Need help with Civ 2 patch

[Flip McWho]

Does it give the option of where you want to install the patch so you can find the folder manually?

I wonder if the patch has a default install folder that is different to which folder the game is actually installed in.

[Ben Kenobi]

AH:

I'm afraid you misunderstand. If you already have Civ and want to upgrade, use this instead of the patch that you are trying to install.

First download the patch you want (If you have ToT you should not have to download the first two parts of the MGE patch). Then unzip (using an unzipping utility such as WinZip) the files to the directory in which your version of Civ II resides (by default usually C:\MPS\Civ2). The next time you start a game you should see the difference. All files go directly into the Civ2 folder and if prompted to overwrite existing files yes to all. Click on the link to download:

Civ2 MGE 1 (3.87 MB)
Civ2 MGE 2 (1.66 MB)
Civ2 MGE 3 (1.41 MB)
Civ2 MGE 4 (3.21 MB)
Civ2 MGE 5 (2.47 MB)

All these files are ZIPs so it should work for you.

[reds4ever]

There used to be a thread a week on this a few years ago in Civ2MP.

Those were the days.........

[Alexander's Horse]

the message I get is "installshield cannot find a copy of Civilisation II multiplayer Gold edition on this computer. Aborting installation."

[trev]

It is telling you politely to upgrade your computer, install civ4 and join us in our mp games.
As far as civ 2 goes I think I used to copy contents of MGE folders into civ2 folder, allowing overwrite of files as necessary, not using any installation program, just doing it manually. Have not played civ2 once since civ4 came along though, civ2 no longer holds any interest for me and that perversion that some called civ3 holds less interest than that.

[trev]

It is the individual files within the MGE folders that must be copied into the civ2 folder, not the folders themselves, unzip the folders first if necessary.

[Alexander's Horse]

Hi Trev

but if I upgrade to MGE will I still be able to play with finbar?

[trev]

MGE is the multiplayer files and is what we always used in our civ2 games we played for many years, so yes, it should be what Finbar has and so you should be able to play with him.
How is he, I have heard nothing about him for a year or so?

[finbar]

I'm alive and well in Italy, Trev, and never happier. We've bought a place here, so we'll be here for some considerable time. I just wish Horse would solve his unzipping problem - I wish he'd stop doing it in the street - and get back online.

[Dinner]

No one cares about civ2. It is an ancient game which no longer matters.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by trev
It is telling you politely to upgrade your computer, install civ4 and join us in our mp games.
As far as civ 2 goes I think I used to copy contents of MGE folders into civ2 folder, allowing overwrite of files as necessary, not using any installation program, just doing it manually. Have not played civ2 once since civ4 came along though, civ2 no longer holds any interest for me and that perversion that some called civ3 holds less interest than that.

So your belief is that his pc is too antiquated to play Civ 2, which he's played for years, and to play Civ 4 instead?

And I thought I was an idiot.


And Oerdin, wrong again.

[trev]

Great to hear from you Finbar, good to see you are doing well and are very happy.
Did you get the civ2 mp working horse?

[finbar]

Hi Trev. No, I don't think he has. Or, maybe he has, but he's too busy winding up the North Koreans to play Civ with me.