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aarg, already installed 3.1 patch, before CC and Battle Tactics
Publié: 6 août 2002 08:51
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Re: aarg, already installed 3.1 patch, before CC and Battle Tactics
Publié: 6 août 2002 08:51
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Papageno
Re: aarg, already installed 3.1 patch, before CC and Battle Tactics
Publié: 6 août 2002 08:51
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But I haven't installed any extra or third-party units, maps, anything-- can
I just install CC and Battle Tactics, or will this screw my install up?

"SHONNER" <shonner@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3d4f427d_1@news.vic.com...
> Kind of. I keep any UFO files and HPI files I have in my TOTALA folder.
I
> keep my AI and MAPS folders. I delete everything else and re-install.
It's
> no problem for me. I made the mistake of trying out the 3D TADEMO Player.
> It had a few errors in it that crashed the game. And of course the
> uninstall doesn't restore my TOTALA.EXE file back the way it was for the
> last year. Damn YankSpankers spanked my system hard.
>
>
> SHONNER
> http://www.shonner.com
>
> "Papageno" <papagenoTAKETHISOUT@easystreet.com> wrote in message
> news:ukuarotnsg9u43@corp.supernews.com...
> > Am I screwed? Do I have to uninstall before installing the add-ons?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > José
> >
> >
>
>




Iguana Bwana
Re: aarg, already installed 3.1 patch, before CC and Battle Tactics
Publié: 7 août 2002 00:36
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On Mon, 5 Aug 2002 23:51:53 -0700, "Papageno"
<papagenoTAKETHISOUT@easystreet.com> wrote:

>But I haven't installed any extra or third-party units, maps, anything-- can
>I just install CC and Battle Tactics, or will this screw my install up?

It'll screw your install up.

Don't fuck around with trying to fix a porked install. It simply ain't
worth the effort and ensuing frustration when the game crashes after
two hours of play right in the middle of a tense moment during a
multiplayer game or single player campaign. If you're organised with
everything saved to a hierarchically structured archive, an entire
fresh installation takes less than 10 minutes.

Just save your eg: C:\cavedog\totala\savegame sub-directory (folder)
if you want to keep them, then uninstall, delete the remaining
directories and run a reg. sweep with one of the many utils available.
Now commit to a fresh install.

Assuming you have the original discs or copies of them, to achieve a
clean final OTA install, install in the following sequence.

1. TA - multiplayer spawn (long) install if you have the space, which
shouldn't be a problem for anybody today.
2. CC
3. BT
4. 3.1 patch (non-Boneyards version)
5. 6 additional Cavedog units not included in 3.1 patch (note: correct
default incorrect install path for Necro)
6. 9 additional Cavedog maps not included in the above (if desired)
6a. replace the super-buggy mislabeled Cavedog original Necro with
Switek's Necro_fixed version.

This'll give you the original game in its final version without any
mods, save a fixed as-best-it-can-be Necro which won't conflict in
multiplayer games with someone running the original

Iguana Bwana