Long-time listener, first-time caller. I am so in love with this mod >_>
Here's one about going from an older version to patch lowercase-L. I could have sworn I had something more recent, but my current game looks like it may have been started on patch C or so

even though I first grabbed the mod maybe 4 months ago. So, I'm new to the mod, but accustomed to Civ in general, tho I'm hardly what you'd call a veteran player. I'm more of a casual iron-fisted dictator.
I am aware that using certain patches will break saves, but how about jumping "over" them? If I use BtS 3.13 and ffh2 2032C, everything is fine and dandy. When I went to BtS 3.17 and ffh2 2032L, I get a CtD as soon as my last save finishes loading. I can make a new game just fine. Also, just on a lark, I started a new game and then loaded that same save (the one that crashed before) -- no CtD this time, but I did get to see the dialog box: "Failed to uncompress game data". Note that reverting to the prior setup lets the file work just fine.
Is this of any use? I can attach the save if it helps. It may just be my own fault for not grabbing the right patch at the beginning x.x
In case it helps:
core 2 duo, xp pro sp2, ton of RAM, decent vid card (Kurio's/largest world size/Inland Sea/custom settings/5 current normal rulers plus Basium/1900 resolution with all vid settings maxed and no slowdown or stuttering)
PS, the fact that I went to (one of?) the official sites and only found 3.13...no current patch there. Then again, I own ToEE, so having to look elsewhere for a proper patch is not exactly a new experience for me...