IamJohn
(was)?
I'm just happy they removed the drm. That's the kind of company that instills loyalty. 
Civ4 BTS v3.19 Patch
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The Almighty dF
Pharaoh
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I'll be happy to. Send me a PM and I'll give you my email.
I'm liking the no-DRM fix...my BtS CD hasn't left my top drive. For about 6 months... last time I moved it, I think it was when I put it back in after taking it on a plane over the holiday break.
At least it hasn't been gathering dust!
EmperorFool
Deity
So WinMerge doesn't seem to want to create a unified patch of the two SDK folders. It will happily show me the differences side-by-side, but I need to now apply those diffs to BULL's files. Am I missing something? I also see it has no way to apply a patch, so I suppose I'll have to nab Cygwin or something.
The other option I can think of is to commit 3.17 to a new SVN somewhere, commit 3.19 over it, and apply the difference using SVN Merge to the BULL folder. What are you other modders doing to update your DLLs? If you're doing it file-by-file, stop now. That's madness! The SVN route is a hack but I'm pretty sure it will work.
The other option I can think of is to commit 3.17 to a new SVN somewhere, commit 3.19 over it, and apply the difference using SVN Merge to the BULL folder. What are you other modders doing to update your DLLs? If you're doing it file-by-file, stop now. That's madness! The SVN route is a hack but I'm pretty sure it will work.
At least it hasn't been gathering dust!
In all fairness, it would have been had I taken it out...I've been able to play and post here only sporadically, especially in the last two months.
ruff_hi
Live 4ever! Or die trying
I just started a quick PBEM game with myself. Duel map, both teams playing as Catherine. The game was created with an edited unit.xml file that gave access to tanks with hunting and not other tech requirement, no oil requirement either. I got a tank instead of a scout and I could build tanks from day 1.
I finished my turn, replaced the edited unit.xml file with the original and loaded up the turn for the second player. It failed to load with an assets warning - yay! I feel a little better now.
ruff, does it detect a modified DLL?
By the way, I'm still a bit disappointed to see that the No Espionage game option still converts espionage points into culture. As far as I'm concerned that game mode is still broken.
By the way, I'm still a bit disappointed to see that the No Espionage game option still converts espionage points into culture. As far as I'm concerned that game mode is still broken.
EmperorFool
Deity
I take back what I said about the saved game format:
versus
Yet, Ruff, you were about to open old saves using 3.19, right? What about non-PBEM games?
Code:
<Define>
<DefineName>CIV4_VERSION</DefineName>
<iDefineIntVal>[B]317[/B]</iDefineIntVal>
</Define>
<Define>
<DefineName>SAVE_VERSION</DefineName>
<iDefineIntVal>[B]301[/B]</iDefineIntVal>
</Define>versus
Code:
<Define>
<DefineName>CIV4_VERSION</DefineName>
<iDefineIntVal>[B]319[/B]</iDefineIntVal>
</Define>
<Define>
<DefineName>SAVE_VERSION</DefineName>
<iDefineIntVal>[B]302[/B]</iDefineIntVal>
</Define>Yet, Ruff, you were about to open old saves using 3.19, right? What about non-PBEM games?
CanuckSoldier
Emperor
Hmmm, there are only two fixes out of the entire list that are MP specific...the rest are all SP/AI fixes/changes. So take a stress tab, the mod authors will update thier mods and all will be well. The changes in this patch are the most significant of any patch since the first one after 0 day, and it is well worth the inconvience.
CS
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It's added to the database.
Erm... Has anyone else experienced problems with gold overflow?
Lord Parkin
aka emperor
It should be fine, as long as the backup folder wasn't inside Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization IV. I've done a lot of dual-installs before, and it never seems to cause a problem as long as you store the backup away from the original.
Well, I'm just as (positively) surprised as anyone else here that the game is still supported. Not looking forward to updating my mod, though... I also am not sure there's any true bug-fixes in this, that isn't already fixed by UP/BBAI? So what "new" features do we actually get from patching? And the no-CD doesn't count, anyone who can access Google should have put their CD's back into their cases by now...
This I also want to know. For 3.17 I did it file by file, but if 99% of the code has been reformatted, then forget it...
This I also want to know. For 3.17 I did it file by file, but if 99% of the code has been reformatted, then forget it...
HannibalBarka
We are Free
I'm just happy they removed the drm. That's the kind of company that instills loyalty.
sorry guys, what is DRM? Is that about having to always have the CD in to play? That has always bothered me because I couldn't make a copy of my CD (I'm really not into copying stuff), and I was worried about breaking the original or damaging it without havinf a backup!!!!
EmperorFool
Deity
I want to squash the rumor that they reformatted the code in any way. They did not. All of the changes are normal code changes you've seen in the other patches.
I have completed patching BULL, and it was relatively painless. Yes, most of the changes are in the UP and BetterAI, and that's where the conflicts arose. I ended up using the Subversion trick I mentioned above:
BTW, I noticed that there's a cpp file not included in the DLL--CvTextScreens.cpp. It doesn't compile because the header is missing. That tripped me up a bit as my script looks for all cpp files. I wonder how this file slipped through. It was in 3.17 as well, so it's nothing new.
I have completed patching BULL, and it was relatively painless. Yes, most of the changes are in the UP and BetterAI, and that's where the conflicts arose. I ended up using the Subversion trick I mentioned above:
- Commit 3.17 files to a new SVN repo
- Commit the 3.19 files over them
- Apply the diffs using SVN Merge to a local copy of BULL.
- Use an editor with "find in files" to search for <<<<<<, the conflict markers from SVN
BTW, I noticed that there's a cpp file not included in the DLL--CvTextScreens.cpp. It doesn't compile because the header is missing. That tripped me up a bit as my script looks for all cpp files. I wonder how this file slipped through. It was in 3.17 as well, so it's nothing new.
EmperorFool
Deity
Digital Rights Management, the technical term for copy-protection.
Shurdus
Am I Napoleon?
So what I am wondering about is this: Does BUG 3.6 still work with 3.19 or do we need to uninstall BUG for this patch in order to play?
Okay, thanks for clearing that up, EF. I'm at work right now, so I can't get the patch... but I'm guessing they included the complete source files again?
As I recall, what I did last time was to use 3.17 as a base (i.e, the new sources, this time I will start with 3.19 obviously), applied the first available BetterAI that's compatible, and then I proceeded to add all the dll-comp's again. I guess there's not really any other way. Sigh.
As I recall, what I did last time was to use 3.17 as a base (i.e, the new sources, this time I will start with 3.19 obviously), applied the first available BetterAI that's compatible, and then I proceeded to add all the dll-comp's again. I guess there's not really any other way. Sigh.
