Portable USB

The developers have been informed of the fan desire to have a version of FTL: Faster Than Light whichs runs portably from a folder (such as a Dropbox or USB storage).

Running Without Admin Privileges

If one wants to play the game on a machine without admin privileges, one needs:

• Access to a Windows machine with admin privileges.
• The DRM-free version of the game.

Installation steps:

1) Using the Windows machine with admin privileges, install the game to a folder.

2) Copy the folder to a new folder (such as Dropbox or USB storage).

3) Run the FTLgame.exe on the Windows machine without admin privileges.

Installing Without Admin Privileges

It is possible to install the game on an account without admin privileges, in case the it is not possible for the user at the moment. It requires:

• The DRM-free version of the game.
• Innounp 0.37 (or higher)
• An unpacker capable of extracting .RAR files.

Installation steps:

1) Put FTL's setup .exe and Innounp's .exe on a folder

2) Open the command prompt (By clicking start -> run... and typing "cmd" without the quotes, or typing it directly on the Start Menu's Search bar if you are on Windows 7)

3) Navigate to the folder where FTL's installer and Innounp are.

4) Type (without quotes) "innounp.exe -x FTL.exe"

The game can be found on the {app} folder on the same place the setup and innounp were.

Notes:

• The game will still create the save games in the default location, which is C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Games\FasterThanLight\. If one wants to remove trace of the game, this folder will need to be purged or backed up for future use.
• In terms of system requirements, the game is lightweight and can be run on most office or school machines that run Windows XP. It has very light systems requirements, and runs in a window by default. The main barrier is the fact that it runs in 1280x720 resolution as a minimu

Setting Save Location In Windows

Using a batch file and a small amount of setup, one can change the save location of the game, which is especially useful for installation on a USB drive. It requires:

• A functional install of the DRM-free version of FTL
• Any version of Windows supported by FTL

Setup Steps:

1) Install FTL using one of the methods on this page

2) Create the folder that you wish to store your saves in, and create a folder named "Documents" inside of it

3) Create a batch file containing these commands:

set USERPROFILE="DesiredSaveDirectory"

cd "FTLInstallationDirectory"

start FTLGame.exe

Alternately, you can set the save directory to FTLInstallationDirectory\user by using a batch file containing these commands:

set USERPROFILE=InsertGibberishHere

cd "FTLInstallationDirectory"

start FTLGame.exe

This code is relative to the batch file location and acts similar to the code above:

set USERPROFILE=cd\game\location

cd game\location

start FTLGame.exe

Notes:

• "game\location" the first two lines of code can be any number of folders deep

• "cd .." allows you to move back a directory

4) Use the batch file you created to launch the game

Notes:

• If you are using the first batch file, the save files will be in DesiredSaveDirectory\Documents\My Games\FasterThanLight
• To use the save directory you selected, you must launch the game using the batch file. Launching the game without it will simply use the default save directory.
• Each command must be on a separate line in the batch file for it to function.