[Christopherger]

Hello anyone

I am installing and patching a retail mint version of FS1, the installed main exec. says it is 1.0.0.1, however the readme is for 1.06. So I am not sure which version it is, the NOrth American-Australia, the UK, or what as I found four differnt 1.06 patches on the Volition site.....can anyone advise me as to how to determine. The reason I am asking is that I downloaded the North American-Australia patch and tried to run it, but it would not complete the update saying the file contents did not match, so I am at a pause. Community menbers have advised me to patch up to the 1.06 hence my work on this. thanks for any advice.

On the Volition site, it says you can "easily" determine which version it is by reading the notation by the UPC product label on the box, on my "Dual Jewel" boxed set of both FS1 and Silent Threat, the UPC label area which I am presuming is the bar code area says:

0 40421 01034  9 and then below that, BX-c95-1261-0

Also, there were TWO discs for FS1 The Great War but the install only used the first one, is the second one needed; should i copy the files into the FS 1 directory anyway somewhere?

I have waited to load FS Silent Threat on advice from here.....so am just working on FS1 TGW to start with.

Is there a better source for the patches than the Volition site?

[karajorma]

Try em all. When one works you've found the correct version

[Christopherger]

I tried all the patches to update to 1.06, the North American, the World, the French and the German and none would complete the update. I have a rogue copy?

I checked my version again and it is not 1.0.0.1,  the FS Volition exe. says it is 1.03 version, as does the FS Vilition launcher,  there is a FS 4.11.0.0 patchw32.dll file in the directory along with the other files:inst.isu, root.vp,  FRED 1.03, FRED Designers Manual Word Doc., Players (empty) and DATA, 672 MB. Hmmmm.

I found an old site for Descent 1 and 2 (freespace 1 and 2?)
http://www.descent2.com/patches/d1/

It says:

 Update Descent 1 Full Version V1.4a to V1.5 (248 kB)

 Update Descent 1 Full Version V1.0 to V1.4a (553 kB)

 Update Descent 1 Full Version V1.0 to V1.4 (524 kB)

The V1.0 to V1.5 patch available on some sites is not recommendable: due to a bug in that patch it will disable music in level 8 and higher. If you want to patch from V1.0 to V1.5, patch to V1.4a first and then update to V1.5.
Some V1.0 and V1.4a of Descent 1 Full Version are not patchable: trying to do so will quit with an "Old file not found." error. Now, if you want to play D1_3Dfx or D1X you will need at least V1.4 and so have a problem. Do the following then: Start the patch as follows PATCH -IGNOREMISSING. This will patch the data files, so you can install and play D1_3Dfx and D1X. The normal executable DESCENTR.EXE however will not work anymore, but with D1_3Dfx/D1X you probably won't need that one anyway.
 

[ZmaN]

umm dude, thats descent 1, not descnet freespace.  Theyre 2 totally different games.

Download this patch:
http://www.actiontrip.com/files/patches/descentfreespace.phtml

[Christopherger]

That's what I thought but the error message was identical, so I wondered...

I will check out the link, I think I have all the patches to try now, i found them on
game spot, and they had them from

1.3.1
1.04
1.05
1.06
plus the EAW and OEM

I may try to patch up in steps if it wont allow me to patch from 1.03 to 1.06 direct.
I will keep working on it, thanks a lot. Much appreciate the reply.

[Dark Hunter]

umm dude, thats descent 1, not descnet freespace.  Theyre 2 totally different games.

Download this patch:
http://www.actiontrip.com/files/patches/descentfreespace.phtml

On the other hand, if you're confusing Descent with Freespace then you definitely don't have the UK version, as that one is called Conflict: Freespace (The Great War).

[Christopherger]

My CD Set of Freespace 1 is called Descent Freespace: The Great War.

I was possibly confused by that one site as they headlined Freespace and Freespace 2 and refered to them both as Descent, but I do know that there was some confusion about the naming back when.

I was struck by how identical the error they describe was to what I get when I try to update using the patch 1.06. I will try updating in steps, from 1.03.1 to 1.04 and so forth and see if that works. thanks DH

  I tried all the patches out for FS1 and none of them would update, all said Old File not found, A file was found but contents not the same. The install is still running. Temporary files will not be deleted if you cancel now.

So I give up. I will play unpatched and enjoy it as a historic install.

Thanks for the posts.

[Goober5000]

Well, wait.  Karajorma hasn't responded a second time.

Can you post the size of your FS.exe file as well as the names of the patches you tried?

[Christopherger]

The Exe.s in the file are

FS  2.17 MB
Freespace Launcher 3.20 MB

and i posted on the other thread, I opened up the main hall as you requested and there in the lower right hand corner was the version number: it is ALREADY UPDATED......1.06
so may be one of the patches actually worked and just kept giving off the error alert, or it was already updated.

I wondered about that because when I tried to install Silent Threat I got a weird warning saying that it would change the version of FS to an older version, so I didnt do it...and then you posted about that. Sot it WAS already 1.06. amazing, you are brilliant. I hope the Headmaster is not mad at me for being such a dufus.
Just want to get going with my training!  thanks again
bye the way, i tried

Patches
1.3.1
1.04
1.05
1.06
   North American 1.06
   UK 1.06
   German 1.06
   Friench 1.06  Those two were fun,
  Rest of the World 1.06
Shoould I put in the EAX by the way?i have that too....
and figured the OEB would not be useful, I think that was what that one was caused,
so I did my homework as much as I could and you were right all along.
thanks again.

[Goober5000]

Glad it worked out.

[Hippo]

dual jewl version is prepatched to 1.2, silent threat came with the patch to 1.4, then a manual update to 1.6


(or some combination of that and different numbers, but thats how it works)

* Hippo  

[Cobra]

whoah. Christopherger actually got Hippo to talk!

But anyway, I'm not trying to sound mean or anything, but I'm wondering how hard it is to patch Freespace. As Hippo stated, depending on how you do it, the patches come in 3 sets. I was able to figure out the Freespace game's version by looking in the lower right corner (or was it left?) and download the North American patch. Simple, right?

[Christopherger]

Thanks Hippo an Cobra,
Actually the Great War part of FS1 in the dual jewel was already or after i had worked on it, patched up to 1.6, and I have delayed loading the Silent Threat cause I have been forewarned by community members that it will need to be patched up as it backdates the main FS1 Exe. to an earlier setting cause of a bug. I am just very glad to have figured it out with the help of many here, and yes, it should be easy to patch but i was getting a warning each time that the old file could not be found, I am not sure why that was unless it was already patched up and therefore the patching could not find the older file as it was no longer there. So that is the story, thanks for your posts.