Ooops! I think I posted this in the wrong place. Here is my problem:
My system: Win XP Pro, Service pack 2; 1 GB RAM; 2.2 Ghz, 1 old processor (not dual core); Nvidia Graphics card with 128 MB.
I have played FfH 2016 quite a bit (most recently with patch "i") and really enjoyed it. But I have been working on other projects for awhile and not kept up with more recent developments.
So last night I discovered and downloaded and installed FfH 2020. I also applied patch "h", the only one I could easily find. Having read some of the previous notes and warnings, I made sure the show the health bars option was turned off.
The game started up fine. I went through the process of selecting all of my game settings (continents type [FfH], world size, ethnic type, difficulty level, etc.) with no problem. Then I told it to set up the game. That process started, but never finished.
The green progress bar moved about 1/8th of the way across but never moved further. The music continued to play and the PC seemed to be doing something; the drive light continued to blink, sometimes slowly, sometimes more frequently and quickly before slowing down again. I let it run for quite some time (20 minutes?). But nothing more ever happened. I could not exit the process by any means. I finally had to turn off the PC.
Do you have any ideas as to what I should try next? Should I try to apply all of the patches before "h"? If so, where can I find them? Aren't all earlier patches rolled up into the most recent one?
Thanks for your time and help.