phungus420
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So for Steam Users I know the installer is borked. I can't figure out why. If you're a steam user, and willing to do some work figuring things out and scrounging through your Registry, please post in this thread:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=340727
Let us know you have BtS installed, you know it's patched to version 3.19, and you're willing to do a little work to help fix the installer. Emperor Fool, who has more experience with this sort of thing then I do, will then give directions and help us devise some sort of test using a Steam registry to get the installer to recognize that a Steam copy of the game has been updated.
Other non steam users have also reported the installer did not work. This one has been figured out, and should be fixed. I need it tested though to make sure. So if LoR, or Dune Wars did not install correctly, please download this and see if it will install. Also, for future reference if someone on the internet asks you to download and run an executable file of this size, it's generally not a good idea to do so, that's a common way to get a virus. Me though, I've been around on civfanatics for a while, and it's obvious I'm trying to fix my install script, you can look at my post count and history on these boards and reasonably determine that I just need help with this (plus if I wanted to upload malicious software I'd just do it in the main mod's install). So again if you're having issues with the installer, please try this, and see if it works, and let me know. After it installs, just uninstall it, all it is is an icon and a couple text files for me to test that the installer is functionally working. Steam users are welcome to try this too, but I haven't gotten a conclusive result for Steam registry keys for BtS, so I'm not assuming this logic will fix the installer for Steam users (if it does though, great).
I'm uploading the test installer in a zip format, so that I can just attach it to the post. You will need to extract the installer first before running it. Again please let me know if it works or not, and any other useful info you can think of (like if your copy of BtS is steam, or CD complete or whatever).
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=340727
Let us know you have BtS installed, you know it's patched to version 3.19, and you're willing to do a little work to help fix the installer. Emperor Fool, who has more experience with this sort of thing then I do, will then give directions and help us devise some sort of test using a Steam registry to get the installer to recognize that a Steam copy of the game has been updated.
Other non steam users have also reported the installer did not work. This one has been figured out, and should be fixed. I need it tested though to make sure. So if LoR, or Dune Wars did not install correctly, please download this and see if it will install. Also, for future reference if someone on the internet asks you to download and run an executable file of this size, it's generally not a good idea to do so, that's a common way to get a virus. Me though, I've been around on civfanatics for a while, and it's obvious I'm trying to fix my install script, you can look at my post count and history on these boards and reasonably determine that I just need help with this (plus if I wanted to upload malicious software I'd just do it in the main mod's install). So again if you're having issues with the installer, please try this, and see if it works, and let me know. After it installs, just uninstall it, all it is is an icon and a couple text files for me to test that the installer is functionally working. Steam users are welcome to try this too, but I haven't gotten a conclusive result for Steam registry keys for BtS, so I'm not assuming this logic will fix the installer for Steam users (if it does though, great).
I'm uploading the test installer in a zip format, so that I can just attach it to the post. You will need to extract the installer first before running it. Again please let me know if it works or not, and any other useful info you can think of (like if your copy of BtS is steam, or CD complete or whatever).