Call To Power 2, version 1.1 patch

[Paul]

Dan posted in the news item that is was only for the US version, but on fileplanet it says

quote: This is the version 1.1 patch for Call To Power 2 which is a universal patch for all languages. It fixes several issues in the game, including game play changes and bug fixes.

Also, the patch installer gave the choice of several languages, so I would guess that Dan may have made a mistake. Besides, I didn't see PingEnvy say anywhere that it was for the US version only.

When I get home from work I will change the regional settings and install the patch.
[This message has been edited by Paul (edited December 15, 2000).]

[The Viceroy]

For ALL LANGUAGES, as long as they are English(US) ..

In which case, why are you having to change your settings to install it ?

Do we have a bug in the patch install ?? ha

I find it amazing that a professional software house is releasing multiple installs ... their version control must be spaghetti Junction ..



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[Apollon]

"The language of your OS will not allow you to use this patch."

COME ON! PLZ! NOT more problems
I'm getting insane enough with the savegame corrution problem!
Plz fix it...
[This message has been edited by Apollon (edited December 15, 2000).]

[Apollon]

Weee! it worked
Try this (many have said it already):
Open, Control Panel - and the icon that looks like a earth globe, might be called National preferences or such. Change the language selection to English (US/American). Restart, install the patch and PLAY!
it should work, it worked on my Swedish version of Win98

[be0wulfe]

I noticed that the readme's said nothing about the save game patch? I take it this was not addressed? I will apply the patch and see what my experience is, but I fully expect to have to return this POS to Activision for a full refund since my return time with EBX is now well past.

So much for faithin your fellow geek.

[PingEnvy]

The version 1.1 patch is multilingual and supports all current versions of Call To Power 2. I'm talking to the installer guy now to find out why New Zealand isn't detected properly. There are 5 unique internal patch versions:

ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN, SPANISH

Based on what's been said here in the forums it seems that the English version is not being correctly detected for New Zealand. If it's effecting any other OS's then please say something in the forums. Thanks.

- Doug "PingEnvy" Pearson

[marc420]

quote: Based on feedback we have received, here are some tips for a faster and more enjoyable Multiplayer experience in Call to Power II: · Limit the number of human players in the game to a maximum of four, but preferably two or three. · Try to avoid using Huge or Gigantic maps. · Use the Speed Turns option to keep the game running at a brisk pace (speed turns require all players to complete their moves within a limited time). Try setting a limit of 40 seconds or so to start. · Utilize Mayors in each of your cities to reduce the need to micromanage individual build queues. · Try starting your game in a more advanced age, with an appropriate level of starting Gold and more Settlers. · When possible, have the player with the fastest Computer and Internet connection act as the Host for the game.

I can't avoid saying this. To me I read this as saying that we suggest you turn off all of the fun things in a CIV type game in order to play multi-player.

More players mean the Diplomacy gets richer and more enjoyable.

Bigger Maps mean that strategies besides go run over and conquer the nearest Civ have more validity. Same goes for beginning games with young civs. Starting at younger ages also allows for more variance in strategy

Short Speed Turns means that clicking a mouse fast is a more important game skill than strategic thinking.

Turning on Mayors handicaps players who want to fine-tune the production of their cities and units, again handicapping those who favor strategy.

I could read this as being titled "How to make a CIV game play like RTS."

This emphasizes even more why PBEM and HOTSEAT play are essentials that must be added to this game.

[This message has been edited by marc420 (edited December 15, 2000).]

[PingEnvy]

Sorry I meant to say both:

The Netherlands and New Zealand

They are both not detecting correctly. We are looking into it.

- Doug "PingEnvy" Pearson

[PingEnvy]

We are working on a new patch installer this morning and should be able to get that out by early next week. The current installer detects based on regional settings and doesn't properly query the available list for some OS's. We are modifying the installer to check against which version of the game is installed instead. This is a minor change that will fix the problems we are currently seeing in a couple regions where the installer says your OS/region is not supported.

It does however take a little bit of time to test it on all the available OS's and keyboards to make sure everything works as it should. If you are seeing the following message:

"The language of your OS will not allow you to use this patch."

You can install the patch that is currently out by modifying your Regional Settings within the control panel in Windows. Within this selection change the language or region (depending on OS version) to the appropriate language. There are 5 unique language versions of CTP2 as shown below:

English - English (US), English (UK)
German - German
French - French
Italian - Italian
Spanish - Spanish

If you modify your regional settings to one of the above then the installer will install the appropriate version of the patched assets. When the installation is complete switch your regional or language setting back to its previous setting.

This is only a temporary fix as we are updating the patch installer now and will be releasing an updated patcher version 1.1a (or equiv) in the next couple days which will no longer use the same detection method. Sorry for the inconvenience.

- Doug "PingEnvy" Pearson

[wheathin]

Great. A patch for the patch.

[Alpha Wolf]

as for myself, I'm waiting for patch 3 before I use any of them

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[The Rusty Gamer]

Having sucessfully installed the patch using regional setting changes as mentioned above, I reloaded the first major game I've been playing and now I keep getting funny text messages that make no sense and also seem to be referring to another civilzation. That is, war messages when I'm actually at peace with everyone. There may be two reasons:
1) I think I loaded it after I'd started playing another game so it might be to do with a bug there.
2) Games saved from the old version may be incompatable with the new version.
But something's gotta be fixed anyway.

[Mr Ogre]

Hmm. It is supposed to correct that automatically, I'm not certain why it isn't (is everyone having problems with weird strings?)

In any case, you can still solve it manually, in two ways:

1) open the network chat window (press ' by default) and type "/reloadslic" without the quotes and press enter.

2) Open the editor ("Cheat mode") and press the Reload SLIC button. This method has the disadvantage that your score will no longer be kept (since it's in cheat mode), the first method does not.

It's only a problem when the strings have changed. The save file version was changed for the patch, and the game is supposed to do reload the scripts from the source automatically when loading an old version file, but I guess it's failing at least some of the time. Rats.

[Robert Viener]

Please advise on work around for patch installation. Program is on my F (removeable) drive and setup message says it cannot find installation.
Bob

[Mike the Nuke]

quote: Originally posted by marc420 on 12-15-2000 01:07 PM I can't avoid saying this. To me I read this as saying that we suggest you turn off all of the fun things in a CIV type game in order to play multi-player. More players mean the Diplomacy gets richer and more enjoyable. Bigger Maps mean that strategies besides go run over and conquer the nearest Civ have more validity. Same goes for beginning games with young civs. Starting at younger ages also allows for more variance in strategy Short Speed Turns means that clicking a mouse fast is a more important game skill than strategic thinking. Turning on Mayors handicaps players who want to fine-tune the production of their cities and units, again handicapping those who favor strategy. I could read this as being titled "How to make a CIV game play like RTS." This emphasizes even more why PBEM and HOTSEAT play are essentials that must be added to this game. [This message has been edited by marc420 (edited December 15, 2000).]

Agree 100%. Hope they add a Hot Seat Option soon. Right now, it sounds like they may need a patch for the patch. I'll wait until they resolve these items and add Hot Seat (PBEM too, as it seems to require similar programming to Hot Seat) before I consider buying this game.