The Gold Demo: A Mixed Blessing

wingte · #1 October 13th, 2000, 06:32 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Noble713:
[b]Hmmmmm. Here are things I've noticed in just the two hours or so that I've been playing:

Was this from the patch or the .99 (full demo??) download??

Cybes · #2 October 13th, 2000, 08:28 AM

where are you getting the 0.99 pathch from? when i trundled over to the malfador site, all i could find was the old 0.56 stuff - no changes at all since september. :/ and the shrapnel site has links only to the complete 21mb download, which i could really do without.

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Seawolf · #3 October 13th, 2000, 04:53 PM

Cybes,

.99 is the new demo not a patch.

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llreye · #4 October 13th, 2000, 06:10 PM

There was a 0.99 patch Last night on the Shrapnel page, which didn't list if it patched 0.51 or 0.56. Looks like it's fixed to say 0.56 now.
-MKC

[This message has been edited by llreye (edited 13 October 2000).]

Noble713 · #5 October 13th, 2000, 08:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by wingte:

Was this from the patch or the .99 (full demo??) download??[/b]

I wasn't certain if the patch was for .51 or .56 (I think it said .51), so I downloaded the full demo and installed it in the same directory.

Psitticine · #6 October 13th, 2000, 08:55 PM

The demo upgrade patch is to move from 0.56 to 0.99.

I decided not to go that route myself though. I don't know exactly why (I'm not generally distrusting of patches) but I felt more secure uninstalling 0.56 and installing a fresh copy of the entire 0.99, downloaded "chunky style" since my connection kept cutting out on me before I could get the full one-file Version downloaded.

Aaaanyway, the reason I mention the fresh install is that I haven't seen the problem mentioned by Jubala with allies at all. I've only had time for one full 100-turn game so far but I had allies flanking me on two sides in that one. We were cheerfully moving through each other's turf, passing through sectors occupied by each other's forces, and so forth without any conflict occuring.

Jubala, did you happen to upgrade via the demo patch?

Cybes · #7 October 13th, 2000, 09:24 PM

ok - i got it. apparently i overlooked the correct link on the shrapnel homepage, and went to the other malfador page instead. :/

hey, shrapne, if you're listening:! it'd help if yer link colour wasn't the same as the text. or at least make that first patch link capitalised. please..?

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"Just think of it as Evolution in action" - 'Oath of Fealty', by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle.