Why not combine Co8 and Liv's mod, as well as all the current patch files?

Can anyone make one install that would apply patch 1, 2, Co8 and Liv’s patch? And install them properly? This will stop all the questions of users asking how to install patches and in what order.
Or at least combine the Co8 patch and Liv’s work. Just seems to me like a lot less hassle…

 

Atari patches will have to be kept seperate but re. Liv's mod and Co8, I think that is the eventual plan from what I've read in discussions on the mod board. Once Livonya declares herself happy with her mod (ie it is no longer beta), then I'm sure this will be done.

BTW Atari patch 1 is not needed if you have Atari patch 2. Morpheus' thread is a good start to patching, which is why we bump it so much

 

is the Arena of Heros going to be combined with Livs mod?

 

According to the mod forum, eventually yes.

 

Oh wow!

That’s awesome, I can't wait for them to be combined!


Btw I think patch 1 is needed.

So far I found it fixes a few things.

1. The thief in town… The one you play dice or cards against. If you’re doing the quest for the inn keeper, and accidentally exit the conversation. That’s it, and the quest is botched. With the patch, you can try again.

2. When you cast certain spells, your game crashes to desktop. With the patch, it does not.

To test this out, I only installed the first patch and no mods, and just the reduction in crashes alone makes this worth it.

 

wait, so you are saying that with Atari patch 1 + Atari patch 2 + various fan-fixes you get LESS crashes/bugs than Atari patch 2 + various fan-fixes?

interesting... never heard anyone mention that before.

 

There seems to be some contention over that point here. Some people say you do not need patch one if you have patch two. Others say the game will not run for them unless they have installed patch one, whether or not they have installed patch two. Either way, it probably can't hurt to install both.

 

Yeah

Yep Loc, thats what I'm saying. A lot less actually. Same with my friend that just bought the game for a whopping $5.99, lol.

We both have Win XP Pro, but I doubt that has anything to do with it. But If I do not install patch 1 I can reproduce the crashes on both systems.
To be safe just install em both.

 

Don't eat it, it's got rabies.

 

Nooooooo

Ugh... cookie posioned... muscles tensing... eyes closing... shoulda listened to Cujo... must end life in classic Lorne Greene pose from Battlestar Galactica. Best ... death ... ever!

Hehe. As a side note, why is patch 1 bigger then patch 2 if it has all the content? Why does it have more files? Well, anyway I will not mess with my install anymore. I like the patch 1 + 2 + fixes deal.


Update: We just tested the game by installing it on another system. On all 3 systems, if Patch 1 is not installed there are some things that do not work. Although we had to play around with the third system for quite a while, casting certain spells in combat always crashed the game. Loading the same save (the one where we got it to crash), but patched and casting the spell no longer caused a crash. So if you are getting a lot of crashes, install (in the following order):

Patch 1
Patch 2
Co8
Liv's

Tada = Awesome game.

 

Hm... I might have to change my installation recommendations then. Well, one of these days someone should do a file analysis and check the stuff that is installed by patch 1 & 2 respectively.

 

I must be...

...the only Mutha here playing Atari 3 + Co8 3.0.4 + Moebius temple.dll...

Heh...guess I'm the most adventurous!


<ducks out swiftly to avoid crumbly shurikens of rabies infested death>