Novice users may wonder how to install the downloaded game? This is extremely easy if you have a stable internet connection and a set of necessary programs.
Downloading pirated games has long been a popular alternative to spending a lot of money on licensed versions. If you want to test a novelty, many of which have come out lately so raw that you don’t always want to buy them, then piracy is for you.
In order to install a game on your computer, you must first download it from the Internet. The installation process itself depends on the download method.
How to download a game from the Internet
- Through torrents.
Torrent files are a proven and convenient method for sharing files on the Internet. The bottom line is that the necessary files are stored on computers of different users who, using a torrent file and a special program, “distribute” these files to others. Torrent files can be found on many torrent trackers, the most popular of which are RuTracker and RuTor.
In order to download the game via torrent, you need:
- download and install a torrent client (uTorrent, BitTorrent, etc.);
- open a file downloaded from the tracker with the * .torrent extension using it;
- specify the path where the game will be downloaded. Make sure there is enough space on the specified drive!
- wait for the download to complete and open the folder with the downloaded files.
- Through file sharing
Games can also be downloaded from the Internet using various file sharing services, but the download speed on them is often limited, and first you need to follow the links with advertisements, which often contain viruses.
Additional programs for downloading through a file hosting service are not needed. You just have to point your browser to the location where the files will be downloaded (again, make sure you have enough disk space!) And then wait for the download to complete.
How to install a downloaded game
So you’ve downloaded the necessary files, but don’t know how to install the downloaded game? The method will differ depending on what kind of files you downloaded to your computer. Games can be distributed in the form of files with the ISO extension – these are disk images that will require additional programs to work with operating systems lower than Windows 8; in the form of archives with ZIP or RAR extensions, which must be unpacked before working with their contents; and also, as so-called “repacks” – ready-to-install EXE files, which are the installation programs.
How to install a game from an ISO file
- Download and install the disk imaging software if you have Windows 7 and below. The best free software for this purpose is DAEMON Tools Lite, which can be downloaded from the link from the official website.
- Mount the image using a third-party program or by right-clicking on the image file and selecting “Connect” in Windows 8.
- After that, the autorun window may open, or you will need to open the disk in “My Computer” and find the file with the EXE extension on your own.
- Follow the instructions of the installation wizard. Remember to make sure that there is enough space on the hard drive where you are installing the game.
How to install the game from the archive
There are several types of archives, but most of the archiving programs needed to extract them work with all of them.
- Download and install one of the archive programs. For example, 7-zip, WinRAR or WinZIP.
- Open the archive in the program and select “Extract”, specify the drive and folder where you will need to unpack the files. Make sure that there is enough space.
- When unpacking is complete, open the folder and find the file with the EXE extension in it. Start it up.
- Follow the instructions of the installer.
How to install the repack
The most popular form of distribution of pirated games today are repacks (assemblies). This is a set of files that are already ready for installation and do not require downloading additional hacking programs and installing them separately from the game. On torrent trackers, repacks are distributed with the corresponding “RePack” mark.
To install the repack on your computer, you just need to open the folder containing the downloaded files, find the “setup.exe” file there and run it, and then follow the instructions of the installation program.
The most trusted repack authors today are the Mechanics and Catalyst groups.
We do not recommend installing unverified repacks, as they can harm your computer. Before downloading – check the comments on the torrent tracker.
Now you know how to install the downloaded game. It is very easy and does not require any special knowledge.
If you have done everything following our instructions, and the game does not work, you should look for a solution to the problem in other articles on our website.