UN: Patch 1.74 Poll

[Theoden]

So the correct way for me is:

1. Uninstall cIV and BTS
2. Install cIV
3. Patch to 1.61
4. Open the save, clear admin PW and save the game
5. Install BtS. That way having cIV 1.74 installed.
6. Open the save and put admin PW back.

right ?

Almost. Including what the others said, the complete procedure is:

1. Uninstall cIV and BTS
2. Remove any files left behind in the Sid Meiers Civilization 4 folders including your My Documents folders.
3. Install cIV
4. Patch to 1.61
5. Open the save, clear admin PW and save the game
6. Patch to 1.74
7. Install BtS. That way having cIV post-BtS-1.74 installed.
8. Open the save and put admin PW back.

 

[Rik Meleet]

Doing that now

 

[ori]

Almost. Including what the others said, the complete procedure is:

1. Uninstall cIV and BTS
2. Remove any files left behind in the Sid Meiers Civilization 4 folders including your My Documents folders.
3. Install cIV
4. Patch to 1.61
5. Open the save, clear admin PW and save the game
6. Patch to 1.74
7. Install BtS. That way having cIV post-BtS-1.74 installed. AND patch to 3.13
8. Open the save and put admin PW back.

sorry for intruding - just to make sure you don't need to do this a third time bold part is important only the 3.13 patch screws with the .dll files of Vanilla (and Warlords)

 

[Rik Meleet]

Thx - I wasn't finished yet. I've done Theoden's steps 1 to 4. Starting on step 5 now.

 

[Rik Meleet]

I'll create a save for the BtS 1.74 patch and after that a save for the 3.13 patch and I will send both of them to the admins and team Piffle. Then they can figure out which save works best.

OK ?

 

[DaveMcW]

Sure, but Piffle is going to choose the 3.13 version.

 

[Rik Meleet]

My laptop is unable to have BtS installed. I'll get back to you on this. (Might have to do it on my PC).

 

[DaveMcW]

You don't need BTS, all you need is Theoden's DLL.
http://gotm.civfanatics.net/civ4games/Civ4_BtS_DLLs.zip

 

[Rik Meleet]

Are you sure ?
Can I simply add the dll's to the assests folder ?
Do I not need to upgrade to 3.13 (impossible since BTS isn't installed) ?
And can I then open the save on my desktop (with BTS 3.13) for the admin PW ?

OR

Shall I remove BtS completely from my desktop, reinstall BtS on my desktop, (re-) patch to 3.13 and then do the admin PW ?

OR

Can I simply move the unlocked 1.61 save to my BTS 3.13 desktop and do the admin PW there ?
(if that is the case I'm quickly finished).

 

[DaveMcW]

1. Yes
2. No
3. Yes

Do whichever is easiest.

 

[Rik Meleet]

Conversion completed. Admin password back in and save send to Piffle + the admins.

Play on.

 

[Theoden]

Great to see the game moving again.

And a big thanks to you, Rik.

 

[dutchfire]

Bedankt Rik!

And we're moving again.

 

[1889]

I don't understand what happened. I had Civ4 patched to 1.74 and BtS patched to 3.13 but I can no longer load the save. Looks like I need to use some special .dll but if I do I can't play my other pbems. So basically I still need a dual install, right?

 

[DaveMcW]

If you have BTS 3.13 and can't load the save, your installation is corrupted somehow.

 

[1889]

Yes it was. Ok so I can now load MTDG saves, but what do I do to play my other games? Do I need to do a dual install or swap that .dll every time?

 

[classical_hero]

A dual install would be best.