Undocumented Deluxe changes

Slick · #1 November 17th, 2005, 11:52 PM

The sound of cloaking & uncloaking changed. Was it due to the patch or did I have some long-forgotten sound mod installed?

Fyron · #2 November 18th, 2005, 12:35 AM

You may have had old sounds used before. The sounds were redone in higher quality with the release of Gold. There is a "New" sounds folder that contains these sounds, allowing for the use of the new (to Gold) sounds or the older classic sounds. There is a toggle in the Options window (under main menu, not Empire Options) to switch.

inigma · #3 November 18th, 2005, 03:55 AM

someone should update the wiki with unofficial changes

Atrocities · #4 November 18th, 2005, 04:12 AM

The music is not awe inspiring to say the least.

Iron Giant · #5 November 18th, 2005, 11:46 AM

Can anyone fill us in on the DOCUMENTED changes? Has this patch got any real changes?

Slick · #6 November 18th, 2005, 12:13 PM

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Iron Giant said:
Can anyone fill us in on the DOCUMENTED changes? Has this patch got any real changes?

If someone doesn't do it first, I'll post the history.txt file differences when I get home from work. In a nutshell, there are only a few, very minor, mostly undetectable during normal play changes. My opinion: I think the patch probably wouldn't have been issued at all except it changes the opening screen to advertise for the new publisher instead of Shrapnel Games. The exception is that it upgrades SE:IV classic to the latest revision; which was a sore spot that SE:IV Gold was not released that way. I don't want to raise any dead horses here so let's leave it at that.

Iron Giant · #7 November 18th, 2005, 12:28 PM

Doh! I should have simply gone to malfador.com:

TRANSLATION: nothing has changed, just "cosmetic" Patch is not needed for Gold, really, unless you plan on playing with someone who bought from the new publisher...

Version 1.94:
1. Fixed - Game would error when loading old Settings.txt with track number fields.
The game will now allow either and translate tracks to music filenames.

Version 1.93:
1. Note - Strategy First release version.
2. Changed - Changed music to play MP3 files instead of using CD.
3. Added - Music volume selection in Game Options window.
4. Fixed - Starting a new game from within a game and then returning to the
main menu would leave the menu buttons disabled.

Version 1.92:
1. Fixed - Rare Access Violation when executing orders.
2. Fixed - Rare error when processing a turn.

Alneyan · #8 November 18th, 2005, 12:35 PM

Well, PBW will still need the patch I guess, unless we decide to shoot down any Deluxe user on sight (which seems unlikely).

sachmo · #9 November 18th, 2005, 12:50 PM

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Iron Giant said:
Doh! I should have simply gone to malfador.com:

TRANSLATION: nothing has changed, just "cosmetic" Patch is not needed for Gold, really, unless you plan on playing with someone who bought from the new publisher...

Version 1.94:
1. Fixed - Game would error when loading old Settings.txt with track number fields.
The game will now allow either and translate tracks to music filenames.

Version 1.93:
1. Note - Strategy First release version.
2. Changed - Changed music to play MP3 files instead of using CD.
3. Added - Music volume selection in Game Options window.
4. Fixed - Starting a new game from within a game and then returning to the
main menu would leave the menu buttons disabled.

Version 1.92:
1. Fixed - Rare Access Violation when executing orders.
2. Fixed - Rare error when processing a turn.

So these are the only changes to the game?

Fyron · #10 November 18th, 2005, 01:50 PM

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TRANSLATION: nothing has changed, just "cosmetic" Patch is not needed for Gold, really, unless you plan on playing with someone who bought from the new publisher...

If you want to play a mod with seekers targetting seekers, such as Carrier Battles, Adamant or the new version of Invasion in the works, this is untrue. It is best to upgrade to Deluxe...