SE4 deluxe
 

I was at the MM site, looking for release info on SE5, and I saw a patch for (supposedly) all previous versions of SE4, to bring it up to "Space Empires Deluxe, V1.95"

So I was wondering, is anybody playing this on PBW?

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

Deluxe 1.95 is fully compatible with 1.91 games on pbw.

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

Maybe we should have a "What is SE4 Deluxe?" sticky thread. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

There is no "supposedness" about it, the (1.93) patch does patch all versions of SE4 up to 1.93, which you can then patch to 1.95 with the 1.93 to 1.95 patch. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

Actually it's the 1.94 patch, not 1.93 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

Actually, gentlemen, there are 3 patches.

One to patch Deluxe 1.94 to 1.95

One to patch Deluxe 1.93 to 1.94

One to patch any old version of SE4, Classic or Gold, to Deluxe 1.94.

Which means that, despite never having bought SE4 Gold, I can now patch my classic SE4 to the latest version \0/

But, gentlemen, you didn't answer my original question - is anybody actually playing this on PBW?

Hmm, I wonder what the *&^%#* the password was on my old account? No chance of recovering it if I can't recall it; I'm sure my email addy has changed since then.

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

And the answer, to reiterate what Kwok said:

Gold and Deluxe are the same thing. The only major difference is the publisher's packaging.

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

That's not quite true... there are several bugfixes in Deluxe that are not present in Gold. Savegames between the two are compatible (1.91 and any of 1.93-1.95), but the game exes are not identical.

Possum:

Some mods have to be processed with Deluxe to bypass certain bugs in Gold (like seeker targetting seeker issues), but such games can still be played with Gold 1.91 (not anything earlier, of course).

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

That's why I said major changes.

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

Yes people are playing it on PBW. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

Ahh, thanks for the info http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I am seeing some new things I like, actually.

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

You do, by me, that was created about a month ago when I found out about the Deluxe version. Knock on wood, I might get a computer soon that will let me try out these new patches.

Re: SE4 deluxe
 

Why do you need a new computer to try the new patches for SE IV Deluxe?