete** the file(s) you want to replace first before doing so. Also, modding your games by other means (OpenIV) might give you the same result. I'm working on a solution for this, however don't expect anything anytime soon, this is a difficult problem to tackle. Blame Microsoft. Do not use this program and mod if you don't know what you're doing. +### A fair word of warning! +After using this utility, ordinarily replacing files inside EFLC will also replace the same files in GTA IV and vice-versa. To prevent this, **delete** the file(s) you want to replace first before doing so. Also, modding your games by other means (OpenIV) might give you the same result. I'm working on a solution for this, however don't expect anything anytime soon, this is a difficult problem to tackle. Blame Microsoft. Do not use this program and mod if you don't know what you're doing. -This utility shrinks your EFLC install by using [NTFS Hard-Links](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link). It essentially creates shortcuts of identical files from GTA IV, and uses those to replace EFLC's files. This saves over 8000MB (8702MB in my case) of space. Deleting GTA IV **will not** break your EFLC install. This utility should be perfectly compatible to modded versions of GTA IV, too: Modded files will be ignored. - -### [Download](https://git.lumen.sh/Fierelier/EFLC-Shrinker/tags) \ No newline at end of file +### How does this work? +This utility shrinks your EFLC install by using [NTFS Hard-Links](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link). It essentially creates shortcuts of identical files from GTA IV, and uses those to replace EFLC's files. This saves over 8000MB of space (8702MB in my case). Deleting GTA IV **will not** break your EFLC install. This utility should be perfectly compatible to pre-modded versions of GTA IV, too: Modded files will be ignored. +#### [Download](https://git.lumen.sh/Fierelier/EFLC-Shrinker/tags) \ No newline at end of file