Xfire Launching Version 1.1

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Xfire Launching Version 1.1

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Well, I don't know how much any of you guys know about Xfire, but I have a strange problem. I wanted it to launch version 1.1 of SWBF2, so I went to C:/Program Files/Xfire/xfire_games, searched for Battlefront II, went to the "LauncherExe=" line, and replaced BattlefrontII.exe (the launcher for version 1.0) with BattlefrontII_v11.exe (the launcher for version 1.1).

It works, but every time I exit out of Xfire, it resets to "LauncherExe=BattlefrontII.exe." Does anyone have any idea why Xfire is disregarding my changes? It's very annoying since the only way I can get Xfire In-Game is by launching version 1.1 through Xfire.

Any help is appreciated :).
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Re: Xfire Launching Version 1.1

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I don't know why it overwrites the file, but I do know two different things you can try.

1) Change the file to read-only. This may stop XFire from replacing it.
2) Rename your BattlefrontII_v11.exe to BattlefrontII.exe
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Re: Xfire Launching Version 1.1

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I'll try the first one, but for the second one, I've actually tried doing that, but it tells me that it already exists, so I can't change it without deleting v1.0. And if I try renaming BattlefrontII.exe to something else, it doesn't let me (not sure why). But I'll try your first suggestion, thanks.
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Re: Xfire Launching Version 1.1

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...so rename the 1.0 exe. I'm not sure why this is an issue at all; I understand some people like to use 1.0 but it holds no real benefit except for smaller servers and more bugs with a little "less-compatibility" frosting.
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Re: Xfire Launching Version 1.1

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Well, a lot of my friends still play 1.0 (and an equal amount play 1.1). But saving it as read-only seems to have worked, so thanks for the help.
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