New Dominions 3: The Awakening Patch Now Available

TwoBits · #1 October 18th, 2007, 11:23 AM

I saw a comment above about downgrading to 3.08. Seems I patched to 3.10 too soon, and now I'm out of step in a game with friends. How do I dial back to 3.08, at least for one more turn?

Thanks for any help!

Endoperez · #2 October 18th, 2007, 02:31 PM

For one turn, you could probably just keep on playing. Most versions only differ in battles. When you view a battle hosted in a different version, what you see can differ radically from what happened. However, the battle report will always show the actual losses/deaths, and unless you try using anything added in the patch (recruiting patch-added creatures like the new Hydras, or the new Mictlan/Tien Chi units/commanders), there shouldn't be any major problems.

lch · #3 October 18th, 2007, 05:57 PM

Endoperez, no that is not possible. A client will crash with "game version number too low" if he detects a higher version on a server, a server will crash if he detects the same from a client (when receiving a turn). It is not possible to mix versions in a game.

TwoBits, if you're not on windows, just overwrite your files with those from the 3.08 patch. If you're on windows, use this executable to do your turn.

TwoBits · #4 October 19th, 2007, 12:41 PM

Hey Ich,

The executable didn't work for me, but the trick you mentioned (fiddling the URL to get the old 3.08 patch) worked just fine.

Thanks!