I made a bat file for copying minecraft to ramdrive and back to disk. Its almost user friendly.
NOTE:
It assumes you are using the launcher thats a jar not exe.
directory must be:
root of containing folder:
start.bat
BIN (folder)
DATA (folder)
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inside data: .minecraft
inside bin: minecraft.jar (the launcher, not the one you put mods in)
Don't include '(folder)' in folder names of bin and data.
Start.bat
@ECHO OFF
REM -||- EDIT ROOTRAMDRV TO BE THE ROOT OF YOUR RAMDRIVE. -||-
SET ROOTRAMDRV=R:\
SET MCERROR=FALSE
SET PACKITUP=%CD%
SET APPDATA=%ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\DATA
TITLE UNPACKING TO RAMDRIVE
XCOPY /E /Y %CD%\DATA\*.* %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\DATA\
XCOPY /E /Y %CD%\BIN\*.* %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\BIN\
CD %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT
TITLE RUNNING MINECRAFT
IF EXIST %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\BIN\minecraft.jar java.exe -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:ParallelGCThreads=2 -jar %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\BIN\minecraft.jar
IF NOT EXIST %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT SET MCERROR=TRUE
IF NOT EXIST %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\BIN\minecraft.jar SET MCERROR=TRUE
IF NOT EXIST %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\DATA MCERROR=TRUE
IF %MCERROR%==TRUE GOTO ERRORS
TITLE PREPARING THE SAVE DIRECTORY
CLS
COLOR 4F
ECHO.
ECHO -= PREPARING THE SAVE DIRECTORY =-
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO WARNING!!
ECHO.
ECHO DO NOT CLOSE
ECHO.
ECHO OR ALL YOUR SAVES WILL BE LOST!
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO IT DID NOT FREEZE, JUST TAKES A WHILE.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO PLEASE WAIT......
COLOR 07
GOTO ALLGOOD
:ERRORS
CLS
TITLE ERROR
ECHO.
ECHO -= ERROR LIST =-
ECHO.
IF NOT EXIST %ROOTRAMDRV% ECHO %ROOTRAMDRV% IS NOT A VALID DRIVE... CHANGE ROOTRAMDRV TO YOUR RAMDRIVE.
IF NOT EXIST %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT ECHO NO MINECRAFT FOLDER... DID YOU RUN START.BAT FIRST?
IF NOT EXIST %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\DATA ECHO NO DATA FOLDER.
IF NOT EXIST %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\DATA\.MINECRAFT ECHO CANT FIND .MINECRAFT FOLDER INSIDE THE DATA FOLDER.
IF NOT EXIST %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\BIN\minecraft.jar ECHO CANT FIND %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\BIN\minecraft.jar (THE LAUNCHER)
ECHO.
PAUSE
GOTO OUT
:ALLGOOD
RD /S /Q %PACKITUP%\DATA\.MINECRAFT\SAVES
TITLE PACKING IT UP
XCOPY /E /Y %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT\DATA\*.* %PACKITUP%\DATA\
RD /S /Q %ROOTRAMDRV%\MINECRAFT
CD %PACKITUP%
IF EXIST *.LOG DEL *.LOG
:OUT
EXIT
Also used Faxanidu's config for calling jar file. Hi Faxanidu!
My god man lol nice work if i do say so. rainbow for u
ill post my 2cents... without ramdisk this is a pain in the ass on a netbook. i get 20-30fps now with ramdisk and almost no lagspikes. the config im using for the .bat is:
and yes i know i can just use java command but unfortunatley i cannot because i have the dreaded "java is not recognized as a internal command" error -.-
win 7 ultimate
acer aspire one d250
and because i can:
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Meh i get more enjoyment out of minecraft then new vegas/elder scrolls
So nothing of value was lost for me...
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*Gets slapped in face with lawsuit*
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My god man lol nice work if i do say so. rainbow for u
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and yes i know i can just use java command but unfortunatley i cannot because i have the dreaded "java is not recognized as a internal command" error -.-
win 7 ultimate
acer aspire one d250
and because i can: