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is it really so different that there cant be a patch for the original se4 to make tcp/ip possible?
I imagine a patch would have been technically possible, but Malfador and/ or Shrapnel made a financial decision to release V1.60 as "Gold" and make players pay for it. Given that they had been continuously upgrading SE4 Classic for free for an entire year, this seems reasonable. It's a bit of a shame that Gold is incompatible with Classic in multiplayer, but Shrapnel have promised not to make a habit of doing this.
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What is the big difference about se4 and se4gold besides the tcp/ip support?
The biggest other difference was the addition of drones. You also get lots of "eyecandy" (new system types) and a bunch of community- submitted mods and things on the disc. Most importantly though, You have to be a Gold player to benefit from and share in the continuing development of the game and the mods surrounding it (I don't know of any mods being actively developped for 1.49)
(Oops... except the Bab5 mod)
There was loads more stuff changed as well. Dig out a history listing and compare V1.49 and V1.60 for a complete rundown on what was improved.
Re: little help for newb please
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