02-04-2004 00:16									#1
	switching between C3C patches on the fly? Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

How can i switch from one version of the patch to another?

is it simply recopying the civ3conquests.exe, conquests.biq and the Text directory?

	02-04-2004 02:10									#2
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You don't even have to do that. Just install the patch as normal and it will affect any ongoing games you have.

Edit: Sorry, I think I was answering the wrong question, but it should still work.

	02-04-2004 02:16									#3
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i meant how can i switch back and forth, say from 1.12, to 1.15, to 1.20, then back to 1.15.

i think someone from firaxis posted how, i couldnt find the thread though

	02-04-2004 03:27									#4
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I haven't seen the thread either, but for the moment what I do is just install the game multiple times. Once Civ3 and PtW are installed, install Conquests. ALl of those files appear in a subdirectory of the main Civilization 3 directory called 'Conquests'. Rename this folder to something else, eg 'Conquests v1.00' Then reinstall the game - as it can't find the Conquests directory you renamed, it will happily install again. Patch this game to where you want it, then rename again. Keep reinstalling and patching until you have all ther versions you want. Then you will need to put shortcuts for each somewhere so you don't get confused.

It works.

	02-04-2004 03:31									#5
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But how much space does it take up, MWIA?

	02-04-2004 03:34									#6
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about 1 gig + 500megs per new conquest install? I guess you could also delete all the conquests for each install to save some space.

still, there must be an easier way!

	02-04-2004 03:38									#7
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yes, you're right. I just checked, and it said 586MB, but I have a lot of saves, so ~500MB per install is the correct amount.

	02-04-2004 04:23									#8
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With the HD of today what is a little space. I have about 14 GB of game images on one drive and more on another.

	02-04-2004 04:31									#9
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True, and you will always have at least one version of the game that can be cracked.

I would like to see a more practical approach, because smaller, older HDs will have little space remaining, and I like to keep about 3gig for virtual memory. Ok, I do have 22gig out of 30 spare, on a 3-year-old machine, but this is for others

	02-04-2004 06:26									#10
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Fpr the price a decent dinner they can add another HD of at least 40GB.

	02-04-2004 06:40									#11
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Yeah, but how many would trust themselves enough to fit the HD?

	02-04-2004 08:48									#12
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Anyone can do it, especially if they replace an existing one. Just burn files to Cd and remove the old one. Remove a few screw and one cable and one power lead.

	02-04-2004 16:13									#13
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And the OS? (I'm only asking because I'm thinking of upgrading my PC)

	02-04-2004 18:38									#14
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quote: Anyone can do it, especially if they replace an existing one. Just burn files to Cd and remove the old one. Remove a few screw and one cable and one power lead

well thats just plain not true.

i can picture it now

quote: yea i burned the old hardrive in the stove, put the CD into the drinks holder, pulled out the power cable and put the new hardrive into the box. why is my screen black when i press the on button?

	02-04-2004 23:34									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Krill And the OS? (I'm only asking because I'm thinking of upgrading my PC)

Any OS that can handle the device, but XP is the most forgiving. Well any plug and play OS. IIRC the older ones will need you to go into the bios to define the new device.

Those with a bit more courage or experience can just add the extra drive if they have the bay and the controller to handle it.

	03-04-2004 00:36									#16
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If swapping for a larger drive (and why else would one swap? ), you can also just take the cover off, plug the new drive into the same cable, set it up as a boot device, copy the old drive over onto it and cut out the CD burning, then do the physical swap. I'm not sure if you'll have to reinstall the OS (guessing yes, though), as I've only done this when swapping out slave drives. As far as the physical swap, vmxa nailed it. It doesn't take a rocket surgeon.

	03-04-2004 07:42									#17
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You either need to reinstall Windows, or boot into the Recovery Console from a Windows CD and run the 'bootcfg', 'fixmbr', and 'fixboot' commands on your new startup drive, once it is the only drive attached.

	03-04-2004 10:22									#18
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BTW I was presuming they would only mess with a none boot HD. I would not expect a novice to try to tackle it with only one drive.

It is no sweat for numb skulls like me that have lots of OS bootable disk laying around. Win98/ME/XP and DOS floppies.
I mean DOS 5.0, not just Win9x startups.

	04-04-2004 05:32									#19
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back on topic here...

this is how to quickly switch between versions of C3C.

-make a directory (versionnumber) in civ3\conquests
-copy conquests.biq, Civ3Conquests.exe and conquests\text to the new (versionnumber) directory

that makes a backup of your current version. install whatever patch, and repeat the same procedure. then to play another version, just copy the contents of the (versionnumber) directory over the files in civ3\conquest

its almost 6 megs per copy, and no screws, floppies, bios, OS upgrades, or formating involved