Mixed Civ3-Conquests

[Pangur Bán]

I'm wondering...Is it possible to buy the US version of conquests and to install it on the UK Vanilla civ3? My Civ3 and PTW are both UK, but I will have to buy the US versions of Conquests because I now stay in the USA.

Will I have to buy the entire thing again, or what?

Cheers

 

[gunnerxtr]

i thought i heard somewehre there is only 1 version of conquests i could be wrong though

 

[warpstorm]

That's what I've heard also.

 

[Pangur Bán]

That will please me very much if it be true

 

[Harrier]

I updated my UK-version of civ3 with patches from the US official site with no problem.

I believe it was only PTW (which I do not have) that had problems, because of the copyright protection schemes being different.

As mentioned above - c3c is mean't to be the same version worldwide. (Apart from language changes).

EDIT.

Another thing to consider is that Breakaway Games have been using Beta-testers from all over the world. So I guess different versions of civ3 were installed on the testers systems before they installed and started testing beta-c3c.

But that is only a guess.

 

[CanuckSoldier]

Hopefully Jeff will see this and answer as I don't think this question has been addressed in a public annoucement so far. I'd answer but there's that darn NDA thing I signed.........


CS

 

[bobgote]

I think it's the same version for everyone with conquests. I'm sure I've read it somewhere, just don't know where

 

[Sarevok]

theres only 1 version of conquests, but you can get the bonus CD,

 

[CanuckSoldier]

According too the Firaxis-CFC chat Conquests will be compatable with all versions of Civ3 and that the copy protection is the same for all versions of Conquest.

"<Chieftess> <kryszcztov> Will each local version be ***100%*** compatible with one another ?
<Firaxis_Jesse> they will have the same copy protection - which is a huge step in the right direction!
<Thunderfall> That's good Jesse. no more patch woes!
<Jeff_ATARI> Yes, we'd like to prevent that patch confusion from ever happening again.

<Thunderfall> <smcsoon>: Can I install an Australian purchased Conquests on a UK purchased Civ3?
<Gobi> I think all of the English version of Conquests should be compatible with any previous English Civ 3
<Gobi> And PTW is thrown in along with any existing Civ3 and PTW patches

<kryszcztov> Merepatra : i own Civ3 & PTW in French ; can't play US modded games, and US non-modded games are in both english & french ; will this be fixed ?
<Merepatra_BA> I know they were working on making all versions more comptible kryszcztov but I don't know if it will solve your problems or not...I only have an english version, and of course it isn't a "final" version with all the installer things anything
<Muchembled> @Merepatra : about kryszcztov's question, it is mainly due to units folder naming : names should have been an identifier rather than the name itself (since the name changes with the language)
<Merepatra_BA> I think the naming issues is something the modding community among the testers was looking at"


Cheers CS

 

[kryszcztov]

Hehe, that's me in the chat. But when I left the chat, I felt that they didn't quite clearly answer my question(s). I guess we'll have to wait for the release and find out once the game is bought, that's what I fear. For more information (all the more if you own a non-English-speaking version), follow my current link.

 

[CanuckSoldier]

Yes I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'm pretty sure that all the english versions will be compatable. But as too all the language versions time will tell.

CS