Patching Issue

Post by **Lint938** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:57 pm

After I installed the patch when I try to run the game with the new exe it asks for cd, even tho i have the cd. anyone else have this problem?

Post by **trevtones** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:58 pm

Try looking at the cd path in stbof.ini make sure it points to your CD drive.

Post by **Lint938** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:35 pm

Yes it is pointing to my cd drive. still says "cannot locate cdrom"

Post by **thunderchero** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:51 pm

Lint938 wrote:After I installed the patch when I try to run the game with the new exe it asks for cd, even tho i have the cd. anyone else have this problem?

what patch did you install?

thunderchero

Post by **Lint938** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:55 pm

The Patch From this site, I think the problem is that i tried to install a patch that really did not do anything at all. I am going to Uninstall and install the patch from this site in hopes it fixes.

Post by **thunderchero** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:58 pm

Lint938 wrote:The Patch From this site, I think the problem is that i tried to install a patch that really did not do anything at all. I am going to Uninstall and install the patch from this site in hopes it fixes.

if you are just using vanilla game with no mods the only patch you should need is this one

thunderchero

Post by **toroca** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:26 am

Definitely use the one thunderchero linked above. It's the only one out of four different patches that I've tried that actually worked correctly. Two of the patch versions I tried didn't actually update anything, and the official one from Microprose actually broke the game.

Post by **trevtones** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:24 am

Well it was suggested before, but maybe it is a good idea to get rid of the other patches and just leave Joker's up. I haven't heard anybody complain about Joker's patch but we've heard some horror stories about the other patches.

Post by **toroca** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:36 am

I would keep the official one just because it's official. Some people keep an old computer around for gaming since some games will not run on the newer OSes or hardware; if someone's got a Win98 computer they're using to run BOTF, they wouldn't need the XP fix patch. *has a Win98 comp for other games, but not BOTF since it works on XP*

Post by **sean_west** » Thu May 01, 2008 5:27 pm

I agree. If a particular patch or mod has sufficiant issues, like 4 out of 10 people having problems, Then the mod should be returned to the programmer for correcting and tesing, and temp removed or blocked fromdownloading.

I remember downloading on dial up, waiting hours to get the file, then waiting for winrar to copy the files into stbof.res only to load the game and getting that annoying crash warning box to appear.
Very Frustrating!

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