Intallation Patches???

dkydonieus · Post by **dkydonieus** » Thu Dec 27, 2001 8:31 pm

I am a new owner of the Game. Do I need to install all patches 1.1 1.2 and 1.3 or can I just install 1.3?????

Bunny · Post by **Bunny** » Fri Dec 28, 2001 3:44 am

I don't have the answer. According to the readme text, the 1.3 patch is diferent from the 1.1 & 1.2. I've got all 3 installed and it's working fine. Patch 2 was the answer initally to all the crashing and game corruption. May also be useful to update your 3D accelerator driver to improve on results.

dkydonieus · Post by **dkydonieus** » Fri Dec 28, 2001 12:34 pm

Hi Bunny, thanx! I got all three patches loaded but the game is running in SLOOWWWWW motion - unplayable. When you said to update my video card what should I do? I have a voodoo2 16meg with a NEC LCD monotor.

PoD · Post by **PoD** » Sat Dec 29, 2001 11:18 am

Voodoo 2 on a LCD monitor and you wonder why it's running slowly? You're lucky to get the V2 to run at all with DX8...

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Sun Dec 30, 2001 4:21 am

Can someone please tell me where to get the patches? I installed this game over Christmas, on the second crash during installation I lost windows completely - causing disk corruption and major heartache -is this a known problem - does anyone know how to get around this? Do I install the patches before the game? Thank you

Bunny · Post by **Bunny** » Sun Dec 30, 2001 1:06 pm

You need to install the 1.1 patch first and then the other 2. Patch 1.2 solves the crashing and game corruption bugs and is vital.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Sun Dec 30, 2001 1:48 pm

@Bunny - thank you

I ended up having to reformat my drive, as all the registry was corrupted

I hope this is a good game after what I have gone through since Christmas Day

I didn't even complete an install....will these patches stop the crashing and corruption before I start installation (as the crashed happened during installation) Thanks again....

Bunny · Post by **Bunny** » Mon Dec 31, 2001 5:42 am

Patch 1.1 has an installer with the patch and you need to install the game with this installer. Otherwise the game will not work and crashes all the time. Patch 2 is to correct corrupt save games, and patch 3 fixes all the other problems. Try them and see what happens. The game is quite good if you have the patience and the spells graphics are excellent.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Mon Dec 31, 2001 7:52 am

@Bunny - thanks again!

Bunny · Post by **Bunny** » Mon Dec 31, 2001 8:06 am

No problem...One word of advice, have a cleric in your party, it's esential. You don't need a sorceror to start off with as you will get one later on, not too long a wait.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Tue Jan 01, 2002 9:49 am

Thank you @Bunny

I now have the game installed and ready to go - after running Patch 1.1 before installation. This time I managed not to corrupt my registry files or lose my operating system.