What the heck is SEIV Deluxe?

gregebowman · #1 August 2nd, 2006, 07:08 PM

I just looked at teh Malfador Website and some old posts, and discovered that Strategy First bought Malfador and that SF is who I have to buy SE products from now on. What is this SEIV Deluxe program they're talking about? Is that the same as SEIV Gold, or is it SEIVG Plus? What's the deal?

Also, what patch do I need if I just got SEIV Gold?

Cipher7071 · #2 August 2nd, 2006, 07:27 PM

It's version 1.94. The patch is called standard to deluxe, and it can be downloaded from Strategy First. I believe it works for everything from version 1.49 through Gold.

PvK · #3 August 2nd, 2006, 08:07 PM

Yep. I successfully installed a fresh installation from my original pre-Gold SEIV CD, up to the latest Deluxe version. As I recall, it required three steps - the original install and then two patches - IIRC, one to update to the first Deluxe version, and then one to update that to the latest Deluxe version.

Fyron · #4 August 2nd, 2006, 08:07 PM

The version is up to 1.95 now.

Suicide Junkie · #5 August 3rd, 2006, 01:41 AM

I still play all my turns using 1.91, since the startup procedure is far nicer.

Some mods require that turns be processed under deluxe, but Gold 1.91 and deluxe are fully savegame compatible.
The best part of deluxe, is that the patch brings all the SE4 classic gamers up to date.

capnq · #6 August 3rd, 2006, 06:10 AM

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Suicide Junkie said:
I still play all my turns using 1.91, since the startup procedure is far nicer.

I have never understood why people react so negatively to that. S1st added one menu (one click to get past), two splash screens (one more click to bypass both), and a slightly inferior intro pic. AFAIK, the worst problem it introduced is that you have to add that first menu screen to mods.

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The best part of deluxe, is that the patch brings all the SE4 classic gamers up to date.

The worst part is that the patch is 75M. I had to install a BitTorrent client to get it.

Suicide Junkie · #7 August 3rd, 2006, 08:54 AM

1.91 starts instantly when you run the program.

1.95 is the same thing in the playing-turns department, and makes you click stuff before it even starts loading the datafiles.

What possible reason is there to use 1.95 unless you have to?

Captain Kwok · #8 August 3rd, 2006, 09:17 AM

There's a few fixes and stuff and some might like the audio flexibility.

The launch screen isn't so bad, at least it gives ready access to a number of files new players might want to access. It might have nice to have included a mod launching option.

PvK · #9 August 7th, 2006, 07:25 PM

SEIV Deluxe is the latest version of SEIV, published by Strategy First. You can live without it unless you want to run a server which allows special modded seekers which I think only Carrier Battles mod uses. But you don't have to live without it, because it's a free patch.

gregebowman · #10 August 7th, 2006, 07:33 PM

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PvK said:
SEIV Deluxe is the latest version of SEIV, published by Strategy First. You can live without it unless you want to run a server which allows special modded seekers which I think only Carrier Battles mod uses. But you don't have to live without it, because it's a free patch.

Free patch? I downloaded the 1.94 patch. I wasn't too sure if I could use teh 1.95 patch without the Deluxe program. I'll d/l it and check it out when I have my computer working. Thanks for the info.