Quick question

[Don Anselmo]

Is it better to copy the game files onto the harddrive and run it from there or to run it from the CD?

[pncFreak]

Is it better to copy the game files onto the harddrive and run it from there or to run it from the CD?

Well if it's a multiple CDs game you will have to copy your files to the HD:

http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=57&start=330

[criezy]

From the manual:

Your game will run more smoothly if you copy all the files from the original disk(s) (whether floppy or CD) into a folder on your hard-drive.

From the ReadMe (section 3.5):

In general, ScummVM does not deal very well with Multi-CD games. This is because ScummVM assumes everything about a game can be found in one directory.
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Fortunately, ScummVM has no problems running the games entirely from hard disk, if you create a directory with the correct combination of files. Usually, when a file appears on more than one CD you can pick either of them.

And there is also a number of threads on this forum that recommand to copy the files on the harddrive.