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April 12th, 2003, 08:13 PM
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Patching SEIV - my 2nd fave activity
Applying patches to SE IV is my 2nd favorite activity.
I particularly love:
1) that the patch exe searches forever to find the original files and then finally asks you to find them even though the original was/is installed in the default folder.
2) no backward compatibility with saved games even though they haven't been started yet.
3) loses your original, custom settings
What's my first favorite activity you ask? Sleeping on nails!
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April 12th, 2003, 09:35 PM
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Re: Patching SEIV - my 2nd fave activity
I can't argue with one or three. They frustrate me as well. Escpecially one. But what do you mean by 2? How do you have a save game that isn't started? And being backward compatible anyway is uneccesary and would by definition limit the numebr of things that can be done in a patch. Who wants that?
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April 12th, 2003, 09:51 PM
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Re: Patching SEIV - my 2nd fave activity
My favorite moment is when it says that you can't update your exe. And you then need to reinstall the game!
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April 12th, 2003, 10:02 PM
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Re: Patching SEIV - my 2nd fave activity
Re #3, what custom settings are you talking about?
Aside from resetting path.txt, the patch dosen't affect mods at all.
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April 13th, 2003, 02:09 PM
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Re: Patching SEIV - my 2nd fave activity
All savegames have been compatible, i.e. you could use the old savegame files in the new Version. Always. Even from pre-Gold to Gold!
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April 13th, 2003, 09:49 PM
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Re: Patching SEIV - my 2nd fave activity
Simul move turns have to be processed with the new Version before you can play them with that Version though.  |
April 13th, 2003, 09:54 PM
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Re: Patching SEIV - my 2nd fave activity
yes part three you should create a mod... so the custom settings are still there... Never play with the default data files...
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April 13th, 2003, 10:47 PM
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Re: Patching SEIV - my 2nd fave activity
Quote:
Originally posted by Mephisto:
All savegames have been compatible, i.e. you could use the old savegame files in the new Version. Always. Even from pre-Gold to Gold!
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I must lead a charmed life because games saved in a previous Version won't load for me. Even fiddling with path.txt does no good.
The same has been true of custom emp files.
And what do I mean about 'game not started'? I mean by that a game that's not had a first move - just looked over map to check planets, et al.
[ April 13, 2003, 21:48: Message edited by: Elowan ]
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April 13th, 2003, 10:55 PM
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Re: Patching SEIV - my 2nd fave activity
When you try to load an older game, what error message do you get?
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April 14th, 2003, 05:10 PM
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Re: Patching SEIV - my 2nd fave activity
Sorry to hear about your patch problems. I thought I was unique that way! 
as to you number one activity:
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What's my first favorite activity you ask? Sleeping on nails!
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