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spoon
May 31st, 2004, 01:11 AM
Did anyone ever find a work-around for installing v1.91 when if gives that "you don't have the proper Version" error and suggest reinstalling the game?

I know reinstalling the game works, but this computer isn't my home computer, and I don't have my cd with me...
Gandalf Parker
May 31st, 2004, 01:14 AM
do you have WinXP?
spoon
May 31st, 2004, 01:24 AM
Nope, win 2000.
Gandalf Parker
May 31st, 2004, 01:57 AM
does W2k do multiple file systems?

We have a similar problem in another game and Im thinking its because WinXP can do NTFS, FAT, and FAT32 file systems. Wouldnt that mess up the Md5 checksums?
Fyron
May 31st, 2004, 02:08 AM
I believe that it was concluded a while ago that this problem has to do with issues with the time stamps on the executable. It is a problem with the patch setup program MM uses, and there is nothing they can do to fix it, other than use a new patching system.

Win 2000 supports all of the Windows file systems.
Atrocities
May 31st, 2004, 06:19 AM
Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
I believe that it was concluded a while ago that this problem has to do with issues with the time stamps on the executable. It is a problem with the patch setup program MM uses, and there is nothing they can do to fix it, other than use a new patching system.

Win 2000 supports all of the Windows file systems. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It was a time stamp issue. Most of us had to re-install SEIV before applying the 1.91 patch.
Mephisto
May 31st, 2004, 09:25 AM
As was already said, it's the time stamp. Damn winter/summer time. Your exe is just exactly 1 hour off from what the patch wants. No way around it except for reinstalling or get the exe with the correct time stamp from home.
Puke
May 31st, 2004, 09:47 AM
what about re-patching with the Last patch? tweaking the daylight-savings-time option during the patch install?
spoon
May 31st, 2004, 04:05 PM
Nope, can't do that either...
geoschmo
May 31st, 2004, 05:47 PM
Problem solved! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Changing the modified time on the file by 1 hour does the trick and allows the patch to update the Version on your pc.

I found a program that does it. It's called Filename Magic Pro. You can google that, or something else like it. I am sure there are others that will do the job, that's just the first one I found and tried.
spoon
May 31st, 2004, 06:17 PM
Geo, you are a genius. That worked great!

Thanks all for the help.
geoschmo
June 1st, 2004, 12:22 AM
Shucks, genius? I didn't figure out what the problem was after all.