Trouble upgrading to 2.12

magnate · #1 August 3rd, 2004, 11:25 PM

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
I think that the game is just broken. Have you tried reinstalling back to 2.11, and seeing if the game remains broken?

Funny you should say that - I tried it as you were typing. Uninstalled, reinstalled, patched to 2.11 ... and lo, all three games are still "broken".

So, if I want to preserve any other savegames, what do I need to save other than the game dir??

Me, I think it's a path issue, but damned if I can find out. I can't even remember the path it was previously installed on. I guess I could create a new game, uninstall, reinstall to a different drive, and see if I can reinstate the game .....

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Norfleet · #2 August 4th, 2004, 12:16 AM

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Originally posted by magnate:
Me, I think it's a path issue, but damned if I can find out. I can't even remember the path it was previously installed on. I guess I could create a new game, uninstall, reinstall to a different drive, and see if I can reinstate the game .....

It's definitely not pathing, because I've moved games across entirely different computers and even operating systems, and they've worked fine. If it doesn't even work when reverted back to 2.11, then it sounds like the files are simply corrupted. Perhaps whatever prompted you to reinstall everything damaged the files, and they're just toast.

magnate · #3 August 4th, 2004, 09:16 AM

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Originally posted by Norfleet:

quote:
Originally posted by magnate:
Me, I think it's a path issue, but damned if I can find out. I can't even remember the path it was previously installed on. I guess I could create a new game, uninstall, reinstall to a different drive, and see if I can reinstate the game .....

It's definitely not pathing, because I've moved games across entirely different computers and even operating systems, and they've worked fine. If it doesn't even work when reverted back to 2.11, then it sounds like the files are simply corrupted. Perhaps whatever prompted you to reinstall everything damaged the files, and they're just toast.

Very bizarre, but I have to accept that yours seems to be the only explanation. All three games corrupted when nothing else was? Weird.

Ho hum. Time to start afresh.

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