SEIV GOLD Patch #4 Now Available

[Captain Kwok]

In the event you cannot install the new patch over 1.84 and have to re-install - you just need to apply the 1.91 patch over the install, it includes all previous patches already.

[Mephisto]

The installer is just picky about the time stamp on your .exe. We had that problem many times during beta and Aaron cannot do a thing about it since the instller is a stock installer from a big company. The date of your .exe may change due to time zone settings and winter/summer time.

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Um, ok, lets go over this for the sake of arguement.

1. The new patch WILL not install over current Version.
2. One must resinstall SEIV
3. Update to Patch for 1.67 (Whatever patch that is)
4. Install new patch.
5. Copy over old files. (Or install over previous Version.)

Am I missing anything?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

so, mess with your computers clock until it like the new date?

[Paul1980au]

About to go offline and play - just downloaded patch so comments tomorrow good playing all.

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by reverend:
hi!

i have a slight problem with the patch...
it comes up with the message that i have a "wrong Version" of SE4. the message also says it can update Versions 1.60, 1.67 or 1.78. however, my SE4 install says Version 1.84 gold (install plus se4patch 3 from malfador website).

do i really have to reinstall?

This has been known in earlier patches aswell.
As stated it's due to the timestamp on the exe.
for some (as me) the upgrade works perfect, but for some a reinstall i s required.
And as already stated, if you reinstall you only have to apply the current patch.
If you wish to keep any extra shipsets you can install over your old copy before upgrading if the upgrade doesn't work on your current exe.
(I had to do this with 1.84)

[HEMAN]

Hi everyone i just downloaded the patch 1.91 from my current 1.84v, everything downloaded was processed fine (self extracting zip). Next i went to my SE4 launcher mode, Selected my current mode which is Gold-D-2 mode.Looks fine,No problems playing game,played 10 turns in turnbase game.What i see in the mode that are different are:
(1) New entro screen..
(2) Waypoint tab > New screens,1st one shows vehicles enroute to waypoints/ 2nd shows spaceyards with automatic moveto screen ..Note: i didnt know players wanted/thought of this, but im very glad whoever suggested this to MM.
(3) Transferr population > added extra tab 100 population.
(4) Scrap button > Extra tabs ,,order by name/ order by Class.
(5) Planets Tab > Shows more info on allies colonies,top left.
(6) In game, Help Icon ? symbol > most/any game details selections,you can get a printout email to etc.Once your mouse pointer is over a designer window.Blue Outlined displays.Never new this, if this is new or not.
So far this is all i know.
Just letting you new /interested players know, so can be prepared.

[ February 26, 2004, 08:06: Message edited by: HEMAN ]

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
The new splash screen image is overrated. It is nice, but not much of an improvement over the old one IMO.

What did I do to deserve this? And Fyron, how can it be overrated when there was only one comment on it looking good? Was this one comment "I like the new Splash Screen" too generous in it's praise?

Well, I think I owe you a great big apology for not making a new intro pic that is up to your particular, precise, phenomenal, perfecting standards. The good news is I have a solution,.. just create a new .bmp with a black canvas and use that instead. Seriously, eye-candy is for dim-witted, pea-brain, casual gamers only. Besides REAL gamers prefer ASCII right?

Muahahahahahahaha

David E. Gervais
One Voice, One Mind, Many Thoughts and Always Kind. (Also a proud member of the dim-witted pea-brain casual gamers society.)

[geoschmo]

Aww David, don't worry about it. You know that in art there is no accounting for taste. Fyron is entitled to his opinion, but I agree that I'm not sure where he gets that it's "overrated". I must have missed where it got "rated".

[Fyron]

Well if you visited #se4 regularly, you would notice that there were people talking about it in there. That, combined with that one post, created a general sense of it being great. Then, that other thread that was created recently about it goes right along with this general sense of it being great... Again, it is overrated. "Overrated" does not require it to have been given a specific rating on some arbitrary numbering scale or anything like that. But really, the image does not IMO live up to the hype spoken (typed) to me about it by a certain set of beta testers...

And yes David, eye candy is for the meek.

[ February 26, 2004, 17:53: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[parabolize]

Call me meek then
If there was more eye candy in seiv it would be the only game I play.