All New Patch v. 1.35 Now Available...

[Oggy ben Doggy]

stupid question, if I upgrade, can I continue my game in progress?

[Hydraa]

Upgrading a game in process can be done but can result in unexpected results.

Several people have two (I guess now three) installs of the game due to being in PBEM games that have not patched up to current. I have a 1.19 install a 1.30 install and a 1.35 install now.
As to diskspace for multiple installs I am thinking about seeing if I can use shortcuts to a common directory for my bitmaps and possibly other files instead of having full racial and planet bitmaps in all three installs.

[Taqwus]

Mmmm. So there's now a map editor, eh? And apparently tech areas can now include multiple requirements? Nifty. Very nifty indeed.

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[disabled]

I love it, a map editor, now we can really have some fun with the game and even make balanced maps

[ June 16, 2003, 05:08: Message edited by: General Talashar ]

[Hydraa]

I just tried the map editor. You can only edit maps that have been save 1.31 or later. So to edit earlier maps you need to create a new game in 1.35 or later and then load the old map and save it. Then you can edit in the map editor.

[Fuerte]

Starting the game in the correct player by the new command line option works in 1.35, but unfortunately SE4.EXE doesn't have the correct Version information, it is still 1.26. So I modified PBEM helper to check the executable modification date instead. It will use this feature if the date is 2001-04-11 or later.

Download the new PBEM helper from the link in my signature.

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[tictoc]

Just love the SE3 style interface for the map editor, kind of makes you feel right at home. Nice job.

tic