MPG Patch WORKS!

[Smash]

Some recommendations born of experience:Turn ALL graphics options OFF especially diplomacy screen.Turn music,tuter.instant advice OFF.Keep chat down or direct it at particular players.Avoid broadcast to all except when necessary.No activity while ais are moving.Conduct diplomacy on your turn(requires longer time limits I'm afraid).Make sure next person's clock is running before micromanaging,etc.Avoid Rapid opening and closing of screens particularly demographics.No game ever works perfectly Can't wait to do it all again for Civ3.ps..I've had longer "uninterupted"sessions with 4 or less human civs.
[This message has been edited by Smash (edited September 09, 1999).]

[Smash]

Well,tried a game with some pc's.I have never seen so many lost connections in a game of civ.I was lucky,only 1,but they were dropping like flies around me and the host.Terrible.Not very encouraging.There was a mix of macs and pcs and it didn't seem to favor one over the other.

[valmont]

Ok, I must be really dim or something. I went to MscSoft's site to download the patch. I clicked on the link and a window opened asking me to name the saved file. [?? - usually the file I'm downloading already has a name] I tried to use the name "civpatch" but that name was rejected.

[MacUser]

Don't know. I went to the link (the wizworks ftp, not the mirror) and selected it. The normal "save as" box appeared with the long file name in the window. Since it was already selected, I started typing and renamed it "civpatch" and started the download. I saw no problems so I canceled the download.

If you try again and still have problems let me know and I'll mail the patch and Read Me note to you.

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[finbar]

Valmont,

Sounds like another version of the problem I have trying to download the patch from this site. Is this patch haunted?

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[Smash]

nevermind
[This message has been edited by Smash (edited September 29, 1999).]