Civ2 MP Patch Problem

[pallypia]

Hi folks, can anyone help me with a patch problem I have? I have the Civ2 classic version & I want to be able to play multiplayer games. the patch I have is Multiplayer Civ 2 v1.21 I think.

The patch seems to work up to a point, creates a game, the I choose ready to play, then I get an erreor message saying 'cannot load mpciv2.dll. Game aborted' Could someone please help as Im sick of playing Test of time multi, as its so dofferent to the civ I know & love!! lol If you have any ideas, or can think what I need to do. Leave a message here, or contact me on 'Jeremywilkes@hotmail.com' or 'pallypia@aol.com'
Any help would be a good thing!

 

[Juliennew]

Civ 2 classic is NOT multiplayer. You surely installed a wrong patch
Sadly, any patch will bring multiplayer to Civ 2 classic. If you want multiplayer, you must buy Civ2 Multiplayer Gold Edition.

 

[pallypia]

From what I've read & learned, I think your wrong....I have been told by numerous peeps,& also by other message replies that it is possible to upgrade 'classic' to MGE....I just dont know how to use the patch thats all.....Anyon ewith any Help, please leave me a note or mail me. In the meantime, Ill continue with TOT .....As slow as it is! lol

 

[Mercator]

Yes it is possible to upgrade to MGE... But not with a standard MGE update (since that will only do anything if you already have MGE).
You'll need Cedric Greene's patch, which is a fan-made illegal set of files (just so you know) which can turn classic into MGE. You can find it through the Civ2 downloads section here at CFC.

 

[Jayne]

I've been trying to decide whether or not to download this patch to upgrade my Civ2. I have ToT installed as well, but people I want to play a MP game with are using MGE. I'm a bit wary though as my computer is a little unstable at times.

Has anyone had any problems after installing the patch?
Would you recommend it?

Thanks.

 

[pallypia]

I also have Cedrics patch, but to no use I'm afraid....I'm not sure what I have done wrong, as other people seem to have no trouble with it at all. If anyone has any ideas what I/we can do, please leave a note. All help is gratefully accepted! Jez.

 

[Titi]

I installed Cedric's patch twice.
The first time, I had an error ("missing xdaemon.dll" or something like that). I don't know where it came from, but since I had modified my own civ *.fre (for a better translation), maybe there was some incompatibility between the patch and my installation.

So I reinstalled the game, Cedric's patch, and then modified the necessary files to run MGE in French.

All I can tell you is that it runs perfectly with my computer, and it's still with WinME !

But the version I upgraded was CiC... If you cannot "load mpciv2.dll", I would think that either your version is not 2.42 (which does not support multi-player, and I assume MP in mpciv2.dll stands for MultiPlayer) or you downloaded a corrupted patch.

 

[EmuGod]

Cedric's patch didn't work for me at all. I had already updated to FW using his first patch so that could be it. I got the same error message you did and I noticed it was because the patch simply made new directories in the Civ2 folder and it didnt unzip those files. I had to cop y and paste htem into the Civ2 directory and it still didn't work.

 

[kittyhawk]

I got the XDaemon.dll message too does anyone know how to fix it?

 

[McMight]

how do i no if the patch has worked. i have tot but am not really sure what i`m doing with patches. please someone help,