HELP, patch 7 will not work on my Computer!!

[capnq]

I have SE IV + patch 7 working perfectly on my Win95 machine, but I had to do a clean reinstall to get it working. I think my older installs were partially corrupted; the patch claimed that the first install that I tried it on wasn't a valid Version, and the second install accepted the patch but crashed during game setup while trying to load a race portrait on the Add New Empire page.

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Cap'n Q
My first mod! Hypermaze quadrant
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

[DirectorTsaarx]

I had the same error capnq did, but on a Win2K machine. Had to do a clean install of SE4 & patched directly to Version 1.49. I started a game just fine, but I haven't even finished turn 1 yet, so I don't know if there are problems lurking.

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[Deathstalker]

FIXED!!!

Thank you MM for the e-mail and the solution. I downloaded the patch again directly from the MM site, erased (totally) the se4 files, re-installed and then re-patched with the new download. Works like a charm. Was probally the earlier download of the patch that did it. Now off to update those AI's.

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