v1.27f for PTW

...so does that mean, that the UK patch doesn't work in any PTW, which original version (when installed from CD) is 1.14f and for others it will work?

Is there anyone, who has UK 1.14f CD and has managed to succesfully update the PTW to 1.27f?

Is there anyone, who has UK "something else version" CD and has not managed to update to 1.27f?

And how it is possible, that US patch would work in UK version, if they have different copy protection system?

:confused: :confused: :confused:

- Mikko
 
Originally posted by Tavis
Problems like these are annoyingly frustrating!!!

Unfortunately there is an EXTREMELY large amount of confusion regarding this issue and it is taking me some time to clear it up. I hope to have it resolved soon.

Thanks for your continued patience!

Jesse Smith, Firaxis Games
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Is it soon yet?;)
A quick confirmation on the state of the UK patch 1.27 would be nice, :) Jesse
 
To everyone getting French error messages with the UK 1.27 patch on a UK PTW, I recomend testing simply running the US 1.27 patch. It works for me, and apparently for at least some other people.

And they probably do need to fire someone ...
 
Hmm, I wouldn't want to see someone lose their job over a patch being a little late. But maybe I'm sweet because my uk 1.27 worked 1st time.
 
Originally posted by The Last Conformist
To everyone getting French error messages with the UK 1.27 patch on a UK PTW, I recomend testing simply running the US 1.27 patch. It works for me, and apparently for at least some other people.
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It worked for me too, using the US 1.27 patch to my UK 1.14 PTW CD (without any workaround). No more french! :D What a mess... :p
 
Well, two or three more efforts and I've got 1.27 in. The cost in stress, hours, electricity and download time just doesn't bear thinking about. Yes I also seem to have the 1.14 disc. and yes, it works with the US patch and nothing else. I never had any messages in French, so I wasn't sure at first if I should try it (after all, it was an extra 11Mb to download on my poor worn out modem). I'm as sure as I can be that I used the UK patch for 1.21,and so I have no understanding of the problem.

What a mess!
 
Originally posted by Plug
Hmm, I wouldn't want to see someone lose their job over a patch being a little late. But maybe I'm sweet because my uk 1.27 worked 1st time.
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It's not one patch, it's virtually every patch that causes these shenanigans. It took them about 3 months to get a UK 1.14 patch after the US version had been released. And now you've got UK discs for which you need US patches, UK discs for which you need UK patches, workarounds, French error messages etc. It is all an embarrassing mess. And this was after they promised that the 1.27 patches would be released together, worldwide. :rolleyes:

To be quite honest, I don't particularly care cos I'm still using 1.21 but it just instils a complete lack of faith in Atari, especially when you've got them insisting that a patch is right when it wasn't....apart from Civ games, I have already decided I will never buy an Atari product and doubtless many others feel the same way.
 
Originally posted by Algernon Pondlife
Well, two or three more efforts and I've got 1.27 in. The cost in stress, hours, electricity and download time just doesn't bear thinking about. Yes I also seem to have the 1.14 disc. and yes, it works with the US patch and nothing else. I never had any messages in French, so I wasn't sure at first if I should try it (after all, it was an extra 11Mb to download on my poor worn out modem). I'm as sure as I can be that I used the UK patch for 1.21,and so I have no understanding of the problem.

What a mess!
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I've had exactly the same experience. A UK PTW 1.14 disk, which previously updated OK with the UK 1.21 patch, but which resolutely refuses to work with the UK 1.27f patch (always getting the "insert correct CD" message). But the US 1.27f patch works!

Thunderfall, can you update the news item on the front page to help other UK Civ players choose the right 1.27f ? As I'm sure you're aware, the readme.txt in the root of the CD identifies whether it is a 1.14 disk or not, and this can therefore be used to direct UK PTW disk holders to the correct 1.27f update (which appears to be US for 1.14, UK otherwise).
 
I bought PTW on a UK disk 1.14, after having failed to install 1.27UK I tried to install 1.27US and lo and behold it worked!!! I just question the quality and control at atari???? Is it a professional company or a group of wannabees?????
 
Well I'm relieved to find I'm not going mad and it is the same for others. Irony now: I have regressed to 1.21 because I want to play TAM mostly and there does not seem much in 1.27 unless you play online.
 
If it really is neccesary to have regional versions of the next patch or expansion, how about some easy way to tell which regional version you have, and patches that clearly indicate which regional version they work on?
In the meantime I import most of my gaming software from the US to avoid such regional patch problems we get in the UK!
 
Originally posted by smcSoon
If it really is neccesary to have regional versions of the next patch or expansion, how about some easy way to tell which regional version you have, and patches that clearly indicate which regional version they work on?
In the meantime I import most of my gaming software from the US to avoid such regional patch problems we get in the UK!
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Quite so. Instead of just putting 1.27F on the opening screen, there could be a two-letter country code with it, and naturally the box should have a clear country indicator too. What do the bozos think? We only go to the local store and haven't heard of parallel import, on-line buying etc?

But then, with the right post-patch I don't quite care which CD is supposed to be in the drive. I purchased the CD and stored it. Don't want or need to have it in the tray all the time when I'm on the road.
 
Wait!!!

I just now realized that there's a patch v1.27f for PTW!!!

And I've seen this thread a million times... I guess I'm a little behind.
 
So..

I wait, what, 6 weeks after last trying to install the patch, that gave me the 'insert the correct CD' error thinking surely they would have the correct patch up by now.

Guess I was wrong. I still get the 'Insert the correct CD' error......

lol?
 
Where are you downloading from and what version (UK/US/Australian or other) do you have?
 
UK PTW, UK CivII

Downloaded the patch from the UK site for Atari (where it clearly said 'UK Patch')

Bought my copies in PC World in the UK.
 
Have you tried using the US patch instead? You should uninstall the 'UK' patch before trying though.
 
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