Which patch do you recommend?

[Master Shake]

I am using v1.12 right now. I get the impression people are not happy with some of the patches. So which patch should I be using? Is there anywhere I can go for a rundown of the changes in each patch and the problems some people have with them?

-mS

 

[Dell19]

1.22 is probably the standard now, at least judging by PBEMs that seem to have mostly upgraded to 1.22 although it seems that 1.15 was a decent patch as well.

 

[ThePrankMonkey]

i'm using 1.20 currently. i keeping thinking i ought step up to the 1.22 version but it doesnt seem to offer enough to make me go through with downloading it.

i'm just glad i dont have to deal with the radio tech (but i still have to research a fairly worthless tech IMO just to get radar towers). and i love the caps lock feature...makes things faster later in the game.

ok well i downloaded the 1.22 update if you have the 1.20 patch already version.....can i still play saved games that i have from the 1.20 patch version???

 

[homeyg]

I use 1.15 because I don't like how 1.22 removes and changes some Industrial Age techs (Radio). It's your choice however, but I would recommend 1.15.

 

[Dogmeat]

If you don't like the removal of radio, you can just mod the game and put the tech right back where it was. If you do that, there is really no reason to choose 1.15 over 1.22.
Also I remember I could load my saved games after updating to 1.22. I don't know if those saves was from 1.15 or 1.20 but it works with at least 1 of the previous patches that's for sure.

 

[Dell19]

1.15 saves don't work with 1.22 except for particular PBEMs that can be upgraded...

 

[Pounder]

I like 1.22 the best, have tried them all.

 

[ThePrankMonkey]

well now that i DLed 1.22...i cant play any saves from 1.20! oh well, on the up side though i got to play as one of the new civs...why i wasnt able to before baffles me. but i notice the older civs have different traits than before. but the maya civ is pretty good, industrious and agricultural, NICE!!!!

i have always played as japan before (i like religious civs for no anarchy periods between governmental changes) and i've played as the mongols (expansionist trait isnt that great for my style of playing i guess) but the maya are pretty good.

the great instigator...i love that title! "we love the great instigator day" is truly amusing. smoke jaguar is alright in my book!

 

[Dell19]

Perhaps saves up to and including 1.20 cannot be played using 1.22...

 

[scoutsout]

Perhaps saves up to and including 1.20 cannot be played using 1.22...

It's the other way around. 1.2+ saves cannot be played in 1.15... I'm in a SG that started out as a 1.15b game and got morphed into a 1.22f game when one of us (actually 2 of us) accidentally loaded the game in 1.22.

My $0.02: 1.15b is good. 1.22f is good. Don't play anything in between. It is possible to set both up on the same machine, and some SG players do this (I did) ... but most do this for "transition" purposes. Unless you play SGs or get involved in a 1.15 PBEM, there is nothing wrong with going all the way to 1.22.

 

[Dell19]

I'm also playing a 1.15b PBEM which unfortunately cannot be upgraded to 1.22. Something to do with how we started the game...

 

[homeyg]

My $0.02: 1.15b is good. 1.22f is good. Don't play anything in between. It is possible to set both up on the same machine, and some SG players do this (I did) ... but most do this for "transition" purposes.

It is quite easy to run both patches on the same machine without having two copies of CivIII on your computer. I do it for SG purposes.

 

[Dell19]

Its still a bit of a hassle though to set up one of the methods of using two patches and I would prefer it if all my PBEMs were running the same version...